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Council delays emergency passage of Gloster Road widening contract after recusals
Summary
Lebanon City Council voted 4-0 with one recusal on an ordinance approving a $4,484,425.78 contract to widen Gloster Road and build a roundabout; because a council member recused, the measure could not be adopted as an emergency and will return as a first reading.
Lebanon City Council on June 24 advanced an ordinance approving a contract to reconstruct and widen Gloster Road, including a roundabout at the intersection with U.S. 42, but did not adopt the ordinance as an emergency after a council member recused herself.
The ordinance, read into the record by a staff member, would award a $4,484,425.78 contract to KT Holding Construction to widen Gloster Road between State Route 63 and U.S. 42 and to construct a roundabout at Gloster Road and U.S. 42. The project is partially funded by an Ohio Public Works Commission grant.
City staff and council members discussed procedural limits after Council member Eggers recused herself from the vote. With one recusal there were only four affirmative votes available, so the council could not adopt the measure with emergency language that night. Mayor Mark Messer and other council members noted the ordinance will return on a future agenda as a first reading; staff said the item could appear on a work-session agenda and, if five votes are present at that later meeting, emergency language could be added then.
Council action that evening included roll-call responses from four members: Mr. Sellers, Vice Mayor Norris, Mr. Lamoreaux and Mayor Mark Messer all recorded “yes.” Mrs. Eggers indicated she was recused. The motion and second to adopt were noted on the record but staff then explained the emergency clause could not be enacted with the recusal.
The ordinance packet described partial funding from the Ohio Public Works Commission; no additional schedule or start date was adopted that night. Council did not take final emergency action and directed the item be placed on a subsequent agenda for final consideration.
The council did not amend the contract terms during the meeting. Further procedural steps, including any final vote with emergency status, will depend on a future roll call when all eligible members are present.
