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Votes at a glance: Westerville City Council actions on Feb. 4, 2025
Summary
Council took multiple unanimous actions on Feb. 4, including two requests to county auditors for early tax draws, adoption of marijuana zoning rules, approval of labor and procurement items, and award of construction and equipment contracts.
At its Feb. 4 meeting, Westerville City Council approved a slate of routine and substantive items. The following is a concise summary of formal actions taken and their outcomes:
- Request to Franklin County Auditor (Resolution): Council authorized the city manager to request a draw of property-tax funds from the Franklin County Auditor to provide early fiscal-year cash flow. Outcome: approved unanimously.
- Request to Delaware County Auditor (Resolution): Similar action for Delaware County to permit an early draw of property-tax funds; approved unanimously.
- Ordinance 2025-01 (Marijuana zoning): Third reading and adoption of zoning changes for marijuana activities (8 a.m.–8 p.m. hours; 500-foot buffers); approved unanimously.
- Labor contract (United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, District 1): Council authorized the city manager to execute a three-year labor contract covering roughly 50 maintenance and related positions, with wage increases (4.5% in year 1, 2.5% in year 2, 2.25% in year 3) and various allowances. Outcome: approved unanimously.
- Community Reinvestment Area agreement (Schwartz 575 LLC / Lakeshore Cryotronics): Approved (see separate article). One council member recused from this item.
- Award: 2025 Street Rehabilitation contract: Council authorized award to Strauser Paving Company, Inc. as the lowest and best bidder for designated reconstruction projects; approved unanimously.
- Purchase: Firefighter turnout gear: Council authorized purchase from Phoenix Safety Outfitters LLC through a cooperative agreement and waived formal bidding; approved unanimously.
- Miscellaneous procedural items: Minutes from prior meetings were adopted unanimously.
Roll-call votes on these items were unanimous among participating members; where a recusal occurred, the motion passed among the remaining voting members. Specific vote tallies were recorded as unanimous on the transcript for each listed approval.
