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Sunbury Council approves multiple infrastructure contracts, franchise and emergency charitable permit
Summary
On May 20 the Sunbury City Council unanimously approved several third-reading resolutions and ordinances including wastewater contract modifications, shared-use path design work, a street-improvements construction contract, a franchise with Ohio Power Company, and an emergency charitable-solicitation permit for the Knights of Columbus.
Sunbury City Council on May 20 passed a slate of third-reading measures and an emergency permit in a meeting that included extended public comment about a proposed data-center campus but took no action on that project.
Key votes (all recorded roll-call approvals in the meeting):
- Resolution 2026.14 (third reading): approved a contract modification with Accenture for administration services related to the wastewater treatment plant expansion. Motion passed on a unanimous roll call.
- Resolution 2026.15 (third reading): approved professional services with Carpenter Marty Transportation for shared-use path design, a traffic-impact study and related traffic services. Motion passed on a unanimous roll call.
- Resolution 2026.16 (third reading): approved engineering services (listed in the meeting as “Twice 1 Engineering”) for a public sidewalk assessment. Motion passed on a unanimous roll call.
- Ordinance 2026.12 (third reading): authorized execution of a development agreement between Romonelli Shrugg Road Investments LLC and the City of Sunbury for the Cheshire Road realignment. Motion passed unanimously.
- Ordinance 2026.13 (third reading): awarded the 2026 City of Sunbury Street Improvements Project to Decker Construction Company. Motion passed unanimously.
- Ordinance 2026.14 (third reading): granted a franchise to Ohio Power Company and its successors to locate and operate electric distribution lines in city rights-of-way. Motion passed unanimously.
- Ordinance 2026.15 (second reading with emergency language; Knights of Columbus permit): council moved to suspend the rules and adopt emergency language to allow a charitable solicitation permit to operate this weekend for the Knights of Columbus; both the suspension and the emergency ordinance passed on unanimous roll calls.
Each motion was moved and seconded on the floor, and roll-call tallies were recorded as unanimous (6–0) in the meeting transcript; no recorded no or abstain votes were announced. Several items had been discussed previously in committee (finance and services) and the manager noted more detailed committee minutes and recordings are available online.
What’s next: Several ordinances remain at first reading (including appropriations and credit-card policy adjustments) and will return for later consideration. The next council meeting is scheduled for June 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Provenance: Vote motions and roll-call approvals appear in the meeting transcript during the resolutions and ordinances section beginning with Resolution 2026.14 and continuing through the emergency permit item.
