MANSFIELD – Do not come to the council chambers on Tuesday if you want to attend the Mansfield City Council meeting.

Because it will not be on Tuesday, since the City Council does not meet on election day, choosing to meet on Wednesdays of that week.

And it won’t be in the council chambers either.

Adena Corp.’s long-awaited refurbishment of the council chambers has begun. as part of a larger, $3.5 million, year-long project to upgrade the Mansfield Municipal Building.

That work is expected to take more than six months, meaning local lawmakers needed a temporary new home. The council will now meet in Mansfield Municipal Court 1, the main seat of presiding Judge Michael Kemerer.

Residents wishing to attend should park in the upper lot of the municipal building on Park Avenue and enter through the second-floor doors of the nine-story building, according to council clerk Delaine Weiner. The first-floor elevator will be closed, he said.

The secretary said council meetings will not be livestreamed during the construction period.

“We apologize for this inconvenience. Everyone is welcome to see them in person if they can,” Weiner said.

Wednesday’s meeting will begin with a finance committee meeting at 6:35 p.m. and an economic development committee session at 6:50. The council meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. with the legislative session immediately following.

Public participation typically takes place at the beginning of legislative sessions. Residents are limited to three minutes.

Lawmakers are expected to discuss and/or vote on 12 pieces of legislation during the meeting, including:

— acceptance of a $250 donation from the Buckeye Garden Club to be used for landscape renovation as part of the Sterkel Park for All project.

— acceptance of a $28,178 grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety for the Mansfield Police Department’s drunk driving enforcement program and targeted traffic enforcement program. No local match is required.

– the establishment of standing committees for the council now that Councilor-at-Large Shari Robertson has replaced Stephanie Zader on the council. Under the plan, Robertson will chair the public affairs committee and also serve on the grievance, finance/audit, airport and economic development committees.

— Acceptance of a $250,000 grant from the Richland County Foundation for the Downtown Development Incentive Program, which encourages the redevelopment of existing downtown structures. No counterpart is required for the subsidy.

— authorize the expenditure of up to $250,000 of those grant funds to KNVW Unlimited Enterprises for the redevelopment of 175 N. Mulberry St. for the building’s first phase renovations to create superior resident living areas.

— acceptance of a $21,000 grant from the Rotary Club of Richland County Foundation of Mansfield — Tom Doty Community Fund to be used for a Prospect Park pavilion construction project.

— acceptance of a $13,450 grant from the Rotary Club of Mansfield to be used for a Prospect Park pavilion construction project.

— acceptance of a $1,500 grant from Global Energy Partners LLC for use in supplies in city parks.

— acceptance of a $1,680 grant from Edge Plastics for use on youth jerseys used in city parks and the recreational flag football program.

— Authorizing a community reinvestment area agreement with BP Industrial LLC and W. William Schmidt & Associates for the construction of a new 6,000-square-foot building on their 241 Mansfield Industrial Parkway property.

— Authorizing a community reinvestment area agreement with Airport West II, LLC, for a planned new $13 million, 150,000-square-foot industrial building on its property on Airport West Road. The building, which will expand to 300,000 square feet, will be available for lease and/or purchase by industrial warehouse customers.

— appropriate $375,000 from the safety services fund not allocated to the fire capital equipment fund, based on actual and expected EMS revenues through December 31, 2024.

(Below is a PDF of the legislation scheduled to be considered by Mansfield City Council on Wednesday night.)