The Bellefontaine City Council will be deliberating a full slate of ordinances at its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 25, as 13 measures will be up for a second reading before council, while two new pieces of legislation will be offered for a first reading.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Among those ordinances up for a second reading are measures setting the pay scales for Bellefontaine Municipal Court Judge, council members, clerk of council, mayor, law director, auditor and treasurer, as well as the 2026 supervisory wage scale, the 2026 service wage scale, the 2026 Municipal Court employees wages and the 2026 clerical workers pay.
Also up for second readings are ordinances that will adopt whistleblower, nepotism, social media use regulations and travel reimbursement policies for the city.
The council will also consider measures that will allow the purchase of miscellaneous supplies and making temporary appropriations for the year beginning Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2026, as well as ordinances that will create positions for a chief deputy clerk for the Municipal Court, a position for the wastewater department, an assistant water superintendent, and an assistant sewer superintendent.
Up for a first reading Tuesday are ordinances that will make supplemental ordinances for the police, fire, cemetery, ambulance and the wastewater loan payment as well as a measure that will approve the 16.577-acre Ludlow Ridge Phase II subdivision dedication plat.
There are no ordinances on the agenda for a third reading at Tuesday’s meeting.
Prior to the regular meeting, at 7 p.m. Tuesday the council will conduct a public hearing on a request from Gary Alexander Jr., 1393 Township Road 179, that the city annex four parcels of land totaling approximately 63 acres, all of which lie on the east side of T.R. 179 across from the Maris Park project.
All four parcels, numbers 12-092-00-00-025-001, 12-092-00-00-025-003, 12-092-00-00-025-004 and 12-092-00-00-025-000, lie within Jefferson Township.
At the hearing, the public will be given the opportunity to voice their opinions on the proposed annexation.
