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Utilities committee approves contracts for heavy equipment, sewers, plumbing and substation maintenance
Summary
The Cleveland City Council Utilities Committee approved a set of Department of Public Utilities ordinances authorizing requirement contracts for heavy-equipment parts, sewer replacements, plumbing/backflow testing, distribution materials and multi-year substation maintenance. Council pressed officials for timelines, funding sources and assurances after recent multi-day power outages.
The Cleveland City Council Utilities Committee on April 16 approved multiple Department of Public Utilities ordinances to maintain city infrastructure, while members sought follow-up detail after recent service outages.
The committee voted to approve Ordinance 363-2026 to permit requirement contracts with Murphy Tractor and Equipment Company (a John Deere vendor) for proprietary replacement parts and repairs across divisions; the director said the two-year estimated spend is about $325,000. The committee approved Ordinance 407-2026, a roughly $5.4 million package of sewer replacement projects (Archwood Avenue, W. 39th Street, Bradgate Avenue, Clybourne Avenue, E. 58th Street and Luther Avenue) drawn from the Division of Water Pollution Control’s capital improvement plan; officials said project selection is based on pipe age, televised inspections and reported flooding and that funding will come from a mix of capital…
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