Council Legislation: March 15

Resolutions: 009-2022, one reading only, commending Thomas Demuth, a 33-year employee of the city of Findlay's traffic department, upon his retirement. Resolution adopted 9-0, with Councilman Randy Greeno, R-at-large, absent. 010-2022, one reading only, approving expenditures paid by the auditor's office either made without a purchase order or exceeding the limit of $3,000: $15,330 paid to Robison, Curphey & O'Connell, LLC, Findlay, for legal counsel; $5,000 paid to Ohio State Treasurer's Office for permit fees; $7,125 paid to All Excavating, Findlay, for emergency demolition. Resolution adopted 9-0. Ordinances: 2022-011, third reading, amending the city's salary ordinance to cap the transfer of accrued vacation or sick time for new hires from previous public employers to two years, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2022-14, third reading, vacating an alley next to Cypress Avenue. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2022-15, second reading, amending Findlay's codified ordinances to conform with current state law, and declaring an emergency. 2022-17, second reading, authorizing city administrators to advertise for bids and enter into contracts for about $2.5 million in projects as part of the city's capital improvement plan for 2022, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend the council's three-reading rule approved 9-0. Resolution adopted 9-0. 2022-18, second reading, authorizing city administrators to enter into an agreement with the Findlay YMCA to operate the Riverside Swimming Pool for the 2022 to 2024 seasons, and declaring an emergency. 2022-19, first reading, appropriating $412,500 and authorizing city administrators to enter into agreements for the purchase of water meters, and declaring an emergency. 2022-20, first reading, authorizing the service-safety director to apply for grant funds from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Ohio Department of Transportation Aviation Division, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend the council's three-reading rule approved 9-0. Resolution adopted 9-0. 2022-21, first reading, appropriating $520,000 for the State Street and Markle Street Reconstruction project from grants and the city's water, sewer and capital improvement funds, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend the council's three-reading rule approved 9-0. Resolution adopted 9-0. 2022-22, first reading, transferring ownership of the Marathon Petroleum Co.'s solar panel field that was constructed on city property.