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Votes at a glance: Wilmington council approves property donation, funding and code changes
Summary
The council passed a package of ordinances and resolutions including a property donation for a lift station, an ODOT snow-and-ice agreement, supplemental appropriations, a traffic-signal removal bid authorization and revisions to the building-permit fee schedule; one water-access fee change was given a second reading.
Wilmington City Council on Thursday approved multiple ordinances and resolutions that city officials said address infrastructure, budget and permitting adjustments.
Key outcomes at the meeting included passage of a property donation for a lift station, a new agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation on snow-and-ice removal, supplemental appropriations to several funds, authorization to advertise bids for removal of a traffic signal on Rombach Avenue, and a change to the city building-code fee schedule affecting fire-alarm inspections. Council also advanced, to a second reading, revised water access and tap fees; that measure will return for a third reading at a future meeting.
Below are the items the council passed or advanced, with available vote details recorded on the meeting floor:
- Ordinance 25-28: Accepted a donation of 0.05 acres (more or less) near the Creekview subdivision from Creekview Project 1 LLC for a lift station. Motion to pass was made by Councilman Wells, seconded by Tolliver; roll-call votes were recorded as all yes and the ordinance passed.
- Resolution 25-23: Amended the agreement between the City of Wilmington and the Ohio Department of Transportation to remove snow and ice within city corporation limits. Council moved and approved suspension of rules and passed the resolution unanimously by roll call.
- Ordinance 25-32: Made supplemental appropriations including items from the taxi fund and a study for the water-plant filtration rehabilitation. Council suspended rules and passed the ordinance by roll call.
- Resolution 25-24: Authorized advertising for bids and contracting for the 2025 Rombach Avenue traffic-signal removal project; council suspended rules and passed the resolution unanimously by roll call.
- Ordinance 25-31: Amended Part 13 of the building code to revise the building permit fee schedule regarding fire alarms; council suspended rules and passed the ordinance in the meeting.
- Ordinance 25-29: An ordinance to amend Section 9-27.25 (access and tap fees) received a second reading; council members agreed to hold the third reading at a subsequent meeting to allow additional review.
Council recorded roll-call votes for the passed items; motions were commonly moved by committee chairs or members attending the meeting with seconds from other council members. Where recorded, votes were unanimous in favor. No passed ordinance listed a recorded no or abstaining vote in the meeting transcript.
The legislative actions will affect several capital and operating projects and update fees used in permitting and utility connections. Several measures were advanced under suspension of the rules and were adopted by roll-call in the same meeting.
