Ward 3 Council Member· 2026-01-01–2029-12-01; month-level start: January 2026 per Grove City council minutes of January 5, 2026 whose roll call shows the 2025 election winners seated; month-level end: December 2029 derived from the four-year overlapping term on the city council page
Alan Sturm
Grove City
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 13
- Total speaking time
- 1:13:18
- Avg per meeting
- 5:38
- Segments
- 1207
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Top issues during term (13)(General)
Data center regulation task force
A hypothetical 250-acre data center site could generate roughly $1.2 million a year in land-only property taxes for South-Western City Schools, plus an estimated $420,000 in income tax from construction payroll, but staff also flagged short-term construction impacts.
Community Consent Amendment / Charter Ballot Question
Supporters and opponents agree the outcome could shape hundreds of millions in future development and the tax base that funds schools, parks and safety services.
Large accessory structure standards on large residential lots
No city cost — a private shed installation.
data center ballot initiative
This initiative could slow down or halt lucrative tech investments, potentially impacting local tax revenues and development fees.
ballot measure
The exact tax or budget impacts are still unfolding, but ballot measures like this usually end up affecting your local wallet one way or another.
Community Consent Amendment headed to November ballot
Property values and local tax revenues could shift depending on how strictly new developments are regulated.
Headwaters data center proposal and moratorium
The project would have required significant off-site water and sewer improvements, largely developer-funded, with possible side benefits of improved water pressure for Tangle Brook and Autumn Grove neighborhoods.
Data center regulation and moratorium
Utility costs, infrastructure burdens, and potential tax revenue from data centers are all on the table, but no numbers have been settled.
data center ballot initiatives
Your local taxes and utility bills could shift depending on how these massive power-hungry facilities are regulated and taxed.
Church of the Nazarene Field House
The church already paid for structural changes to reduce the building's height before seeking the small variance.
data centers
While data centers bring in big tax dollars, residents worry they could eventually hike up local utility bills and strain the city budget.
moratorium on data centers
It might slow down some massive tech investments, but it protects local taxpayers from unexpected utility and infrastructure upgrade costs down the road.
utility billing dispute
You could be suddenly hooked with an unmanageable thousands-dollar utility bill with little recourse.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Sturm was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching General.
Voting record (0)(General)
No votes found matching General.