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Middletown City Council: consent items, property sale and multiple ordinances approved; manager hired
Summary
Council approved multiple routine and emergency measures on April 1 including the sale of a blighted lot, several emergency agreements tied to the Renaissance Point infrastructure and the hiring of Ashley Combs as city manager.
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — City Council on Tuesday moved a slate of routine and substantive measures: it approved the consent agenda, authorized the sale of a city-owned blighted lot at 1333 Grove Street to a private buyer with rehabilitation and owner-occupancy conditions, passed several funding and utility measures on second reading or as emergencies, and completed a post-executive-session vote to hire Ashley Combs as city manager.
Votes at a glance (key items taken and final roll-call outcomes as recorded in the April 1 meeting):
- Consent agenda (receive and file minutes; oaths of office): Approved by roll call (unanimous yes). The packet included Planning Commission minutes (12/11/2024, 01/13/2025, 02/12/2025), library board minutes and historic commission minutes and oaths for several appointees.
- Motion agenda, item a — purchase/sale/development agreement for 1333 Grove Street: Approved. Buyer Larry Glenn will rehabilitate one home, convert the second structure to a garage within 12 months and accept a 10-year owner-occupancy requirement. The city reported it had acquired the property to combat blight and did not incur…
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