YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider legislation Wednesday to move ahead with about $1.56 million worth of improvements to three main streets and spend close to $1 million for city vehicles and equipment.

The streets would be improved starting in August 2026 under an estimated $1,555,000 project. The work includes repaving and drainage work.

Of the cost, 80% is being covered by the state, through funding, with the city covering the remaining 20%, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of public works. But the city expects to have its 20% share paid by an Ohio Public Works Commission grant, he said, so it would end up costing nothing for the city.

One ordinance is to authorize the board of control to seek bids and award a contract, and the other is to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The streets are:

● Marshall Street from the bridge over the Mahoning River to Glenwood Avenue.

● Salt Springs Road from the Interstate 680 ramp to Steel Street.

● Belle Vista Avenue from Mahoning Avenue to Salt Springs Road.

“These are high-traffic streets and they’re overdue for work,” Shasho said. “It’s a good deal for the city. We’ll apply to have the local match covered through the state next year.”

City council will vote Wednesday to authorize the board of control to enter into all necessary agreements and provide consent to ODOT for its major pavement replacement project on Interstate 680. About half of the highway is in Youngstown with the funding for the project paid by the state.

Also, council is being asked to let the board of control pay $682,982 to G. Stephens Inc. of Akron to serve as project manager and provide inspection services for an $8.2 million water main and lead line replacement project to more than 720 homes in the Buckeye Plat neighborhood on the city’s southeast side.

The city is borrowing the money for the improvement work and the G. Stephens contract from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency with 50% of it forgiven upon the project’s completion.

VEHICLE / EQUIPMENT PURCHASES

There are several requests, sponsored by Mayor Jamael Tito Brown, asking council for permission to make $930,203 worth of purchases for city vehicles and equipment.

The largest are both for the street department: $288,091 for a street sweeper and $206,462 for a boom mower, which permits the cutting of trees and vegetation in areas difficult to reach.

Other purchases requested are $152,428 to replace 61 large water meters for the water department, $82,800 for a crew dump truck for the street department, $68,901 for a skid steer loader for the street department, $55,140 for a truck for the park department, $44,383 for a new vehicle storage door for the water department and $31,998 for two zero-turn mowers for the park department.