Mentor City Council Approves New Dasher Boards for Ice Arena

Mentor City Council approved the purchase of new dasher boards for during .

The new boards are part of a sprucing up the arena will receive in anticipation of hosting a bracket of the  later this month.

The new boards will cost $143,271, according to the approved ordinance.

The current boards have been in the arena since 1982. The city administration said it could sell them on an auction site for about $10,000.

Also at the City Council meeting:

• Council approved of the city buying four new snowplow trucks from . The trucks will cost $26,552 each.
• The city contracted with a fireworks production company for their Fourth of July celebration. The city will pay $25,000, which is the same as last year.
• The city made some revisions to its budget. Most of the changes involved slight decreases in appropriations to reflect 2011 budget estimates. The only increase was an additional $150,000 to build a storage building at Mentor Cemetery.
• City Council it would need for the Plaza Boulevard extension project.
• The City Council and administration that hit .