Englewood city council handled a routine agenda at its March 12 meeting. Pictured left to right are Councilman Andrew Gough, City Manager Eric Smith, Mayor Cathy McGrail and Law Director Cynthia McNamee. Not pictured: Councilmembers Fred B. Huelsman, Brad Daugherty, Steve Henne, Adrienne Draper, and Courtney Rietman.
Ron Nunnari | The Register-Herald
ENGLEWOOD — At its March 12 meeting Englewood city council handled a routine agenda with four legislative items, all of which were unanimously approved.
Among the legislation was Resolution 09-24 approving the Countywide 9-1-1 Services Final Plan as approved by the Countywide 9-1-1 Program Review Committee.
Effective Oct. 3, 2023 the state made several changes to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 128 via House Bill 33. Among those changes is a new requirement that all County 9-1-1 Review Committees must complete and submit an updated Countywide 9-1-1 System Final Plan to the Ohio 9-1-1 Program Office prior to April 3, 2024.
The Englewood Police Department operates a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), aka dispatch center, and is party to this updated plan.
On Feb. 23 the Montgomery County 9-1-1 Program Review Committee reviewed and unanimously approved the Countywide 9-1-1 System Final Plan in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 128.07.
Passage of Resolution 09-24 brings the city into compliance with the Ohio Revised Code.
Council also passed on the first reading Bill 24-02, suspending the rules requiring three readings, to amend the assignment of pay grades for a maximum number of full-time positions for fiscal year 2024.
Council waived the rule requiring three readings and passed Bill 24-03 to revise appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the city during the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2024.
Resolution 10-24 was passed to authorize the city manager to renew an agreement with no cost increase with Superior Dental Care, Inc. to provide a dental insurance program for the benefit of full-time city employees.
During the city manager’s report, Eric Smith notified council that the city had acquired a property on Dresden Drive in Morgan Place.
“The owner sold it to us, I think at a bargain rate, very inexpensively. It’s got some code enforcement issues and the owner decided the best thing to do was to sell it and be done with it,” Smith said.
“There was a grant we received from the Community Development Block Grant program and that money will go toward the purchase of that property and demolition,” Smith added.
The city has continued to declare war on invasive honeysuckle plants growing in various locations throughout Englewood.
“You have probably seen that we have been all over town trying to remove that invasive honeysuckle growth,” Smith said. “This week the crews are on Main Street. Since we aren’t plowing snow we want to make sure the happy family stays happy by keeping them busy.”
The city’s annual Easter Egg Hunt takes place Saturday, March 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Centennial Park.
The Boy Scouts will be holding a flag retirement ceremony May 20 at 7 p.m. at Concord United Methodist Church, 1123 S. Main St.
Reach Ron Nunnari at (937) 684-9124 or email [email protected].
