Clyde City Council adopts emergency budget adjustment, rezones parcel at 819 N. Main, approves ODOT salt contract and a $1,000 library donation

Clyde — The Clyde City Council on April 15 adopted an emergency appropriations ordinance to correct several omissions in the fiscal 2025 budget, approved a rezoning of a 0.745-acre parcel at 819 North Main Street from R-1 (single-family residential) to C-2 (general commercial), authorized the city manager to apply for participation in the Ohio Department of Transportation winter-use salt contract, and voted to donate $1,000 to the Clyde Public Library’s summer reading program.

The emergency ordinance, 2025-32, was introduced and read by title; the council suspended the rule preventing immediate passage and then adopted the measure with unanimous roll-call votes. Finance staff said the ordinance corrects an omission on the miscellaneous account, increasing that line from $100,000 to $205,000 by adding $30,000 for a bed tax item, $25,000 for county property tax payments and $50,000 for nuisance abatement. The city also corrected an error in the general service department fund (Fund 710) that had reversed a $1,138,000 transfer entry; staff said the appropriation records will be adjusted to reflect the…