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Tiffin City Council approves sanitary sewer easement, adopts 2027 tax budget and fast-tracks multiple ordinances
Summary
On July 6 the Tiffin City Council voted unanimously to pass several pieces of legislation, including a sanitary sewer easement with Trilogy Real Estate, adoption of a 2027 tax budget and immediate passage of contracts and budget adjustments tied to sewer and signal projects.
Tiffin City Council on July 6 voted 7–0 to approve a package of ordinances that included a sanitary sewer easement with Trilogy Real Estate Tiffin LLC and adoption of the city's 2027 tax budget.
The council passed ordinance 2026-37, authorizing the mayor to negotiate, accept and enter into a sanitary sewer easement with Trilogy Real Estate Tiffin LLC. "I move for a passage of ordinance 20 26 dash 37," Council member Kevin Reisner said when he made the motion; Council member Kyle Daugherty seconded the motion and the clerk recorded a unanimous roll call vote.
Why it matters: the easement clears a legal path for sewer infrastructure work linked to development on the affected parcel and was handled during the meeting's legislative section alongside other time-sensitive items. The council also approved ordinance 2026-41, adopting a tax budget for fiscal year 2027 and directing the director of finance to deliver the budget to the Seneca County auditor; Reisner noted the council passed the accompanying emergency clause.
Other legislation approved included immediate passage of ordinance 2026-45 authorizing an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation to procure construction services for the West Market Street/Antiquewood Drive traffic signal improvement project, and ordinance 2026-47 authorizing plans and bidding for the Shawn Avenue/2nd Avenue sewer replacement project. Reisner told council the sewer project had a $150,000 grant tied to a deadline, a factor cited when members voted to suspend the reading rules and approve emergency passage.
The council also approved ordinance 2026-48, a finance director request to amend the 2026 budget ordinance to appropriate refunded funds into the General Capital Improvement Fund. All final passage votes during the meeting were unanimous, recorded 7 to 0.
The meeting record shows motions were made, seconded and recorded in accordance with council procedure; no substantive debate on the ordinances was recorded during their readings. The ordinances will proceed to implementation steps described in each measure, and affected departments are expected to follow up on contractual or administrative actions cited in the legislation.
At the end of the legislative section, council moved on to other scheduled business and adjourned.
