Gahanna council approves $500,000 supplemental appropriation for CIC, postpones Creekside development vote to Nov. 17

Gahanna City Council on Monday approved Ordinance 0046-2025, a $500,000 supplemental appropriation to reserve funds for the Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) to cover demolition costs tied to reimbursable grant dollars, and simultaneously postponed a vote on Ordinance 0042-2025, the proposed development agreement for Creekside, to a date certain of Nov. 17, 2025.

Council members and staff said the appropriation was necessary to protect roughly $486,000 in reimbursable grant funds and to give the CIC the ability to secure a contractor to perform demolition if the developer cannot. Director Schultz told council, "The CIC will not have the ability to sign a contract with the demolition company until the appropriations are passed by council." City Attorney Tamela Larson said the draft supplemental agreement needed revision to reflect a reimbursement posture and to…