Marysville City Council

Former Minit Lube to be parking lot
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This rendering is one of two options depicting a potential parking lot design on the former Minit Lube site on North Main Street. Marysville City Council members said they preferred the option shown above as it lists an additional nine parking spaces on the property. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
July 8, 2026
Marysville is planning to put a parking lot on the former Minit Lube site and city council members said that designs that offer the most amount of parking spaces should be favored. During the monthly ...
City commission requests more upgrades from Marysville North
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By Michael Williamson 
July 7, 2026
Developers of the next phase of the Marysville North subdivision have addressed some of the city’s concerns ahead of the Planning Commission meeting this week, but city officials said additional lands...
Emery receives farewell tribute from council
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Marysville City Manager Terry Emery, center, thanks council for their praise Monday night as he nears the end of his tenure in the leadership role. Emery announced his retirement earlier this year. Also pictured are council members Donald Boerger, left, and Scott Hunter, right. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
By Mike Williamson 
June 25, 2026
Monday night’s Marysville City Council meeting was effectively Terry Emery’s last one solely in the role of city manager. While he plans to stay on through part of the summer to help with the transiti...
City council member digs into reason behind e-bike regulations
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Bordner wants to see data behind move to create restrictions
By Mike Williamson 
June 24, 2026
Proposed changes to Marysville’s city code regarding e-bikes and other electronic mobility devices have now made it before city council. At Monday night’s meeting, the board introduced legislation tha...
Sharp picked as next city manager
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By Mike Williamson 
June 13, 2026
Kimberly Sharp will be Marysville’s next city manager. Council announced this week that it selected Sharp from a pool of qualified candidates. The decision will be official pending formal approval at ...
Auditor: Change must come from statehouse
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By Mike Williamson 
June 11, 2026
As bills passed by the Ohio Statehouse are starting to take effect, Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver said her office is here to answer questions. Between the county’s recent property revaluation, wh...
New traffic signal to have four lights
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By Michael Williamson 
June 2, 2026
Work is starting on the new traffic signal on Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard. City of Marysville officials said that site work began on Monday on what will eventually be an upgraded signal to the inters...
Finalists named for city administrator position
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By Michael Williamson 
June 1, 2026
Marysville officials are down to the final four candidates for city manager. Robert Hillard, Jeremy Hoyt, Larry Lester and Kimberly Sharp have made it to the second round of interviews after seven peo...
Two pieces added to Marysville East annexation
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Two more chunks of land, shown above in red, are planning to be annexed into the city for the Marysville East development south of Watkins Road. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
May 29, 2026
Marysville East is closing some of the gaps in the land in or near its project area. On Tuesday, city council heard the first reading of two annexation measures that would add additional land to the d...
New city engineer has wealth of traffic experience
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By Michael Williamson 
May 28, 2026
The City of Marysville has a new city engineer. At the Tuesday night regular city council meeting, the board approved the appointment of Jamie Fink to the position, replacing Kyle Hoyng, who left the ...
Grant would put sidewalks on Third
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By Michael Williamson 
May 13, 2026
The City of Marysville is looking to secure funds to complete some sidewalk projects on the westside of town. City council voted Monday to allow officials to submit an application for the Community De...
City council adds Jerome land to development district
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By Michael Williamson 
April 29, 2026
A much discussed property off Industrial Parkway that could one day house a data center will now be added to the Marysville-Jerome Township Economic Development District (JEDD). Though city officials ...
Fifth Street traffic to divert through Green Pastures
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By Michael Williamson 
April 29, 2026
Some roadwork on Fifth Street is going to cause a two-week detour for drivers on the westside of town. City of Marysville officials said contractors will be installing medians on the roadway near Wend...
Hoyt promoted to Marysville assistant city manager
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By Michael Williamson 
April 15, 2026
The City of Marysville is growing and so too is its executive staff. At Monday night’s city council meeting, the board approved two requests made by City Manager Terry Emery. The first was to create a...
Residents to city: Stop the data centers
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By Michael Williamson 
April 15, 2026
As data centers continue to be a hot topic in and around the City of Marysville, residents have a straight-forward request: stop approving them. That was the ask made by not one but three residents at...
City focuses on safe EV charging
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By Michael Williamson 
April 9, 2026
The City of Marysville is working to minimize fire risks associated with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Planning commission members heard an amendment to the city’s zoning text Tuesday eveni...
Uptown living for older residents
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Developers are proposing a 54-unit, three-story facility labeled as a 55-plus community, shown in the rendering on the right. The facility would locate within the Water and Light District on North Main Street just south of Elwood Avenue. (Graphic submitted)
Water Light District facility will target those 55-and-older
By Michael Williamson 
April 1, 2026
A 55-plus housing project is being proposed for the Water and Light District in Marysville’s Uptown. At the regular meeting next month, the city’s planning commission will hear a proposal for Marysvil...
