The Oberlin City Council voted to appoint Jessica Minor Batons and Rebecca Bandy to vacancies on the Climate Action Plan Update Steering Committee and amended the adopting ordinance to refer to an "updated climate action plan." Council also voted to put the ordinance into immediate effect.

The motion to approve the ordinance on first reading and to appoint the two members was moved by Councilmember John English and seconded by Councilmember Jose Lopez. Council later moved to amend Section 3 to replace the phrase "social equity plan" with "climate action plan" and to change the word "new" to "update." That amendment was offered by Interim City Manager John Clark and adopted by council. Council then voted to waive the three-reading rule and to make the ordinance immediately effective so the steering committee can begin work on the updated plan.

The ordinance names Rebecca Bandy, who serves on the city’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Commission and other local environmental efforts, and Jessica Minor Batons, who previously administered a DOE grant and works as an energy-transition consultant. Both spoke briefly at the meeting and thanked the council.

Council recorded unanimous support for the motion to adopt and give immediate effect: Lopez — aye; Peterson — aye; New — aye; McFarland — aye; English — aye; Walter — aye; Johnson (Mayor Ebony A. Johnson) — aye.

Council and staff corrected a typographical error (a misspelling of Councilmember Peterson’s name) and added the word "former" before a reference to a former council member in the ordinance text; staff characterized those as minor edits and did not seek separate action for the clerical corrections.