Newark City Council approves annexation, road maintenance and multiple bond anticipation notes in unanimous votes
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The Newark City Council unanimously adopted several ordinances and resolutions including an annexation for 3131 Hornet Hill Road, transfer of maintenance for Horns Hill Road, and multiple bond anticipation notes to fund street, sewer and streambank projects; several appropriations and procurement actions also passed.
The Newark City Council adopted a slate of ordinances and resolutions in a meeting that concluded with unanimous roll-call votes on multiple items affecting annexation, road maintenance, capital improvements and procurement.
Council voted to adopt Ordinance 25-49, authorizing the law director (or designee) to take necessary steps to annex roughly 1.998 acres at 3131 Hornet Hill Road, citing Ohio Revised Code 709.16. The motion to adopt was made by Councilmember Barker and seconded by Blythe; the ordinance was approved by roll call with all members voting yes.
The council also adopted Ordinance 25-50 to assume maintenance responsibility for the full width of Horns Hill Road and to authorize the service director to enter into road-maintenance agreements with the Licking County Board of Commissioners. That motion was moved by Barker and carried unanimously.
Several bond anticipation note (BAN) ordinances were approved to fund capital projects: Ordinance 26-05 (not to exceed $1,060,000 for Church Street area improvements and streetscape work), Ordinance 26-06 ($155,000 for a portion of the Horns Hill Road sanitary sewer project), and Ordinance 26-07 ($485,000 for streambank protection and replacement of a sheet-pile dam on Raccoon Creek). Council also approved Ordinance 26-08 to consolidate up to three BAN issues. Each measure was moved, seconded and passed by unanimous roll call.
On resolutions and appropriations, Resolution 26-01 (appropriating funds for fines and expenses) and Resolution 26-05 (appropriating monies for current municipal expenses, after waiving the two-day reading rule) were adopted. Resolution 26-02 authorized the director of public service to purchase replacement utility-billing software (waiving competitive bidding subject to available funds). Resolution 26-03 approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Licking County Transportation Improvement District and the city of Heath for the Thornwood Drive Fay Drive Improvements Project (Phase 2); the council approved an amendment to correct an address error in the mayoral listing before final passage.
Resolution 26-06 authorized the director of public service to negotiate and enter a contract with DWA Recreation for playground equipment at Wells Park, waiving competitive bidding and declaring an emergency so the work could align with grant timing. Resolution 26-07 (Grand Hill Rd sanitary sewer relocation) was held until the council’s next meeting on March 2.
By the end of the meeting, the council had recorded unanimous votes on the items taken up that evening; the clerk announced multiple items as passing 9-0.
