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Votes at a glance: Norton council adopts multiple ordinances including police contract, Taco Bell TIF and driveway easement
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting the Norton City Council adopted several ordinances and resolutions after roll-call votes. Items approved included a collective bargaining agreement, a tax-increment financing plan for a new Taco Bell, a driveway easement, pavers for the veterans memorial, and the NOPEC aggregation measures.
The Norton City Council on Feb. 3 adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions after roll-call votes. The council recorded votes on labor contracts, a tax-increment financing (TIF) agreement for a commercial development, property easements, park improvements and the previously reported electricity aggregation items.
Key adopted items and recorded roll calls from the meeting minutes are summarized below. Where the mover or seconder was not explicitly named in the on-the-record exchange, the record lists them as not specified.
- Ordinance 3-20-25: Collective bargaining agreement with the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (part-time patrol officers). Motion to adopt made after third reading; roll call recorded: Lukens — Yes; Lee — Yes; Towsley — No; Adler — Yes; Mowery — Yes; Harbert — Yes; DeHartart — Yes. Outcome: adopted.
- Ordinance 4-20-25: Administrative officer authorized to execute and deliver (related public safety/benefit contract; third reading). Roll call recorded: Lukens — Yes; Adler — Yes; Lee — Yes; Towsley — No; Mowery — Yes; Harbert — Yes; DeHartart — Yes. Outcome: adopted.
- Ordinance 5-20-25: Authorizing tax increment financing (TIF) for property at 4111 South Cleveland (for a Taco Bell). Motion to adopt passed by roll call; recorded votes in the minutes show a unanimous yes among members responding. Outcome: adopted.
- Ordinance 6-20-25: Driveway easement to Kevin S. Kuzner (ingress/egress adjacent to Dana Miller Nut Company). Motion to adopt passed by roll call with votes recorded as yes from council members listed in the minutes. Outcome: adopted.
- Ordinance 7-20-25: Purchase of pavers for Norton Veterans Memorial Park from Unilock, cost not to exceed $13,313.79. Motion to adopt and roll call recorded yes votes in the minutes. Outcome: adopted.
- Ordinance 9-20-25 and Ordinance 10-20-25: Adoption of NOPEC electricity aggregation participation and adoption of NOPEC's plan of operations and governance (see separate article for details). Roll calls recorded (both ordinances): Mowery — Yes; Harbert — Yes; Lukens — Yes; Towsley — Yes; Adler — Yes; Lee — Yes; DeHartart — No. Outcome: both adopted.
The meeting minutes show other items presented for first or second reading that were not adopted on Feb. 3, including ordinances related to updated codified ordinances, EV charging stations (first reading), property purchases presented for first reading and an ordinance authorizing acceptance of NOPEC's energized community grant (first reading only).
Council members voiced differing perspectives on compensation and fiscal stewardship during the labor contract discussion: one council member explained opposition to the police contract on budgetary-principle grounds, citing the size of the combined increases, while other members cited public-safety benefits and supported adoption. The meeting transcript records both the votes and the comments that informed members' decisions.
The clerk's roll-call entries in the public meeting record were the basis for the vote tallies noted above.
