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Tipp City Council approves lot replat, sign-code changes and school policing agreements
Summary
At its June 1 meeting, Tipp City Council approved an 18-acre lot replat, tightened signage rules for the Uptown UD1 district, and adopted three resolutions renewing school-related policing agreements and joining ODOT salt procurement. All measures passed on recorded votes; there was no public opposition during the hearings.
Tipp City Council on June 1 approved two ordinances and three resolutions, covering a land replat, amendments to local sign standards and agreements with the school district on policing and shared costs.
The council passed Ordinance 926 to replat lot 4063 on South Kenna Drive, splitting an approximately 18-acre parcel into two lots after the planning board forwarded a positive recommendation. No members of the public spoke during the hearing and the measure passed on a roll-call vote.
Council also approved Ordinance 1026, which revises sign standards for the Uptown UD1 zoning district. City staff described the amendments as clarifying permissible ground-mounted monument signs; the standards added in the ordinance allow brick- or stone-based monument signs with a maximum height of 8 feet, a maximum face area of 48 square feet and require 30 inches of landscaping around the base. "These are the standards of the code that we're asking council to consider tonight," staff said during the presentation. No public testimony was offered and the ordinance passed.
On resolutions, council adopted Resolution 1826 authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the Tip City Exempted Village Schools to provide two regularly scheduled school resource officers (SROs). Under the MOU described by staff, the schools will pay an amount equal to nine months of each SRO's salary for the term; the current agreement expires in August and the new three-year term would run through August 2029.
The council also approved Resolution 1926, renewing a two-year agreement for police services at school events and functions, effective Aug. 15, 2026, through Aug. 16, 2028. According to staff, the district will pay 80% of wages for officers assigned to those events; council members asked whether other terms changed and were told wage increases appear in the agreement appendix but percentage terms remain consistent with past practice.
Finally, council authorized participation in the Ohio Department of Transportation's 2026 road salt contract by passing Resolution 2026. Staff described the action as standard procurement practice to secure salt pricing in advance of winter operations.
Each ordinance and resolution was opened for public hearing; no speakers came forward on the land replat, sign-code amendment or the resolutions. The clerk recorded unanimous or majority recorded "yes" votes for the measures as presented. The city manager and staff will implement the agreements and execute memoranda and contracts as authorized by council.
