Health & Safety committee votes to take no action on retail liquor renewals, requests draft legislation for appointments

The Bucyrus Health & Safety Committee voted Dec. 18 to take no action on the renewal of retail liquor permits after referral from council and moved the item off active consideration.

A committee member moved "to take no action and let it die here," and the motion carried on a roll-call vote with all members present voting yes; Chair Vicki Deshawn (first reference) seconded the motion and confirmed the unanimous tally.

Committee members then reviewed a long "open projects" list. Items discussed and retained on the list included derelict buildings, food-truck regulation (pending a meeting with the fire chief and health department), the animals-and-fowl codified ordinance and the city's criminal-ordinance package (which requires coordination with the police chief). Several items that had corresponding legislation already passed were removed from the list, including certain signal-rate and taxi‑cab licensing updates.

On the property maintenance appeals board, members discussed reappointments and replacements. The committee asked for draft legislation to (1) appoint Floyd Farmer, Steve Pfeiffer and Lisa Allsup to reappointment slots where applicable, (2) name Lisa Whited as a second alternate, and (3) designate the Health & Safety Committee as the appointing authority so the reconstituted board can legally convene. Members asked that those pieces be prepared so the new council can review them early in the new year; committee members discussed retroactive effective dates to Jan. 1 to cover expired terms.

Members also discussed the 2025 Ohio Fire Code update and agreed to keep the item on the open projects list and bring it forward for further review rather than request immediate codification tonight because the change is not time‑sensitive. With no public participation, Chair Deshawn adjourned the committee at 7:47 p.m.