Written with the help of AI from the Beavercreek City Council agenda, Monday, November 9, 2026.
Shakertown Road: 18 property appropriations up for a second vote
Council will take a second reading on 18 ordinances (26-24, 26-26 through 26-28, 26-30, 26-31, 26-33 through 26-44) that appropriate property interests for the Shakertown Road Widening Project. Each is listed as a second reading as an emergency. An emergency ordinance takes effect immediately instead of after the usual 30-day wait. Appropriation is the legal process a city uses to take property for public use, with the owner entitled to compensation. Ordinance 26-25, for 3170 Shakertown Road, has been settled and drops off the agenda.
Why it matters: City staff say the end-of-year filing timeline protects the Shakertown Road grant funding, with bidding, utility relocation and construction slated to begin in March 2027.
The property owners named include individuals, couples, trusts, the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Beavercreek Christian Church. At the Oct. 26 meeting, City Engineer Nick Smith said the project widens Shakertown Road from Carthage Drive to Southern Belle Boulevard to three lanes with curb and gutter, storm sewer and sidewalks on both sides. He said 2023 approvals brought $2,407,500 in grant funding that requires a local match. Legal counsel Josh Lounsbury said there are no permanent takes in these ordinances. The takes are temporary easements for grading or storm sewer, and owners are still entitled to compensation.
Smith said 12 of 32 affected properties had been settled and three more had verbal agreements. He said bidding, utility relocation and construction would begin in March 2027. Staff said the end of the year is the filing timeline needed to keep the grant funding. Several residents objected on Oct. 26 to using the emergency process. Council members asked staff for records of contacts with property owners before this vote, and the mayor asked that an arborist be able to measure one owner’s disputed tree before the second reading.
Kemp Road widening: first step on four properties
Council will consider four resolutions declaring the need to acquire right-of-way for the Kemp Road Widening Project, each paired with an ordinance on first reading as an emergency after the second reading. They cover property owned by Neil E. and Susan E. Lawhun (Resolution 26-71, Ordinance 26-45), Charles W. Whitaker (26-72, 26-46), Kevin M. Obrien (26-74, 26-48) and Lenai R. McPherson (26-77, 26-51). The agenda gives no addresses, dollar amounts or descriptions of what is needed from each property.
Wawa gas station hearing
Council will hold a public hearing on case PC 26-5 ASRA for a Wawa gas station. The agenda lists an applicant presentation, a staff presentation, public input, council discussion and a motion. It gives no location or project details.
Grant application and quarterly finances
Resolution 26-79 would authorize an application for a PDAC grant. The agenda does not say how much money is involved or what it would pay for. Council will also take up the city’s Third Quarter Financial Report as a decision item. No figures are included in the agenda.
Routine business
Council will approve the Oct. 26 regular meeting minutes and the agenda itself. Later items include the mayor’s report, the city manager’s report and an executive session, a closed-door meeting. The agenda does not state the executive session’s topic. No dollar totals are listed for these items.
How to weigh in
Council meets at 6:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in Council Chambers at 1368 Research Park Drive. The agenda lists public input as part of the Wawa hearing and a separate Citizen Comments item later in the meeting. It does not spell out time limits or sign-up rules. At the Oct. 26 meeting, public input was taken after each ordinance was read.
Source: Beavercreek City Council agenda, Monday, November 9, 2026.
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