Trenton City Council adopts economic development ordinance and approves ODOT cooperation, property sale amendment and EV charger agreement

Trenton City Council adopted an ordinance establishing an economic development plan and approved several related agreements and resolutions at its May 1 regular meeting, including cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and a local public agency (LPA) agreement for an FY26 electric vehicle charger project.

Councilmember Sippel read items 1 through 4 under legislation. The items recorded in the meeting transcript were: an ordinance authorizing project cooperation with ODOT (PID 105206); an ordinance approving and ratifying a third amendment to a purchase-and-sale agreement with ProLogistix LP for the sale of city-owned real property; a resolution described in the transcript as a request to the Butler County commissioners (language in the record was abbreviated); and a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an LPA federal/local project agreement with ODOT for the fiscal year 2026 electric vehicle charger project (DID 121837). Council also considered and approved a request to waive the usual two readings and vote on the items the same night.

The transcript records motions to waive the second reading and to approve the items; roll-call voting was taken and the motions passed. The record shows multiple councilmembers voting “yay” on the motions; one abstention is recorded during an earlier motion to adopt an economic development plan (Vice Mayor Woodridge is recorded as abstaining in that roll call). The transcript does not provide a complete, unambiguous named tally for every item in machine-readable form.

City Manager Nichols placed a request on the record to move into executive session later in the meeting to consider confidential information related to marketing plans, specific business strategies, trade secrets or personal financial statements of an applicant for economic development assistance, to consult with legal counsel, and to consider purchase of property for a public purpose. Council voted to enter executive session at 7:58 p.m., after which no further public business was conducted that night.

The items approved by the council authorize the city to cooperate with ODOT on a project identified as PID 105206 and to enter an LPA agreement for an FY26 electric vehicle charging project (DID 121837); the council also ratified a third amendment to the ProLogistix LP purchase-and-sale agreement for city property. The transcript does not record sums, contract prices or a full legal description of the property; those details were not specified in the public record during the meeting.