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Council reviews small cemetery wreath appropriation and $84,358.69 South Street closeout
Summary
The council considered Ordinance 25-05, moving leftover cemetery donation money to a wreath project and a supplemental appropriation of $84,358.69 from the general fund to close out the South Street project after ODOT closed the related work.
Councilmembers reviewed Ordinance 25-05, which included two supplemental appropriations: one moving leftover money from a cemetery fund to a wreath project, and a second moving $84,358.69 from the general fund to close out the South Street project.
Councilmember Osborne reported the wreath appropriation comes from money left over from last year's donation and said the funds would be used to purchase wreaths for a next-year ceremony. Councilmembers referenced an email forwarded by Kirby about the wreath process and said the approach seemed acceptable.
On the South Street closeout, staff said the city received returned closeout money from a state project tied to the Romback Avenue work, which offsets the $84,358.69 needed to close the South Street project. Officials described the South Street project as authorized in 2021, with construction beginning in 2022 and ending in 2023; the work included downtown pedestrian improvements and upgraded traffic signals at South Locust, South Main and South Sugar Tree areas. Staff told the council the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has closed the project.
No final vote on Ordinance 25-05 is recorded in the workshop transcript; discussion centered on using returned state funds to balance the project closeout and repurposing cemetery donation money for wreaths.
