The Urbana City Council met Tuesday night in regular session to approve changes to codified ordinances and approve a curb replacement and gutter repair on the north side of the city.
During the meeting, the council approved the purchase orders for two separate jobs involving D.L. Smith Concrete, LLC.
The first is to repair and replace the concrete sidewalk north of the Municipal Building on East Market Street.
The second is a more intensive job of repairing and replacing the sidewalks, curbs, and gutters on North Main Street.
Mayor Bill Bean says the project is the important culmination of several projects intended to improve the look of Urbana.
The council also passed two changes to codified ordinances. Ordinance 4616-25 is an ordinance to amend Chapter 1307 of the Codified Ordinances.
It gave the city authority to act against construction companies not meeting specified standards while doing work within the city.
Ordinance 4615-25 was also passed and is an ordinance to amend Chapter 141 of the Codified Ordinances.
This updates the way the city collects payments for city emergency services.
In new business, the council heard the first reading of Ordinance 4423-25: An ordinance to add Section 111.05, “Council Clerk Compensation” to the Codified Ordinances.
The ordinance will allow the council clerk to receive regular pay raises at the same time as central staff workers.
Also, read for the first time was Ordinance 4618-25: An ordinance to approve the final development plan and related plan exhibits for the planned unit development to be known as Dugan Place.
It was originally approved by the Urbana City Council on May 17, 2022, with the passage of Ordinance 4572-22, and later extended for one additional year on May 21, 2024, with the passage of Ordinance 4572-24.
Mayor Bean says this is a long-awaited and much-needed project for Urbana.
Other ordinances heard for the first time include:
- Ordinance 4619-25: An ordinance accepting the annexation of parcels consisting of approximately 219.986 acres, more or less, in Urbana Township as petitioned by Andrew Wecker, attorney-at-law, appointed as agent by the petitioners: Urbana Health Facilities, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company; governing board of the Madison-Champaign Educational Service Center; Board of County Commissioners of Champaign County, Ohio; and Organ Farms, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.
- Ordinance 4620-25: An ordinance to add and amend Chapter 1102 of the Codified Ordinances.
- Ordinance 4621-25: An ordinance to add and amend Chapter 1126 of the Codified Ordinances.
- Ordinance 4622-25: An ordinance to add and amend Chapter 1124 of the Codified Ordinances.
- Ordinance 4623-25: An ordinance to add and amend Chapter 1129 of the Codified Ordinances.
- Ordinance 4624-25: An ordinance to add and amend Chapter 1133 of the Codified Ordinances.
- Ordinance 4625-25: An ordinance to update the City of Urbana’s Official Zoning Map to establish City designated zoning classifications for nine parcels that were petitioned for annexation to the City of Urbana on December 3, 2024, and are anticipated to be annexed into the City of Urbana corporation limits on or after May 23, 2025.
In a final act of the night, the council approved Resolution 2710-25: A resolution to support a program year 2024 CDBG flexible grant application by the Champaign County Commissioners for the rehabilitation of the Quality Meats building at 125 South Main Street, including certification of slum and blight national objective, CDBG program income match, and adherence to Secretary of the Interior’s rehabilitation standards during the grant period.
With this, the beautification of downtown Urbana continues with the restoration of a historic downtown storefront. Mayor Bean explains.
Public hearings for many of the ordinances are planned for Tuesday, April 15 at the Municipal Building.
