City Council OK’s $346,000 for New Sewer Equipment
The city is set to buy the Vactor Combination Sewer Cleaner, after the existing machine got “worn out.”
Brecksville City Council unanimously approved the $346,000 purchase of new equipment that cleans the city’s sewer system. Officials said the one the city currently uses has just gotten “worn out.” “What we’ve got now is a 1999,” said Ron Weidig, the city’s service director. “It really takes abuse. If you can imagine sucking all this debris out of the ground at a high rate of speed and blowing it into the back — it’s getting worn out.” The city will buy the Vactor PLUS Combination Sewer Cleaner from Jack Doheny Companies, through the state’s administrative services purchasing program, for $346,181. The news that the city needed a new one didn’t come as a surprise. The purchase had already been included in the 2013 budget, city officials …
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