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Steubenville council authorizes leasing city oil and gas mineral rights
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance No. 2025-68 to authorize letting four parcels of city-owned oil and gas mineral rights out for bid; councilors asked for parcel locations and were told the ordinance lists four parcels including a larger tract at Beatty Park and acreage near the old dump.
Council adopted Ordinance No. 2025-68, authorizing the city to let the oil and gas mineral rights it owns out to bid under Ohio law.
During the reading, Councilman Mayo asked where the mineral rights are located; Law Director Costa Mastros replied that the parcels are enumerated in the ordinance and described their general locations. “Beatty Park is the big one, and I think there's 15 or left, no excuse me, there is 15 acres, but three are already unitized, so about 11 and a half actually out by the dump,” Mastros said in response to questions about parcel size and location.
The ordinance was declared an emergency and was adopted by roll call. Council emphasized that the ordinance authorizes advertising and letting the parcels out to bid — it does not itself create any lease agreements until bids are solicited and leases are approved through the usual contracting process.
Next steps: staff will proceed with the bid process spelled out in the ordinance; any lease awards would return to council for approval as required.
