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Votes at a glance: Wilmington council passes several measures, advances fees and zoning readings
Summary
At its May meeting council passed multiple ordinances and resolutions including a property donation for a lift station, supplemental appropriations, and authorization to seek bids for a traffic-signal removal. An ordinance revising building permit fees passed; several other items received readings.
Wilmington City Council approved several ordinances and resolutions at its May meeting and advanced others to later readings.
Key outcomes (roll-call tallies listed where recorded):
- Ordinance 25-28 — Accepting donation of 0.05 acres (more or less) near Creekview Subdivision from Creekview Project 1 LLC for a lift station: passed (roll call recorded as yes by all members present). Moved by Councilman Wells; seconded by Tolliver.
- Resolution 25-23 — Amending the agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for snow-and-ice removal within city corporate limits: passed (unanimous roll call). Moved by Councilman Wells.
- Ordinance 25-32 — Making supplemental appropriations (taxi fund facility maintenance; water-plant filtration study): passed (unanimous roll call). Moved by Councilman Osborne; second by Snarr.
- Resolution 25-24 — Authorizing advertising for bids and contracting for the 2025 Rombach Avenue traffic-signal removal project: passed (unanimous roll call). Moved by Councilman Osborne; second by Tolliver.
- Ordinance 25-31 — Amendments to the building code to revise the building permit fee schedule for fire alarms (declared an emergency): passed after suspension of rules (unanimous roll call). Council discussed that existing fees could be prohibitive for large projects; one staff example noted a million-square-foot project could face about $45,000 for fire-alarm inspections under the prior schedule.
- Resolution 25-25 — Authorizing Wilmington City Council to hire additional legal counsel (emergency): passed (7-0). Moved by Councilman Wells; seconded by Councilman Osborne.
Other business:
- Ordinance 25-29 — Amendment to section 9.27.25 (access and tap fees) received second reading only; council decided to delay third reading to allow additional review.
Several measures were advanced by suspension of the rules to permit second and third readings by title only at the same meeting; roll-call votes were recorded for final passage where applicable. No ordinances adopting zoning changes were finalized at this meeting; a public hearing for a separate zoning map amendment was announced for June 19.
