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Mansfield City Council unanimously passes five bills including $220,000 mental‑health grant and property conveyance
Summary
In caucus, Mansfield City Council suspended the three‑reading rule and voted 8–0 to adopt five measures: a $7,097.50 payment to the Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation, acceptance of a $220,000 specialized docket grant, an off‑street parking ordinance amendment, approval of the CAPER for program year 2024, and conveyance of a small Adams Street parcel to the Mansfield Community Improvement Corporation for $750.
Mansfield City Council used a unanimous procedural motion to suspend the rule requiring three separate readings, then voted unanimously to adopt five bills during caucus.
Bill 25‑139 authorized a then‑and‑now certificate and payment of $7,097.50 to the Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation to cover the city's portion of contractor work related to a demolition project at the former gas station on the corner of Wood and Marion. Council members discussed cost sharing; Mayor Jody A. Perry said the land bank and the city are splitting the remainder after a contractor discount.
Bill 25‑140 accepted a specialized docket grant of $220,000 and authorized the safety‑service director and other appropriate officials to execute a subsidy grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The clerk announced final passage, 8–0.
Bill 25‑141 amends section 355.01 of the Mansfield Codified Ordinances concerning off‑street parking and was approved by the council, recorded as 8–0.
Bill 25‑142 expressed approval and support for the City of Mansfield Office of Permitting and Development’s completion of the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for program year 2024 (07/01/2024–06/30/2025) and passed 8–0.
Bill 25‑143 authorized the conveyance of a small city‑owned parcel on Adams Street to the Mansfield Community Improvement Corporation for a sale price of $750; the clerk announced passage, 8–0.
Clerk readings for the bills were done by title; sponsors who moved the bills on the floor included Mr. Fauquette (bills 25‑139, 25‑140, 25‑143), Mr. Diaz (bill 25‑141) and Ms. Robertson (bill 25‑142). The meeting record indicates each final passage was recorded as 8–0; individual member roll‑call votes were not listed in the transcript.
Council members indicated the land‑conveyance parcel is small and abuts Richland New Hope Industries; the mayor said community development had owned the lot previously and Richland New Hope had identified a proposed use. For the then‑and‑now payment, the mayor noted the contractor had begun work before a purchase order and that language changes are being circulated with land‑bank contractors to prevent recurrence.
The council closed the caucus and proceeded to the regular meeting rituals (pledge, prayer, roll call).
