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Votes at a glance: Wilmington passes building/zoning contract, ODOT agreement and budget measures
Summary
At the meeting the council approved (1) a building and zoning enforcement contract with Warren County, (2) an ODOT LPA project agreement, and (3) supplemental appropriations plus prior‑year expense payments. Votes were by roll call and motions to suspend rules were approved.
Wilmington City Council approved four measures at the meeting, including a professional services contract for building and zoning enforcement, a local public agency agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation, and two finance actions to cover supplemental appropriations and prior‑year expenses.
Ordinance 25‑07 authorized the director of public service to enter a professional service contract with the Warren County Board of Commissioners for building and zoning enforcement and was passed after motions to give first reading, suspend the rules and adopt by title. Councilmember Knowles moved to suspend the rules; Kelly Tolliver seconded. A roll call vote recorded all members present voting yes and the ordinance passed.
Resolution R25‑02 authorized the director of public service to execute agreement number 41966 with the Ohio Department of Transportation for a Local Public Agency (LPA) federal ODOT project. Council discussed the project’s scope and funding: the project budget was reduced from about $5,600,000 to $2,000,000; the city will receive $1,000,000 in federal funds, a $650,000 OPWC grant and retains the option of a $2,000,000 interest‑free OPWC loan if needed. The resolution passed after a motion by Tolliver with a second by Osborne and a unanimous roll call.
Ordinance 25‑06 made supplemental appropriations. The finance committee moved first reading, then suspended the rules and passed the ordinance on the same night; Councilmember Osborne moved passage with a second by Knowles and the roll call was recorded in favor.
Resolution 25‑03 authorized payment of expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year. The council moved the item through first reading, suspended rules and passed the resolution; Osborne moved passage, seconded by Snarr, with a unanimous roll call.
Each vote was recorded by roll call in the minutes; council members who participated in roll calls included (as recorded during each vote) Wells, Osborne, Knowles, Manstead, Tolliver, Slabaugh and Snarr. The council generally approved suspension of rules to permit second and third readings by title at the same meeting and then adopted the measures.
Clerk and staff notes attached to the meeting packet (noted during the meeting) indicated an added one‑time fee of $4,000 to Warren County for commercial plan review in the building/zoning contract and that the council is considering short‑term notes of $1,650,000 for the next phase of the landfill; the service director said those notes would be one‑year notes with the intention to pay them off in less than five years.
Votes summary (all measures passed): - Ordinance 25‑07 — Authorize building/zoning enforcement contract with Warren County Board of Commissioners; motion to suspend rules moved by Knowles, seconded by Tolliver; roll call: unanimous yes; outcome: passed. - Resolution R25‑02 — Authorize agreement #41966 with ODOT for LPA federal project; motion to suspend rules moved by Tolliver, seconded by Osborne; roll call: unanimous yes; outcome: passed. - Ordinance 25‑06 — Supplemental appropriations; moved by Osborne, seconded by Knowles; roll call: unanimous yes; outcome: passed. - Resolution R25‑03 — Payment of expenses from prior fiscal year; moved by Osborne, seconded by Snarr; roll call: unanimous yes; outcome: passed.
The measures were passed as emergency or expedited items after motions to suspend the rules and permit second and third readings by title, per council procedure recorded in the meeting minutes.
