By Carly Rose
TROY — Troy City Council OK’d amending a resolution, during its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, which authorizes Troy Director of Public Service and Safety Patrick Titterington to advertise for bids and enter into a contract for the 2024 paving program.
The final cost for the 2024 paving program has exceeded the authorization established in the initial resolution by $18,655,65. The amended resolution authorizes Titterington to enter into a contract not to exceed $1,518,656.65. Council established a need for the paving of the streets in the city of Troy and adopted the amended resolution by declaring it as an emergency.
In other business, City Council also adopted the three following ordinances:
• Authorizing the sale of the property known as Brukner Park to the Troy-Miami County Public Library. Troy-Miami Public Library seeks to purchase the property of Brukner Park from the city of Troy, and the Board of Park Commissioners recommended the sale be authorized, subject to specific terms and conditions. They authorized it be sold to the Troy-Miami Public Library for the amount of $100,000, provided such amount is paid to the city of Troy, in full no later than Dec. 31, 2025.
The property shall be used for the use and purpose of promoting non-profit, library, educational, extra-curricular, and interscholastic activities and other uses incidental and related thereto, but for no other purposes, except as specifically provided herein.
• Authorizing Titterington and the Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Troy to execute a transfer agreement with the Troy City Schools Board of Education (BOE) to implement the memorandum of understanding with the Troy City Schools BOE regarding future educational and recreational opportunities for residents within the Troy City School District, and by declaring it an emergency.
In the November 2023 general election, the voters of Troy City School District approved a 6.96 mill combined levy that will allow the Troy City School Board Education to move forward on the construction of four new elementary schools, major infrastructure updates to the high school, and improve equitable, inclusive, and high-quality education for all students. Troy City Schools requested the memorandum of understanding be implemented at this time, particularly as the properties known as Hook Park and Campbell Park at Cookson School must be transferred to the Troy City Schools BOE to meet the October 2024 deadline established by the Ohio School Facilities Commission.
Both Council members Lynne Snee and Kristie Marshall abstained from the adoption due to both being employed by Troy City Schools.
• To accept the application for the annexation of certain territory containing 107.559 acres, more or less, in Concord Township, to the city of Troy. It is the final acceptance of the ELC LLC and pour annexation which council had previously approved the consent. A petition for the annexation of certain property in Concord Township was duly filed by the owners and council has previously adopted legislation regarding municipal services, buffering requirements with this parcel, and consent, and the said petition was considered by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami County on June 25, 2024. The proposed annexation as applied or in the petition by a majority of owners of real estate in the territory sought to be annexed and filed with the Board of County Commissioners of Miami County.
And also Tuesday, near the end of the meeting, Council member Todd Severt thanked Troy Police Chief Shawn McKinney.
“There was a Facebook debate going on about homelessness that permeating through the community, and I thought that Chief Mckinney demonstrated some leadership and explanation by posting an informative post about the situation and what city could or could not do,” said Severt. “From our perspective as representatives of the city, we thank you for that prompt response and how that was handled.”
Council member Susan Westfall shared thoughts from the Tour de Donut event on Saturday, Aug. 23, in Troy.
“I did talk to somebody that attended the Tour de Donut and had a great time and loved it, and felt like it was very well done,” said Westfall.
Council member Jeffrey Schilling expressed his thoughts to Council President William Rozell on multi-use recreational trails.
“Mr. President, I am asking you to bring this item to the correct committee for discussions with the possibility of looking at changing our zoning and building codes to incorporate multi-use recreational trails as necessary,” said Schilling. “We would like to see them in front of the sub-divisions, I think it would be important to see these trails used in our industrial areas so that the workers trying to reach their places of work for an alternate way to get there besides driving a vehicle.”
