North Ridgeville council adopts pedestrian-safety project, personnel changes and parks master plan among other measures

North Ridgeville City Council on Feb. 17 approved a package of ordinances and a resolution covering pedestrian-safety work, capital projects, personnel adjustments and a parks-and-recreation master plan. Council dispensed with additional readings and adopted the listed measures, several with emergency clauses.

Key votes and outcomes (as moved and recorded in the meeting):

- Ordinance 20 26 dash 20: Lorraine at Leer Nagle pedestrian improvements (new crosswalks, ADA ramp work, coordinated signals). Moved and seconded by Mayor Corcoran and Councilman Winkle; adopted with the emergency clause. Mayor cited a nearby fatality as a reason to expedite the work.

- Ordinance 20 26 dash 21: Amendment for Sugar Ridge pressure-reducing vault replacement; engineer's estimate updated to approximately $630,000 (about $110,000 increase). Council dispensed with readings and adopted with the emergency clause.

- Ordinance 20 26 dash 22: Annual appropriations amendment (includes Taylor Parkway grant budgeting and other items). Adopted with the emergency clause.

- Resolution 20 26 dash 23: Authorizing fund advances from the general fund to the state grant fund to front reimbursable work (Taylor Parkway). Adopted with emergency clause.

- Ordinance 20 26 dash 11: Amendment adding/adjusting positions and pay (city garage foreman, part-time dispatcher, part-time project engineer). Council amended the ordinance, added the emergency clause and adopted it; the mayor said the clause was requested to fill vital positions quickly for safety and operations.

- Ordinance 20 26 dash 4: Contract with McKenna for the Parks and Recreation 2026 master plan, not to exceed $149,000. Council added an emergency clause and adopted the ordinance to begin the master plan process.

- Ordinance 20 26 dash 5: Authorizing procurement of chemicals for the French Creek wastewater treatment plant; adopted on roll call.

- Planning commission recommendation accepted: Final plat for phase 2 of the Crossing at French Creek subdivision (applicant Tom Sutcliffe / Dreesholm) approved with conditions including a three-year performance bond and administrative easement review; council voted to accept the commission's recommendation.

Other items read into the record included procurement ordinances for roadway materials, equipment rental and a sewer camera van, and agricultural-district resolutions; several items were referred to committees or scheduled for further action.

The council announced a public hearing on March 2, 2026 for agricultural-district applications and adjourned.