Buckeye Lake council approves waterline contract, multiple budget amendments and right-of-way fees

Buckeye Lake Village Council unanimously adopted multiple ordinances at its Sept. 23 meeting, including a contract to advance the First Street waterline extension and a new fee schedule for utility activity in the village right-of-way.

The council voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2024-50 after suspending the rules, authorizing the mayor to execute a contract with ADR & Associates, Ltd. for land surveying, civil engineering and construction administration services for the First Street waterline extension project. Public Works Superintendent Toby Miller had described the work as moving the waterline extension forward; the ordinance was adopted and declared an emergency.

Council also adopted three separate amendments to the permanent appropriations ordinance—Ordinances 2024-48, 2024-51 and 2024-52—by unanimous roll call votes. The measures were presented as year-end or programmatic adjustments and were approved after motions to suspend the rules where appropriate.

Ordinance 2024-53, which sets costs for the certificate of registration fee and construction permit fees under the village right-of-way program, was discussed by Miller as a reimbursement-oriented schedule covering items such as mowing, OUPS tickets and standbys; council voted 5-0 to suspend the rules and adopt it, which enables the village to begin annual invoicing to utilities under the new fee schedule.

Not all items were adopted tonight: Ordinance 2024-54, which would amend the political activity policy in the employee handbook per a Personnel Committee recommendation, was moved to second reading rather than being adopted.

Motions and roll-call results recorded in the meeting minutes show consistent unanimity on the adopted ordinances. The council next meets Oct. 14, 2024.