Beavercreek City Council approved several routine items Aug. 11, voting to adopt an ordinance, accept a grant award and authorize an additional police recruit position for 2025.

Ordinance 25-13, a second-reading rezoning, passed by voice vote. The ordinance rezones 0.64 acres from BB-2 (community business) to a C-PUD (commercial planned unit development) identified on the Greene County property tax maps as book 1, page 9, parcel 44. Council moved and seconded the ordinance and members responded in the affirmative; no roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.

The council also approved Resolution 25-19, authorizing the police department to accept funding from the Ohio Attorney General’s Drug Use Prevention (DUP) grant program. Staff reported the department applied for the 2025–26 DUP grant to fund the DARE officer salary and was awarded $23,706.73. The staff recommendation to accept the grant was approved by voice vote.

Council approved a request from the police department to add a patrol recruit position for 2025 to proactively fill an expected vacancy from a retirement in March 2026. The chief explained the department is authorized for 55 officer positions (53 sworn officers and two police recruits at the time of the meeting) and seeks to hire a recruit who would enter the academy in September and be sworn roughly six months later, timed with the anticipated retirement. Staff said adding the recruit will not change the current budget for 2025.

Each approval was made by motion, second and voice vote; the transcript records ayes with no roll-call tallies or recorded dissents.

Votes at a glance:
- Ordinance 25-13 (rezoning 0.64 acres BB-2 to C-PUD 25-3) — Motion and second recorded; approved by voice vote; no roll-call tally provided.
- Resolution 25-19 (accept Ohio Attorney General DUP/DARE grant of $23,706.73) — Motion and second recorded; approved by voice vote.
- Patrol recruit position for 2025 (increase authorized staffing by one recruit to proactively replace an anticipated March 2026 retirement) — Motion and second recorded; approved by voice vote. Staff said the change will not alter the 2025 budget.

Why it matters: The rezoning changes the permitted use of a parcel identified on the Greene County tax maps and clears the way for a planned unit development. The grant acceptance funds a DARE officer position for school-based drug education, and the recruit authorization is a staffing step intended to avoid lapses in patrol staffing tied to an anticipated retirement.

Implementation notes: The grant acceptance requires the police department to administer the awarded funds to support the DARE program as reported. The recruit authorization directs hiring to align with the department’s budget and academy schedule; staff said a longer-term staffing protocol will be addressed in the 2026 budget process.