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Rossford City Council adopts six ordinances, approves permits and an appointment
Summary
At its Aug. 11 meeting the Rossford City Council passed six ordinances covering nuisance assessments, a CVB sign project, a pocket park change order, municipal code replacement pages and two budget transfers, and approved event permits and a board nomination.
Rossford City Council on Aug. 11 approved six ordinances, authorized several fund transfers and approved event permits and an appointment during a meeting where council suspended additional readings to move multiple items to final votes.
The council adopted Ordinance 2025-53 to certify nuisance-abatement assessments to the county auditor and declared it an emergency so the assessments could be added to the county tax duplicate ahead of the first Monday in September. A city staff member explained this is the annual process for placing unpaid nuisance abatements on the tax roll.
Council also adopted Ordinance 2025-56 authorizing the city administrator to proceed with a monument sign project for the Rossford Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). Council members said initial bids did not attract general contractors, so subcontractors were engaged to complete the work.
Ordinance 2025-59, a first-reading change order to the pocket park contract, was adopted after council voted to suspend additional readings. The change order adds $11,121.73 to the contract to address unforeseen conditions discovered during work and to complete the pocket park.
Ordinance 2025-60 approves replacement pages for the Rossford Municipal Code (the city’s annual codification update). Ordinance 2025-61 amends the city’s 2025 appropriations to move seized funds into a holding account while a related county court case is finalized, and Ordinance 2025-62 completes related transfers for 2025.
In other formal actions, council approved two special-event permit requests: temporary parking on the east side of Windsor Drive for two dates requested by Tom Kralovec (dates described in the record as “the thirtieth and 30 first” in the applicant’s permit request) and a street-closure permit for Danny’s Oktoberfest on Bergen Street on Oct. 11. Council also approved the nomination of Greg Marquette to the nuisance abatement board and voted to allow a transfer of a wine permit for the QuickTrip location previously approved for a beer permit transfer.
Votes at a glance (selected roll-call outcomes recorded on the transcript): - Ordinance 2025-53 (assessment of nuisance abatements; emergency declaration and adoption): Ayes recorded — Heben, Reynolds, Toth, Oberdorf, Echol, Tinney, Owen. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 2025-56 (CVB hotel monument sign; emergency declaration and adoption): Ayes recorded — Eckle, Oberdorf, Toth, Reynolds, Heben, Owen, Tinney. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 2025-59 (pocket park change order; $11,121.73): Ayes recorded — Owen, Heben, Reynolds, Toth, Oberdorf, Echol, Tinney. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 2025-60 (municipal code replacement pages): Ayes recorded — Eckle, Tinney, Owen, Heben, Reynolds, Toth, Oberdorf. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 2025-61 (amendment to 2025 appropriations — transfer of seized funds to holding account): Ayes recorded — Heben, Reynolds, Toth, Oberdorf, Echol, Tinney, Owen. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 2025-62 (related 2025 fund transfers): Ayes recorded — Echol, Oberdorf, Toth, Reynolds, Heben, Owen, Tinney. Outcome: approved.
Other formal votes and motions recorded on the transcript: nomination of Greg Marquette to the nuisance abatement board (approved by voice vote), approval to permit temporary parking on Windsor Drive for the applicant Tom Kralovec (approved by voice vote), approval of Danny’s Bergen Street closure permit for Oct. 11 (approved by voice vote), and approval of a transfer of a wine permit for QuickTrip (approved by voice vote).
Council discussion around the items was brief; several measures were presented by staff and the finance committee, and council repeatedly asked if any members of the public objected before suspending readings and adopting ordinances. The pocket park change order was described by staff as a final, relatively small amount needed to complete the project after encountering unseen conditions during construction.
The meeting record shows no motions failed and no ordinances tabled or postponed. Several items were adopted as emergencies to allow prompt placement on the tax duplicate (ordinance 2025-53) or to proceed with time-sensitive projects (ordinances 2025-56 and 2025-59).
