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Plain City discusses semiquincentennial participation, county wayfinding signs and staffing updates
Summary
Staff briefed council on joining America 250-Ohio events, a Union County wayfinding-signage bidding process, and proposed updates to four village job descriptions including a communications manager, finance assistant, facilities technician and development director.
At the Feb. 10 meeting Village Administrator Haley Lupton briefed Plain City Council on several nonbinding items: participating in America 250-Ohio semiquincentennial activities, a Union County-led wayfinding-signage project moving into bidding, and proposed updates to multiple staff positions.
On the 250th anniversary effort, Lupton said Plain City’s role as a participating community would be to support state-organized programs rather than necessarily host its own standalone event; Mayor Jody Carney and several councilmembers discussed forming either an ad-hoc committee or using the Parks and Recreation Committee to coordinate local events and suggested collaborating with the Plain City Library, the Farmer’s Market and the Plain City Historical Society. Lupton said she will contact America 250-Ohio liaisons for more information.
Regarding wayfinding, Lupton described a multi-year Union County Tourism project that would place signage in both the Madison and Union County portions of Plain City and move to a public bidding phase with the County coordinating bids and awards. Potential sign locations mentioned included Der Dutchman, Plain City Aquatic Center, Pastime Park and main corridors such as US-42; council supported continuing with planning and noted that budget reallocation may be necessary to purchase signs.
On personnel matters, staff proposed four position-description updates: adding a Communications Manager (included in the 2025 budget), retitling Accounting Clerk to Finance Assistant with clarified duties, creating a Facilities Technician for maintenance and cleaning, and retitling Development Manager to Development Director. Mr. Terry asked if 'Finance Analyst' would be a more standard title; Lupton described the intended responsibilities for the renamed finance position.
These items were presented for discussion and staff follow-up; no final votes on semiquincentennial planning, wayfinding purchases or the job-description updates were recorded at the Feb. 10 meeting.
