Twinsburg City Council approves multiple tax-exemption ordinances, awards $1.95 million road contract and extends marijuana moratorium

Twinsburg City Council on Feb. 11 adopted a series of ordinances and resolutions that the council said would support development incentives, move forward the city’s 2025 road program and maintain administrative flexibility on surplus-property sales.

The council passed six ordinances described in meeting materials as exempting certain improvements from ad valorem real property taxation and establishing service-payment frameworks (ordinances 01-2025, 02-2025, 03-2025 and 04-2025). Each was adopted as an emergency and carried on unanimous 6-0 votes. The ordinance texts in the meeting record reference Ohio Revised Code sections in the 5709 series; parcel-level details were not specified in the transcript.

Council also approved ordinance 05-2025, authorizing the mayor to enter an agreement with Formtek Incorporated to provide tax incentives under the Twinsburg Occupancy Program; that ordinance passed 6-0 on regular reading. The transcript does not list the terms of the Formtek agreement beyond the ordinance title.

For infrastructure work, council suspended the three-reading rule and adopted ordinance 18-2025 as an emergency to accept Parent Asphalt Company’s bid for the 2025 road improvement project. The council stated the contract amount as $1,950,000.00; the ordinance passed 6-0.

The council approved resolution 19-2025 to authorize continuous Internet auctions of surplus personal property under Revised Code section 721.15. Councilmembers said the continuous auction approach lets items move to auction without waiting months for council action; the resolution passed 6-0 as an emergency.

Council also extended a moratorium on accepting or issuing occupancy permits that would enable cultivation, processing, distribution or sale of recreational marijuana for an additional period not to exceed three months (ordinance 20-2025). The item was placed on third and final reading because the existing moratorium was set to expire on Feb. 13; council members said no entity had recently applied for cultivation permits and the ordinance passed 6-0 as an emergency.

On non-ordinance business, council voted 6-0 to approve a motion not to oppose transfer of a liquor permit from Twinsburg Entertainment LLC (Basement units A, B and C and patio) to Twinsburg Pub, LLC (doing business as Basement Sports Bar and Grill). The clerk was authorized to submit the transfer form to the Ohio Division of Liquor Control.

After completing business, council voted 6-0 to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters, pending litigation and to consult with counsel.

Votes at a glance

- Ordinance 01-2025 (tax-exemption/service payments; emergency): Adopted 6-0; parcel details not specified in transcript. - Ordinance 02-2025 (tax-exemption/service payments; emergency): Adopted 6-0; parcel details not specified in transcript. - Ordinance 03-2025 (tax-exemption/service payments; emergency): Adopted 6-0; parcel details not specified in transcript. - Ordinance 04-2025 (tax-exemption/service payments; emergency): Adopted 6-0; parcel details not specified in transcript. - Ordinance 05-2025 (authorize mayor to enter agreement with Formtek Inc., Twinsburg Occupancy Program): Adopted 6-0; agreement terms not specified in transcript. - Ordinance 18-2025 (accept bid of Parent Asphalt Company for 2025 road improvement project; emergency): Adopted 6-0. Council stated contract amount $1,950,000.00. - Resolution 19-2025 (authorize continuous Internet auction of surplus personal property; emergency): Adopted 6-0. Council noted the approach is allowed by revised code and permits ongoing auctions rather than periodic council approval. - Ordinance 20-2025 (extend moratorium on recreational marijuana occupancy permits up to three months; emergency): Adopted 6-0. Council stated no active cultivation applications were pending. - Motion: Do not oppose transfer of liquor permit to Twinsburg Pub, LLC (Basement Sports Bar and Grill): Passed 6-0. - Motion to enter executive session (personnel, litigation, attorney conference): Passed 6-0.

Discussion vs. formal action

Most passage votes were routine and carried unanimously; limited substantive discussion recorded in the transcript concerned the reason for suspending three-reading rules (to expedite road work and to prevent expiration of the moratorium) and procedural clarifications about continuous Internet auctions. Details such as parcel identifiers, the Formtek agreement terms, and the full inventory for auctions were not included in the meeting record presented.

Ending

Council scheduled follow-up committee meetings during the session and then recessed into executive session after the formal votes.