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Council adopts a string of resolutions including College Township EMS contract, appropriations and appointments; several items advanced for committee or first/2
Summary
Mount Vernon City Council adopted multiple resolutions on May 4: bids for Blackjack Wetland and Veterans Walk of Honor, a College Township-Kenyon EMS contract effective June 1, a set of mayoral reappointments, supplemental appropriations, budget-line changes to fund a new community development/PIO position, and two property-donation items; several ordinances were postponed or moved forward for public input.
Mount Vernon City Council on May 4 adopted a package of resolutions advancing capital projects, intergovernmental service delivery, personnel funding and volunteer appointments.
Major actions adopted by roll call included: - Resolution 2026-29: Authorize advertisement for bids and award construction contracts for the Blackjack Wetland project (P510202). (Adopted unanimously.) - Resolution 2026-30: Authorize advertisement for bids and award contracts for the Veterans Walk of Honor (P25413000). (Adopted unanimously.) - Resolution 2026-37: Authorize the safety/service director to contract with College Township and Kenyon College to provide fire and EMS services; council suspended the three-reading rule so the agreement can take effect June 1 to allow township trustees time to adopt parallel action. (Adopted unanimously.) - Resolution 2026-42: Confirm the mayor’s reappointments of Michael Percy (Board of Zoning Appeals), Doug Brenamman (new community authority), and Jesse Lucenberg (utilities commission). (Adopted.) - Resolution 2026-43: Confirm mayoral appointments of two alternates to the Civil Service Commission (Julia Suggs and Lindseay Crownapple) to improve quorum reliability. (Adopted.) - Resolution 2026-46: Authorize the auditor to pay bills under then-and-now certification (O.R.C. 5705.41(D)); examples cited included a bond-advisor fee and a vendor change that saved $5,000. (Adopted.) - Resolution 2026-47: Supplemental appropriations to record about $2,000 from utility scrap-metal sales, appropriate unallocated TIFF funds for the Sandusky Street Corridor, and fund bank-reconciliation and annual-report items. (Adopted.) - Resolutions 2026-48 and 2026-52: Accept donations of property (2026-48 from Mount Vernon Development Company, 2026-52 from Schnormire Meyer Gardens Foundation); 2026-52 was amended to remove an emergency clause before adoption so the donation paperwork and public review can proceed. - Resolution 2026-49: Support application to the American Trails Trails Capacity Program (maintenance grant) and adopt to meet a May 15 deadline; council clarified this grant is for maintenance, not new construction. (Adopted.) - Resolution 2026-50 and 2026-51: Create/rename and then fund a payroll line for the newly hired community development/public information officer; council suspended rules and adopted both so the new staffer could be paid from the appropriate line. (Adopted.)
Items postponed or otherwise moved: Resolution 2026-36 (sale of 69 Psycher Road) was postponed indefinitely; Ordinance 2026-08 (services/resource coordinator compensation) was postponed indefinitely. Ordinance 2026-11 (vehicle storage) was amended to remove its emergency clause and given a second reading to allow public input.
Voting and procedure notes: Most adopted resolutions were taken under suspension of the three-reading rule, reflecting committee familiarity or the need to meet grant/contract timing. The meeting record shows recorded roll-call answers of 'yes' for council members during each adoption; no roll-call 'no' votes were recorded on the listed adoptions in the transcript.
Next steps: Several items return to committee or await public comment (vehicle-storage ordinance, zoning reclassification parcels), and a public hearing is scheduled May 26 for an alley-vacation ordinance.
