Oakwood Council adopts resolutions on street lighting, sidewalks, regional bylaws and county solid waste plan

Oakwood City Council on March 3 unanimously approved four resolutions that move forward annual street‑lighting and sidewalk repair programs and ratified two regional governance and planning measures.

The council adopted a resolution declaring the necessity of improving specified streets by lighting them with electricity as the first step in the city’s 2026 street‑lighting program; it also approved a resolution declaring the necessity of repairing sidewalks, curbs and driveway aprons in this year’s 2025 sidewalk program. Council members also voted to ratify revisions to the First Suburbs Consortium of Dayton bylaws and to approve the Montgomery County Solid Waste Management District’s updated five‑year solid waste management plan.

The lighting and sidewalk resolutions are procedural first steps required by state law before the city advances to ordinances that authorize work and levy assessments. Councilmember Rob Stevens introduced the street‑lighting measures and described them as the initial step of the 2026 program; the council approved that resolution by roll call vote. The council likewise approved the sidewalk resolution for the 2025 sidewalk, curb and driveway apron…