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South Lebanon Council adopts emergency budget rates, annexation and road funding measures
Summary
At its Sept. 18 meeting the South Lebanon City Council unanimously adopted Emergency Resolution 2025-38 setting amounts and rates for FY2026, approved Emergency Ordinance 2025-18 annexing 186.2851 acres into the city, and authorized an OPWC application for Zora Road stabilization (2025-40).
South Lebanon City Council on Sept. 18 unanimously approved multiple emergency measures including a resolution adopting amounts and rates as set by the Warren County Budget Commission, an annexation ordinance for roughly 186.2851 acres in Hamilton Township, and an application to the OPWC for Zora Road stabilization funds.
The council first moved to waive the two-reading rule and adopted Emergency Resolution 2025-38, described by the chair as accepting amounts and rates determined by the Warren County Budget Commission for fiscal year 2026. After motions and seconds, each voting member recorded "Yay," and the chair stated, "Motion carries." The record shows the same pattern—motions, waivers of two readings, and unanimous votes—for the annexation ordinance (Emergency Ordinance 2025-18) and for Emergency Resolution 2025-40, which authorizes an application to OPWC for capital improvement funding for the Zora Road Stabilization Project.
The annexation item was introduced with a staff report that the annexation committee had met with the property owners and approved the request. A resident asked about traffic impacts and whether a traffic study had been completed; the resident said a study "should've been done first" and warned that hundreds of additional houses could require infrastructure such as a roundabout. City staff responded that annexation begins the process and that permanent zoning and any planned-unit-development requests will be addressed later in the zoning/permitting stages.
On the Zora Road item, staff acknowledged an earlier clerical listing that referenced a water tower project in error and confirmed the intended submission is for a hillside/road-stabilization project on Zora Road. Officials said they would pursue OPWC emergency/pre-application funding to expedite the work if awarded.
The council also entered Resolution 2025-39 (an agreement with the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District) into the record as a first-reading item and announced Ordinance 2025-19 as the first reading for a zoning map amendment at 150 North Main Street; the latter will return for later consideration.
Next steps: items listed as first readings will proceed through the council's ordinance process; the OPWC application will be submitted and, if awarded, staff said the city will return with details on the project schedule and funding implications.
