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Council approves easement for Ohio Edison to serve Kleckner Park and nearby facilities
Summary
The council unanimously adopted resolution 2026R02 to grant Ohio Edison a 10-foot by 285-foot easement for an underground duct bank that will bring electricity to Kleckner Park, the city equipment storage facility and the local school bus garage; council bypassed further committee deliberations and the three-reading rule and declared an emergency.
The Green City Council voted to adopt resolution 2026R02, authorizing the city to grant Ohio Edison a 10-foot-wide, 285-foot-long easement for installation of an underground wiring duct bank to bring power to Kleckner Park, the city equipment storage facility and the local school bus garage.
Council member Brandenburg, who summarized the committee discussion, said the easement is limited to "bringing power from Thursby Road to a ... transformer," and that Ohio Edison requested the easement to avoid delaying construction at the site. Brandenburg moved to bypass additional committee deliberations and to waive the three-reading rule; both motions carried on roll-call votes. The council then adopted 2026R02 and declared it an emergency.
The council recorded the standard roll-call process for the motions; no dissent was noted in the transcript. The resolution was assigned to the finance committee earlier in the agenda and then advanced for final action because the administration requested expedited passage to keep construction moving.
The action allows utility work to proceed on the identified parcel at or near 4820 Thursby Road. The resolution text on the record limited the easement’s stated purpose to installation of the underground duct bank to supply electricity to the listed facilities. The transcript did not provide additional conditions, compensation amounts, or a recorded engineer’s exhibit for the easement.
