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Orrville service superintendent outlines 2025 spending, street work, parks and facility maintenance
Summary
Superintendent Ryan Emmel presented the service department's 2025 annual report, detailing maintenance contracts, basin repairs, fuel purchases, vehicle and equipment maintenance, park improvements, pool costs and cemetery expenditures.
Ryan Emmel, superintendent of Orrville's Service Department, presented the department's annual 2025 report to council on March 2, listing contract and maintenance expenditures and operational highlights.
Emmel reported building maintenance (Lacey Center) costs just over $41,300 and grounds maintenance just under $6,600. Street maintenance contracts included Mallory Paving for croxting (just under $56,200), chip-and-seal prep (about $25,000), crack sealing (about $28,700) and street sweeping (about $48,200). Emmel noted the department replaced traffic-signal heads, controllers and added left-turn lanes on Collins Boulevard to improve truck movements.
For drainage work Emmel said the department spent just over $80,100 on basin cleaning and just under $46,600 on basin and tile repair; the department repaired or replaced 17 basins, above the typical 10-12 per year. Fuel purchases included just under 27,200 gallons of unleaded (cost just over $68,000) and just over 20,200 gallons of diesel (cost just over $59,300). He reported vehicle maintenance totals and equipment maintenance costs that combined to about $209,800 for the year across departments.
Parks and recreation spending included new borders around park structures, planting a pollinator field on Collins Boulevard, new pickleball courts with lighting and installation of new ballfield lights purchased by the firefighter association. Pool operations totaled roughly $182,100 across lifeguarding, maintenance and program costs. Cemetery operations (Marion Cemetery) exceeded $70,000 with burial costs and grounds maintenance detailed.
Councilors asked follow-up questions about county tire drop-off and recent tree trimming. Emmel said the city occasionally uses the county's tire drop-off and that the utility contractor "Rogue" performed line-clearing trimming; he advised residents the trimmed trees should regrow over a couple of years.
Emmel closed by noting staffing changes, including hiring Brent Christman as a mechanic to replace a retiree, and said the department conducted 237 hours of training and safety meetings in 2025.
Next steps: council thanked staff and noted the fire chief's annual report will be on a future agenda.
