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Wilmington council approves package of ordinances and project bids, updates building permit fee schedule
Summary
Council passed multiple measures including acceptance of a small Creekview property donation, an ODOT snow-and-ice agreement, supplemental appropriations, a Rombach Avenue traffic-signal removal bid authorization and an emergency revision to the building permit fee schedule for fire alarms; access/tap fee changes received second reading.
Wilmington City Council approved a group of ordinances and resolutions Tuesday covering donations, intergovernmental agreements, budget adjustments, infrastructure bids and building-fee changes.
Council passed Ordinance 25-28 accepting about 0.05 acres of property near Creekview Subdivision from Creekview Project 1 LLC for a lift station. The measure passed after a motion by Councilman Don Wells with a second by Councilman Tolliver; recorded roll-call votes were unanimous.
Council also approved Resolution 25-23 to amend the agreement between the city and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for snow-and-ice removal within the city corporate limits, and Resolution 25-24 authorizing advertising for bids for the 2025 Rombach Avenue traffic signal removal project. Both measures passed after motions in committee and recorded unanimous roll-call votes.
Finance committee measures included Ordinance 25-32, a supplemental appropriation package discussed during the council workshop; that ordinance passed after a motion by Councilman Osborne and a second by Councilman Snarr. Council gave first reading to Resolution 25-24 earlier in the meeting and then approved it after suspending rules.
The council also approved Ordinance 25-31, an emergency amendment to the city building code revising the building permit fee schedule for fire alarms. Service Director Mr. Crow told council staff were concerned the current fee schedule could impose very high costs for large projects — "If you have a million square foot building, you're talking about 45,000" in fees for alarm inspection in current code, he said — and argued the revision was needed to keep projects from being deterred by permit costs. Council passed the ordinance after suspending rules; the roll call was unanimous.
Separately, Ordinance 25-29, which would amend access and tap fees, received a second reading only and will return for third reading at a future meeting. Councilmembers discussed keeping fees competitive to encourage development; Service Director Crow said no businesses had objected to the proposed increases and called the current rates "considerably lower than other places." Councilman Schlabach asked to delay the final vote to ensure no unintended impacts on construction and development; council agreed to a second reading now and a third reading at the next meeting.
Most items were advanced under suspension of the usual three-reading rule; council recorded unanimous roll-call votes on the measures that were passed.
