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Votes and outcomes (selected):

- Ordinance 2025‑04 (rezoning, 434 North Mount Zion Road): Council adopted the ordinance on second reading to rezone approximately 1.3 acres from light industrial to general business (applicant SK Sunrise LLC). The Lebanon Plan Commission recommended approval 9‑0 prior to council action. Motion to approve was seconded by Sandra Jasonowski; council approved by voice vote.

- Ordinance 2025‑05 (small purchase policy): Council adopted a city ordinance to consolidate and update the small purchase/procurement policy (amending section 30.06 of the Lebanon Code of Ordinances). The ordinance updates purchasing agent designations, small‑purchase thresholds, reporting and exceptions and aligns city policy with state code. Council approved on second reading by voice vote.

- Memoranda of Understanding — Eli Lilly (Medicine Foundry and LP‑1X): Council approved two pre‑allocation water MOUs as described in the earlier article in this package; both motions passed by voice vote. (See the Eli Lilly article for details on deposits, phasing and contingencies.)

- Resolution 2025‑01 (CCD fund appropriations): Council adopted a resolution to appropriate $1,188,370 from the CCD (Capital Construction/Development) fund for three projects: Grant Street Phase 2 ($842,905), Whit (Witt) Road ($149,000) and Noble Street ($196,464). Motion passed by voice vote; staff noted these costs are partially reimbursable and will be returned to the fund when state reimbursements are received.

- Resolution 2025‑02 (General fund appropriations): Council adopted a resolution to appropriate $875,555 from the General Fund for resurfacing (Route 2025 program, multiple streets), a Clerk‑Treasurer office renovation and the PASER pavement asset management update. Motion passed by voice vote.

- Resolution 2025‑03 (Food & Beverage fund appropriations — pickleball courts): Council adopted a resolution to appropriate $105,574 from the Food & Beverage Fund to cover bid shortfalls and complete reconstruction of pickleball courts at Memorial Park and Abner Longley Park. The total reconstructed courts project now totals $325,000. Motion passed by voice vote.

- 1313 South Beck Street demolition (food & beverage request): Council approved $21,100 for demolition of structures at 1313 South Beck Street, including asbestos inventory, turning the lot to grass and removing fencing/outbuildings. Motion passed by voice vote.

Procedural items: Minutes from the prior meeting were approved; claims were authorized for payment; and the meeting adjourned. Mike Kinkade was recorded absent on the roll call.

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City staff said the ditch is regulated as a federal \"water of the U.S.\" and that any change will require U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits, wetland mitigation and design work. Because federal permitting requires some on‑site wetland function, staff said a reconfigured, naturalized channel would still hold water at certain times of year even though it would no longer sit directly at the edge of backyards.

Why it matters: Residents and council members described repeated flooding and standing water that affects backyards, sump pump outlets and downspouts; staff said the current configuration poses public‑health nuisance and maintenance costs and that the city needs to study long‑term options before construction.

What staff proposed: Kevin, a city staff member who led the presentation, showed a sketch that would relocate the ditch into a meandering, more streamlike alignment and regrade adjacent sections so stormwater drains away from backyards. He said the purple line on the drawing would be the new naturalized channel; the blue area currently holding water would be filled and regraded to direct water to the new channel. Kevin warned the council the reconfigured area would be expected to hold water part of the year to meet mitigation requirements.

Cost and permitting: Kevin gave a high‑level planning budget of about $350,000 for design, permitting and construction and said the project is not funded. He said the Army Corps of Engineers and state agencies had been consulted and that the city would need wetland mitigation and federal permits to proceed. Kevin also said an internal review of the stormwater fund found more than $2 million available and that staff were pursuing delinquent stormwater collections to shore up the fund.

Residents’ remarks: Huck Lewis (10 20 Berry Drive) described earlier conditions, saying, “When I moved in there, it was a lake.” Residents raised concerns about where existing sump pump and downspout outlets would discharge if the ditch were filled and about the possibility of increased costs to homeowners. Kevin said any plan would need an inventory of existing sump pumps and downspouts and might include measures to provide storm‑sewer outlets for those systems.

