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Rossford council adopts multiple 2025/26 budget measures, awards road design contract
Summary
Rossford City Council on Nov. 12 approved a series of budget and fund-transfer ordinances for 2025–2026, awarded a design contract for 2026 residential road resurfacing to Feller Finch and extended a TIF district; council suspended further readings and adopted several measures in single meetings.
Rossford City Council adopted several ordinances on Nov. 12, 2025, including measures that advance funds between tax-increment financing accounts, amend 2025 appropriations, and authorize design work for 2026 road resurfacing.
Council read Ordinance 2025-98 by title as the second reading for the 2026 annual appropriation measure; councilmember Chris Heben summarized the proposed 2026 budget as roughly $24.5 million in expenses against about $20 million in revenues and asked that the measure go for another reading. Heben said about $6.8 million of the budget was earmarked for public safety (roughly $3.4 million each for police and fire) and that $5.2 million was allocated for infrastructure improvements, including pedestrian hybrid beacons and neighborhood resurfacing.
Several first-reading ordinances were moved forward and adopted after council voted to suspend second and third readings. Ordinance 2025-100 awards a contract to Feller Finch for design of the 2026 residential road resurfacing program;…
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