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Lancaster Council approves annexation, zoning, easement and budget adjustments in unanimous votes
Summary
At its Oct. 6 meeting Lancaster City Council unanimously approved an annexation of roughly 163.434 acres in Greenfield Township, set zoning for the parcels to advanced manufacturing, approved an easement for Ohio Power Company to expand a substation, and passed two short-term budget/appropriation resolutions to prevent a postage shortfall and certify tax levies to the county.
Lancaster City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 6 to approve several items brought forward on final or suspended readings.
The council approved Ordinance Temporary 46-25 to accept the annexation of approximately 163.434 acres in Greenfield Township (the Rock Mill Industrial Park). On the same matter, council amended and passed Ordinance 47-25* to set the zoning of the annexed land to advanced manufacturing; both votes carried 8-0.
Council suspended rules and approved Ordinance Temporary 52-25 to accept a perpetual easement on E. Fair Avenue enabling Ohio Power Company to expand a substation; the motion to suspend and the pass motion each carried 8-0.
Financial housekeeping measures were also approved. Council suspended rules and passed Temporary Resolution 82-25 to appropriate from the unencumbered balance and amend the certificate of appropriations so an account would not go into the red for postage; the motion to pass carried 8-0. Council similarly suspended rules and passed Temporary Resolution 86-25 to accept amounts and rates determined by the Fairfield County Budget Commission and certify tax levies to the county auditor; that motion also carried 8-0.
A motion to pay routine publication bills was carried by council. Several items remain at first or second reading and will return to council for future votes.
Votes and outcomes (as recorded in meeting): - Temporary Resolution 82-25 (appropriation to avoid postage shortfall): passed 8-0. - Temporary Resolution 86-25 (accept amounts/rates, certify tax levies): passed 8-0. - Ordinance 46-25 (accept annexation of ~163.434 acres in Greenfield Township): passed 8-0. - Ordinance 47-25* (set zoning to advanced manufacturing for annexed parcels): passed 8-0. - Ordinance 52-25 (accept perpetual easement for Ohio Power Company substation expansion): passed 8-0.
Next steps: items on first and second reading will return to council on future agendas, including a proposed fireworks code amendment (Ordinance 53-25) that remains under consideration.
