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Summary of September 20 Ada Council meeting

With four guests including the Ada Icon and Kenton Times, the Ada Council chambers in the municipal building were at capacity seating on Tuesday, September 20.

The 90-minute meeting included a 46-minute executive session with EMS Chief Tom Miller with no action taken.

OPEN FLOOR
During the open floor period, Dustin Jordan answered questions from the council regarding the 150th Fire Convention itinerary proposal (2024). Council focused their discussion on the impact on Main St. traffic and whether the road would need to be closed or traffic temporarily diverted, as is done for shorter parades. Council passed a motion that it would continue to consider the application.

Preliminary details are on page 13 of the council packet.

October public meeting schedule

The following public meetings have been scheduled for October 2022:

October 4, Regular Council Meeting 6:30 p.m. Municipal Building

October 17, Ada-Liberty Ambulance Dist. 5:30 p.m. 530 N. Gilbert St. 

October 18, Regular Council Meeting 6:30 p.m. Municipal Building

October 21, 2022 Tree Commission Meeting 12:00 p.m. Municipal Building

September Board of Education meeting summary

The Ada Schools board of education met on Monday, September 19 with board members Amy Mullins, Matt Gossman, Ron Fleming and Ted Griffith present. Steve Ramey was absent.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
During the “Hearing of the Public” segment, Mullins advised visitor Adam Baumgartner that he had three minutes to address the board. Baumgartner spoke about his frustrations that 7th grade football players would go two weeks without any play time. He said the email response from the athletic department did not answer any of his questions. Mullins responded that the board would contact the athletic department and that someone would get back to him.

Final Grandview public meeting September 27

The Village of Ada has announced a public meeting for the Grandview Boulevard Reconstruction Project at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27.

The event will be held at the Community Health Professionals Building, 1200 S. Main Street.

$2.1M project funding breakdown:

OPWC Grant $500K
OPWC Loan $750K
Assessment $200K
Village Share $705K

Advertising for bids is scheduled to begin on September 22; construction is anticipated to begin April-May 2023; and construction is expected to be completed in October 2023.

Sept. 19 Board of Education meeting

The Ada Exempted Village Schools, 725 West North Ave., will hold the September Board of Education Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 19 in the board meeting room.

Board members are Dr. Amy Mullins, President; Matt Gossman; Ronald Fleming; Steve Ramey and Ted Griffith.

Ada Council approves green waste drop-off for 2022

At the Sept. 6 regular meeting of the Ada Village Council, councilors approved the startup of a Village green waste site in response to a request by the Ada Tree Commission.

In the attached memo, Village Administrator Jamie Hall outlines the service, which will be for Ada residents only.

By appointment, residents will be allowed to bring "green waste" such as yard clippings, leaves and tree branches to the Village site at 514 E. Lincoln. See the attachment for a detailed description of what may and what may not be brought to the site. Unloading must be done by the resident.

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