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Council approves municipal consent to purchase Dayton River Road parcel after brief debate, 3-1
Summary
After pulling item H from consent for discussion, Dayton City Council approved municipal consent to purchase a property on Dayton River Road with a 3-1 vote; one councilmember voiced concern about continued property purchases and 3 Rivers Park master-plan ownership of the river trail.
Dayton City Council voted to approve municipal consent to purchase a property on Dayton River Road during its May 27 meeting. Council approved the item after it was pulled from the consent agenda; the motion passed with a recorded result described in the meeting as "3 to 1."
A councilmember asked to move item H out of the consent agenda for discussion and said, "we really haven't gotten 3 Rivers to agree to anything different than their master plan of owning the whole river," adding that prior councils had not agreed to that plan and urging caution about continued property purchases. Another councilmember said the specific acquisition stood out "as unique due to the condition of the home" and indicated support for approving this single purchase so as not to delay the transaction.
The council took a vote after discussion. The chair called for those in favor and those opposed; the clerk recorded the item as passing "3 to 1." No detailed motion text, mover or seconder were captured in the public transcript. The council then moved on to open forum.
This action is recorded as a municipal consent/purchase; the transcript did not include a staff presentation of purchase price terms or a recorded roll-call naming each individual vote. The discussion centered on larger policy questions about future property acquisitions and coordination with 3 Rivers Park on the river-trail plan, rather than details of the single parcel purchase.
