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Newark council passes multiple resolutions including lead-line loan application and emergency chiller contract
Summary
Council approved several resolutions unanimously, including a water-revolving loan application for lead service line replacement, traffic safety grant applications, a NatureWorks grant application, appropriations and an emergency contract to install a new chiller at city hall.
Newark City Council approved a package of resolutions covering appropriations, infrastructure and grants and authorized an emergency contract for a city-hall chiller.
Key roll-call outcomes included:
- Resolution 26-22 (appropriations for municipal expenses) — adopted 10-0. - Resolution 26-26 — authorized the director of public service to apply for and accept a water supply revolving loan to plan, design and/or construct lead service line replacement Project No. 8 and designated a repayment source; adopted 10-0. - Resolution 26-27 — authorized the mayor to submit applications for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 Ohio Traffic Safety Grants (Selective Traffic Enforcement Program and the Impaired Driving Enforcement Program); adopted 10-0. - Resolution 26-28 — authorized the mayor to apply for the state 2025 NatureWorks Grant; adopted 10-0. - Resolution 26-30 — appropriations (waived the two-day reading rule and adopted) — adopted 10-0. - Resolution 26-32 — authorized the director of public service to negotiate and enter into a contract without competitive bidding for purchase and installation of a new chiller for city hall and declared an emergency; adopted 10-0.
Councilmember Barker urged support for the chiller contract waiver, noting the vendor had "previously been through a competitive process for the city" and that the city has used the vendor regularly. Another councilmember said she would "vote in support of this evening" because pricing for the vendor has been fairly standardized and they had used the vendor repeatedly.
Several items were held to the June 1 meeting for additional consideration, including Ordinance 26-17 (vacating portions of Water Street and certain alleys) and Resolution 26-31 (conveyance of city-owned property to Newark Development Partners).
