Golf Manor Village council approves six emergency resolutions, extends American Tower lease and awards bid for school crosswalk signals

Golf Manor Village Council members convened an emergency meeting Jan. 21 to pass six time-sensitive resolutions, approving an amendment to a lease with American Towers Inc., authorizing a contract for a school-area signals and crosswalk project, and voting to join an Ohio Municipal League challenge to an AT&T tariff filing.

The measures addressed short-term cash handling, appointments, a telecommunication lease amendment that includes a $25,000 signing bonus, support for a utility-regulation challenge, and acceptance of a construction bid for new school-area signals and crosswalks. Council members said the items were urgent because of statutory deadlines, grant timelines and vendor lead times for signal equipment.

Council members said the American Towers amendment protects existing park land and grants the company up to 1,200 square feet of space for a planned expansion behind the current fenced area. Council discussion noted tweaks to lease language to preserve park use, and at least one council member said the village is in a strong bargaining position with that provider. Council members also discussed earmarking part of the $25,000 signing bonus for finishing a park walking path.

On the public-works side, the council accepted the low bid from Danville Construction Inc. for the 2025 Pineville Avenue signals project (referred to in meeting…