Paris Township donates money for city parks
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By Michael Williamson 
March 25, 2026
Paris Township is planning to give the City of Marysville $90,000 over the next few years that will be earmarked for future parks-related projects. Tony Eufinger, a Paris Township trustee, made the an...
City seeks info on Jerome data center
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Marysville would provide water for facility
By Michael Williamson 
March 11, 2026
A decision related to land for a data center will have to wait until more information can be gathered and presented. Marysville City Council voted Monday night to table a measure dealing with BA Mitch...
Departing engineer saw explosive growth
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By Jack Christian 
March 7, 2026
Marysville City Engineer Kyle Hoyng has stepped away from his role with the city to become Hilliard’s city director, the community where he currently resides. Hoyng’s path to Marysville began in Coldw...
State of the City focuses on area’s potential
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Ed Mickelson, pictured at right, explains Marysville’s 2026 Vision Plan during the annual State of the City event Monday night. Mickelson and Carmine Russo, center, consulted the city through its planning process last year before officials adopted it during a meeting last month. Also pictured at left is Donald Boerger, city council vice president. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
By Michael Williamson 
March 4, 2026
While this year’s State of the City featured the usual project highlights and accomplishments from the previous year, it also focused on a community in transition and all the work being done to shape ...
Traffic flow a priority for U.S. 33 bridge repairs
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By Michael Williamson 
March 3, 2026
The major repair project for bridges on U.S. 33 is starting soon and this time, crews will maintain two lanes of traffic in both directions during construction. Officials with the Ohio Department of T...
A vision of city, business, schools
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Marysville City Manager Terry Emery prepares for a pre-recorded segment to the State of the City video set to appear at the annual event on Monday, March 2. This year’s presentation will be held at Honda Marysville with a social hour starting at 5 p.m. and the official event kicking off at 6 p.m. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
State of the City preview
By Michael Williamson 
February 26, 2026
Marysville’s State of the City is next week, the annual event where officials look back on the previous year’s projects and to what lies ahead. This year’s event will be held at Honda Marysville and C...
Vision plan passed; price tag questioned
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Cost will be more than $400,000
By Michael Williamson 
February 25, 2026
After nearly a year of work, Marysville officially adopted its community-wide vision plan. Marysville City Council voted Monday night to adopt its vision plan after working with consultants Carmine Ru...
City pays $4.3M for future water facility site
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Marysville purchased 248 acres of land as part of the Dorral Farms property on Hinton-Mill Road over the weekend. While the whole property, nearly 500 acres, went up for auction, the city secured a few large sections, parcels 13, 14 and 15, shown on the map above, for a future water plant/reservoir. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
February 17, 2026
City officials said the land purchased over the weekend east of Marysville could save the city millions on future water infrastructure costs. On Saturday, city officials purchased 248 acres of land as...
“We don’t want data centers”
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Cooks Pointe developer puts foot down
By Michael Williamson 
February 14, 2026
Marysville City Council members have some questions of their own over what should and shouldn’t go into the Cook’s Pointe development. The board heard the first reading Monday night of an amended plan...
Jerome data center site may be added to development district
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By Michael Williamson 
February 11, 2026
Three properties in Jerome Township are looking to enter the area’s Joint Economic Development District (JEDD), but much of the focus is on the one that’s most likely to become a data center. Eric Phi...
Preparing for the data dump
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Jerome Fire Chief Doug Stewart, pictured above, was met with applause at the township association meeting Thursday night after giving an impassioned statement about how local fire departments struggle to manage emergency calls to the two data centers in Jerome Township. He warned that more data centers may serve to overwhelm EMS services and urged trustees to put them in check. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)
Officials debate pros and cons of tech facilities
By Kyle Meddles 
February 7, 2026
A meeting this week painted a picture of the impact of data centers so that elected officials might have an idea of what they bring to the community. The reaction from local leaders differed between t...
Project sprouts two roundabouts
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The preliminary plat for Trotter’s Gate, the single-family section of Marysville North, was approved by the planning commission this week. That development includes subareas B and D, as shown in the graphic above. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
February 7, 2026
The location and appearance of two roundabouts planned for Route 4 helped push a residential portion of the Marysville North development one step further through the approval process. The city’s plann...
Large scale city projects to hit high gear in 2026
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A rendering shows the planned apartments along North Main Street, one of the first projects for the Water and Light/Silos project set to start work next month. (Graphic submitted)
By Michael Williamson 
February 6, 2026
Editor's note: This story originally ran as part of the 2026 Progress Edition. A couple of large-scale, transformational projects in the City of Marysville are continuing to gain momentum. While thing...