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Lancaster County Council approves budget, multiple ordinances, appointments and consent agenda
Summary
Council unanimously approved the FY2026 budget ordinance and several third-reading ordinances (parks rules, animal enforcement as amended, Van Wyke Fire Protection District), passed a rezoning and a second-reading zoning item (recorded 5–4), approved multiple appointments, and adopted the 2026 calendars.
Lancaster County Council on Nov. 24 approved a package of routine and substantive measures, including the county’s FY2026 appropriation ordinance and several third-reading ordinances and appointments.
Key votes and outcomes: - Ordinance 2025-1993 (FY2026 budget appropriation): third reading approved unanimously after staff confirmed contract review for EMS cardiac monitors. - Ordinance 2025-1995 (rezoning of approximately 59.14 acres at 5294 Payson Highway, RZ-2025-2080): public hearing held with no speakers signed up; planning staff recommended approval and council voted unanimously to adopt on third reading. - Ordinance 2025-1996 (parks and recreation rules): approved on third reading unanimously; staff said the sheriff’s office reviewed the updated rules for boat landings and overnight vehicle storage. - Ordinance 2025-1997 (animal enforcement provisions): council amended the ordinance to strike proposed revisions in sections 6-8 and 6-9 (removing spay/neuter and microchipping removal language as proposed) and then approved the ordinance as amended; the amendment and final vote were both unanimous. - Ordinance 2025-1998 (Van Wyke Fire Protection District): third reading approved; changes allow district fees to be used for operating expenses and name the volunteer fire chief as a nonvoting representative of the district protection board. - Second reading: Ordinance 2025-2000 (rezoning of roughly 24.1 acres on Red Hill Farm Road, RZ-2025-1834): planning staff corrected a transposed zoning classification in the ordinance text; council approved the matter on a recorded vote (motion carried 5–4 with one noted opposition).
Appointments and other actions: - Gerald Danko was appointed to the Airport Commission (District 7) for a four-year term ending 06/30/2029 (vote recorded 6–0 in open session). - Tony Carnes was appointed to the Van Wyke Protection District Commission to fill an unexpired term ending 06/30/2027 (vote recorded). - The consent agenda (items 7a–7c) was approved unanimously.
Several items were discussed and returned with direction to staff, including a request for staff to present multiple layout options before posting financial data to the county website. Council adjourned at the end of the meeting.
