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Franklin City Council adopts budget supplemental, approves utility easements and wastewater agreement
Summary
At its Nov. 19 meeting the Franklin City Council approved a year-end budget supplemental that shifts funds to police and court overtime, granted Duke Energy easements, sold a surplus cruiser to Franklin Township Fire for $1 and authorized amendments to the regional wastewater service agreement.
The Franklin City Council on Nov. 19 approved a package of year-end measures that included a budget supplemental, easements for utility work, the sale of a surplus vehicle and amendments to a regional wastewater agreement.
City Manager Mr. Lewis told council that Ordinance 2018-20 is a budget supplemental he hopes will be the last for the year. "This Ordinance adjusts the following funds," he said, noting a $10,000 transfer from the General Fund to the Police Department to cover payment to the Drug Task Force (prorated to October) and a $9,500 transfer from Court Special Projects to overtime to cover increased court security needs.
The council voted to adopt Ordinance 2018-20 on a motion by Debbie Fouts, seconded by Matt Wilcher; all present voted yes and Councilmember Denny Centers was recorded absent.
Council also adopted Resolution 2018-60 after Mr. Conway explained Duke Energy Ohio requested two approximately 30-foot-wide gas easements on city-owned parcels along Franklin Trenton Road and Oxford Road (parcel nos. 02-04-300-0010 and 0205-426-0020) to expand gas service.
Chief Whitman told council that the city’s 2008 Dodge Charger is surplus and that the Franklin Township Division of Fire offered to purchase it for $1 to use as a fire command response vehicle rather than listing it on GovDeals.com. The council approved Resolution 2018-61 to authorize that sale.
On a separate item tied to regional wastewater financing, Mr. Lewis said Warren County intends to prepay its $2,075,956 share of plant improvements, which reduces the overall loan interest rate for participating cities. The council approved Resolution 2018-62 authorizing the city manager to sign the First Amendment to the service agreement with Veolia Water, and Resolution 2018-63 to amend the intergovernmental agreement among area jurisdictions to incorporate the financing changes and a new CPI reference for fee adjustments.
Mayor Todd Hall also introduced two ordinances for public hearing on Dec. 3: Ordinance 2018-21 (rezoning about 62 acres at the end of Heritage Drive from O-RP, Research Park, to I-1, Light Industrial) and Ordinance 2018-22 (an amendment to Section 1113.04 on nonconforming uses in the Unified Development Ordinance).
The meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
