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Hamilton council adopts series of ordinances and resolutions on property, housing and grants
Summary
At the meeting council unanimously approved second‑reading ordinances to vacate Woodlawn Alley and dedicate right‑of‑way on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; they also approved a purchase-and-sale with the school district, a housing MOA, resurfacing assessments, ARPA and ODOT grant actions, and several side‑lot leases.
Council moved through a series of legislative items and took recorded roll‑call votes on multiple ordinances and resolutions.
On second reading the council adopted an ordinance vacating Woodlawn Avenue (Alley A) and accepted a dedication of 17,463 square feet of right‑of‑way on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Maple Avenue and Ludlow Street. Council also authorized the city manager to execute a purchase‑and‑sale agreement with the Hamilton City School District concerning property at 2150 Hensley Avenue.
Council adopted an ordinance that creates a civil‑penalty enforcement mechanism for unsolicited written materials and approved a compensation plan amendment reassigning the pay range for the neighborhood coordinator classification. The council also adopted a resolution approving a memorandum of agreement with Neighborhood Housing Services to construct homes on East Avenue and approved the 2024–25 concrete repair and resurfacing assessment roll.
Other actions included appointing Susan Vaughn and Timothy Knabb (alternate) to the board of directors of the Ohio‑Kentucky‑Indiana (OKI) Regional Council of Governments, authorizing acceptance of up to $3,000,000 in ARPA funds awarded through Butler County, and authorizing staff to file an ODOT pedestrian and bicycle grant application for intersection and sidewalk improvements at Main Street and Northwest Washington Boulevard. Multiple side‑lot leases were approved as well. Roll calls for the recorded votes showed unanimous affirmative votes on these measures during this meeting.
