Green City Council approves multiple resolutions and contract awards, refers large financing ordinance to finance committee

The Green City Council on July 22 adopted several resolutions and ordinances advancing city projects and programs and referred a long‑term financing measure to the Finance Committee.

Council voted to approve the June 24 minutes (TMP5019); that motion carried with Councilmember Davidis recorded as abstaining. The council also approved the May 2025 electronic financial report (TMP5021) subject to audit.

Among adopted measures, the council:

- Adopted Resolution 2025‑R29 to award a consulting contract to Lance Studio Group to create the City of Green public art plan. The project will be supported by a $50,000 grant, with a $10,000 city match; the consulting contract amount listed in the record is $32,000. Council bypassed the third‑reading requirement and adopted the measure by roll call vote 6–0.

- Adopted Resolution 2025‑R26 awarding the 2025 miscellaneous concrete repairs contract to Kunkel & Sons. The base bid was $238,730.50; the two alternate line items recorded were $9,728.46 and $12,637.64, producing a total requested amount of $261,096.60. Council adopted the resolution by roll call vote 6–0.

- Adopted two street‑lighting district resolutions: 2025‑R23 (Springville Villas: 39 housing units, 7 lights, $3.49 per lot monthly) and 2025‑R24 (Spring Hill Phase 6: 10 lots, 3 lights, $1.30 per lot monthly). Both passed 6–0.

- Adopted planning‑related measures including Ordinance 2025‑07 (an amendment to Chapter 157 revising allowed uses in the I‑1 General Industrial District) and Resolution 2025‑R22a (a conceptual site‑plan amendment on the east side of Maslin Road, south of Burgess Drive, that would allow a freestanding Dairy Queen, an additional ~5,000‑square‑foot restaurant space and revised ingress/egress). Both were adopted by roll call vote 6–0.

- Adopted Ordinance 2025‑08 to vacate two unnamed alleys at the northeast corner of South Arlington Road and East Turkey Foot Lake Road; the alley parcels will be split between adjacent owners when vacated. The ordinance was adopted 6–0.

- Adopted Resolution 2025‑R27, an amended and restated tax‑increment financing (TIF) compensation agreement with the Green Local School District that restores prior calculations and provides the district with 85% of the service‑payment revenues retained by the city under the TIF program. Council recorded the vote as 6–0. The item covers the period back to 2023 and continues the arrangement through 2043 per the terms discussed in committee.

Items referred or continued:

- Ordinance 2025‑09, authorizing issuance of notes in anticipation of bonds to pay or reimburse costs of Southwood Drive Phase 1, was introduced and referred to the Finance Committee for further review. The transcript includes a large numeric figure as the maximum principal amount; that figure appears inconsistent with typical municipal notes amounts in local records and may be a transcription error. The ordinance was not voted on and will be reviewed by the Finance Committee.

- Resolution 2025‑R28 (final plat and performance bond for Jacobs Ridge Planned Development Phase 5, including a performance bond recorded as $861,000) remained on second reading and the committee requested additional time; the council granted time.

Procedural notes: most measures in tonight’s meeting were approved unanimously by the six council members present; Councilmember Babbitt was absent. Where the record shows a unanimous 6–0 tally, the clerk conducted a roll call naming each council member and recording their vote.

What happens next: items referred to committees (notably the financing ordinance) will return when the relevant committee has reviewed staff materials and recommends action. The council did not schedule additional votes on the items that received time and will address those on a future agenda.