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Twinsburg Council approves property transfers and incentive agreements, adopts emergency ordinance; garage‑orientation ordinance fails
Summary
The Twinsburg City Council on June 23 voted to buy two properties from the Community Improvement Corporation, continued local tax‑incentive agreements, and adopted an emergency ordinance on purchase certifications; a proposed change to attached‑garage orientation failed 4–3.
Twinsburg City Council on June 23 approved several property and tax‑incentive measures, adopted an emergency finance ordinance and rejected a zoning change that would have amended rules on attached residential garages.
Council voted 7–0 to adopt Resolution 20‑26‑75, authorizing the mayor to enter a purchase agreement for property at 2573 Easterwood Road previously acquired by the Twinsburg Community Improvement Corporation (CIC). Mister Furey explained the transaction as “selling it back to the city for a very nominal fee because, basically, it's city money that was used to purchase it,” and said the transfer will allow the city to maintain the property rather than rely on outside contractors. Council then passed a related transfer, Resolution 20‑26‑76, to acquire adjacent property at 2593 Easterwood Road, also on a 7–0 vote.
Council also approved Continuation Resolution 20‑26‑77 for agreements under the Community Reinvestment Area program and Resolution 20‑26‑78 for the Twinsburg Occupancy Program (TOP), both of which preserve tax‑abatement arrangements for qualifying investments and vacancies. Mister Furey described TOP as “income‑tax abatements to people that move into our vacant buildings” and said the programs are reviewed annually with the county and local school board; both resolutions passed unanimously.
On a separate matter, Council moved to suspend the three‑reading rule and adopt Ordinance 20‑26‑92 as an emergency to authorize execution of then‑and‑now certificates and payment for various purchase orders. The suspension and the emergency ordinance each passed 7–0.
A contested item failed. Council considered Ordinance 20‑26‑70, an amendment to Section 1109.01 of the codified ordinances regarding the orientation of attached residential garages. After a roll call, the ordinance failed 4–3 (three votes in favor, four opposed). The clerk recorded the vote and the president announced the ordinance’s defeat.
Other items on the agenda included multiple ordinances standing on second reading (tax budget, point‑of‑sale inspection amendments, abandoned‑property registration and building‑code changes) and a first reading and referral of sign‑ordinance amendments to the Planning Commission for review at its Aug. 17 meeting.
The council adjourned at about 8:40 p.m. The next regular council meeting is scheduled for July 14; the council will then recess for summer until Aug. 25.
