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Safety director's report urges construction guidelines, equipment auction; council debates contractor oversight
Summary
A written report from Safety Director Anthony Rish called for citywide construction guidelines for main routes, a citywide equipment auction (previously via GovDeals) and spring operations planning; council members questioned whether police should be stationed at construction sites after a contractor incident involving a worker from AYP.
Struthers City Council caucus members heard a written report from Safety Director Anthony Rish on Jan. 28, 2026, that urged the council to adopt guidelines for construction work on main routes, to approve a citywide auction of surplus equipment, and to prepare for spring street operations.
Unidentified Speaker (S2) read the report aloud to the caucus, saying: "First, if we could discuss and come to a decision on what guidelines we would like to in place for construction work throughout the city and most specifically, the main routes in the city." The read report also proposed a citywide auction of equipment that departments no longer use and noted prior use of the online marketplace GovDeals for such sales.
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