Written with the help of AI from the Trenton City Council agenda, Thursday, November 19, 2026.
EV charging station contract: $158,125
Service Director Brad Baker will bring a motion to award the Trenton EV Charging Station project to York Electric, Inc. for $143,750. The motion also sets aside a 10 percent construction contingency of $14,375 for unforeseen construction costs, bringing total project authorization to $158,125.
Why it matters: The EV charging contract commits up to $158,125, and the Trenton Square and Carvana ordinances would exempt improvements from property taxes in exchange for service payments, with compensation to two school districts.
The motion would also authorize the City Manager to sign all necessary contract and change order documents.
Tax-increment financing for Trenton Square and Carvana
Finance Director Matthew Mesisklis will present two ordinances, both on first reading, that declare improvements to certain real property a public purpose under Ohio Revised Code section 5709.40(b). One is labeled Trenton Square and the other Carvana.
Each ordinance would exempt the improvement from real property taxation and designate public infrastructure improvements that directly benefit the property. Each would also require annual service payments in lieu of taxes, which are payments made in place of property taxes. Those payments would be deposited in a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund. Each ordinance also authorizes compensation payments to the Edgewood city school district and the Butler County joint vocational school district. Both are marked as emergency measures. The agenda does not give dollar amounts, property addresses or the length of the exemptions.
Buying Basin 3 in Trenton Square and a monument sign easement
City Attorney Nick Ziepfel will present an ordinance authorizing the city to acquire Lot 5091 in Trenton Square, commonly called Basin 3, from Trenton Property Holdings, LLC. It would authorize the City Manager and Finance Director to complete the closing and is marked as an emergency measure. The agenda lists no purchase price.
A second ordinance would authorize the City Manager to sign a sign easement agreement with Trenton Property Holdings, LLC for the Trenton Square monument sign and related improvements. An easement gives permission to use a piece of land for a specific purpose. It is also marked as an emergency, on first reading.
Other items
Finance Director Mesisklis will also present the October Financial Snapshot as correspondence and a resolution accepting the amounts and rates set by the county budget commission. The resolution authorizes the necessary tax levies and certifies them to the county auditor (first reading). Clerk of Council Stanislav Beresford will bring a motion to appoint a representative to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI) Regional Council of Governments.
City Manager Marcos Nichols will give project updates and has requested an executive session to discuss pending or imminent court action with the city’s legal counsel. The agenda is subject to change.
How to weigh in
The work session is Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda includes time for council comments and questions but does not describe a public comment process or give a meeting location.
Source: Trenton City Council agenda, Thursday, November 19, 2026.
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