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Public works: Mt. Healthy wins Ohio EPA brine grant, hires firefighter and tests traffic controls
Summary
Public Works Director Justin Westridge said the city received a roughly $32,000 Ohio EPA grant to buy a 5,000‑gallon brine tank and brine-making equipment, reported a new firefighter hire (Jaden Mudd), and described traffic-control experiments and street repairs.
Mt. Healthy public works staff told council the city was awarded an Ohio EPA calcium-reduction grant and has purchased equipment intended to reduce rock-salt use and improve winter street treatment.
"It was 32,000 some change," Public Works Director Justin Westridge said of the Ohio EPA grant. "With that money, we have bought a 5,000 gallon, storage tank for liquid salt brine." He said the purchase also included a brine-making machine and an application system pending delivery, and that liquid brine pretreatment uses less material and improves application rates compared with rock salt.
Westridge also reported routine maintenance updates: pool closure, mowing, pothole repairs, new soccer nets and replacement windows planned for Dollhouse Cultures. He said crews had cleaned the alley behind Gold Star and noted staff were experimenting with cones at the Compton and Perry intersection to slow traffic; he described continued work to identify a cone configuration that drivers will respect. Westridge discussed storage and delivery logistics for speed-hump skids and said he planned to order the humps before year-end.
Council congratulated staff on securing the EPA grant and the hiring update: Bauer said the city hired its eighth full-time firefighter, Jaden Mudd, who will enter paramedic school next year.
Next steps: staff will monitor the brine pilot's performance, finalize traffic-control configurations and return updates to council if pilot results affect operational practices.
