Tiffin council approves budget amendments, municipal court transfer and street dedication; accepts credit-card report

Tiffin City Council on Monday approved multiple budget amendments and related measures, adopted a resolution honoring the city’s outgoing finance director, accepted the third-quarter credit-card compliance report and approved the dedication of Progress Parkway. All votes recorded in the transcript were 6-0 in favor.

The council moved quickly through several items that the finance director and councilors described as time-sensitive. Ordinance 2025-82 amends the 2025 budget to appropriate funds into the police capital budget, municipal court budget and police clerk’s budget for items including donor-funded work on a police interview room, timely income-tax refunds, postage-meter funds and additional insurance-costs coverage. Ordinance 2025-83 transfers funds within the municipal court general projects budget to cover the city’s one-third share of a proposed court transport vehicle and to reclassify budget-neutral line items. Ordinance 2025-84 accepts the dedication of a new street, Progress Parkway, in the city’s Third Ward.

Council also passed Resolution 2025-46 expressing appreciation to Director of Finance Kathleen E. Kaufman for her years of service; the clerk recorded the resolution’s passage and multiple councilors offered verbal thanks before the roll call.

The council accepted the third-quarter 2025 credit-card compliance report from compliance officer Linda Neely by motion from Councilor Easter with a second from Councilor Jones.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 2025-46 (appreciation to Kathleen E. Kaufman): Passed 6–0. Motion to pass recorded; second by Kevin Reisner. Roll-call votes: Hayes—Yes; Horniman—Yes; Jones—Yes; Reisner—Yes; Sney—Yes; Becker—Yes.

- Ordinance 2025-82 (amend 2025 budget to appropriate funds into police capital, municipal court, police clerk budgets): Suspension and passage both approved; final vote 6–0. Motion to suspend and for immediate passage moved by Councilor Kevin Reisner; second by Councilor Scott Horniman. Roll-call votes: Hayes—Yes; Horniman—Yes; Jones—Yes; Reisner—Yes; Sney—Yes; Becker—Yes.

- Ordinance 2025-83 (transfer funds within municipal court general projects budget; one-third funding for transport vehicle): Suspension, emergency and passage approved; final vote 6–0. Motion to suspend and for immediate passage moved by Councilor Kevin Reisner; second by Councilor Jones. Roll-call votes: Hayes—Yes; Horniman—Yes; Jones—Yes; Reisner—Yes; Sney—Yes; Becker—Yes.

- Ordinance 2025-84 (accept dedication of Progress Parkway, Third Ward): Suspension, emergency and passage approved; final vote 6–0. Motion and second recorded; roll-call votes: Hayes—Yes; Horniman—Yes; Jones—Yes; Reisner—Yes; Sney—Yes; Becker—Yes.

- Third-quarter credit-card compliance report (Linda Neely): Motion to accept by Councilor Easter; second by Councilor Jones; voice vote recorded as unanimous (aye).

Other council actions and referrals

- A notice from the Ohio Division of Liquor Control for a new D-5-L permit for Spridge LLC at 129 S. Washington St. was received and assigned to the Street, Sidewalks, and Sewers Committee; council recorded that no hearing was requested.

- Several mayor’s requests for legislation were assigned to committee: sale of a retention pond (25-45) to Recreation & Public Property; dedication of Progress Parkway (25-49) prepared as Ordinance 25-84; street light in an alley (25-50) to Street, Sidewalks & Sewers; appointment of the finance director (25-51) to Personnel & Labor Relations; parks grant application (25-52) to Recreation & Public Property; DORA review (25-53) to Street, Sidewalks & Sewers.

The council’s actions Tuesday were procedural and budgetary; councilors and staff emphasized that some appropriations were urgent because of impending invoices, refunds and donor-funded projects. No ordinance amended substantive city code language in this session; several other ordinances listed for second reading will return for further consideration.