Former Worthington Councilman Doug Smith

Former Worthington Councilman Doug Smith I was first elected to Worthington City Council in 2011, serving until 2024.

What do you think about crowd sourcing the deer data?
04/06/2023

What do you think about crowd sourcing the deer data?

Renewable energy electric aggregation prices locked in (way lower than the utility rate) for new program starting July.
04/05/2023

Renewable energy electric aggregation prices locked in (way lower than the utility rate) for new program starting July.

In my previous article about the city’s aggregation program (here), I highlight the program’s lifetime savings by using 100% renewable energy, and project the increase of utility rates across the market. This month, we secured the terms for our next two-year contract (July 2023 through June 2025...

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/update-on-the-umch-lawsuit-april-2023Update on UMCH lawsuit
04/04/2023

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/update-on-the-umch-lawsuit-april-2023

Update on UMCH lawsuit

In March 2022, Lifestyle Communities (LC) sued the city of Worthington. The lawsuit involved the UMCH property and LC’s denied proposal from late 2021. In March 2023, the presiding judge dismissed eight of 10 counts. This is very positive for the city and protects residents’ rights in city zonin...

03/22/2023

Council Highlights from this week's meeting

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/what-personality-are-you
01/24/2023

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/what-personality-are-you

When I worked at Ohio BWC, I led a project to improve interdepartmental collaboration and communication. The 1,800 employees were encouraged to take a version of the Myers-Briggs personality test, called the DISC test and post it on their desk. For those who participated, this test created a sense o...

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/update-on-the-community-visioning-statements
01/24/2023

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/update-on-the-community-visioning-statements

In 2020, the city’s Visioning Committee (VC) began their outreach to the community. Due to the pandemic, the VC had to pivot away from the original plan of “hitting the street” and going door-to-door to ask questions directly to residents about the vision. Instead, they hosted online forums, m...

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/new-sustainability-manager-position-maybe
01/24/2023

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/new-sustainability-manager-position-maybe

At my first Council retreat in 2012, we included environmental sustainability as one of the city’s top priorities. Every subsequent Council retreat, environmental sustainability was a top priority. From this priority, several programs and policies have been created, including: the renewable energy...

View our Council meeting tonight live at 7 p.m. or at your convenience this week.
09/19/2022

View our Council meeting tonight live at 7 p.m. or at your convenience this week.

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https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/update-on-backyard-chickens
09/19/2022

https://www.dougsmithohio.com/post/update-on-backyard-chickens

Recently, I conducted outreach to gather feedback from Worthington residents about potentially modifying the current ordinance to reduce restrictions on backyard chickens. I gave an overview presentation at a Council meeting with the results of my outreach. Currently, the City of Worthington allows....

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