Council OKs surplus bus sale and contracts for manhole rehabilitation and chimney sealing; adopts 2025 comprehensive plan

Greenville City Council moved through several infrastructure and fleet items on Dec. 16, approving disposal of an older transit bus, contracting for sewer system maintenance, and adopting the city's 2025 Comprehensive Plan.

The council adopted a resolution authorizing the disposition of a 2014 Ford Transit bus on GovDeals after staff said the vehicle was in an accident, accrued about 175,000 miles and had repair costs of roughly $6,500. Safety Service Director Bill Delk told council the city received $3,500 from insurance after a $3,000 deductible and, with replacement vehicles received from ODOT, the bus will be taken out of service.

Council also approved resolutions authorizing the safety service director to enter contracts with Lake County Sewer Co., Inc. for manhole rehabilitation and for chimney sealing across 2025'2026. Council discussed that the city budgets roughly $50,000 per year for each of these programs and that Lake County Sewer has been the historical vendor in recent years.

Separately, council adopted the City of Greenville 2025 Comprehensive Plan, described in the resolution as developed by administration, department heads and council to establish goals and areas of improvement for the city. The plan received second and third readings by title and passed by roll call.

Next steps: staff will complete the surplus-vehicle disposition process on GovDeals; the safety service director will execute contracts with Lake County Sewer Co., Inc. for scheduled manhole and chimney maintenance work; and planning staff will publish the adopted comprehensive plan.