Seven Hills City Council adopts four emergency ordinances, approves recreation and fire-station contracts

The Seven Hills City Council on Jan. 28 approved four ordinances under emergency clauses, authorizing professional-service agreements for recreation programs, hiring an engineering firm for fire-station upgrades, and joining the Ohio Municipal Leaguein a tariff challenge at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO).

Council members voted to excuse two members from the meeting, went into and reconvened from an executive session on pending litigation, accepted minutes from the Jan. 14 meeting, and passed the ordinances as emergency measures so they could take immediate effect.

Why it matters: The measures authorize city spending and contracts that affect recreation programming, youth and adult sports operations, and capital work on the city's fire stations. Approving the ordinances as emergency measures allows the city to implement the contracts and actions immediately rather than waiting through the standard waiting period for a later effective date.

The council unanimously approved (among members present) amended ordinance 02-2025 to authorize a professional-service contract with Jessica Ferenc and Bridal D. Fulkerson to provide programs at the City of 7 Hills Recreation Complex and to declare the measure an emergency. The council then passed ordinance 05-2025, an annual professional-service contract with Philip Tomberlane III to direct youth and adult sports programs for Jan. 1Dec. 31, 2025, with an…