HILLSBORO, Ohio — Hillsboro City Council is scheduled to cast final votes on an updated building permit fee schedule and a new social media policy for city employees and officials when it meets Sept. 17, while also taking up a second reading on a proposed increase to sewer rates.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall, 130 N. High St., according to the agenda.
Council is set to hold a third and final reading on an ordinance repealing the city’s 2020 residential and commercial fee schedule and replacing it with updated rates, an increase officials said was needed after the outdated fee structure cost the city nearly $41,000 last year. A resolution adopting a social media policy for city employees and officials is also scheduled for a third and final reading.
Council will additionally take up a second reading of an ordinance authorizing an increase to the city’s sewer rates. As with the first reading in August, the agenda does not specify the size of the proposed increase.
Also on the agenda is a first reading of an ordinance making supplemental appropriations for the city, and a resolution certifying nuisance abatement invoices to the Highland County auditor for placement on the county tax duplicate. That resolution is listed as an emergency measure, meaning council could vote to suspend the standard three-reading process and act on it the same night.
Council’s Finance Committee is scheduled to report on the annual wage and pay scale review for city employees and elected officials, along with an update on the state Route 73 and Fenner Avenue intersection reconstruction project. The Utilities Committee is set to conduct its annual water rate review and discuss revisions to several sections of the city’s water and sewer code. The Street and Safety Committee is listed to discuss a three-hour parking proposal and conduct its own annual review of the residential building fee schedule.
The Community Enhancement Committee is scheduled to discuss the National Fitness Campaign and the feasibility of building a community pool, according to the agenda.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Hillsboro City Council.
