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Council opens hearing on street-name and address clarifications tied to NextG 911 conversion
Summary
City staff told Kettering City Council a set of street-name clarifications and address readjustments are needed to support a county NextG 911 GIS-mapping conversion; council closed the hearing with no public speakers and plans ordinance readings in February.
City staff on Jan. 27 told Kettering City Council that clarifying several street names and readdressing approximately 81 properties is needed so Montgomery County’s planned NextG 911 system can route emergency calls without duplication or confusion.
"Because it's going to be based on electronic maps, the county needs to have an accurate map of all the addresses and street names throughout the county," said Mr. Burkstresser, the city staff presenter. He described three changes under consideration: designating Kettering’s portion of Smithville Road as South Smithville Road, renaming Sea Avenue in city limits to West Sha (to match Oakwood’s West Sha), and clarifying Kettering’s Patterson Boulevard as South Patterson Boulevard to match Dayton's naming.
Burkstresser said the city is proposing the changes to avoid delivery errors and, more critically, the risk that emergency responders could be sent to the wrong address. "A worst case scenario is you call 911 and the dispatchers send the paramedics or fire to the wrong address. And that's what we're trying to avoid here," he said. He estimated the readdressing would affect about 81 properties in Kettering south of the Dayton border.
Staff told council the proposal is governed by the city’s codified ordinance chapter 905, which requires a public hearing before an address or street-name change. The city also plans a minor text change to section 905.01 to clarify who may make address changes administratively. The first reading of the necessary ordinance is proposed for the first meeting in February, with a second reading and possible adoption scheduled for Feb. 24.
Cultural arts manager Shane McConville, who spoke earlier during a separate proclamation item, urged residents to engage with year-long community programming tied to the city's calendar but did not address the street-name proposal.
Council opened the hearing for public comment, allowed a five-minute limit per person and received no speakers; the hearing was closed and staff said council will consider the ordinance at a future meeting.
