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Walton Hills council advances series of administrative resolutions, records environmental covenant for former Bedford Anodizing site
Summary
At a June 27 special meeting the Walton Hills council introduced and moved to adopt five administrative resolutions — including an environmental covenant for the former Bedford Anodizing site and an option agreement with Counterflow Energy LLC — and reviewed grant and appointment matters.
The Walton Hills council on June 27 introduced and moved to adopt a package of administrative resolutions covering fiscal reimbursement intent, grant applications, mayoral appointments, an environmental covenant for a former industrial site and an option agreement with an energy developer.
Nicole, the village fiscal officer, described Resolution 2025-26 as a measure that "would allow the village to pay themselves for money issued for capital projects" and to make official declarations of intent under Treasury regulation section 150 to permit reimbursement of prior capital expenditures. Council members moved to suspend the third reading and proceeded to consider adoption.
Council then introduced Resolution 2025-27, authorizing the mayor and village engineer to apply for a Community Development Block Grant for $150,000 and a 2026 supplemental grant of $50,000. A council member asked for adoption and the motion was seconded.
The council considered Resolution 2025-28 to confirm two mayoral appointments to the village Tax Incentive Review Council. Council members moved and seconded adoption of the appointment confirmations.
On the environmental matter, council discussed the former Bedford Anodizing Company property at 710 Crick Road. The mayor and other speakers summarized a decade-long remediation process that included assessments, grant-funded cleanup work and contractor remediation reviewed and approved by the EPA. The council introduced Resolution 2025-29 to authorize the mayor to execute an environmental covenant "for the purpose of subjecting the property known as the former Bedford Anodizing Company ... to activity and use limitations dictated by the Ohio EPA and the U.S. EPA," and moved for adoption. Speakers said the next steps include recording the covenant, conducting an environmental survey of the standing structure and pursuing demolition and transfer possibilities with the land bank once clearance is documented.
Council also reviewed Resolution 2025-30, an option and purchase-and-sale agreement with Counterflow Energy LLC for a parcel described by permanent parcel number and consisting of approximately 2.651 acres related to a proposed electrical substation/battery project. Council discussion described negotiated protections for the village if the property is optioned before project approvals are final: the village agreed to pay up to $5,000 per year for any taxes during the option period (with the buyer contributing a total of $25,000 toward taxes should it exercise the option). Council members moved and seconded adoption of the resolution and declared an emergency to expedite execution.
All five resolutions were presented, moved and seconded during the meeting and were taken up for adoption by the council; the transcript records affirmative responses by council members as the motions were put before the body.
Council members said further administrative steps (recording the covenant, scheduling an environmental survey, and coordinating with the land bank or other partners) will follow the formal execution of the covenant and the option agreement.
The meeting proceeded to other agenda items after the resolutions were introduced and handled.
