Written with the help of AI from the Centerville City Council agenda, November 2, 2026.
Nineteen hearings on property for the Franklin/Clyo bike path
The biggest block of business is under Old Business: Ordinances 20-26 through 38-26, each with a public hearing. An ordinance is a city law. Each of these would appropriate certain real property interests for the MOT Franklin/Clyo Bike Path CR22 Project. In plain terms, appropriation is a legal step a government uses to acquire property rights for a public project. The agenda gives no dollar amounts, acreage or descriptions of what each interest covers.
Ordinances 20-26, 22-26, 23-26, 24-26, 25-26, 26-26 and 27-26 name these owners in turn: Coastal Paradise, LLC; LSM Global, LLC; JCWB, Inc.; Briscoe Property Investments, LLC; 948 Franklin, LLC; First National Bank, Dayton, Ohio; and Smith-Loesch Joint Venture. G.A. & Sons Real Estate Investments, L.L.C. is named in two ordinances, 28-26 and 29-26. Forest Walk Homeowners’ Association, Inc., an Ohio not-for-profit corporation, is named in two as well, 30-26 and 31-26.
Ordinance 21-26 covers parts of six Montgomery County Auditor parcels: O68 50917 0002, 0009, 0015, 0017, 0020 and 0022. The agenda does not name an owner for that one.
The remaining ordinances name individual owners. Ordinance 32-26 names Casey Shupe and Gregory Harnett. Ordinance 33-26 names Matthew R. and Jessica R. Sierschula. Ordinance 34-26 names Stephen T. and Carey L. Jackson, and 35-26 names Tammala Sheree Lawson. Ordinance 36-26 names Edward M. and Kathie J. Smith. Ordinance 37-26 names Kevin Anthony and Dinah Callender, and 38-26 names Eliezer Kotapuri and Sarah M. Potti. Every ordinance also refers to "interests by others" in the same property.
City employee pay plan up for a later hearing
Ordinance 39-26 is on the consent agenda. It would repeal Ordinance 01-26 in its entirety and establish class titles, pay ranges, grades, rates of pay and regulations for City of Centerville employees. The agenda says it is set for a public hearing on November 16, 2026. It lists no dollar figures.
Easement at 220 East Franklin Street
Two consent items deal with a temporary easement at 220 East Franklin Street, known as Parcel 2-T. An easement is a right to use part of someone’s property for a stated purpose. Resolution 132-26 would authorize the city manager to take the steps and sign the documents needed to buy the temporary easement from Kelsey M. Jackson, also known as Kelsey M. Jackson-Owens, and Ethan Owens. Resolution 133-26 would accept a temporary easement for roadway purposes from the same owners. The agenda does not state a price.
Storm and ditch repair contracts
Resolution 135-26 would authorize the city manager to sign a cost participation agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County for the King Arthur Storm Replacement Project. Resolution 136-26 would authorize a change order and a contract amendment with Hasting Excavating, LLC of New Carlisle, Ohio, for the King Arthur Storm Repair Project. A change order is a formal change to the work or price of an existing contract.
Resolution 137-26 would accept the bid from National Shotcrete, LLC dba National Gunite, LLC of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for the Concrete Ditch Repairs Project, and authorize the city manager to enter into a contract. The agenda lists no dollar amounts for any of these items.
Routine items
The consent agenda is a group of items council considers routine and approves with one vote. Besides the items above, it includes Resolution 134-26, which authorizes payment of invoices with "then and now" certificates for the third quarter of calendar year 2026. It also includes a motion to approve the 2027 City Council meeting calendar and a motion to reappoint Wajieha Deek to the City Beautiful Commission for a three-year term. The agenda gives no totals for the spending items.
Council will also act on the minutes of the October 19, 2026 regular meeting and work session. The City Beautiful Commission will present its October 2026 Community Pride and Landscape Awards. Pastor Jett Hone of Fairhaven Church will give the invocation. Brooks A. Compton is mayor, and Michael Norton-Smith is city manager.
How to weigh in
Council meets Monday, November 2, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. in the J.V. Stone Council Chambers at the Centerville Municipal Building, 100 W. Spring Valley Road, Centerville, OH 45458-3759. The ordinances on the bike path project are listed as public hearings. The agenda also sets aside a time for Citizen Comments and Petitions. It does not spell out sign-up steps or time limits.
Any councilmember may ask to remove an item from the consent agenda. Removed items are discussed separately after the vote on the rest. Anyone who needs an accommodation to take part in the meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at 937-433-7151. The city’s main number is 937-433-7151, and its website is centervilleohio.gov.
Source: Centerville City Council agenda, Monday, November 2, 2026.
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