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Tipp City Council approves fee changes, staff reclassifications and sewer-fee clarification
Summary
At its Feb. 2 meeting, Tipp City Council passed multiple ordinances updating fees (including a veterans banner and paver fees and blasting permit fee), reclassified finance and utility-billing positions for succession planning, clarified a sewer-capacity fee application, and accepted the Restoration Board's 2025 report.
Tipp City Council voted on several ordinance and administrative items at its Feb. 2, 2026 meeting, approving fee-schedule changes, staffing reclassifications and a clarification of sewer capacity fees and accepting the Restoration Board's 2025 annual report.
Ordinance described in the meeting as "Ordinance 126" would add and amend four fees in the city's fee schedule: establish a veterans banner program fee, update fees for veteran memorial pavers and dog park pavers, and increase the blasting permit application fee. The ordinance was sponsored by Mr. Kessler; the public hearing opened and closed with no speakers. The clerk recorded the roll call as: Kessler yes; O'Neil yes; Pittenger yes; President Liddy yes; Mayor Rogers yes; Cox yes; Huffman yes. The ordinance was recorded as passed.
Council also introduced and supported an ordinance to update the city organizational chart and codified ordinance exhibit to create and reclassify finance specialists, income tax specialists, utility billing specialists and a lead utility billing specialist to support succession planning in the finance department ahead of the retirement of finance supervisor Stacy Brown. That ordinance was sponsored by Mr. O'Neil and seconded; no public comments were offered.
A separate ordinance to clarify how the sewer capacity pass-through fee charged to the city by Tri-Cities Wastewater Authority is applied by meter size was presented to correct confusion in the fee table. After the public hearing was opened and closed with no comments, the clerk called the roll and the votes were recorded as 'Yes' by the members present; the ordinance was recorded in the minutes as "Ordinance 3 26."
An additional ordinance accepting certain public improvements in Summit Landing subdivision, section 3 (excluding some sidewalks and the final course of asphalt) was presented; the municipal services director and city engineer had approved the work and staff recommended approval. A council member agreed to sponsor the acceptance.
Council also moved to accept the Restoration Board's 2025 annual report. That motion was seconded, the public hearing was opened and closed with no comments, and the roll call recorded 'Yes' votes from Mayor Rogers, Mr. Cox, Mrs. Pittenger, Mr. O'Neil, President Liddy, Mrs. Huffman and Mr. Kessler; the motion passed.
All ordinances and the motion were advanced with no substantive public comment during the evening's hearings. Several items were introduced and then passed in the same meeting; council scheduled an executive session on economic development after member comments.
