Council legislation

May 6, 2026 RESOLUTIONS 021-2026, second reading, stating services the city will provide for the KGD Properties, Ltd., Allen Township, 80.93 acres, known as the County Road 99/Township Road 142 annexation. 022-2026, second reading, authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Findlay Hope House for the Homeless, Inc. to provide fair housing services for Findlay residents retroactive to Jan. 1. ORDINANCES 2026-037, third reading, accepting the annexation of 48 acres located in Allen Township, known as the Cole annexation. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-038, third reading, accepting the annexation of 5 acres located in Marion Township, known as the Bright Road and Westgate Drive annexation. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-039, third reading, rezoning 0 Keith Parkway, previously zoned "C-2 General Commercial" to "I-1 Light Industrial." Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-040, third reading, zoning 12100 County Road 99, aka Sheetz, as "C-2 General Commercial." Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-046, second reading, appropriating $400,000 from the Severance Payout Reserve Fund to the Severance Payout Reserve to cover retirement settlements for employees whose written retirement notices were received after the 2026 budget was prepared, and declaring an emergency. 2026-047, second reading, authorizing the mayor to enter into a partnership agreement for the administration of the Community Housing Impact and Preservation (CHIP) Program. The program will bring $750,000 in grant funding for no-cost home repair and rehabilitation services for income-eligible residents, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-048, second reading, appropriating and transferring $700,000 from the capital improvement fund to 2026 Annual Street Resurfacing and Curb Repairs to fund construction, inspection and contingency for the asphalt portion of the 2026 street resurfacing and curb repair program, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-050, second reading, appropriating and transferring $15,000 from the capital improvement fund to support project management, administrative, legal and coordination costs associated with ongoing flood mitigation efforts in partnership with the Maumee Watershed Conservancy District, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-051, second reading, authorizing the mayor of the City of Findlay, Ohio, to enter into an agreement with the Hancock Regional Planning Commission for the facilitation and preparation of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program years 2026 and 2027, retroactive to Jan. 1. 2026-052, second reading, amending Municipal Ordinance No. 2025-129 of the City of Findlay, Ohio, commonly known as the "salary ordinance," and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-053, second reading, memorializing the expenditure of public funds for fiscal year 2026 for approved public purposes, and declaring an emergency. 2026-054, first reading, appropriating $14,844 from the Ohio Attorney General Law Enforcement Continuing Professional Training Grant to the 2026 Ohio Revised Code Required Police Department Training project for outside officer training, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 10-0. Ordinance approved 10-0. 2026-055, first reading, authorizing the sale of the former fire station at 401 N. Main Street, along with its adjacent parking area, through a sealed-bid auction. 2026-056, first reading, authorizing the city to seek bids and enter three-year leases beginning in 2027 for about 181 acres near the airport, 64 acres near the reservoirs and 23 acres on Carlin Street, and declaring an emergency. 2026-057, first reading, authorizing city administrators to advertise for bids and enter into contracts, with option years, for the purchase of the materials, chemicals and service agreements needed by the various departments beginning Jan. 1, and declaring an emergency. 2026-058, first reading, zoning the Cole (County Road 212) annexation as "I-1 Light Industrial." 2026-059, first reading, accepting the annexation of 45.93 acres located in Marion Township, known as the Shady Grove annexation. 2026-060, first reading, zoning the Shady Grove annexation as "M-2 Multi-Family High Density." 2026-061, first reading, zoning five acres in the Westgate Drive/Bright Road annexation as a mix of "C-2 General Commercial" and "R-1 Large Lot Residential."