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Mt. Healthy council unanimously authorizes OPWC application for Joseph McMacken and Hickman street projects
Summary
The Mt. Healthy City Council on an unspecified date unanimously adopted Resolution 24-1222 authorizing the city manager to apply to the Ohio Public Works Commission for capital-improvement funds for Joseph/McMacken (30% local match) and Hickman (20% match) and suspended the second-reading rule to vote the same night.
The Mt. Healthy City Council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 24-1222, authorizing the city manager to prepare and submit an application to the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) for state capital-improvement and local transportation funding.
The resolution designates the Joseph/McMacken corridor (Joseph to Elizabeth) as the primary OPWC project with a recommended local match of 30 percent and names Hickman as the second project with a proposed 20 percent local match. Council members told staff to have engineering consultant JMA prepare the application materials and mock-ups for resident review before submission.
Councilmember Young made the motion to adopt the resolution as amended and Councilmember George seconded. The body voted by roll call; the clerk recorded all members present voting “aye,” and the chair announced the measure passed by a vote of seven to zero after the council agreed to suspend the second-reading rule to consider the item the same night.
City Manager Scott Bauer (as referenced in the meeting) said OPWC submission deadlines require prompt action; council discussed project boundaries and the likely schedule if funded, with construction not expected to begin until 2026 if the city receives an award. Members emphasized that the higher local match generally improves competitiveness in OPWC scoring.
The council also directed staff to include a second application (Hickman) to increase the city’s chances of being placed on the funding list. Councilmembers discussed the practical limits of local parking and fire-lane needs on narrow streets and asked engineering staff to provide a cost estimate and a design mock-up for Hickman before filing the application.
Next steps: the city manager will finalize application materials with JMA and submit them to OPWC by the stated program deadline; council will receive follow-up materials and cost estimates at a future meeting.
