Moraine City Council committee approves drafting legislation on ordinances, leases, waste plan, bridge permit and vehicle replacement

The Moraine City Council’s committee of the whole voted to send a set of housekeeping and implementation items to legislation during a roughly 11-minute meeting that ended with the council moving to an executive session on city-owned real estate.

Council members approved motions to draft ordinances or resolutions covering (1) the quarterly supplement to the Moraine Codified Ordinances, (2) legislation to implement recommendations from the Community Reinvestment/Tax Incentive review bodies, (3) ratification of the Montgomery County Solid Waste Management District plan update, (4) renewal of two city farm leases, (5) a land-use permit with the Miami Conservancy District for the Halls Creek pedestrian bridge, and (6) replacement of a building-maintenance van. The council also voted to excuse Councilman Daughtry from the meeting and to enter an executive session at the end of the public meeting.

The motions were procedural: members directed staff to prepare draft legislation or resolutions for consideration at upcoming council meetings. For the codification item, council was asked to authorize an ordinance with an emergency clause so changes in the Walter Drane quarterly supplement (revisions through January 2025) could take effect immediately upon passage. The city planner reported that Walter Drane (the publisher handling codification) supplied the first quarterly installment and staff recommended preparing an ordinance.

On the Community Reinvestment/Tax Incentive item, staff said the city must submit paperwork by the March filing deadline and asked that…