Council adopts four ordinances including downtown TIF amendment and parks appropriation; roll-call votes recorded

Barberton City Council voted Oct. 27 to adopt four ordinances affecting city property, park repairs and downtown tax incentives.

Ordinance 155‑2025 (donation of parcel ID 0114009 to Summit County, declared an emergency) was moved, suspension of rules approved and the ordinance adopted by roll call; the clerk recorded affirmative votes for the motion to adopt.

Ordinance 156‑2025 (appropriation of $9,927.87 from the general fund revolving fund to the parks administrative capital budget, declared an emergency) was likewise suspended and adopted on roll call; the appropriation was described by staff as funding storm damage and repairs to pickleball/dugout facilities.

On second reading Council adopted Ordinance 153‑2025, approving a CRA tax abatement for Raymond James Company, and Ordinance 154‑2025, amending Ordinance 91‑2019 to remove two parcels from the downtown tax‑increment financing (TIF) district. Recorded votes on the second readings show at least two "no" votes on 153‑2025 and a single recorded "no" vote on 154‑2025.

Clerk roll-call tallies (as recorded in the meeting transcript)
- Ordinance 155‑2025 (donation of parcel 0114009): motion to suspend and motion to adopt passed; roll-call recorded affirmatives by the members present.
- Ordinance 156‑2025 (parks appropriation $9,927.87): motion to suspend and motion to adopt passed; roll-call recorded affirmatives by the members present.
- Ordinance 153‑2025 (Raymond James Company CRA abatement): roll-call on adoption recorded "No" votes from Councilman Easterling and Councilmember Hager; remaining recorded members voted "Yes."
- Ordinance 154‑2025 (amend 2019 TIF to remove Parcel 01.12849 and 01.03928): roll-call on adoption recorded one "No" vote from Councilman Easterling; remaining recorded members voted "Yes."

Council recorded the votes individually during roll-call calls on each adoption and the clerk’s record is the source of the tallies.