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Circleville council holds first readings on Pumpkin Show parking, pickleball grant and $994,156 parkland agreement
Summary
At its March 2025 meeting the Circleville City Council held first readings and voted to schedule second readings for three measures: a five-year parking-use agreement for the Pumpkin Show, an application for a NatureWorks grant for a third pickleball court and an ordinance to accept a $994,156 Clean Ohio/OPWC grant for new parkland.
Circleville City Council held first readings Tuesday, March 2025, of three measures that the council voted to carry to a second reading in April.
Council members moved to hold for second reading a resolution allowing Circleville Pumpkin Show, Inc., to use the city administration parking lot at 120 East Franklin Street for arts-and-crafts vendor space during the Pumpkin Show for calendar years 2025 through 2029. Sherry Theiss moved the motion; Audrey Lukaszak seconded it. On roll call Theiss, Klitzka, Lukaszak and Dubois voted yes and the motion passed to schedule a second reading.
Council also held for second reading an ordinance authorizing the director of public service to apply to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for a NatureWorks grant to support Pickleball Association plans to add a third court at Barthemas Park. Sherry Theiss told council the maximum NatureWorks allocation to Pickaway County this year is $23,072. Tom Klitzka moved to hold the ordinance for a second reading and Tom Duvall seconded; Theiss, Klitzka, Lukaszak and other members voting yes carried the motion.
A third ordinance was held for second reading to allow the director of public service to enter into a Clean Ohio green space conservation program grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission. Sherry Theiss characterized the measure as a companion ordinance to accept grant funds totaling $994,156 to apply toward acquisition of new parkland along North Pickaway Street (along the creek) and on North Court Street near new development. The motion to hold for a second reading was seconded by Tom Klitzka; on roll call Theiss, Klitzka, Umkusak and Kuboff voted yes and the motion carried.
Why this matters: The Pumpkin Show resolution governs continued use of a downtown city-owned parking lot for a major local festival; the NatureWorks application would fund a small recreation expansion; and the Clean Ohio/OPWC agreement would apply nearly $1 million in state grant funds toward parkland purchase in the city.
All three items were introduced as first readings because three council members were absent, which prevented suspending rules and taking immediate final action. Each will return for a second reading in April.
