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A council member said the resolution was drafted after staff follow-up with stakeholders and that public hearings at PUCO have not yet been scheduled. The council member described the resolution as a way for the city to register its opinion with the state regulator while the timing of hearings is determined.

No vote or formal action appears in the transcript; the resolution was included in the evening’s packet for consideration.

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Mr. Shlebaugh said the change clarifies earlier language that had added e-scooters but not motorized bicycles; the assistant law director reviewed the draft and indicated the language “encapsulates everything that we would possibly need.” Council indicated the ordinance will receive first reading at the next regular meeting.

No formal vote was recorded in the transcript; staff identified the item as returning for first reading during the council’s regular meeting calendar.

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Mr. Eptegrove, the Parks and Recreation Director, presented renderings showing the proposed location behind the skate park and splash pad and said the project currently has $100,000 secured and needs approximately $41,000 more to reach the $141,000 subtotal the city plans to bid. He said the department intends to advertise the project for bids on April 4 and hopes construction will be completed by late June.

Eptegrove said the city reviewed alternative layouts, including converting the older skate park site; that option would raise project costs to about $231,000 and require replacing skateboarding facilities elsewhere. He also said lighting was removed from the current plan to meet budget: adding lights would increase the total project cost by about $43,000 to roughly $180,000.

A council member asked whether existing tennis courts near Kroger — which some players already use for pickleball — would remain. Eptegrove said those courts will remain available and added that shared use is possible.

No formal vote is recorded in the transcript on the authorization during this meeting. Eptegrove said staff will return with bid documents and that funding remains a near-term need to proceed to construction.

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The ordinance as discussed would supplement the general fund by $1,351,000 to pay for the city’s residential paving project, which the finance presenter said will cover work on Fairland Avenue, Louise Street, Catherine Drive, Hyatt Avenue, Kelly Drive and Jenny Lane and include patching at additional trouble spots. The meeting also included an accounting transfer to route cemetery funds through the cemetery fund into bridge engineering and a $119,491.05 supplemental for the South Street improvements project.

The feasibility study request is for $50,000 from the general fund to retain a consultant to examine options for a combined safety campus to house fire, police and dispatch functions. A council member summarized the rationale: the city’s fire and police facilities are “bursting at the seams,” equipment is growing larger and storage and secure records space is inadequate. The speaker said the city engineer will issue a request for qualifications to select the consultant and that the city is evaluating a potential property that, if suitable, would be available “at no cost to the city.” That speaker also said the study “may not take $50,000; it could be $25,000, but we feel like that $50,000 would do it.” (City staff member)

Auditor Vance, in an email read aloud to council, said she was comfortable with the amounts in the packet but added a caution about scale: “My concern was, you know, a million‑3 makes me go, you know, makes me gulp. And so that still puts the safety in our bond, bond rating.” (Auditor Vance, email)

Officials gave additional detail about the bridge item: $81,000 is proposed for engineering and the total cost of a prefab bridge was estimated at roughly $250,000. For South Street, staff said bids came in about $119,491 higher than expected; that project has already been awarded and staff expects completion in June.

No formal vote on Ordinance 25-15 is recorded in the meeting transcript. Council discussion closed after the finance committee presentation and the council moved to the next items on the agenda.

Clarifying details from the discussion include the list of streets intended for the residential paving program and the specific dollar amounts noted above. The feasibility study was framed as an initial step; staff said they plan to present study results and visuals to council in a future meeting before seeking further approval.

The council did not adopt language or set an effective date for any of these appropriations during the portion of the meeting covered by the transcript.","Finance committee presented Ordinance 25-15 proposing supplemental appropriations for residential paving, a bridge engineering transfer, South Street repairs and a $50,000 feasibility study to explore a combined police–fire safety campus.","actionData","errors"]

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Council adds resolution to oppose proposed AES/CenterPoint rate increase and ask PUCO review

Council schedules first reading of ordinance to ban motorized bicycles and e-scooters on downtown sidewalks

Parks director seeks bids for three pickleball courts at Denver Williams Park

Council reviews $1.35 million in supplemental appropriations and $50,000 safety-campus feasibility study