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ALLIANCE – The city plans to purchase two new cruisers for the Alliance Police Department.
City Council voted during a meeting Monday to allow Director of Public Safety and Service Director Michael Dreger to enter contracts to replace the patrol vehicles for an amount not to exceed $103,000.
Council also approved an ordinance for Dreger to enter contracts for the purchase of a new truck for the Distribution Department at a cost no greater than $32,000.
Looking ahead with police cruiser purchase
Dreger said the purchases were previously approved in the budgeting process. The new vehicles will replace current ones that are dated.
ALLIANCE City Council approved the 2021 budget.
The general fund, which totals $12.9 million, includes $4.5 million for police, $2.9 million for fire and $1 million for general admin safety.
City Auditor Kevin Knowles said the fund is similar to what it s been in years past.
During Monday s council meeting, Knowles said appropriations for the fire budget will likely be lowered once the city receives funds from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant. We still are owed some money from last year, so that will reduce the amount that we expend from that department, he said.
Knowles said Alliance has pavement projects planned for Sawburg Avenue and Union Avenue (Route 183) this year.
City Council moves forward with plans to redevelop Carnation City Mall
ALLIANCE The city is moving forward with plans to redevelop Carnation City Mall.
Alliance intends to put the mall property, located at 2500 W. State St., into a tax incremental financing program (TIF) that would exempt the property owners from 100% of real property taxes for 30 years.
Under the proposal, the city would take temporary ownership of the property before transferring it to Fairmount Properties, a Cleveland-based developer that plans to redevelop the mall into a supercenter retail facility.
City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday to execute an agreement between the city and Marlington Local School District for the district to receive an amount equal to 25% of what it would have received from property taxes if not for the TIF program.