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WARREN -- City council approved several capital expenditures at its meeting Wednesday, including $49,371 for repairs to the cart path at the Old Avalon Golf Course.
The funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Act dollars allotted to Councilman James Shaffer, D-4th Ward.
During the council's finance committee meeting, Auditor Vince Flask said the funds will be used to repave the entire path of the city-owned golf course.
Shaffer said the path is in need of repairs.
"Oh yeah, it's in bad shape," he said.
Shaffer said the plan to repave the path was initially brought up by former 4th Ward Councilman Mark Forte, who Shaffer replaced in March 2023 after Forte's resignation.
"I promised him that I would take care of it for him as part of his wishes when he left," Shaffer said. "He wanted to make sure that part of his money went toward the golf course."
Another ARP expenditure council approved is $27,119 from Councilwoman Honeya Price, D-6th Ward, to paint the City of Warren's logo on the city-owned water tower at Quinby Park.
Price said the tower, inside and out, is being redone. Asked how the exterior of the tower looks, Price said, "Oh, it looks bad."
The city plans to refurbish the entire tower this year.
In other business, council approved an easement agreement with Trumbull County commissioners on a narrow strip of land to allow the Trumbull County MetroParks to construct an extension of a bike and hike trail that will span 3.46 miles between the Niles Greenway and the Warren Bikeway.
According to the easement agreement, commissioners will pay $460 in considerations for the easement.
Councilman Greg Greathouse, D-3rd Ward, who presented the legislation, called the section of land the "missing link" of the bike trail.
"It goes from Burton Street all the way to downtown Niles. It's the last section to be established," Greathouse said.
The agreement said the property has a trail that has been closed and does not permit access to through traffic.
Council President John Brown, who is also a board member of MetroParks, said people have used the part of the trail near Thomas Road as a "dumping ground" for trash.
The city is dropping off a rolloff dumpster for a cleanup day at the Thomas Road and Burton Street site the morning of April 27.
Brown encouraged residents to attend and help clean up the trail.