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Votes at a glance: Loveland City Council actions including ordinances, resolutions and referrals
Summary
At its meeting council approved multiple routine and substantive items: minutes, a downtown license ordinance, a streetscape design contract, compensation and appointment items, an amended city manager agreement, and a referral to Planning & Zoning on infill development rules.
Loveland City Council took multiple formal actions during its meeting. The list below summarizes each motion, the recorded roll-call votes and outcomes.
Votes at a glance
1) Approval of March 26 minutes Motion: Move to approve the minutes from March 26. Roll call (as recorded): Bateman — yes; Goodyear — abstain (said he was not present); Hart — yes; Horry — yes; Vice Mayor Phelps — yes; Ping — yes; Mayor Bailey — yes. Tally (recorded from roll call): yes 6, abstain 1; Outcome: approved (minutes motion carried) Note: transcript includes a clerk announcement of "Motion carries 7 to 0" after the roll call; the roll-call entries record one abstention.
2) Open and close public hearing; license ordinance for 123 Railroad Avenue (Ordinance 35) Motion: Open public hearing to consider issuance of a license for property adjacent to 123 Railroad Avenue; no public speakers; close public hearing; read and adopt ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a license agreement with Westerfield Holding LLC. Roll call: unanimous yes recorded at adoption; Outcome: Ordinance 35 adopted.
3) Choice 1 Engineering agreement for downtown streetscape (Resolution 36) Motion: Authorize the city manager to execute an agreement with Choice 1 Engineering for professional design, bidding and construction supervision for downtown streetscape phases 1a and 1b. Roll call: unanimous yes recorded; Outcome: Resolution 36 adopted. City manager stated contract amount $116,300 and MSD reimbursement $43,200.
4) Increase compensation for Clerk of Council Misty Clark (Resolution 37) Motion: Adopt resolution increasing compensation for the Clerk of Council. Roll call: unanimous yes recorded; Outcome: Resolution 37 adopted.
5) Adopt amended deployment agreement for City Manager David Kennedy (Ordinance 38) Motion: Adopt the amended deployment agreement and declare an emergency. Roll call: unanimous yes recorded; Outcome: Ordinance 38 adopted as an emergency.
6) Referral: Infill development design regulations to Planning & Zoning Motion: Motion to initiate consideration of an amendment to zoning code to address infill development and send the matter to Planning & Zoning. Roll call: unanimous yes recorded; Outcome: Motion carried; item referred to Planning & Zoning for review.
7) Awards and appointments - Business Enhancement Award: DVD Brewing (motion carried by roll call). - Lewis G. Rockwood Community Service Volunteer Award: Cindy Kessler (motion carried by roll call). - Appointment to Arts Commission: appointment affirmed; one abstention was recorded by Councilmember Ory; motion carried.
8) Executive session motion and adjournment Motion: Move to go into executive session under Ohio Revised Code section 121.22 (as cited in the meeting). Roll call: unanimous yes recorded. The council later reconvened and adjourned by recorded roll call.
Records and clarifications All actions above are taken from roll-call entries and the meeting transcript. Where the transcript contained an apparent inconsistency between a clerk announcement and individual roll-call votes (for example on the minutes), the article reports both the roll-call entries and the clerk's announcement and notes the discrepancy.
