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Loveland council adopts tax budget, several ordinances and resolutions in unanimous votes
Summary
Council approved the 2027 tax budget and adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions (mayor's court fines, recreation fees, an Edward Byrne grant submission, a design contract for the Madera Road corridor, and a Highlands of Loveland development agreement) by unanimous roll calls; amounts and some contract figures were discussed but not always specified in the transcript.
At its July 13 meeting, the Loveland City Council approved several administrative, budgetary and capital items in a series of unanimous roll-call votes.
Key votes recorded in the meeting minutes and on the record included:
- An ordinance amending section 111.01 of the codified ordinances related to mayor’s court fines and costs (adopted by roll call; recorded as adopted 5–0). The ordinance text was read on second reading and adopted at the meeting.
- An ordinance updating the schedule of recreation fees (identified in the record as Ordinance 55), approved by a 5–0 roll call.
- Resolution to authorize submission of an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for radios and equipment for first responders; staff recommended a local match of 35% to improve competitive prospects and discussed a city local-share figure in the staff remarks. Council adopted the resolution by a 5–0 vote. (Transcript contains a clear local-match figure but the specific grant-request figure as read aloud in the record is unclear; see clarifying details.)
- Resolution awarding professional design and engineering services for the Madera Road Corridor Improvements Phase 3 to Choice 1 Engineering; council adoption recorded as 5–0. Staff noted the project is an OKI 80/20 grant with the city responsible for engineering and a 20% construction/right-of-way share; construction timing was discussed as FY2029.
- Resolution authorizing a development agreement with JA Development LLC for the Highlands of Loveland, a 23-unit single-family attached development; adopted 5–0.
- A then-and-now certificate and payment authorization for prior invoices (totaling $22,737.26 as cited in staff remarks); council adopted the related resolution 5–0.
- A resolution adopting the 2027 tax budget (required by the Ohio Revised Code) was adopted by roll call 5–0; staff explained the tax budget is an early estimate used to file with the county auditor by July 20.
Roll-call tallies reported each vote as unanimous (Vice Mayor Bateman, Council members Goodyear, Hamlin, Hart and Hazel Baker voting yes on recorded items). Where the transcript contained unclear numeric readings for grant-request or contract totals as read aloud, this article flags those as unspecified in the record.
