Sylvania City Councilman, Shawn Murphy, chairman of the Parks & Forestry Committee, reported on the city’s green yard waste program that was discussed in his committee’s meeting held before the regular council meeting on Sept. 16. Also discussed was the purchase of a new green yard waste truck.
City Council President Mary Westphal chaired a Committee of the Whole meeting on Sept. 15 regarding the proposed Gateway Signage. The committee agreed on design concept 1 and the consultant team, lead by EDGE, was authorized to proceed with finalizing the design.
During the regular meeting, council members, with a six-to-one affirmative vote, agreed to change their meeting time to 6:30 pm beginning January 2026. This follows a suggestion made by City Councilman Patrick Richardson at the Sept. 2 meeting.
At Service Director Joe Shaw’s recommendation, council members authorized Mayor Mark Frye and Director of Finance Toby Schroyer to enter into a property management agreement with The Nature Conservancy to control invasive species at McNelly Park, a city-owned three-acre site at the end of Balfour Road. This agreement is at no cost to the city and will be paid for by a grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Members of council also approved Shaw’s request to grant easements for 6501 Monroe St., 5757 Main St., and 5734 Lane Dr. to Toledo Edison to complete the underground utility project in the second block of Main Street. Moving the four utility lines underground is the first stage of Phase Two of the Downtown Transportation Improvement project.
Public Hearings were set for Oct. 16 at 7 pm for three zoning ordinance amendments, which include a special use permit for Benjamin and Amanda Milliron’s ground mounted solar arrays at 5916 Main St., a zoning change for developer Mike Hojnacki from Mixed Zoning to B-2 Zoning for a proposed commercial flex space development at 5540 N. Centennial Rd. The third public hearing is for an amendment to zoning code ordinances to provide an exception for compliance with the depth-to-width ratio for irregular-sized lots. The public hearings will take place before the regularly scheduled City Council meeting at 7:30 pm.