Trustees approve $943,799 street‑rehab contract, adopt multiple resolutions and renew administrator’s agreement
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Summary
The Delhi Township Board of Trustees on March 25 approved a $943,799.11 contract for street rehabilitation, authorized a $10,000+ spend for fire‑station lighting, adopted an electric aggregation plan with a price cap, renewed the township administrator’s employment agreement and adopted several nuisance abatement resolutions.
At its March 25 meeting the Delhi Township Board of Trustees voted to award a $943,799.11 contract to RA Miller Construction Company for the township’s 2026 street rehabilitation and repair project (Resolution 20‑26‑21). Trustees moved to declare an emergency and dispense with a second reading, then approved the resolution after brief comment from public‑works staff that RA Miller has performed well on prior projects.
Trustees also approved several other measures on the consent/calendar portion of the agenda: a resolution authorizing the township administrator to spend more than $10,000 in fiscal year 2026 for lighting enhancements at fire facilities (Resolution 20‑26‑22), and an electric‑aggregation authorization (Resolution 20‑26‑23) intended to go out to bid in coordination with neighboring townships. Administrator Skyler R. Miller discussed options for a two‑year electric contract and said the board would not sign any supplier above 10.3999¢ per kilowatt‑hour; the current supplier rate was noted at about 9.32¢.
The trustees also approved Resolution 20‑26‑24 renewing an employment agreement with Skyler R. Miller as township administrator (three‑year renewal). Miller spoke briefly to thank the trustees for the renewal.
Community development brought forward a series of nuisance‑abatement resolutions (20‑26‑25 through 20‑26‑29) declaring properties a nuisance at these addresses: 4852 Dye Pike; 4864 Dye Pike; 1133 Betty Lane; 4329 Mount Overno Road; and 313 Anderson Ferry Road. Trustees voted to declare emergencies and dispense with second readings for each resolution; community development staff said they prefer voluntary compliance but will pursue abatement/legal remedies if necessary.
On personnel actions the board accepted the voluntary resignation of part‑time firefighter/EMT Christian A. Edwards effective 04/03/2026 and approved two part‑time parks hires — Robert J. Pernhagen and Brian L. Stafford — as service workers at $16 per hour upon successful drug testing, effective 03/25/2026. Trustees also approved the auxiliary police resignation noted on the agenda.
How they voted: motions to dispense with second readings and adopt the calendar resolutions carried at the meeting; roll‑call and voice votes were recorded as affirmative by the trustees present. Several items were declared emergency and advanced without a second reading as allowed by the resolutions.
Next steps: the public‑works contract will proceed under the awarded contractor and the township administrator will implement the authorized spending and aggregation actions according to the terms approved by the board.
