Tiffin council backs tax‑incentive review recommendations, accepts donated clock and passes multiple ordinances

Tiffin — The Tiffin City Council voted unanimously on several measures March 17, approving recommendations from the Tax Incentive Review Council, accepting a donated downtown post clock from the Rotary Club, authorizing an easement for 806 West Market Street and passing multiple budget and project ordinances.

The council suspended rules and moved for immediate passage on a resolution accepting the Tax Incentive Review Council’s (TIRC) recommendations for enterprise zone, tax increment financing (TIF) and community reinvestment agreements after a presentation from Bryce Riggs of the Tiffin Seneca Economic Partnership (TCEP). Councilman John Hayes made the motion; Dennis Snay seconded it, and the measure passed 7–0. The law director was asked to prepare legislation to reflect the council’s action so TCEP can file the required report with the Ohio Department of Development by the March 31, 2025 deadline.

Why it matters: continuing the listed tax‑incentive agreements preserves previously negotiated development arrangements and clears a compliance step with the state agency that administers economic development oversight.

Council also approved, by unanimous vote, an ordinance accepting a donated post clock from the Rotary Club and agreed to place the clock in City Lot 7 in downtown Tiffin. Rotary representative Keith Hodkinson told council that placing the clock under the city’s insurance would…