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Council approves contracts and rate adjustments, OKs outdoor-dining lease; votes at a glance
Summary
At its Nov. 12 meeting Lebanon City Council approved several contract and rate ordinances—including a wastewater plant upgrade, interior water tower repainting, a five-year refuse/recycling contract with Rumpke, and a 7-year lease for outdoor dining—and recorded unanimous roll-call approvals on routine items.
Lebanon City Council on Nov. 12 approved a slate of contracts, first readings and resolutions covering utility maintenance, refuse collection, and a downtown outdoor-dining lease.
Key actions recorded by council included:
• Ordinance 2025-108: Contract with Dahl Lane Unlimited for $348,500 to replace the traveling-bridge aeration system at the wastewater treatment plant. Council voted to adopt the ordinance by roll call (all members present recorded 'Yes').
• Ordinance 2025-109: Contract with LC United Painting Company for $175,000 to blast-clean and repaint the interior of South Water Tower No. 1 based on a routine maintenance inspection; adopted by roll call.
• Ordinance 2025-110: Authorizing a five-year contract with Rumpke of Ohio for refuse and recycling collection services; staff explained year-one costs rose and collection rates will be adjusted to reflect new unit pricing under Ordinance 2025-111.
• Ordinance 2025-111: Rate adjustment to refuse and recycling collection rates to reflect the competitively bid Rumpke contract; staff said the sanitation fund will operate at a planned deficit in 2026–27 to smooth rate increases while using healthy fund balances.
• Ordinance 2025-112 and 2025-113: First readings authorizing a 2% water rate increase and a 2% sanitary-sewer rate increase, respectively, consistent with the updated 2021 water and sewer rate study and to maintain compliance with enterprise bond covenants.
• Resolution 2025-114: Approved a seven-year lease with KND Alexander Commercial Properties LLC to allow Greenhouse Cafe to operate an outdoor dining area in the public right-of-way at 105 E. Mulberry Street under specified conditions.
• Resolution 2025-115: Approved an annual agreement with Warren County outlining reimbursement for indigent-defense services in Lebanon Municipal Court; staff noted county/state reimbursement flows and counsel referenced an unfunded state mandate.
Most votes were recorded by roll call with the members present voting yes. Council treated the contract ordinances as routine maintenance and procurement actions and advanced rate ordinances for additional readings where required.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting transcript): • Ord. 2025-108 (Dahl Lane Unlimited, wastewater) — adopted; roll call: Missus Eggers (Yes), Missus Harper (Yes), Vice Mayor Norris (Yes), Mayor Messer (Yes), Mister Cope (Yes), Mister Sellers (Yes). • Ord. 2025-109 (LC United Painting Co., South Water Tower No.1) — adopted; roll call: Missus Harper (Yes), Mister Sellers (Yes), Mister Cope (Yes), Vice Mayor Norris (Yes), Missus Eggers (Yes), Mayor Messer (Yes). • Res. 2025-114 (Greenhouse Cafe lease with KND Alexander) — adopted; roll call: Mister Sellers (Yes), Mayor Messer (Yes), Missus Eggers (Yes), Missus Harper (Yes), Mister Coe (Yes), Vice Mayor Norris (Yes). • Res. 2025-115 (Warren County indigent-defense agreement) — adopted; roll call: Missus Eggers (Yes), Missus Harper (Yes), Vice Mayor Norris (Yes), Mayor Messer (Yes), Mister Coates (Yes), Mister Sellers (Yes).
Council also completed a procedural motion to enter executive session to discuss property acquisition and competitive-bidding exceptions under Ohio law.
Council recorded motions and roll-call votes for each ordinance or resolution listed on the agenda; where ordinances were a first reading, council moved them forward for subsequent consideration or final adoption per statutory requirements.
