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Alliance City Council unanimously approves parcel transfers, HUD and UDAG funding, wastewater and traffic projects
Summary
At its Feb. 2 meeting the Alliance City Council unanimously passed a package of measures including transfer of county parcels to support Build Ohio infill housing, a $100,000 HUD appropriation, two UDAG loans, wastewater contracts and a $750,000 traffic signal upgrade; all votes were unanimous with members present.
The Alliance City Council unanimously approved several measures at its Feb. 2, 2026 regular meeting to support housing infill, infrastructure repairs and wastewater work.
Council voted to transfer multiple Stark County auditor parcels to the Greater Alliance Development Corporation to enable single‑family residential development and to waive city water/sewer and permit fees for Build Ohio Acquisition & Holding Company, LLC (Ordinances 006‑26 and 007‑26). The council also authorized an appropriation of $100,000 from the HUD fund for Build Ohio construction (Ordinance 008‑26).
The council accepted two Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) loan agreements: a $175,000 loan to Dudbites Downtown, LLC (Ordinance 013‑26) intended to renovate the former cheesecake building for a pizza shop and catering kitchen, and a $620,173.45 loan to Trad Investments, LLC and Ballher, LTD (Ordinance 014‑26) for redevelopment tied to the Fastenal building. Council discussion noted both loans went through the UDAG committee prior to the meeting.
Council also approved several public‑works and wastewater items: a contract for Arcadis to provide stream mitigation monitoring related to Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements (Ordinance 015‑26) at a cost not to exceed $33,429; authorization for a blower control cabinet at the wastewater plant (Ordinance 016‑26), and authorization to advertise for bids and enter contracts for upgrading and replacing traffic signals along US 62/East State Street at a cost not to exceed $750,000 (Ordinance 017‑26). During earlier remarks Dreger said some project costs would rely on grants (ODOT 80/20; Public Works 45/55) and that $230,000 is already budgeted toward the project.
The council adopted Resolution 018‑26 establishing weather‑emergency pay for city employees. Every roll call on adopted measures was unanimous; seven members were present at roll call (Bugara, Cherry, Edwards, Kiko, King, Dr. Lohnes and Mastroianni).
What passed (high‑level): • Ordinance 006‑26 — transfer county parcels to Greater Alliance Development Corporation (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Ordinance 007‑26 — waive fees for Build Ohio single‑family construction (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Ordinance 008‑26 — appropriate $100,000 HUD funds to Build Ohio (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Ordinance 013‑26 — UDAG loan $175,000 to Dudbites Downtown, LLC (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Ordinance 014‑26 — UDAG loan $620,173.45 to Trad Investments, LLC and Ballher, LTD (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Ordinance 015‑26 — Arcadis stream mitigation monitoring contract (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Ordinance 016‑26 — new blower control cabinet for WWTP (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Ordinance 017‑26 — traffic signal upgrade project, advertise for bids (adopted, roll call unanimous). • Resolution 018‑26 — weather‑emergency pay (adopted, roll call unanimous).
Council did not take action on Resolution 004‑26 (sale of city personal property by internet auction) during the meeting. Several ordinances were passed under suspension of rules and waived through Finance as noted in the meeting minutes.
Next steps: affected projects will move to procurement or contract phases as authorized; the traffic‑signal project will be advertised for bids. Where grants were cited, staff indicated some costs will be reimbursed according to grant match rules.
