26-02-2025
Lima council approves alley vacation
Feb. 25—LIMA — Resident Thomas Ball was happy to get his questions answered about the alley Lima council voted to vacate at Monday night's meeting.
The alley sits between his property and a property that is set to become a Clark Gas Station on the 1100 block of West North Street, but he was relieved to find out that the half of the alley on his side of the block will be unaffected by the decision.
"My garage sits on the alley so it's been blocked off, and we just wanted to make sure that nothing would go wrong with that," he said.
Council also approved an ordinance to authorize Mayor Sharetta Smith to contract SAFEbuilt Ohio to provide plan review support services for the Lima-Allen County Building Department.
"What we're trying to do for the customer is reduce the amount of time for plan reviews," public works director Amy Harpster said. "We're always trying to reduce that time so this will help us in providing an expedited, more prompt response to the owners and design professionals for plans."
Council also passed ordinances to authorize the mayor to administer funds from the Cenovus Energy Grant and the Marathon First Responder Fund Grant for the Lima Police Department, accept a donation from the Lima Police Wives Association, to donate extrication equipment to Apollo Career Center and to enter into an agreement for the UAW Local 2075 to sub-lease space from the American Red Cross at 610 S. Collett St.
Reach Jacob Espinosa at 567-242-0399.
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