Council discussion and next steps: Council members emphasized the area’s long history of drainage issues and questioned whether the project scope and price represent the best use of funds. Staff recommended securing engineering proposals to inventory existing discharges and to prepare permitting and construction documents. Council instructed staff to obtain proposals and return with more detailed cost estimates and options; no appropriation or construction authorization was made at the Feb. 10 meeting.

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The agreements authorize phased water allocations tied to the city’s supply deal with Citizens Energy Group, with initial capacity planned for 2027 and additional phased capacity in 2028. The city and presenters described the agreements as contingent on Citizens’ delivery schedule and on financing for corresponding wastewater improvements.

Why it matters: The MOUs are part of a package of utility financing and development agreements that city officials say will fund expansion of Lebanon’s water and, eventually, wastewater capacity. Eli Lilly representatives and city staff told council the projects represent major private investment, planned job creation and long lead times for water availability and wastewater treatment.

City staff presented the pre‑allocation documents and framed them as similar to the Meta/Facebook pre‑allocation the council previously approved. Jeff Jacob, a city staff member who introduced the items, said the agreements are “contemplated as part of the water bond capitalization” and reiterated that the projects are contingent on Citizens’ scheduled deliveries and the city’s bond financing for water and wastewater.

Paul Donica, identified in the meeting as project director for the Medicine Foundry, said the Medicine Foundry site will be a research and development campus — not a mass manufacturing plant — that will produce clinical trial material and support rapid response and supply‑chain resilience. “This is a very valuable investment for Eli Lilly. It’s about $4,500,000,000 additional investment into the Lebanon area,” Donica said, adding the Medicine Foundry sits on roughly 200 acres and is expected to provide “roughly 400 or so professional jobs once it’s completed.”

Ashley Judge, speaking for Lilly about the separate manufacturing campus, said the company has announced “a $9,000,000,000 investment in that manufacturing campus in the Lebanon District,” describing a 600‑acre LP campus that the company forecasts will support “over 900 Lilly, direct Lilly jobs” when fully operational.

City staff and Lilly representatives described the mechanics of the pre‑allocation: a 10% deposit is paid up front; when the city notifies the developer that water is available the developer must pay the full availability fee or risk forfeiting their reserved capacity. “A 10% deposit is paid. When we tell you that the water is available, you pay the full availability fee or forfeit that capacity,” Jeff Jacob said.

The Lebanon Utility Board previously approved each pre‑allocation on a 4‑1 vote; Jacob said the lone negative vote expressed concern that non‑LEAP pre‑allocation agreements for other shelved or approved projects should be advanced as well. Council discussion at the Feb. 10 meeting focused on timing and contingencies; council members heard that only the Meta/Facebook allocation had been charged against the new Citizens supply to date, while the city continues analysis of remaining capacity and planned phasing.

Council action: The council voted to approve both memoranda of understanding. The motion to approve the Medicine Foundry MOU was made from the floor and seconded (second recorded as Keith Campbell); the LP‑1X pre‑allocation MOU was likewise moved and seconded (second recorded as Rob Hawkins). Both motions passed by voice vote.

Context and next steps: City staff said the water supply agreement with Citizens is expected to provide 2 million gallons per day (MGD) in 2027, with additional phased capacity in 2028; staff repeatedly noted the need to ramp up corresponding wastewater treatment capacity and to complete bond financings and permitting before the water will be usable for new connections. Staff said additional non‑LEAP pre‑allocation agreements will be scheduled as analysis of available capacity continues.

Speakers quoted in this article are those who appeared in the Feb. 10 meeting record and are listed in the article’s speaker list below.","The Lebanon City Council on Feb. 10 approved memoranda of understanding to reserve future water capacity for Eli Lilly projects in the LEAP District, contingent on a Citizens Energy Group supply timetable and related wastewater capacity.","actionData","errors"]

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