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Northfield service department weighs $48,000 bathroom remodel, moves to update sewer billing; finance director flags budget amendment
Summary
Service Department Superintendent Jason Walters told council the village received a $48,000 bid to remodel a Houghton Road facility bathroom (budgeted at $45,000) and that staff will convert sewer billing to new commercial rates effective Jan. 1, 2023; Finance Director Jennifer Potvin circulated updated financials and highlighted a budget amendment on the agenda.
The Village of Northfield’s Service Department reported multiple near-term facility and billing items at the Oct. 12, 2022 council meeting, while the finance director circulated updated financial statements and highlighted an upcoming budget amendment.
Service Department Superintendent Jason Walters said crews are engaged in road patching and crack sealing. Walters told council the department has received a $48,000 bid to remodel the bathroom at the Houghton Road facility and to convert the storage closet/old copy room at Village Hall into a bathroom. He noted the Houghton facility project was budgeted at $45,000 and said staff are working with plumbers to see whether savings can be found before moving forward.
Walters also said the department is converting the sewer billing system to reflect new commercial rates that will be effective Jan. 1, 2023. The transcript does not include the new rate schedule or the numeric impact on customers; those details were not specified in the minutes.
Finance Director and Clerk Jennifer Potvin said she provided updated financial statements to council through Sept. 30, 2022 and encouraged members to review them. Potvin emphasized she is seeking to make budget amendments quarterly and highlighted an amendment on the evening’s agenda that she said reflects additional revenues, newly approved expenditures and increased fuel costs.
Additional community items mentioned in the meeting minutes included a donation of five trees from the Davey Tree and Cleveland Cavaliers Tree for Three program (Mayor Jennifer Domzalski), Halloween and Police Station Party preparations (Police Chief John Zolgus and donor Craig Cerna) and employee flu shots made available by the Fire Department (Captain Joe Zemek). The council did not take separate formal action on the Service Department bid during this meeting; council voted on separate ordinance and resolution items in the legislative portion of the agenda.
