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Council amends asbestos-abatement resolution for 1500 W. Galbreath; adoption effort fails on emergency-clause technicality
Summary
Council voted to amend Resolution 18-2025 directing asbestos and mold abatement at 1500 West Galbreath Road, but the subsequent motion to adopt the amended resolution failed to take effect after an added emergency clause required five votes and only four members voted in favor.
North College Hill City Council spent the Nov. 3 meeting debating Resolution 18-2025, which would direct the city administrator to instruct RWB Properties & Construction LLC to perform asbestos and mold abatement at 1500 West Galbreath Road, require third-party special inspections, and set the scope described in Exhibit A.
During third-reading consideration, Miss Chichester moved to amend the resolution to the version recommended by the Budget & Finance Committee; Mister Wilson seconded the amendment. Council members discussed the document’s late revisions, the scope in Exhibit A, whether the contract language requires a “white box” condition, and whether a new AIA contract is necessary.
Miss Dukestein, speaking for administration, said the draft before council “coincides with the existing contract” and urged members to consider time constraints tied to grant deadlines. Finance Director Sheba Stevens Knotts and others warned that federal ARPA funds have timing rules and…
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