Conneaut bidding year's road projects

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16-04-2025

CONNEAUT — City council approved an ordinance for city administration to advertise for bids for road work at a Monday meeting.
Conneaut City Manager Nick Sanford said the lion's share of the road bid is for chip seal work of South Ridge Road West.
'We are preparing South Ridge Road West for adequate drainage in advance of the chip seal,' he said.
Sanford said the road is a key priority.
The city waiting on the results of a damage claim to the Ohio Emergency Management Agency for South Ridge East, he said.
The road was heavily damaged by the Thanksgiving weekend snowstorm.
Two new Verizon towers are set to be installed in the city by the end of the summer, Sanford said.
'The west end [of the city] will have enhanced Verizon coverage, as well as the lakefront, finally,' he said.
Sanford said one tower will be at the north end of Harbor Street, on Conneaut Port Authority property, and the other will be on North Amboy Road.
'Telecommunications is recognizing the opportunities or limitations therein at the lakefront,' he said.
Council passed a resolution in support of the public library funding and the Conneaut Public Library.
Councilperson-at-large and Kingsville Public Library Director Mariana Branch said county libraries have been worried the state budget will negatively impact them.
'It's great that we can stand strong with out local public libraries as I hope we will also do with our school districts as well,' she said.
The Conneaut Police Department has been receiving more calls for unruly juveniles at local businesses and in public areas, Sanford said.
'We're paying diligent attention to what we're seeing, and what we're hearing, and we've seen an increased call volume as well,' he said.
Conneaut Law Director John Lewis said there are provisions that allow parents or guardians to be held responsible for their children's behavior.
'That's something that we'll consider,' he said.
The CPD and Conneaut Fire Department are involved in looking to see where a new MARCS tower could be located in the city.
'This will be a great value-add to the city, certainly to emergency forces throughout the region, not just the city of Conneaut,' Sanford said. 'This is a tremendous benefit.'
The CPD is partnering with Blue Line Solutions to analyze speeding and traffic in city school zones.
'I want to emphasize this is a test period, just to identify where our risks are from a safety perspective,' Sanford said.
The CPD and Blue Line are also looking at the State Route 7 corridor at the Interstate 90 interchange, he said.
Council appointed Dr. Samantha Kiefer to the Conneaut Board of Health. Kiefer's term begins April 11 and ends April 10, 2030.
The city entered into two union contracts, which both last from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2027.
One is with the Fraternal Order of Police for the city's dispatchers. The other is with Local 651 of the International Association of Firefighters.