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Adopted on first reading: ODOT winter salt contract

The council voted to suspend the three-reading rule and adopt a resolution authorizing the mayor to participate in the Ohio Department of Transportation winter contract for road salt for 2025\u00011 and 2025\u000126. The suspension of the rules and the adoption were approved on roll call votes, each 7-0. The resolution was recorded as R2502.

Adopted on third reading: streaming city meetings

An ordinance to stream Amherst meetings and to make agendas and minutes available on the city website was adopted on third reading and recorded as Ordinance O2508. The adoption passed on a roll call vote, 7-0.

Sent to second reading

- Item 6a: An ordinance to amend section 509.1 of the codified ordinances to establish noise performance standards (sent to second reading, roll call 7-0).
- Item 6b: An ordinance to amend section 509.11 of the codified ordinances regarding unnecessary and excessive noise (sent to second reading, roll call 7-0).
- Item 6d: Ordinance creating Quarry Creek tax-increment financing incentive districts (sent to second reading, roll call 7-0). (See separate coverage on the Quarry Creek TIF discussion.)

Other formal actions

- The council accepted the consent agenda (minutes from several recent meetings) by voice vote, recorded as 7-0.
- Council excused Auditor Phillips from the meeting; the deputy auditor attended in her stead (motion passed by roll call, 7-0).
- The council accepted administration reports and acknowledged receipt of the auditor and treasurer reports for March 2025 (motions passed 7-0).

Votes and record

The meeting record includes roll-call responses naming present council members; where recorded roll-call names were available the votes were unanimous in favor for the measures listed above. For example, the roll call for suspension and adoption of the salt-contract resolution recorded yes votes from Mister Heberling, Mister Wnarski, Mister Dembinski, Miss Harmage, Mister Wachowicz, Mister Nahorn and Mister Janek.

Why it matters

The ODOT salt contract binds the city to a state-negotiated procurement for winter road salt for the 2025\u00011 and 2025\u000126 seasons and can affect winter road treatments and budgets. The streaming ordinance requires the city to make meeting video (or live streams), agendas and minutes available on the city website, a transparency measure with immediate public access implications. The noise-ordinance proposals and the Quarry Creek TIF measure will return for further council consideration.

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Council members were presented with estimated infrastructure costs associated with the proposed TIF, including road-widening, sidewalks, signal and signage work, stormwater and sewer improvements, and engineering and inspection costs. Council heard that the estimated cost of those improvements alone was about $2,180,000, but county tax-revenue projections that would fund the TIF were not final and remained pending.

The proposal would declare improvements within the Quarry Creek incentive districts to be public purposes and exempt those parcels from real property taxation in exchange for service payments in lieu of taxes deposited into a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund.

Why it matters: A TIF shifts future property-tax revenue from local taxing districts to pay for designated infrastructure. The council asked for clearer revenue estimates from the county and more detailed engineering costs before final action.

Council action and immediate outcome

Councilmember Jambinski moved to send item 6d to a second reading; Councilmember Wnarski seconded. The motion passed on a roll call vote, 7-0.

What the council heard

City staff provided preliminary line-item estimates that council members said total about $2.18 million: roughly $1 million for road widening; about $175,000 for sidewalks; roughly $200,000 for traffic-signal and signage work; up to $600,000 for stormwater and sewer improvements; and a couple hundred thousand dollars for engineering and inspection. Staff told the council they had not yet received final county figures on projected tax revenues and expected to provide more precise numbers within two weeks.

Council members discussed possible uses for any leftover funds, including partnerships for parks and walkways. A councillor noted the developer had paid for some past work on adjacent roads but that these specific improvements would be tied to the Quarry Creek area and Dewey Road.

Resident questions

Kathleen Gilles of 6024 North Dewey asked how the proposed sidewalks would connect to existing routes and whether the city envisioned a path along the creek or formal sidewalks along Dewey Road. City staff answered that the current plan calls for sidewalks on Dewey Road, possibly on one or both sides, and that final engineering had not yet determined exact locations.

Council context

Councilmember Heberling said three conditions he had requested were met and that meeting those conditions changed his position on the item. Councilmembers said they would await the county\u0001s revenue figures and the engineer\u0001s detailed estimate, which staff said they would circulate by email.

Next steps

The ordinance establishing the Quarry Creek TIF incentive districts was sent to a second reading for further review; final votes will occur after the council receives updated revenue projections and engineering estimates.

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Votes at a glance: Amherst council adopts meetings-streaming ordinance, approves ODOT salt contract; several items moved to second reading

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