Council Approves Public Safety Equipment
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Council voted 6-0 to approve purchases of fire hose using U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant funds and two ballistic shields for police, along with a new brush chipper and other city-service agreements.
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What this means
The approved equipment purchases support fire, police, and public-service operations, although the minutes do not provide purchase prices. The city reported that overall crime was down 14 percent from 2024 and calls for service decreased by 67, while arrests increased by 23. Water-main work on Trebisky Road is expected to finish in June, but defective pipe and weather have caused a one- to two-week delay.
Key decisions
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- Approved Ordinance 12-2026, changing the mayor's contracting authority, by a 6-0 vote.
- Approved the purchase of fire hose using U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant funds by a 6-0 vote.
- Approved a resolution opposing proposed Ohio House Bills 26, 42, and 281 and Senate Bill 172 concerning government assistance with federal immigration enforcement; the vote was 6-0.
- Approved the purchase of a new brush chipper through the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing program by a 6-0 vote.
- Authorized internet auction sales of obsolete or unneeded city property by a 6-0 vote.
- Approved changes to the wheel-loader purchase to reflect a trade-in credit and the purchase of a used 3-cubic-yard bucket by a 6-0 vote.
- Authorized engineering services for site-plan review, site inspection, and routine professional engineering work by 6-0 votes.
- Approved the purchase of two ballistic shields for the police division by a 6-0 vote.
- Approved updates to the city's codified ordinances and traffic and general offenses codes to comply with state law by a 6-0 vote.
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