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Council rejects Kazar Mezic annexation after staff proposes boundary expansion
Summary
Council declined Resolution 18-76, which would have accepted a notice of intent to annex two properties; staff had recommended modifying the proposal to 11 parcels (about 20 acres) to regularize the city boundary, but the resolution failed on council vote.
Uniontown City Council considered and rejected Resolution 18-76, a notice-of-intent annexation for property commonly referred to in the packet as the Kazar Mezic annexation.
City staff (Chris Bass) told the council the city received the notice of intent on March 19, 2026. "The initial proposal included two properties in total," Bass said, and staff recommended modifying the petition to include nine additional properties to create a more regular boundary of about 20 acres with a 2026 county-assessor valuation of roughly $5,000,000. Staff’s role at the final-plat stage is to verify the petition meets statutory requirements; Bass said the added parcels bring water and sewer availability and make the boundary more regular.
Council discussion noted the same area had been considered three years earlier and that current staff resources and competing work made processing additional annexations challenging. A committee split was reported: committee members planned to decline the first annexation while accepting a different petition; that split factored into the council’s deliberations.
After a motion and public discussion, the resolution did not receive majority approval and failed to pass.
What happens next: The council did not approve the initiation of annexation processing for the Kazar Mezic petition; staff will retain materials and can advise petitioners on resubmission or modification under state annexation procedures.
