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Defiance council adopts personnel manual update, easements; tables Broadway Street vacation; schedules executive session

6490777 · October 8, 2025
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Summary

At its Oct. 7 meeting the Defiance City Council adopted an updated personnel manual and multiple easement ordinances, deferred action on a Broadway Street vacation to a future meeting, and approved an executive session on compensation for a public official.

The Defiance City Council on Oct. 7 approved several ordinances and took procedural actions on multiple property and personnel items.

Key outcomes: the council adopted an updated personnel policy manual, approved a perpetual stormwater easement at 1000 North Clinton Street related to a private automotive service development, authorized temporary construction easements for the Ralston Avenue right-of-way project, and voted to enter an executive session to discuss the compensation of a public employee or official. The council voted to “let lie” (defer) consideration of a petition to vacate a portion of Broadway Street until a future meeting; the vacation requires three readings of the ordinance.

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