Macedonia Police will soon be patrolling city streets in10 new vehicles.
Council passed legislation at its October 27th meeting to finance the purchase of four Chevrolet Tahoes and six Dodge Durangos.
“We need cars like yesterday,” Macedonia Mayor Nick Molnar said at an August 24th Council meeting.
The vehicles, along with a Macedonia Fire Department rescue squad will be financed by a lease-purchase agreement with Huntington Public Capital for a five-year term at the fixed rate of 4.54 percent with payments to be made on an annual basis to total $975,000.
The city had been stymied on several occasions after ordering vehicles, due to supply chain issues which supplies blamed on the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Molnar, the Tahoes are being purchased from a dealership in Massachusetts and are ready for delivery to be outfitted.
The rescue squad was ordered last October, according to Fire Chief Brian Ripley.
The chassis for the rescue squad, as well as one for Northfield Center arrived in Columbus last month.
“We’ll probably be receiving the units in January,” Ripley added.
In other legislation,
- A resolution passed authorizing the mayor to complete and execute preliminary legislation as required by ODOT, giving consent for ODOT’s installation of certain pavement markings along State Route 8 for project D04 PM R-WR FY2023 – PID NO. 11537.
- A resolution passed authorizing the disposition of certain municipal property by the service department.
- An ordinance passed approving use of the City of Macedonia’s updated planned capital purchase program for certain planned capital purchases.
- An ordinance was placed on first reading providing for the 2023 annual appropriations for the city of Macedonia.
- An ordinance passed amending Chapter 920 of the City of Macedonia Codified Ordinances relative to comprehensive stormwater management.
- An ordinance passed amending Chapter 923 of the City of Macedonia codified ordinances relative to erosion and sediment control.
- An emergency ordinance passed authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement with Huntington Public Capital Corporation to finance the purchase of new police and fire equipment.
- An emergency ordinance passed declaring improvements to a certain parcel of real property to be a public purpose, describing the public improvements to be made which directly benefit such parcel, requiring the owner of the improvements on such parcel to make payments in lieu of taxes, establishing a BASCH municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of such service payments.
- An ordinance passed amending ordinance No. 67-2021, relative to current expenses and other expenditures from January 2, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
- An ordinance passed authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement to purchase equipment for the City of Macedonia Public Service Department.
- An ordinance passed authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement to purchase equipment for the City of Macedonia Public Service Department.
