Madeira City Council is scheduled to consider a retirement contribution benefit for incoming City Manager Noah Powers at its 7:30 p.m. meeting Monday, Nov. 9.

Ordinance 26-13 is on the consent agenda, according to the official meeting packet. It would authorize the city to pick up required employee contributions to the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System as part of Powers’ agreed compensation package.

The city manager’s report describes a graduated pick-up rate: 7% starting in 2026, 8.5% beginning Jan. 1, 2028, and 10% beginning Jan. 1, 2029.

Consent items can be approved together without separate debate. The agenda allows a council member, resident or other interested person to request that an item be removed for separate consideration before the consent vote.

Trail study open house Wednesday

The packet schedules a public open house on the Multi-Use Trail Feasibility Study from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the City Building. The city website lists the municipal address as 7141 Miami Ave.

The open house is intended to gather public input on the study. The city manager’s report uses the name “Multi-Use Trail Feasibility Study”; the agenda’s event list calls it the “Regional Trail Feasibility Study.”

Road work and budget planning

Camargo Road remains one-way following milling and an intermediate paving layer laid Nov. 5–6, the construction update says. Final paving and striping are scheduled for Nov. 11–12, with two-way traffic to resume after striping is complete.

On Miami Avenue, planned work includes sidewalks and aprons at Euclid, a temporary sidewalk near the railroad, drainage near the Starbucks entrance and Duke Energy pole bases. The report also lists remaining crosswalk and finishing work on the Shewango sidewalk project.

Treasurer Lowndes is preparing the 2027 budget for a planned Nov. 23 Budget and Finance Committee review, followed by a budget hearing and council consideration that evening. Council’s Nov. 9 agenda also includes review of 2027 volunteer committee work plans.

The Nov. 9 meeting will be hybrid, with remote attendance available through the city website calendar. In-person speakers are asked to submit a form to the clerk before the meeting. The packet requests that virtual speakers register by email at least eight hours beforehand and generally limits comments to five minutes.