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City Council Meeting

March 9, 2026 · Lancaster, OH
Source: Meeting minutes 2026-03-09 (PDF, 10 pp)
Retrieved April 14, 2026 from www.lancasterohio.gov ↗
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Attendees

Mr. Ailes (Council Member)
Mr. Bizjak (Council Member)
Mr. Can (Council Member)
Ms. Cohen (Council Member)
Mrs. Hoop (Council Member)
Mr. Knisley (Council Member)
Mr. Schoonover (Council Member)
Ms. Smiley (Council Member)
Mr. Ogg (Council Member)
Mr. Sollie (Council Member)
✓ Present: 10/10

Decisions

#1

PASSED

#2

PASSED

#3

PASSED

#4

PASSED

#5

PASSED

#6

PASSED

#7

PASSED

#8

PASSED

#9

PASSED

#10

PASSED

#11

PASSED

#12

PASSED

Agenda Items

#1

Resolution Temporary 23-26

Increase receipts, appropriate from the unencumbered balance, amend the certificate with the county auditor in the .45 police & fire levy fund (2047) for CPT state grant reimbursement

#2

Resolution Temporary 25-26

Authorize all actions necessary to accept a Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council 2026 Energized Community Grant

#3

Resolution Temporary 27-26

Increase and decrease appropriations in the water revenue fund (6003) to cover a shortfall in the retirement benefits account

#4

Resolution Temporary 28-26

Authorize the service/safety director to enter into a contract for the construction of the Frederick Street sewer separation project

#5

Resolution Temporary 30-26

Authorize a then and now certificate for payment of an AEP electric bill for street lighting in the general fund (1001) and to declare an emergency

#6

Resolution Temporary 31-26

Increase and decrease appropriations in the general fund (1001) to cover a uniform allowance for a recent promotion within the Lancaster fire department and to declare an emergency

#7

Resolution Temporary 32-26

Increase receipts, appropriate from the unencumbered balance, amend the certificate with the county auditor in the LDOT improvement fund (3014), to amend the certificate of appropriations and appropriate from the unencumbered balance in the general improvement fund (3016) and the 3 mil street improvement levy fund (2009), for funding of the Arbor Valley Drive improvement program and to declare an emergency

#8

Resolution Temporary 33-26

Authorize the Lancaster fire department to apply for the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant program through the US Department of Transportation and to declare an emergency

#9

Resolution Temporary 34-26

Authorize the service/safety director to apply for the 2026 AARP Community Challenge Grant Program and to declare an emergency

#10

Resolution Temporary 36-26

Authorize the service/safety director to apply for the Ohio 136th General Assembly capital budget community project and to declare an emergency

#11

Resolution Temporary 37-26

Authorize the service/safety director to submit a fiscal year 2027 community project funding request through Congressman Troy Balderson and to declare an emergency

#12

Ordinance Temporary 4-26

Authorize the mayor to grant four permanent supplemental easements to the Ohio Power Company necessary for the construction and maintenance of electric facilities and to declare an emergency

#13

Ordinance Temporary 5-26

Amend permanent ordinance 63.25, the management pay ordinance, to add an assistant prosecutor position for a limited period of time, and to declare an emergency

#14

Ordinance Temporary 6-26

Authorize the service/safety director to execute a lease amendment with Park National Bank and to declare an emergency

Public Comments

2 speakers
Daniel Delsignore Jr. · Topic: Lifting of the moratorium on cannabis

Formally requested the lifting of the moratorium on cannabis

Brian Everitt · Topic: Inclusion of physical traffic calming measures in the upcoming redesign of Arbor Valley Drive

Advocated for the inclusion of physical traffic calming measures in the upcoming redesign of Arbor Valley Drive