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Gahanna committee advances supplemental appropriations for 2025 capital projects; waiver of second reading requested
Summary
Finance director asked council to reappropriate previously approved 2024 capital projects for 2025 to avoid bid delays on work including Price Road facility, traffic-control systems and sewer upsizing; waiver of second reading requested and item scheduled for third reading on the regular agenda.
Finance Director Kevin Burry asked the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 24 to approve an ordinance authorizing supplemental appropriations for 2025 to reauthorize capital projects that were approved in 2024 but not spent.
Burry told the committee the city changed its capital process to show unspent appropriations more transparently rather than rolling them forward automatically as encumbrances. “Showing a little bit more transparency in what we're doing,” he said. He asked the council to waive a second reading so the appropriations can be in place before bidding begins.
The request covers multiple…
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