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Buckeye Lake council approves emergency appropriations, waterline contract and multiple tax measures
Summary
At its May 26 meeting the Buckeye Lake Village Council adopted emergency appropriations, awarded the 1st Street waterline contract to Cody Lawson Excavating, approved several property-tax resolutions and a limited waiver of attorney-client privilege, and advanced an ordinance establishing a municipal income tax to further review.
Buckeye Lake Village Council on May 26 adopted a series of ordinances and resolutions affecting the village budget, infrastructure contracting and local tax planning.
The council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026-18 (an amendment to permanent appropriations) after suspending the rules; the motion to suspend and the ordinance passed by roll call vote 7-0. Council also awarded the 1st Street waterline improvements contract to Cody Lawson Excavating under Ordinance 2026-19; that motion to suspend the rules and adopt passed 7-0. Ordinance 2026-20, which would establish a municipal income tax of 1.5% effective Jan. 1, 2027 and authorize participation in a regional tax agency, was introduced and moved to a second reading for further consideration.
On tax-related resolutions, the council introduced Resolution 2026-05 (to submit the 1.5% income-tax question to the village electors) and Resolution 2026-06 (property tax-levy adjustments should the income tax be adopted); both were scheduled to advance to a second reading. The council adopted Resolution 2026-07 (declaring the necessity of renewing a property tax levy) and Resolution 2026-08 (declaring the necessity of an additional property tax levy) after suspending the rules; both passed by roll call vote 7-0.
The council also approved Resolution 2026-09, granting a limited waiver of the attorney-client privilege between the village and its attorney, Bradley S. Nicodemus; the resolution was adopted 7-0 after suspension of the rules.
Procedural votes earlier in the meeting included approval of the May 11 public hearing and regular meeting minutes (each passed 6-1 with Councilor John Lemmon recorded as the lone abstention on minutes votes) and unanimous approval of the April bank reconciliations and Treasurer's Report.
What happens next: Ordinance 2026-20 (municipal income tax) and the related resolutions about submitting the tax to electors and adjusting property-tax levies were set to continue through the council's legislative process with second readings and public review. The council scheduled its next regular meeting for June 8, 2026.
(For a complete list of motions and roll-call tallies from the May 26 meeting see the meeting minutes.)
