Gahanna City Council on Jan. 6 elected Trenton Weaver as council president and Jamille Jones as vice president, then moved quickly through routine business to approve several ordinances and appointments.

Weaver was nominated by Councilmember Kaylee Padova and elected after a Roll Call vote in which council members recorded support. Jamille Jones was elected vice president in a separate nomination and roll-call vote.

The council adopted Ordinance 0055-2025, authorizing the mayor to enter a contract with Elite Excavating Company of Ohio, Inc. for the 2025 street rebuild and waterline project (ST-1116). Council considered and approved a substitute Exhibit A amendment before adopting the ordinance by unanimous roll call.

Council then approved Ordinance 56-2025, authorizing a contract with Shelley and Sands Inc. for the Taylor Road and Water Main Replacement Project (ST-1121). Members noted the work could be disruptive to traffic and residents in the city’s southern neighborhoods but said communication and patience should mitigate impacts; a substitute Exhibit A was adopted and the ordinance passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.

The body adopted Ordinance 0060-2025 to accept and transfer multiple parcels generally located on North High Street and Mill Street in downtown Gahanna; that ordinance also passed after a substitute Exhibit A amendment and unanimous roll-call votes.

In a separate action taken as an emergency, the council adopted Ordinance 0061-2025, approving a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International (USW) covering Jan. 2, 2026–Jan. 1, 2029. Senior director Volmer confirmed the contract aligns with budget expectations and the council voted to adopt it as an emergency.

Council introduced and, by waiver and emergency motion, adopted Ordinance 0001-2026, granting a perpetual easement to Ohio Power Company (AEP) for primary electric service at 825 Tech Center Drive. Councilmembers heard from Senior Director Schultz that delaying the easement would delay the municipal complex construction schedule; the waiver of second reading and emergency adoption were approved by roll call.

Council approved the consent agenda and a slate of appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions, including seats on the Civil Service Commission, Landscape Board, Local Board of Tax Review, Planning Commission, Records Commission, Public Arts Advisory Committee and Community Grants Review Panel. The Community Improvement Corporation reported selecting Montrose Group as vendor for the CIC strategic plan and noted CIC meeting times will change to the third Wednesday at 8 a.m.

For each formally adopted ordinance the clerk recorded roll-call results in the meeting minutes; votes on the featured ordinances and motions were recorded as unanimous yes votes by the members present.

The meeting closed with routine council comments and scheduling notes: the Committee of the Whole will meet Jan. 12 and the regular council meeting was moved to Jan. 20 in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.