The Fostoria City Council voted to accept amounts determined by the budget commission and certify tax levies to the Seneca County auditor, adopted amended permanent appropriations and approved a resolution authorizing the safety-service director to apply for Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) funds.

On the levy resolution, the council moved to suspend the three-reading rule and then adopted the resolution by roll call (the adopted item was recorded as 2025-66). The same meeting approved an ordinance amending permanent 2025 appropriations (recorded as 2025-67) after the council suspended the three-reading rule for that item.

City finance remarks to the council outlined specific changes to the permanent appropriations: an additional $10,000 in the general fund to replenish computer maintenance for the police department after a county server upgrade charged the city; a $30,000 appropriation to the city cleanup fund to cover refunds tied to foreclosure bonds (the speaker said $30,000 will not be enough and further appropriations may follow); and a $65,000 transfer within the sewer fund from outside lab testing to vehicle purchases to permit the purchase of a service vehicle identified by sewer maintenance staff.

Separately, the council adopted a resolution authorizing the safety-service director to prepare and submit an OPWC State Capital Improvement or local transportation improvement application and to execute required contracts; that resolution was adopted as an emergency (recorded as 2025-65).

Council discussion included the finance director’s report that general and enterprise revenues are “running as expected or better,” that the city has $22,500,000 in combined funds with $16,700,000 unencumbered (including $11,200,000 unencumbered in the general fund), and that a banking RFP returned six proposals that staff will narrow to two or three. The finance director also said he will bring the tax budget to council for approval and asked to suspend the three-reading rule for tax-budget-related items.