Council approves stormwater easements, 2026 street paving contract process and sale of municipal property; multiple budget ordinances advanced

Tiffin City Council approved a slate of ordinances on third reading and advanced additional budget-related measures during its Nov. 25 meeting.

On third reading the council passed Ordinance 25-87, authorizing the mayor to accept permanent stormwater easements from various property owners (vote 6–0). It also approved Ordinance 25-88 to authorize the city administrator to prepare plans and solicit bids for the 2026 street paving program and city lot No. 4 improvements (vote 6–0). Ordinance 25-89, authorizing sale of municipal real property at State Route 224 and Fairlane to Trilogy Real Estate Tiffin LLC and acceptance of related easements, passed 6–0.

Council also heard second readings of ordinances 25-91 (public improvements/TIF language referencing Ohio Revised Code sections 5709.40, 5709.42 and 5709.43), amended 25-93 (labyrinth at Hedges Boyer Park), and 25-94 (requiring dogs to be leashed) and first readings of budget ordinances 25-98 through 25-103. Ordinance 25-104, which amends the 2025 budget (ordinance 24-94) to appropriate funds into the police department budget, mental health and recovery service fund, and parks capital fund, was moved for immediate passage, the three-reading suspension passed, and final passage was recorded 6–0.

Council recorded no amendments during the votes and did not attach conditions to the stormwater easements or property sale during the meeting. The law director noted the city had closed on a parking-lot property earlier and had recorded a deed.

Votes at the meeting show unanimous approval for the items acted upon; several other ordinances remain at first or second reading and will return for additional consideration.