Village of Attica, Ohio
Seneca County
Minutes: Mayor Louis Sanders called the January 22, 2026, Village of Attica Council regular meeting to order at 7:30PM.
Roll Call: Steve Tanner, Ed Beamer, Nicole Lenhart, Jim Gray, Keith Hopple, Kirk Stanfield
Others Present: Village Administrator Shock, Maintenance Supervisor Scott, Cindy Brookes - RCAP
Absent: None
Approval of Warrants: Motion by Councilwoman Lenhart to approve the warrants for payment, seconded by Councilman Gray. Vote: 5-1, with Councilman Stanfield opposed, motion carried. Councilman Stanfield inquired on the payment to RCAP for $20,000.00. Fiscal Officer Phillips noted this invoice was for the water loss audit that is being covered by a reimbursable grant through the Ohio EPA.
Approval of Minutes: Councilwoman Lenhart moved to approve 12/22/2025 meeting minutes, Councilman Beamer seconded the motion, vote 5-0, Councilman Tanner abstain, motion carried. Councilwoman Lenhart made motion to approve 1/8/2026 meeting minutes, Councilman Gray seconded the motion, vote 6-0, motion carried.
Written & Oral Communication: Cindy Brookes provided updates on the water regionalization project noting her work on the new loan application to complete the project. Based on current expense estimates of the project and awarded grant funding the left-over amount to be covered by the village would be in the $600K range financed with OWDA at a 0%. Councilman Stanfield inquired on what will happen with the current revolving debt being used to pay Makeever. Cindy noted that the design and engineering of the project being paid by the revolving loan is included in the total cost of the project and will be refinanced into the final loan at 0%. Cindy also noted that based on the current timeline that repayment would not commence on this new loan until July of 2028. Cindy mentioned that Dylan (Makeever) projects the line connection with NORW to occur in 9-12 months, with the decommissioning of the plant taken the project longer into 2027. Councilman Beamer inquired if costs to decommission the plant are included in the total projected costs. Cindy noted that decommissioning costs are not included at this point since we don’t know to what extent the EPA will require decommissioning at this point. Cindy hopes to have more information regarding the current water plant and any ability of the village to sell those assets after connection with NORW.
Public Safety: None
Streets & Properties: Village Admin Shock noted recent discussion with ODOT wanting to perform a traffic study in the Village, he anticipates they may want to adjust speed limits in various areas, but they are willing to replace all stop signs that connect to Rte 4 and Rte 224.
Councilman Beamer reminded those in attendance that village ordinance requires residents to clear sidewalks of snow.
Parks: Councilwoman Lenhart provided updates on various grants being worked on to further improve the legion park.
Trees: None
Fire: Councilwoman Lenhart provided call stats for 2025 noting total calls of 270 up from 240 in 2024. 108 of the 2025 calls were within the Village with 13 fire calls and 95 rescue calls.
EMS: None
Cemetery: None
Personnel: None
Zoning Commission: None
Finance and rule: None
Water & Sewer: Councilman Beamer provided updates on the regionalization project. Most notably the EPA wants to include testing on copper water lines in the corrosion control study.
Councilman Beamer also noted recent discussion with Cindy regarding potential sewer regionalization with Bloomville. Bloomville is entering the design phase of the project and is hoping to enter into a draft agreement with Attica.
Village Website & IT: Councilwoman Lenhart noted Fiscal Officer Phillips added financial statement dating back to 2015 to the website.
Train Derailment: None
Unfinished, Old Business and New Business: Maintenance Supervisor Scott provided updates on projects around town along with noting the silver pickup truck having transmission issues.
Councilman Tanner inquired if Council had signed anything with ODNR regarding the old reservoir or the new reservoir. Mayor Sanders noted nothing had been signed to date. Councilman Tanner noted his opposition to working with them if we lose ownership and control of the reservoir. Village Admin Shock noted the old reservoir will need decommissioned and the bank reduced to allow water to flow back to honey creek, the only way the village could financially achieve that is if ODNR was to take over the property and turn it into wetland as they have shown the desire to do. Mayor Sanders mentioned that although that is the current hope with the old reservoir, the new reservoir will likely be retained by the Village.
Maintenance Supervisor Scott noted bank rocks of the new reservoir have been thrown out on the ice during winter sledding events. Councilman Lenhart mentioned she would make a post asking residents to stop.
Lastly, Mayor Sanders thanked Councilwoman Lenhart on her hard work repainting the village hall council chambers.
Executive Session: None
Next meeting: Regular meeting on Thursday, February 12th at 7:30 PM.
Motion by Councilwoman Lenhart, seconded by Councilman Beamer to adjourn the meeting. Time: 8:43 PM. Vote: 6-0, Motion carried.
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Mayor Louis Sanders - Fiscal Officer Isaac Phillips
