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Glendale council approves seven measures including police hire, extraction tool and speed‑limit request
Summary
At its February meeting, the Village of Glendale Council unanimously approved a new full‑time police hire, two board appointments, an appropriation for a fire extraction tool, and directed staff to request a 30 mph limit on Congress Avenue. Several routine appointments also passed.
The Village of Glendale Council on Feb. 1 approved a slate of personnel appointments, a budget amendment and multiple resolutions during a roughly two‑hour meeting.
Among the actions the council approved were: the confirmation and swearing‑in of a new full‑time police officer; the mayor’s appointments to the Board of Appeals; an appropriation to buy a fire department extraction/tool; a resolution asking the Ohio Department of Transportation to reduce the posted speed limit on State Route 747 (Congress Avenue) from 35 mph to 30 mph; conditional‑use approval for a small garden/reflection area at 37 Coral Ave owned by Mount Zion Baptist Church; and the appointment of Council Member John Pischel as a Group 1 director of the Glendale Community Improvement Corporation. All listed ordinances and resolutions were moved, had the three‑readings dispense motion approved, and passed by roll call vote recorded in the transcript as unanimous.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Ordinance 2026‑07 — confirm appointment of Tony Dinn as full‑time police officer: approved (roll call: unanimous). - Resolution 2026‑11 — confirm mayoral appointments to the Board of Appeals (Matthew Canterbury and Bradley Higginbotham): approved (roll call: unanimous). - Ordinance 2026‑06 — amend 2026 appropriations to fund fire department extraction tool (village match discussed): approved (roll call: unanimous). - Resolution 2026‑12 — direct village administrator to request ODOT reduce speed limit on SR‑747 (Congress Ave) to 30 mph: approved (roll call: unanimous). - Resolution 2026‑13 — conditional use for 37 Coral Ave for a religious/outdoor reflection space: approved (roll call: unanimous). - Resolution 2026‑14 — appoint Council Member John Pischel to Glendale Community Improvement Corporation: approved (roll call: unanimous).
Where the record is unclear: several personal names and spellings appear inconsistently in the transcript (for example, the new police hire’s surname appears as “Dinn,” “Dinh” and “Denn” in different segments; the transcript also records variations in other surnames). Those inconsistencies are noted in the meeting record and do not affect the formal roll‑call outcomes recorded during the meeting.
The meeting also included presentations from Ohio State Rep. Cindy Abrams and Hamilton County Auditor Jessica Miranda, public comments on local heritage programming and property issues, committee reports and routine administrative updates. The council adjourned after approving the listed items.
