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Baberton council approves multiple ordinances including refuse appeal refund and Main Street payments
Summary
At its Nov. 24 meeting the Baberton City Council adopted several ordinances: an amendment refunding the $25 Board of Appeals filing fee if a refuse citation is overturned; appropriations to police and fire; a three-year $150,000 allocation to Main Street Barberton; and authorization for equipment and audit contracts, among other items.
Baberton City Council on Nov. 24 passed a slate of ordinances and appropriations, including changes to the city’s refuse-appeal process, multiple departmental appropriations and contract authorizations.
Ordinance 163 (adopted) amended the codified refuse-collection chapter to stipulate that if a person receives a citation or fine for a trash-container violation and appeals to the Board of Appeals, the required $25 appeal filing fee shall be refunded if the Board overturns the violation. The ordinance was moved and adopted under a suspension of rules by roll-call vote.
Council also adopted appropriations and contract ordinances on emergency or expedited consideration: an appropriation of $6,375.18 for the fire department (Ordinance 164), an appropriation of $7,500 for the police department (Ordinance 165), and a larger appropriation of $240,000 to the police operating account from the 1 Ohio Fund (Ordinance 166). The council authorized the finance director to enter into a multi-year audit contract with Julian and Group Incorporated for fiscal years 2025–2029 (Ordinance 167) and approved a lease-purchase agreement with Huntington Public Capital Corporation / Huntington National Bank (Ordinance 168).
Ordinance 169, presented by Missus Thompson and Missus Earhart, appropriates $150,000 from the general fund over three years (2026–2028) to pay Main Street Barberton — $50,000 per year — to support downtown programming. Councilors voted to adopt that ordinance without emergency wording for multi-year funding.
The council also authorized the mayor or his designee to enter a contract with Hesson Kenworth of Richfield for $786,992 to purchase three Kenworth snow and ice trucks (Ordinance 170) and made other first readings on professional services for the City Hall and Justice Center project (Ordinances 172–173).
Most votes on adoption were recorded by roll call; where names were read the transcript records 'Yes' responses from the listed members. Where the ordinance text or specific financial details were discussed in committee, that provenance is noted in the council record and the items were either referred to finance or taken up on the legislative night as reflected in the meeting record.
Next steps: several ordinances were adopted immediately under suspension of rules; others were entered as first readings and will return for additional readings as required.
