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Twinsburg Council adopts investment‑policy update, tax incentives and zoning symbol changes; emergency appropriation passed
Summary
Council unanimously adopted Ordinances 20‑26‑63 (investment policy update), 20‑26‑64 (tax incentives for Western Reserve Wire Products committing 30 jobs and ~$1,000,000 payroll), 20‑26‑66 (planning/zoning symbol change) and an emergency appropriations ordinance 20‑26‑69; several other zoning ordinances were referred to the Planning Commission.
Twinsburg City Council voted unanimously on May 12 to adopt a series of financial and planning measures and to move other items to the Planning Commission for review.
Ordinance 20‑26‑63, an update to the city’s investment policy recommended following an audit, was adopted 7–0. The council said the change brings the city’s policy up to date and formalizes the city’s relationship with its third‑party broker that helps generate investment returns.
Ordinance 20‑26‑64 authorizes the mayor to enter into an agreement with Western Reserve Wire Products Inc. to provide tax incentives under the city’s occupancy program. Council discussion noted the company has committed to create 30 new positions and approximately $1,000,000 in new payroll; the ordinance passed 7–0. "This is a good deal on our occupancy program," one councilmember said, noting the firm’s prior expansions in the city.
Ordinance 20‑26‑66, which changes symbols used to identify use permissions within planning and zoning tables (Part 11 of the codified ordinances), was adopted 7–0. The council also suspended the three‑reading rule and adopted Ordinance 20‑26‑69 as an emergency to amend current‑year appropriations; both the suspension and the emergency adoption passed 7–0.
Council agreed to send Ordinances 20‑26‑70, 71, 72, 73 and 74 to the Planning Commission for review and report (vote 7–0). Several items noted during the meeting — including public review meetings and a June 9 public hearing on some code changes — will precede any additional council action.
No ordinance was defeated at the meeting; the law director was asked later in the evening to provide an opinion on which changes to the zoning code, if any, require voter approval under the charter.
