LISBON — Lisbon Village Council agreed to spend up to $25,000 for this year’s chip and seal program, with several alleys and Green Street on the list to be done, which is being submitted to the Columbiana County Engineer’s Office.

The estimated cost totaled $18,937 for the emulsion and stone, with another $5,000 for prep work being done by the village street department. The list includes the alley from Jerome to Spruce, the alley from Spruce to Pine, the alley from Pine to High, the alley near Weber Funeral home, the alley near the former post office site off of Lincoln Way, Green Street from Maple to Washington and Green Street from Washington to Chestnut.

The topic of the Sadie Van Fossan pool came up again, with Mayor Peter Wilson announcing definitively “the pool will not be open” after the question of the status was raised by Councilwoman Linda Donnalley.

The village has been waiting for an evaluation of the pool by an expert, but the weather has made it difficult. The mayor has talked about applying for grants that could help with repair costs, but council members indicated they need to know what’s wrong and how to fix it first. The pool closed early last season due to a large water leak.

Wilson said the deadline for applying for money from the state capital budget is March 12 and there’s another grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that has a deadline of March 16. He said the grants are something to think about for the pool. He questioned if council was committed to reopening the pool and whether it’s a priority.

“It is definitely a priority,” Councilwoman Melissa Hiner said. “We’ve got to know what’s wrong with it.”

In other business, council agreed on a couple of dates that residents may want to note: May 9 for the 2026 Clean Up Day when residents can put their junk on the curb for pickup and July 18 for E-Trash Day for getting rid of electronics. More details about both events will be available

later. Wilson said he’ll get a quote from Ohio Valley for Clean Up Day, which is restricted to Lisbon residents only. He’s checking on the E-Trash Day to see if the CCH Solid Waste District will be picking up the tab again like last year.

Council passed a resolution to request the Ohio Department of Transportation designate a school zone on Lincoln Way at the intersection with Pritchard Avenue as a means to lower the speed limit there and agreed to send the draft for an informal bidding policy for projects to committee.

Committee meetings were set, with the personnel committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. March 3 and the finance committee meeting immediately after. The next meeting for the Ohio 250 celebration committee will be 6 p.m. March 12 at village hall as village groups and council make plans to celebrate the nation’s birthday.

Wilson gave a brief update on the Pritchard Avenue bridge project, saying Ohio Edison was dragging its feet on the easement needed.

Council also: agreed to service the Kubota Zero Turn at Phil’s Sales & Service for $797; agreed to an expense of $4,989 to replace the radio in dispatch for the fire department; agreed to spend $1,519 with Brothers Mechanical Service for new brakes, rotors and other work on the 2012 Chevy Silverado; and hired Lily Secrest of Salem as the new administrative assistant for the village.

During guest recognition, West Washington Street resident Maria Jackson complained about two rental properties in her neighborhood, saying the people who live in the houses have no respect for others and no consideration. She said her one neighbor is constantly trying to intimidate her with his dog and has cameras pointed at her property. She questioned whether that was legal. She questioned whether the landlords become responsible when they’re behaving like this.

“I don’t know what else to do. How do landlords become accountable for their tenants?” she asked.

She was thankful for the help from the police department on some recent issues and Councilwoman Susan Temple suggested she get her own cameras for her property. Jackson also mentioned the burning of trash and Fire Chief Mark Hall told her to call the fire department when that’s happening.

He announced a reminder that the statewide burn ban takes effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. March, April and May, prohibiting burning during those hours.

Councilman Joe Morenz said some landlords have rules in their contracts which say a tenant can be evicted if the police have to keep coming to the property. As for holding landlords responsible for what tenants do, he said they can’t be held accountable for their tenant’s actions.

Before the meeting ended, council went into executive session for personnel and when council returned to open session, a motion was made and passed to reassign Jordan Reynolds to the rank of patrolman with the Lisbon Police Department. Reynolds had the rank of Lieutenant prior to council taking the action. No further details were released regarding the change.

The next council meeting will be 6:30 p.m. March 10, with the Board of Public Affairs at 5 p.m. March 10, both at village hall.