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Finance committee approves a slate of budget and capital items, including police door‑access system and bridge bidding
Summary
The finance committee approved multiple routine and capital actions: budget amendments and CDBG advance, a police door‑access system purchase, forwarding the US‑42 resurfacing item to council (with bump‑outs held), Prospect Street bridge bidding (with an ODOT grant), and an ODOT LPA agreement for State Road; all items carried on voice votes.
The Medina City Council finance committee voted on a series of agenda items, approving budget amendments, a CDBG advance, equipment purchases, and multiple project agreements and bid actions.
Key actions approved:
- Budget amendments (agenda item 2666): Approved by voice vote. - CDBG advance (2667): Staff confirmed this is a typical federal grant advance and the committee approved the appropriation/advance. - Police door‑access system expenditure (2668): The police chief requested replacement of an end‑of‑life door access system for perimeter and interior doors; the committee approved moving the procurement forward. - US‑42 resurfacing and bump‑outs (2669): Committee approved sending the resurfacing action to council, holding bump‑outs or packaging them as add‑alternates pending staff research; staff reported a single bid of $3,276,000, above prior authorization. - Prospect Street Bridge bidding (2670): Committee approved moving to bid; staff said an ODOT Municipal Bridge Program grant will cover just over $750,000. - LPA agreement with ODOT for State Road (2671): Approved to permit local bidding and project management under ODOT grants. - Parks salaries and benefits code amendment (2672): Committee approved converting two vacant part‑time parks labor positions into one full‑time laborer (see separate article for details).
All motions carried on committee voice votes with no recorded opposing votes in the transcript. Where staff provided numbers, the committee either approved the item or forwarded it to council for final action (US‑42 award must be made by council before the June 30 deadline).
