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Bowling Green council adopts supplemental budget and fast-tracks ODOT sidewalk projects
Summary
The council approved a supplemental appropriation for the 2026 fiscal year and unanimously adopted expedited agreements with the Ohio Department of Transportation to advance the Winter Garden and Conneaut sidewalk projects, citing ODOT scheduling needs.
Bowling Green’s City Council voted to adopt a supplemental appropriations ordinance for the 2026 budget and to fast-track two sidewalk projects in partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The council suspended its usual rules to give Ordinance 9,342 immediate second and third readings and then adopted the ordinance, which provides supplemental appropriations and amendments for the City of Bowling Green’s fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2026 and ending Dec. 31, 2026. "I move that we adopt ordinance 9,342," the presiding officer said before the roll-call affirmation by members present.
Councilors also moved to suspend the rules and adopt Ordinance 9,335, authorizing the municipal administrator and utilities director to sign a Local Public Agency (LPA) agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the Winter Garden sidewalk project, and Ordinance 9,336 to do the same for the Conneaut sidewalks project. For both projects, council adopted the emergency clause to expedite contracting and bidding. The presiding officer explained the reason for the expedited schedule: coordination with ODOT timetables.
The actions were completed by roll call with members affirming the motions and no opposing votes recorded in the meeting transcript. The council did not enter extended debate on the measures; comments stressed the scheduling necessity with ODOT and appreciation for staff handling the expedited process.
Other ordinances listed for second reading included measures to lease municipal property for agricultural purposes (Ordinance 9,337), to sell surplus vehicles and equipment (Ordinance 9,338), and amendments to codified ordinances addressing classification of civil offenses and storage of recreational vehicles (Ordinance 9,339). Council member Harold indicated he may propose phrasing changes to the RV-storage limits after meeting with administration.
The council’s actions move the Winter Garden and Conneaut sidewalk projects into the next phases of qualification requests, advertisements for bids and contract preparations under ODOT’s LPA framework. No project-specific budgets or contract awards were finalized at this meeting; those steps will follow procurement and contract negotiation.
