Council legislation

Nov. 4, 2026 RESOLUTIONS 041-2026, one reading only, approving expenditures made by the auditor's office that either exceed the purchase order or were incurred without a purchase order exceeding the statutory limit of $3,000: a $5,500 payment to PE Management Services LLC for additional maintenance on recreation fields. Resolution adopted 10-0. 042-2026, one reading only, approving establishment of a sister city partnership between the city of Findlay and the Municipality of Nadarzyn, Republic of Poland, and authorizing the mayor to execute a nonbinding sister city partnership declaration. Resolution adopted 10-0. ORDINANCES 2026-109, third reading, as amended, accepting and approving the KGD Properties annexation of about 80 acres at County Road 99 and Township Road 142, Allen Township, and petitioning the Hancock County Board of Commissioners to adjust the boundaries. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-110, third reading, authorizing payroll deductions for employees enrolled in the Health Savings Account plan, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-111, third reading, establishing job classifications, pay ranges and pay schedules for non-elected city employees, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-112, third reading, appropriating $1,000 received from the Hancock County Parkinson's Network in support of the ADA seating project at the Cube Ice Arena, 3430 N. Main St., and declaring an emergency. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-114, third reading, appropriating and transferring $505,000 for Brucklacher Park restrooms and utility connections, 580 Crystal Ave., including $360,000 from the capital improvement fund, $100,000 from the Sewer Fund, $30,000 from the Water Fund and $15,000 from the Sewer Fund-Stormwater Restricted Account, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-116, third reading, appropriating and transferring $1.5 million for the Midwest Court Roadway Extension project, including $845,000 from the capital improvement fund, $205,000 from the Sewer Fund, $175,000 from the Water Fund and $275,000 from the Sewer Fund-Stormwater Restricted Account, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-117, second reading, accepting and approving the Huffman annexation, consisting of about 41 acres in Allen Township, and authorizing the law director to petition the Hancock County commissioners to adjust township boundaries to match the city limits. 2026-118, second reading, authorizing city administrators to advertise for bids and enter into contracts for waterline replacement projects, appropriating and transferring $356,429.11 from the Water Fund for the Beecher Street project, $150,000 for the Clinton Court project, $160,000 for the Greenacre Drive project, and $220,000 for the Londonderry Phase II project, and declaring an emergency. 2026-122, first reading, authorizing the mayor to accept permanent ownership of the playground property from Trivium Lincoln, LLC, part of the former Lincoln Elementary School property, 200 W. Lincoln St., and declaring an emergency. 2026-123, first reading, appropriating for the Shinkle Street storm sewer project, transferring $75,000 from the Water Fund and $45,000 from the Sewer Fund to cover construction costs and a contingency, and declaring an emergency. The project was bid Oct. 15, with Hohenbrink Excavating LLC of Findlay submitting the lowest of five bids at $130,451.37. 2026-124, first reading, appropriating for the 2026 annual sewer cleaning project, transferring $200,000 from the Sewer Fund to cover construction costs and a contingency, and declaring an emergency. The project was bid Sept. 30, with Visu-Sewer LLC of Reynoldsburg submitting the lowest of three bids at $160,895. 2026-125, first reading, amending the zoning code by rezoning the property known as 818 S. Blanchard St. from "C-1" Local Commercial to "R-3" Small Lot Residential. 2026-126, first reading, transferring $20,800 from the Capital Improvement Fund to repair and reinstall three siren heads, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-127, first reading, appropriating $2,287 from a Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation grant for the free kayaking weekend at Riverside Park and the purchase of recreation equipment that can be loaned to residents, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-128, first reading, appropriating $1,650 from a Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation grant for the purchase of community Christmas ornaments, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0.