LISBON – Almost a year to the day after the village’s new water town went up, Lisbon Council learned during Tuesday’s meeting the tower should be operational by the end of the summer.

Council heard the 150-foot, 500,000-gallon tower – located off of state Route 45 across from Huntington Bank — will be able to be put in service by late August. 

The project, which is a much-needed improvement to the village infrastructure and will improve water pressure at the north end of Lisbon, cost $4.2 million with half coming from grants and the other half from loans. The project also includes waterlines, a new pump station and a pressure-reducing station for the north end of the village.

In other matters, council approved the Economic Development Transfer from TREX for Lisbon Convenience LLC, which recently bought the Dorrance building and wants to open a convenience store at the location, and agreed to receive a detail proposal from the Western Reserve Land Conservancy for the sale and/or placement of conservation easements on village land regarding the possible purchase of the rock climbing cliffs. 

Council again tabled a decision on repaving the pickleball pending additional research on costs and options. Also in old business, Jerry Cox gave an update on the village pickleball courts. Residents had asked the court be repaved, but last month council learned court repairs are estimated to cost around $25,000.  Council also discussed the possibility of installing more pickleball courts in the village as the sports popularity continues to grow. 

Council heard that a pre-construction meeting on Wednesday to finalize plans for repaving of East Washington Street and the paving of the downtown squares still has not been given a start date. 

Council also heard from Mayor Pete Wilson that the village did not receive Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds from the Ohio Department of Transportation to construct a bridge linking Willow Grove Park with the Greenway Trail. Currently, access from one to the other requires crossing State Route 30. The TAP funds would have paid for 95% of the estimated $165,000 project. Council gave Wilson the okay to explore other funding options. 

Also at Tuesday’s meeting: 

— Council approved repairs to the pool’s fence at a cost of $750, the purchase of two pools pumps at the cost of  $4,628, the removal of several trees in the village at a cost of $5,500 and the reprinting of reprinting of ‘Welcome to Lisbon’ brochures

— Wilson reported that the village was awarded $2,056.87 from Home Depot to paint the village gazebo.

— Council approved the scrapping of Village Street Department equipment and to sell two others on auction 

— Council approved resolution accepting amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission and approved estimated revenues and expenditures for the 2026 budget

— Stevie Halverstadt was approved as a member of the Shade Tree Commission.