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Council approves joint recreation district resolution and appoints Sunbury trustees
Summary
Council voted 7–0 to establish a joint recreation district under Ohio law and appointed two Sunbury trustees with defined term end dates; appointments are contingent on approvals by Galena and Berkshire Township.
Sunbury City Council approved a resolution Wednesday establishing a joint recreation district and appointing Sunbury trustees contingent on the village of Galena and Berkshire Township taking corresponding action. The resolution invokes Ohio Revised Code section 755.14(c) and appears as Resolution 2025.02.
At the meeting a council member recommended appointing Jody Greger to a one-year Sunbury term and Bernie Cooley to a two-year term. Council members moved to align the trustee terms with the other jurisdictions by setting explicit end dates: Greger through Dec. 31, 2025, and Cooley through Dec. 31, 2026. That amendment to section 5 of the resolution passed on a 7–0 roll-call vote.
Council then voted on the resolution as amended. The resolution passed on a 7–0 roll call; the votes recorded in the transcript were collected during roll call and show unanimous approval by members present. City staff said Berkshire Township and the village of Galena were expected to act on the joint recreation district in the coming weeks.
Why it matters: the resolution creates an interjurisdictional recreation entity that will govern shared recreational facilities and programming across Sunbury, Galena and Berkshire Township; trustee appointments and term alignment are necessary groundwork for the district’s governance.
Next steps: the appointments are contingent on Galena and Berkshire adopting matching language; staff and counsel will coordinate language among the jurisdictions and with legal counsel to limit joint liability and align trustee terms.
