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Evendale council adopts emergency ordinances for design contracts, bridge work and utility agreements
Summary
The Village Council suspended readings and adopted several emergency ordinances to authorize design contracts for the fire-department expansion and bridge rehabilitation, approve a capital appropriation, and permit the mayor to negotiate electric service agreements; a community-reinvestment-area measure was amended on second reading and a solar zoning amendment received its first reading.
Evendale Village Council approved a package of emergency ordinances at its meeting, authorizing design contracts, a capital appropriation for bridge work and authority for the mayor to negotiate electric service agreements.
The council declared multiple measures adopted as emergencies after motions to suspend further readings and votes to adopt the emergency clauses. Key actions included:
- Ordinance 26-13: Authorized the mayor to enter into a design-services contract with KZF Design Inc. for the fire-department expansion and was adopted as an emergency.
- Ordinance 26-14: Authorized a design-services contract with American StructurePoint Inc. for the Glendale Milford Road bridge rehabilitation; the council recorded that the village will pay $300,000 for the initial drawings and expects the State of Ohio to participate in later phases at roughly an 80%/20% ratio; the ordinance was adopted as an emergency.
- Ordinance 26-15: Approved an additional appropriation in the capital improvement fund to sign the bridge contract and was adopted as an emergency.
- Ordinance 26-16: Authorized the mayor to negotiate, finalize and execute electric-service agreements and was adopted as an emergency.
Council also moved and adopted Ordinance 26-11 (authorizing payment of amounts due upon certain contracts contingent on certification of funds) as an emergency during the meeting.
On the community-reinvestment-area measure (Ordinance 26-08), council conducted a second reading and a council member moved to amend the proposal to keep a 50% tax abatement for eight years but make the abatement transferable so remaining years stay with the property if the owner moves. County staff member Omer explained that, with the proposed amendment, transferability would apply at any point after the abatement is approved. The amendment was moved and seconded and the second reading proceeded; the transcript indicates the council expects further amendment language next meeting.
Most of the emergency ordinances were adopted after motions to suspend the second and third readings and recorded roll-call assent; the meeting transcript records the mayor and roll-call confirmations for each adoption. Several items had minimal discussion before the votes.
The council closed its public business and then moved to enter executive session for agenda-listed reasons.
