LIME CITY – Perrysburg Township will spend nearly $900,000 this summer to resurface roads.
Trustees at their May 1 meeting approved a contract with Gerken Paving Inc., Napoleon, for $884,507.
Five bids were received, ranging from Gerken’s low bid to $1.078 million.
According to Marvin Conner, road supervisor, the list of roads includes Georgia Road, Creekside Court, Carolina Drive, Kensington Lane, Amberwood Drive, Atterbury Lane, Oak Meadow Drive, Basswood/Brookside Drive and Holiday Lane.
Also included are Simmons Road from Ohio 795 to Ford Road, Simmons Road at Woodmont Drive, and Reitz Road from Lime City Road to Tracy Road.
After doing the work, Gerken will adjust manhole covers to grade, and put in edge, center and stop lines.
Also at the meeting, trustees:
Renewed a one-year maintenance agreement with Stryker for $28,187 to inspect the power and manual cots, stair chairs and various power devices used by the fire and EMS department. Styker will also make service calls.
Heard Trustee Bob Mack suggest holding a spring and fall clean-up day to accept oversized debris and scrap metal.
“It’s a way to serve the residents … help them clean out their garage, their shed, their basement,” he said.
It would be a step toward cleaning up our township, Mack said.
“I think it’s a good idea,” said Trustee Gary Britten.
Trustee Joe Schaller suggested starting with four roll offs tentatively in September. A location is yet to be determined.
Accepted a $2,735 grant for swing set mats at Starbright Park.
“Thank you again for your years of participating in the program,” said Chris Smalley, director of the Wood County Park District, when he presented the check.
Heard Gary Kleinfelter, IT director, report that a change to self-managed internet services will cost just over $35,000 per year compared to the $125,000 formerly paid annually.
Services will be annual rather than monthly subscriptions, making it easier to budget, he said.
The annual reduction in savings will be around $90,000 per year, he said.
Mack said the true savings comes from allowing employees to do their job rather than deal with computer issues.
“That’s freeing up a lot of resources for fire and police,” he said.
Trustees approved contracts with vTECHio for subscriptions, security and training for township computers and users for $40,737; Avixum for licenses and storage devices for $18,253; and PDQ.com for a license for inventory for $1,350.
