Council legislation

A summary of all legislation considered or approved by Findlay City Council during its regular meetings. On Nov. 6: Resolutions 30-2024, third reading, stating the services the city of Findlay will provide to the Weaver Annexation, 1.48 acres at 6434 Hancock County Road 18, Marion Township. Resolution adopted 8-1, with Holly Frische, R-1, opposed, and Dan DeArment, R-4, absent. 31-2024, third reading, stating the services the city of Findlay will provide to the Cole Annexation, 48.98 acres on Hancock County Road 212, Allen Township. Resolution adopted 8-1, with Frische opposed. 32-2024, third reading, stating the services the city of Findlay will provide to the Vorhees Annexation, Hancock County Road 212 and Township Road 99, with 159.2 acres in Allen Township and .02 acres and 1.1 acres in Marion Township. Resolution adopted 8-1, with Frische opposed. 33-2024, one reading only, approving expenditures paid by the auditor's office either made without a purchase order or exceeding the limit of $3,000: $16,637 paid to the Spengler Nathanson law firm, Toledo, for outside legal counsel. Resolution adopted 9-0. 34-2024, one reading only, clarifying the terms of the city's $90,000 donation to Hancock County Raise the Bar from its American Rescue Act Funds. The one-time contribution is meant to eliminate any future contribution from the city for the next three years. Resolution adopted 9-0. Ordinances 2024-113, third reading, vacating an alley at Bank Street and South Blanchard Street. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2024-114, third reading, rezoning 615 E. Edgar Ave. from "R2" Medium Lot Residential to "R3" Small Lot Residential. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2024-115, third reading, vacating an unimproved portion of an alley west of Sandusky Street. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2024-119, third reading, reappropriating $246,167 in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, and declaring an emergency. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2024-122, second reading, appropriating $475,000 from the city's capital improvement funds to construct a new building at the Findlay Airport, 1615 Gray St., to house snow removal equipment, and declaring an emergency. 2024-124, first reading, rezoning a Glessner Avenue parcel from "I1 Light Industrial" to "CD Condominium." 2024-125, first reading, rezoning 1700 Western Avenue from "I1 Light Industrial" to "C2 General Commercial." 2024-126, first reading, appropriating $100,000 from the capital improvement fund to the HHWP Community Action Committee as part of a local match for a federal grant to purchase buses for the Hancock Area Transit Service (HATS), and declaring an emergency. 2024-127, first reading, appropriating a $41,882 Continuing Professional Training Grant from the Ohio Attorney General to the Findlay Police Department's required training fund, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 9-0. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2024-128, first reading, authorizing the auditor to make payroll deductions for employees enrolled in a health savings plan, and declaring an emergency. Motion to suspend council's three-reading rule approved 9-0. Ordinance approved 9-0. 2024-129, first reading, appropriating $40,000 from capital improvement funds to remodel an office and bathroom at the Findlay Airport, 1615 Gray St., and declaring an emergency. 2024-130, first reading, authorizing the mayor to extend the city's financial commitment to the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership of $5,000 per year for 2024 through 2026, and declaring an emergency. 2024-131, first reading, authorizing the mayor to enter into a three-year agreement with the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 381, effective Jan. 1, and declaring an emergency. 2024-132, first reading, authorizing the mayor to enter into a three-year agreement with the Ohio Patrolman's Benevolent Association, Findlay, effective Jan. 1, and declaring an emergency.