Wilmington Weekly with Matt Purkey
Wilmington Weekly is a local podcast focused on Wilmington, Ohio City Council and how local government decisions actually work. Hosted by former Council President, Matt Purkey, the show provides context, explains process, and helps residents better understand what’s happening at city hall and why it matters.
Wilmington Weekly with Matt Purkey
Latest Episodes
Episode Thirty-Five - Council Wrap Up (9/3/26) and Reflections
In Episode Thirty-Five, Matt wraps up Wilmington City Council's September 3, 2026 workshop and regular meeting, including the nearly two-hour public hearing on the US 68 data center rezoning. He covers the death of the old camping ordinance and...
Episode Thirty-Four - Council Preview (9/3/26)
Thursday's meeting could be one of the biggest of the season. Two ordinances tied to a federal consent order, including the data center zoning amendment at the center of this year's biggest story, are positioned to pass with emergency clauses i...
Episode Thirty-Three - Council Wrap Up (8/20/26) and Reflections
Thursday's special meeting produced the strongest finding this show has surfaced all season: sworn testimony that the data center zoning amendment at the heart of this fight may never have been legally initiated in the first place. Fourteen peo...
Episode Thirty-Two - Special Meeting Preview (8/20/26)
Thursday isn't a normal council meeting - it's a special meeting built around two public hearings on the AWS-related ordinances that aren't the big one, both carrying emergency clauses. This episode digs into what's actually in each ordinance, ...
Episode Thirty-One - Council Wrap Up (8/6/26) and Reflections
Council came within one vote of fast-tracking a new public camping ban Thursday night, despite the city's own police chief, prosecutor, and cleanup crew all saying it wasn't ready. It failed to suspend the rules 4-2 and heads to a second readin...
