St. Marys council approves rezoning, alley vacation, tax levy resolution and an emergency ordinance to sell seven lots

The St. Marys City Council voted to approve multiple pieces of legislation during the meeting, including a rezoning, an alley vacation, a tax-levy certification and an emergency ordinance to advertise seven buildable lots for sealed bids.

On third reading, Council approved Ordinance 2025-18, rezoning 3.714 acres west of RJ Coleman Grove Road and south of McKinley Road (addresses listed as 1213 and 1301 McKinley Road). The chair called for questions; none were raised and the motion to pass carried with "all yeses."

The council then approved Ordinance 2025-19 to vacate a 16.5-foot-wide alley between Fair and Vine Street to Canal Street and the railroad in the Easton District; that motion also passed with no discussion.

Council adopted Resolution 0.2513, accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies to be certified to the county auditor.

Council introduced Ordinance 2025-20, described by Mister Foxhoven as an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of public service and safety to advertise sealed bids for seven buildable lots in the replat of Track Number 2 in Western Subdivision. Foxhoven said the planning commission approved the plat and that infrastructure such as storm sewer, sanitary sewer and electric would be installed only if the lots sell. "There will be a reserve or minimum bid for these 7 lots," he said.

Councilmember Lund moved to suspend the rules to consider Ordinance 2025-20 under suspension; Fitzgerald seconded the motion, the suspension passed, and the council proceeded to pass the ordinance under suspension with recorded "all yeses." No roll-call tallies beyond the unanimous verbal "all yeses" were recorded in the transcript.

The meeting record shows the council moved several items quickly with limited discussion; no appeals or defeated motions were recorded during the legislative segment.