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DPS BLIGHT EQUIPMENT PURCHASE $1,200,000
Urban Beautification
Dennis Kennedy (x1234)/Paul M. Rasmusson (x7868)
Revised
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Authorizing the disappropriaton of $695,700 in the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $1,200,000 from the Local Fiscal Recovery for the purchase of equipment for blight clean-up operations; authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts for said equipment purchases; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Division of Urban Beautification is charged with the responsibility of cleaning up blight within the City of Toledo. Although Urban Beautification has many pieces of equipment, it is necessary to purchase new equipment specifically for blight clean-up. This Ordinance will allow the purchase of two (2) mini non-CDL rated garbage trucks which can empty public trash cans or pick up illegally dumped tires, two (2) mini track loaders which can navigate into nuisance property backyards through fence entryways and small paths, two (2) non-CDL rated grapple trucks with swing arms that can pick up large pieces of bulk debris on the curb side or in the right-of-way, and the appropriate trailers and crew cab pick-up trucks to haul these pieces of equipment. Currently, the crew is using equipment which is shared with the street repair programs in the Department of Transportation.
As a response to the public health emergency, and the negative impacts the crisis has had on neighborhood blight, the city will be utilizing Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to support the purchase of the above pieces of equipment to improve the health and wellness of struggling neighborhoods. On a daily basis, crews from the Division of Urban Beautification are deployed to areas of the city experiencing excess illegal dumping. Crews collect all debris and dispose at the city's Hoffman Road Landfill. The city will track the pounds of debris and number of tires collected on a daily basis using CityWorks softwa...
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