Franklin City Redevelopment Commission elects 2026 officers, approves slate of 2026 spending resolutions
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Summary
At a Jan. special meeting the Franklin City Redevelopment Commission elected Richard Wirtz president, Anne McGinnis vice president and BJ Deppie secretary, and approved a package of 2026 spending resolutions covering utilities, professional services, bond and lease payments, and road project funding.
Richard Wirtz was elected president of the Franklin City Redevelopment Commission at a special meeting called to order at 9 a.m., with Anne McGinnis elected vice president and BJ Deppie elected secretary. Each nomination was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
After establishing officers, the commission approved a set of 2026 resolutions covering operating and project expenses. The commission voted to approve: resolution 2026-O1 (utilities and maintenance expense for 2026); 2026-O2 (financial, legal and professional services for 2026); 2026-O3 (required bond payments related to the TIF bond issue series 2015; transcript lists $1,353,000); and 2026-O4 (lease-rental revenue bond payment for series 2019; transcript lists $4,590,000). For each resolution the chair opened the public hearing (no public comments were offered) and the motion, second and roll-call voice approvals were recorded as 'aye.'
The commission also approved resolutions 2026-O5 and 2026-O6 related to the Graham Road reconstruction project (see separate coverage of Graham Road for details). In each case the transcript records a motion, a second and a voice vote of approval.
Stone Municipal Group and Aspire Johnson County contract items were presented later in the agenda; the commission approved a motion to proceed with a Stone Municipal Group contract pending a formal February resolution and approved a $30,000 Aspire contract for 2026 (see the Aspire article for details).
Votes at a glance
- Elect officers for 2026: Richard Wirtz, president (approved); Anne McGinnis, vice president (approved); BJ Deppie, secretary (approved). - Resolution 2026-O1: utilities and maintenance expense for 2026 — approved. - Resolution 2026-O2: financial, legal and professional services for 2026 — approved. - Resolution 2026-O3: TIF bond payments (series 2015) — approved (transcript: $1,353,000). - Resolution 2026-O4: lease rental revenue bond payment (series 2019) — approved (transcript: $4,590,000). - Resolution 2026-O5: Graham Road reconstruction — approved (transcript resolution text: $5,350,000; see Graham Road article for engineer’s comments on right-of-way costs). - Resolution 2026-O6: Graham Road construction inspection — approved (transcript shows the item and approval; amount in transcript has numeric ambiguity).
The meeting record shows motions and seconding for each action; where a mover or seconder is not named in the transcript, the minutes record only 'so moved' and 'second.' The chair called for public comment on the resolutions and none were offered during the hearing period on the items.