The Delaware City Council held its regular meeting on March 23, 2026, at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers. The meeting included public comments, presentations on public health and electric aggregation, public hearings on bicycle ordinance updates and two zoning map amendments, consideration of multiple ordinances and resolutions, and reports from the Finance Director and City Manager. Several items were moved to later readings due to absent council members, while others were approved with emergency clauses.
Time is seven o'clock, and we will call to order the city council meeting from March 23rd, 2026. Roll call, please. Miss Griffith? Here. Mr. Haynes? Here. Mr. McClellan is absent. Mr. Ryder? Here. Dr. Bogan is absent. Vice Mayor Fraser? Here. Mayor Rickle. Here. Madam Mayor, I make a motion to excuse uh Councilman McClellan and Bogan. Second. I have a motion by Ms. Fraser. Second, Miss Ms. Griffith, roll call, please. Miss Griffith? Yes. Mr. Haynes? Yes. Mr. Ryder? Yes. Vice Mayor Fraser? Yes. Mayor Virgil? Yes. And for anyone in the audience, we do have somebody shadowing us tonight. A senior from high school. Her name is Jassie. Next is indication by Sam Rosa with the Delaware Christian Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. If you'll all please stand. It's always a privilege to be before you. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we come before you today with gratitude and humility. Recognize that all authority rests in you, in your hands. Your word reminds us in Jeremiah 29 7 to seek the welfare of the city where we have been sent to pray for the Lord on its behalf. Because when the city prosper, we prosper. Lord, today we lift up the city of Delaware. We ask for your blessings over its neighborhoods, its schools, its business, and every family who calls this place home. In a time when communities across our nation face division, uncertainty, and rapid change, we ask that you would establish Delaware City as a place marked by unity, wisdom, and care for one another.