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Council approves tax‑advance request, business incentive and budget amendments; ordinance withdrawn
Summary
On Jan. 12 Medina City Council suspended three‑reading rules and approved Resolution 3‑26 (tax advance request), Ordinance 4‑26 (job creation grant for Sandridge Food Corporation), Ordinances 5‑26 through 7‑26 (personnel, budget amendments and fund transfers), and noted Ordinance 8‑26 was withdrawn.
Medina City Council used a suspension of rules to consider multiple measures on Jan. 12 and approved routine and policy items by roll call.
Resolution 3‑26 requested the county auditor to make tax advances during 2026; council labeled the request a routine annual formality and approved it 6‑0 by roll call.
Ordinance 4‑26 authorizes a job‑creation grant agreement with Sandridge Food Corporation to renovate a facility at 111 Commerce Drive. Economic development staff said Sandridge will invest $5,300,000, commit to creating 10 full‑time positions and add about $600,000 in new payroll; the agreement provides Sandridge with a grant equal to up to 40% of the new payroll taxes payable to the city for three years. One council member abstained from the vote due to a family conflict; the ordinance passed with the abstention recorded in the minutes.
Ordinance 5‑26 amends the salaries and benefits code to abolish the cable‑TV department, create a communications department and accept updated job descriptions; the ordinance passed 6‑0.
Ordinance 6‑26 makes amendments to the 2026 budget (amendment to ordinance 218‑25) and passed 6‑0; Ordinance 7‑26 authorized finance director fund transfers for the rec center capital contribution and the city‑owned railroad contribution and passed 6‑0. Ordinance 8‑26 was withdrawn from the agenda by the finance committee and was not considered.
Council recorded roll‑call votes for each adoption and noted an abstention on the Sandridge agreement (a council member disclosed a familial employment connection and abstained). The Sandridge agreement was reviewed by the law director before the vote; the minutes state grant payments are funded through non‑income tax generated revenue.
Next steps: Sandridge’s planned improvements and any job‑creation performance measures will be subject to the terms of the executed agreement; budget amendments and transfers will be implemented per finance director authorization.
