200 South Hamilton Road
Gahanna, Ohio 43230
City of Gahanna
Meeting Minutes
City Council - Special
Merisa K. Bowers, President
Trenton I. Weaver, Vice President
Jamille Jones
Nancy R. McGregor
Kaylee Padova
Stephen A. Renner
Michael Schnetzer
Jeremy A. VanMeter, Clerk of Council
Thursday, July 10, 2025
6:00 PM
City Hall, Council Chambers
A.
CALL TO ORDER: Roll Call
Gahanna City Council met in Special Session on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in
Council Chambers. President of Council Merisa K. Bowers called the meeting
to order at 6:02 p.m. The agenda was published on July 3, 2025.
6 -
Present
Kaylee Padova, Stephen A. Renner, Trenton I. Weaver, Jamille Jones,
Nancy R. McGregor, and Merisa K. Bowers
1 - Michael Schnetzer
Absent
B.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
A motion was made by Renner, seconded by Weaver, to go into Executive
Session under authority of Section 5.40(g) of the Council Rules of Procedure
to consider confidential information related to the marketing plans, specific
business strategy, production techniques, trade secrets, or personal financial
statements of an applicant for economic development assistance, or to
negotiations with other political subdivisions respecting requests for
economic development assistance, provided that both of the following
conditions apply:
(1) The information is directly related to a request for economic development
assistance that is to be provided or administered under any provision of
Chapter 715, 725, 1724 or 1728 or sections 701.07, 3735.67 to 3735.70, 5709.40
to 5709.43, 5709.61 to 5709.69, 5709.73 to 5709.75, or 5709.77 to 5709.81 of
the Revised Code.
(2) A unanimous quorum of the public body determines, by a roll call vote,
that the executive session is necessary to protect the interests of the
applicant or the possible investment or expenditure of public funds to be
made in connection with the economic development project.
