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Council advances annexation steps for county children’s services site, approves related bids appropriation

5928720 · October 7, 2025
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Summary

Council read pre-annexation and water-line ordinances to provide water and sewer for the Athens County Children’s Services facility and suspended rules to adopt an annexation-services ordinance for a separate Theater Lane parcel.

Athens City Council on Oct. 6 advanced several related items to provide city services to properties seeking annexation and to fund water-line work to serve new facilities.

Council read Ordinance 100-25, a pre-annexation agreement authorizing annexation steps for the Athens County Children’s Services site on the far east side; the city and county will coordinate to extend sewer and water service to the facility. Council Member Swank said the facility will employ "somewhere between 80 and 100 people" and that annexation would bring those…

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