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 transfer correctly.

Council adopted the ordinance under an emergency clause, which means it takes effect immediately. Councilman Chris Shea moved the suspension of the rule; Councilman Greg McMaster seconded. The subsequent motion to adopt the ordinance was moved by Vice Mayor Scott Black and seconded by Councilman Shea. The recorded vote for both motions was Mayor McAuley — Aye; Councilman Shea — Aye; Vice Mayor Scott Black — Aye; Councilman Greg McMaster — Aye; Councilwoman Carrie Meek — Aye. (All votes recorded as Aye.)

The council also completed second reading and adoption of Ordinance 2025-29, which rezones 819 North Main Street (parcel number cited in the ordinance) from R-1 to C-2. The ordinance describes the parcel as approximately 0.745 acres. The motion to adopt was moved by Councilwoman Carrie Meek and seconded by Mayor McAuley; the measure passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.

On a separate motion the council unanimously adopted Resolution 2025-33, authorizing the city manager to submit an application and execute documents to participate in the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) winter-use salt contract 018-25. City staff said the resolution authorizes the manager to execute any documents associated with the annual ODOT winter-use salt contract to secure road salt for winter maintenance.

During the public portion, Angela Herrera, children’s librarian at the Clyde Public Library, accompanied by library director Rachel Hank Bentley, asked the council for a donation to support summer reading programming. Herrera said the library’s 2024 summer reading program registered 376 children who logged roughly 74,000 minutes of reading; the library ran 26 programs with about 640 attendees and hosted a kickoff event that drew over 250 people. The library reported 456 new library cards in 2024, nearly half issued during the summer months.

Councilman Greg McMaster moved that the city give a $1,000 donation to the Clyde Public Library for summer reading; the motion passed unanimously on roll-call vote. The council instructed Herrera to coordinate with Finance Director Wiesner on disbursement.

The meeting also included a number of administrative updates: staff said a work session on April 29 will address Green Springs water and sewer rate proposals; the city submitted nature-trail grant materials to state and federal offices; and the city presented an ODOT application requesting approximately $1 million for bike-path crossing improvements at Main and Railroad streets. No formal action was taken on those items at the April 15 meeting.

Votes at a glance: • Ordinance 2025-32 (emergency appropriations correction) — adopted (unanimous roll call). • Ordinance 2025-29 (rezoning of 819 North Main Street from R-1 to C-2) — adopted (unanimous roll call). • Resolution 2025-33 (authorize application for ODOT winter-use salt contract 018-25) — adopted (unanimous roll call). • Donation: $1,000 to Clyde Public Library summer reading program — approved (unanimous roll call).

No recorded no-votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded for the items above; all roll-call tallies were recorded as Aye for all members present. The council subsequently voted to move into executive session later in the meeting on personnel and real-estate matters; the executive session motion also passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.