Fairborn to participate in ODOT cooperative salt contract; staff says deliveries improved last year

Council adopted Resolution No. 20-16 authorizing the City of Fairborn to participate in the Ohio Department of Transportation Cooperative Contract #018-17 for purchase of road salt. Street and Equipment Maintenance Superintendent Sean Sink said staff is required to have a passed resolution to participate and that the City switched to the ODOT contract last year with good results; "the longest they had to wait on a delivery was 24 hours," he said, and staff expects pricing to decrease compared to last winter.

Council had no questions and voted to adopt the resolution unanimously. The resolution permits staff to purchase salt under the cooperative contract terms and reduces procurement lead time compared with some alternative purchasing approaches used previously.