Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Municipal Votes topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Glenwillow council approves grant applications, Pettibone Road funding request, police vehicle purchase and leaves millage at 3.3 mills
Summary
At its Sept. 4 meeting, Glenwillow Village Council unanimously approved applications for CDBG and CDSG funds, a request to the Ohio Public Works Commission for Pettibone Road reconstruction, authorized purchase of a Ford Police Interceptor and accepted the budget commission’s tax rates, keeping the millage at 3.3 mills.
Glenwillow Village Council on Sept. 4 unanimously approved a slate of grant applications and purchasing resolutions and certified its tax rates for 2025.
Council moved quickly through a set of items the mayor and law director had recommended. The body approved Ordinance 2024-9-28 to authorize the mayor to apply for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Project Year 2025, and Resolution 2024-9-59 to apply for Community Development Supplemental Grant (CDSG) funds; both votes followed motions to suspend the three-reading rule and passed on 6–0 roll calls. Law Director Mark Marong had told council the CDBG proposal could fund replacement of playground equipment at Donald Norman Payne Park with ADA‑compliant equipment and that CDSG funds could support improvements to the path from South Village Lane to the ballfield.
Council also approved Resolution 2024-9-58 to apply to the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) for a grant for the Pettibone Road Reconstruction Project (Cochran Road to Diamond Parkway); the resolution passed after suspending the three-reading requirement, 6–0. The village will submit the application to OPWC for possible construction funding.
On public safety procurement, council passed Resolution 2024-9-60 authorizing the purchase of 2024 Ford Police Interceptor utility vehicles from Liberty Ford Aurora through the State of Ohio cooperative purchasing program and related upfitting via Hall Public Safety; the measure passed 6–0 after the three-reading rule was suspended.
Council also accepted the amounts and rates determined by the budget commission as part of Resolution 2024-9-61, certifying the necessary tax levies to the county fiscal officer and setting the village millage at 3.3 mills. "This sets our millage at 3.3 mil., which has not changed from previous years," Law Director Mark Marong said during the meeting.
Votes on the minutes of the Aug. 7 meeting and the Pay Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2024-9-27) were also recorded earlier in the meeting; both carried on roll calls of 6–0.
What happens next: staff will submit the OPWC, CDBG and CDSG applications as authorized; the police vehicle purchase will proceed through the cooperative purchasing program and the chosen upfitter. The budget commission certification moves the village’s tax rates forward for county processing.
