Covington council approves 2025 street-lighting assessment and authorizes OPWC application for US 36 project

The Village of Covington council unanimously approved Resolution R23-24 on July 15, 2024, levying a special assessment to pay for street lighting in 2025 and accepting a $3,000 budget increase tied to costs for a new subdivision.

Council also authorized Resolution R24-24, empowering the Village Administrator to prepare and submit an application to participate in Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) State Capital Improvement and/or local transportation improvement programs and to execute required contracts for the planned US 36 project.

The meeting record shows the agenda was amended to add R23-24; a motion to accept the consent agenda and include R23-24 was made by Dawn Duff and seconded by Jesse Reynolds and passed by voice vote. Council waived the three-reading rule for R23-24 on a motion by Jesse Reynolds, seconded by Amy Welborn, and later approved R23-24 on a motion by Amy Welborn, seconded by Julie Blumenstock. For R24-24 the three-reading waiver was moved by Amy Welborn, seconded by Dawn Duff; the resolution was approved on a motion by Julie Blumenstock, seconded by Dawn Duff. All recorded votes were “all ayes” by the five members present.

The resolutions are procedural steps the council said are required annually (street-lighting assessment) and to enable the village to pursue competitive OPWC funding for US 36. The record does not specify the assessment rate or the OPWC grant amount sought; those details were not provided at the meeting.

Next steps: the administrator is authorized to submit the OPWC application and to execute contracts as needed; the council will proceed with implementation actions and any contract approvals in subsequent meetings.