Council adopts emergency appropriation adjustments for sewer and stormwater; approves 'then and now' certificates

The Fostoria City Council voted to amend 2025 appropriations for the general sewer and stormwater funds and to ratify prior department expenditures through then-and-now certificates. Council suspended the three-reading requirement and adopted an ordinance described on the agenda as amending ordinance 2024-105 (permanent 2025 appropriations) to decrease some appropriations and appropriate additional funds in the general sewer and stormwater management funds. The council secretary recorded the final action as ordinance number 2025-52 after the roll-call vote. The ordinance was introduced as an emergency measure. Council also voted to suspend the three-reading rule and adopt a separate resolution approving and ratifying prior acts of department heads and the safety service director and approving then-and-now certificates. That measure was recorded as resolution number 2025-53. Motions and roll-call votes: a motion to suspend the three-reading rule on the appropriation ordinance was made and seconded; the clerk called each member’s vote and the ordinance carried. When the council moved to adopt the appropriation ordinance, the motion was made by Cassidy and seconded by Grine; the clerk recorded unanimous yes votes in the roll call as called. The then-and-now resolution likewise passed after a suspension of the three-reading rule. Councilors discussed that the two annual invoices prompting the then-and-now certificates resulted from supervisors remembering annual fees after an invoice arrived before a purchase order had been processed; finance staff said they are coaching supervisors to open purchase orders at the beginning of the year to avoid repeat occurrences. Both the ordinance and the resolution were approved by roll call at the meeting; no further public hearings were required for these emergency or ratification actions.