Tipp City Council approves substation equipment purchases, public-defender contract and $150,000 Uptown seed funding

TIPP CITY, Ohio — Tipp City Council on Aug. 19 approved a package of resolutions to buy major electrical equipment for Substation No. 4, authorized an annual contract with the Miami County Public Defender's Office and approved a $150,000 transfer to the Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) to seed a revolving loan program and pay related professional services.

City staff told council the engineering and design for Substation No. 4 are complete and the resolutions on the agenda would buy key components. —The city has recently completed the engineering, and design, for Substation Number 4 here on the West Side of town,— Mack said in presenting the measures, asking council to approve the purchases.

Why it matters: the purchases are intended to equip a new substation that staff said is necessary for local electric-service reliability. Council considered separate resolutions authorizing contracts with vendors for structures and switches, circuit breakers, a circuit switcher, a power transformer, switchgear, relay and control…