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Votes at a glance: Kettering council approves appointments, contracts and pay action
Summary
Council approved multiple resolutions and one ordinance Dec. 10, including appointments to regional boards, a clerk pay increase, contracts for fair housing and housing counseling, a brownfield remediation grant acceptance, body‑armor procurement, and a $500,000 general fund commitment for economic development.
Kettering City Council approved a slate of routine resolutions and one ordinance Dec. 10. Items passed by roll call included appointments, contracts, a grant acceptance and procurement actions that the city said support housing, fair housing services, public safety and economic development.
Key outcomes approved by council:
• Appointment to the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center Board — designating Angela Rockman as the city’s representative (moved by Mister Sullivan; approved by roll call).
• Appointment to the Miami Valley Community Action Partnership Board — designating Missy Frost as Kettering’s representative (approved by roll call).
• Pay increase for municipal clerk Amy J. Hayslip — a 3% raise effective Dec. 16, 2024, consistent with raises provided to non‑union staff in the same pay grade (approved by roll call).
• Purchase of body armor for the police SWAT team from Galls — estimated cost $35,948.72; budgeted amount noted as $35,000 (approved by roll call).
• Acceptance of a Brownfield Remediation Program grant from the Ohio Department of Development through the Montgomery County Land Bank — $171,858 to support an environmental site assessment at the former Cheerhart Cleaners property (2659 Patterson Road); a 25% local match requirement was described as already met and grant funds will be encumbered via a 2025 supplemental appropriation (approved by roll call).
• Contract with the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center to operate the city’s fair housing program — estimated cost $30,000; noted as a requirement to affirmatively further fair housing under CDBG/HOME funding rules (approved by roll call).
• Contract with County Corp (home ownership center) for foreclosure and pre‑purchase counseling — estimated cost $26,029; staff said the program assists roughly 50 families per year (approved by roll call).
Council recorded each item as moved, seconded and adopted by roll call; no contested votes were recorded in the transcript. The actions allow staff to proceed with contract execution, grant administration and procurement as described on the agenda.
