Written with the help of AI from the Liberty Township Board of Trustees agenda, Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
I-75 Millikin Road interchange: intent to borrow up to $32 million
Resolution 2026-094 states that the township expects it may borrow up to $32,000,000 through tax-exempt bonds. The money would reimburse the township for public infrastructure costs tied to the Interstate 75 Millikin Road interchange project and private improvements expected to follow it.
The resolution lists a diverging diamond interchange (a design that briefly switches traffic to the opposite side of the road to ease entering and exiting the highway), multiple roundabouts at Millikin Road and other intersections, roadway, sidewalk and bikeway work, utility improvements, landscaping, and bridge and infield aesthetic improvements. The document describes this as an official statement of intent that lets the township use bond money to repay costs it pays up front. It does not itself issue bonds.
Rezoning request for 110 homes on Millikin Road (ZC26-019)
The board will hold a public hearing on a request from Brent Wilkins, on behalf of M/I Homes of Cincinnati, LLC. It would change an 88.0545-acre site from RA-1 (residential-agricultural) to R-PUD (residential planned unit development) and approve a preliminary plan with 110 single-family lots. The plan is called Orchard Walk in the draft resolution. The Liberty Township Zoning Commission held its own hearing on Oct. 19, 2026 and recommended denial.
Resolution 2026-089 is drafted so the trustees can accept, modify or overturn that recommendation and approve or deny the request. Its conditions apply if the request is approved. They include no structures in an 80-foot-wide Texas Gas easement, a traffic impact study reviewed by the Butler County Engineer’s Office, and final design of the access points onto Millikin Road subject to county approval.
Other conditions require a 5-foot concrete sidewalk on both sides of all roads, including Millikin Road, and a 6-foot asphalt path through the open space. The Miami-2-Miami Regional Trail and the township trails plan would be considered, including whether the trail runs on the east or west side of Gregory Creek. If it runs on the east side, the path would be widened to 10 feet.
The draft also sets building materials: brick or natural stone on front elevations, with limited alternatives for architectural features, and brick or stone for the entire first story on sides and rears. Millikin Road would get an earthen mound averaging six feet high with trees, and other buffers are called for along the rail line and the western boundary. Open space and stormwater facilities would be maintained by the homeowners’ association.
$3 million for 2027 road resurfacing and restriping
Resolution 2026-090 would authorize the township administrator to sign an agreement with the Butler County Engineer’s Office to include Liberty Township’s 2027 resurfacing and restriping projects in the awarded contract, at $3,000,000. Public Works Director Jerry Sebald wrote in an Oct. 28 memo that the county’s estimate came in just shy of $3 million. He said the county has historically run about 15% over actual cost, which would land near the township’s planned $2.5 million budget. He cautioned that petroleum prices, the top material in asphalt, make this year’s estimate hard to predict. He also said funds from several RIDS can cover about $685,000 of the 2027 paving.
The estimate sheets put resurfacing at $2,888,576.32 and restriping at $36,954.77. Streets on the resurfacing list include Long Drive, Logsdons Meadows Drive, Lakota Ridge Drive, Liberty Woods Drive, Furlong Way, Hampshire Trail, Creekside Meadows Drive and many cul-de-sacs. Sections of Mauds Hughes Road and Lesourdsville West Chester Road are also on the list. The largest single line is $258,094.20 for Mauds Hughes Road starting at a pavement break near 7080 Princeton Road.
Snow and ice removal on undedicated roads
Resolution 2026-091 declares an emergency under Ohio Revised Code Section 505.82 so the township can clear snow and ice from undedicated roads whose owners have not arranged for removal. The services director would give the owner oral notice first and keep a record of costs. The owner would be charged enough to cover the township’s costs. If a charge goes unpaid, the fiscal officer would certify it to the Butler County Auditor to be collected like other taxes and returned to the township road fund. The resolution stays in effect until March 31, 2027.
Routine purchases, appointments and payments
Fire/EMS asks approval to buy a Stryker MTS Power Load for a new ambulance at an approximate cost of $36,000 from account 2191-220-790-0000. The Stryker quote totals $35,527.66, including $438.61 shipping and handling. Fire Chief Klussman wrote that the purchase was part of a $75,000 budget to outfit the ambulance, and he expects to stay within it.
The board will also appoint Trustee Steve Schramm as the township’s representative on the board of directors of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI) Regional Council of Governments for 2027, and Trustee Todd Minniear as alternate. The agenda describes the alternate seat as being on the board of directors, while the draft resolution for it refers to the executive committee.
The consent agenda, which covers routine items approved in one motion, includes two payment listings. One covers Oct. 23 to 27 and totals $173,068.66. The other covers Nov. 2 and totals $136,420.86, for $309,489.52 combined. The largest payments are $65,193.89 to Duke Energy, $63,175.75 to Loveland Excavating & Paving Inc, $50,700 to Security Fence Group, Inc, $22,159.22 to SHI and $18,278.32 to FBT Gibbons LLP. The first listing also shows several voided entries.
Under the fiscal officer’s business, the township does not request a hearing on a liquor permit for Hillbilly Picnic, LLC, doing business as Hillbilly Picnic, at 7521 Gibson Street. A 4 p.m. work session is open to the public and will cover the 2027 budget. A Fire Department pinning for Firefighter/Paramedic Jesse Dean is also on the agenda.
How to weigh in
The Liberty Township Board of Trustees meets Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, at 5021 Winners Circle Drive, Liberty Township, OH 45011. A work session on the 2027 budget starts at 4:00 p.m. and is open to the public. The regular meeting starts at 6:00 p.m.
The rezoning public hearing is the second item of business after the pinning ceremony, and the agenda says people present who wish to be heard can speak. A separate public comments item follows it. The agenda does not state time limits or sign-up rules for public comment.
Source: Liberty Township Board of Trustees agenda, Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
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