Green City Council adopts multiple resolutions including adaptive sports field change order and utility easement

The Green City Council on Sept. 24 adopted a package of resolutions approving funding and contracts for parks, infrastructure and development projects, and an intergovernmental tax-revenue sharing agreement.

Council approved Resolution 2024-R60 to authorize a change order for an adaptive, ADA-compliant multi-sports field at Kleckner Park after a committee recommendation. The sponsor said the construction cost rose by $101,898.32, bringing the project total to $1,157,198.32, and noted the city has secured more than $1,000,000 in committed grant funds toward the project. Council suspended committee deliberations and the three-reading rule and adopted R60 by roll call (vote recorded as 7-0).

The council also adopted a set of related measures: 2024-R56 (amended appropriations totaling $1,136,282.50), 2024-R55 (final plat and performance bond for Stony Creek Estates Phase 4, 31 single-family lots, performance bond $1,585,306.73), and 2024-R57 (authorize sign replacement contract with the state on State Route 241 with a city cost differential of up to $5,000). Each of those resolutions passed by unanimous roll call votes.

Council adopted 2024-R62 granting Summit County a 25-foot utility easement on city-owned property at 393 East Turkey Float Lake Road to host equipment for a county fiber loop. Members questioned the easement location and the appearance/size of the equipment; paperwork from the county contained a compensation inconsistency (a numeric $1 and a written “$10”). One council member said the paperwork appears to contain a typo and the council agreed to assume compensation between $1 and $10. The resolution was adopted after the council bypassed committee deliberations and the three-reading rule (vote recorded as 7-0).

The council also adopted 2024-R59, an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding with Summit County for job-creation and tax-revenue sharing that includes an anti-poaching provision. A committee presentation cited past revenue-sharing, noting that when Diebold left Green for another municipality the city received $406,500 under the existing rules. Committee members signaled a desire to have the updated MOU signed by Oct. 1; council adopted R59 (vote recorded 7-0).

All recorded formal votes on the evening’s legislation were unanimous. Where the council used the emergency clause or suspended reading rules to expedite measures, those procedural steps were announced before each vote.

What council adopted (selection): • 2024-R60 — adaptive/ADA multi-sports field change order; reported cost increase $101,898.32; project total reported $1,157,198.32; adopted 7-0. • 2024-R56 — amended appropriations totaling $1,136,282.50; adopted 7-0. • 2024-R55 — final plat for Stony Creek Estates Phase 4 (31 lots); performance bond $1,585,306.73; adopted 7-0. • 2024-R57 — sign replacement contract (city share up to $5,000); adopted 7-0. • 2024-R62 — 25-foot Summit County utility easement at 393 East Turkey Float Lake Road; compensation documented as between $1 and $10 due to a paperwork inconsistency; adopted 7-0. • 2024-R59 — intergovernmental MOU for job creation/retention and tax revenue sharing, including anti-poaching language; adopted 7-0.

Council did not hold any public hearings that evening and no votes failed. Several items were specifically referred to committees (for example R61 on disposal of unneeded equipment was referred to Intergovernmental & Utilities). The meeting record shows the motions, roll-call tallies and the committee rationales in the council’s comments.

Council members who presented or chaired committee reports included the finance committee chair (identified in the minutes as Mr. Neugebauer), planning chair Mr. Noble, public safety chair Mr. DeVitus, and others. Procedural votes (motions to suspend committee deliberations or the three-reading rule) were taken and announced prior to final adoption for multiple items.

Next steps: several resolutions were declared emergency or were passed on first reading with the intent to implement or execute agreements soon (for example the R59 MOU expected to be in place before Oct. 1). Additional project implementation will proceed per departmental contracting and grant conditions.