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Votes at a glance: Middletown City Council actions, Jan. 7, 2025
Summary
Council approved consent agenda items, a public-safety software contract with Central Square, a resolution to submit transit grants to ODOT, a $10,000 donation to the Middletown Musical Arts Club, multiple board and commission appointments, and moved into and out of executive session.
Here are the formal actions recorded during the Middletown City Council meeting on Jan. 7, 2025. Where roll-call names were recorded in the transcript, they are reproduced exactly as read.
Consent agenda (approved) Motion: Approve consent agenda including council minutes, board and commission minutes, and personnel confirmations. Mover: Mister West. Second: Mister Lawley. Roll call: Missus Carter — Yes; Mister West — Yes; Mister Horn — Yes; Mayor Slamka — Yes; Mister Lawley — Yes. Outcome: Approved.
Ordinance 02024-102 (approved) Motion: Authorize contract with Central Square Technologies LLC for public-safety software and declare an emergency. Outcome: Approved by roll call (see separate article for details). Roll call recorded: Mister West — Yes; Mister Horn — Yes; Mayor Slaimka — Yes; Missus Carter — Yes; Mister Lolli — Yes.
Resolution R2024-37 (approved) Motion: Authorize filing of applications for State Fiscal Year 2026 with the Ohio Department of Transportation for grants under the Ohio Public Transportation Grant Program (BCRTA). Outcome: Approved by roll call. Roll call recorded: Mister Horn — Yes; Mayor Slaimka — Yes; Mister Lalley — Yes; Missus Carter — Yes; Mister West — Yes.
Ordinance 02025-01 (introduced; no final action Jan. 7) Action: Council introduced ordinance determining to proceed with submitting the question of a replacement tax levy for the Midpoint Library District; staff noted no action will be taken until Jan. 21, 2025.
Donation to Middletown Musical Arts Club (MMAC) — $10,000 (approved) Motion: Councilmember moved a $10,000 donation to the Middletown Musical Arts Club, mirroring a recent donation to the Middletown High School marching band. Mover: Mister West; Second: (recorded as second). Roll call: Missus Carter — Yes; Mister West — Yes; Mister Horn — Yes; Mayor Slamka — Yes; Mister Lalley — Yes. Outcome: Approved.
Boards and commissions appointments (approved) Motions and roll calls were recorded for numerous appointments; council approved appointments by roll call across the following bodies (excerpted list from the Jan. 7 record): - Airport Commission: Jeffrey Hensley and James Watson (approved) - Board of Health and Environment: Tiffany Baggett (approved) - Historic Commission: Matthew Dixon, Andy Brickler, Steven Stein (approved) - Library Board: Eleanor Stewart (approved) - Cemetery Board: Ken Blanford and Rick Lawson (approved) - Park Board: Steve Lewis (approved) - Planning Commission: AJ Mentel and Gabriel Shawnline (approved) - Board of Zoning Appeals: David Cash and Thomas Evans (approved) - City Income Tax Review Board: Michael Bonney (approved)
Executive session (approved and returned) Motion: Move to executive session under ORC 121.22(G)(1), (G)(2) and (G)(4) to consider personnel, property and labor negotiations. Motion and second recorded; roll call: Mayor Slamka — Yes; Mister Lolli — Yes; Missus Carter — Yes; Mister West — Yes; Mister Horn — Yes. Council later moved to return to open session; roll call recorded and the motion passed.
Notes: Several ordinances on the Jan. 7 agenda were first readings or were introduced with no final vote that evening (zoning change for 2402 Central Avenue, and an ODOT agreement for triple culvert rehabilitation on Carmody Boulevard). For those items the council treated them as first reading or as items that will return on future agendas.
