Rossford council approves police collective bargaining agreements after executive session

The Rossford City Council moved into executive session to discuss collective bargaining and later approved ordinances adopting collective bargaining agreements with the Fraternal Order of Police "Rossford, Ohio" patrol and command officer units. The measures were presented to council by city staff and read by title; council suspended the rules to allow immediate second and third readings, declared an emergency and voted to adopt the ordinance the same evening. Council went into executive session earlier in the meeting to discuss collective bargaining per the agenda. After returning from executive session, council read Ordinance 2025-57 by title and proceeded to suspend further readings. The ordinance was presented as approval of collective bargaining agreements with the Fraternal Order of Police, Rossford patrol officers and Rossford command officers; specific contract terms were not read into the public record during the meeting. Council members voted to adopt the ordinance under suspension and by emergency. On the roll call adopting Ordinance 2025-57, Councilman Heben, Councilman Owen, Councilwoman Tinney, Councilwoman Echol, Councilman Oberndorf, Councilman Toth and Councilwoman Reynolds each recorded "Aye." The motion carried and the ordinance was adopted the same evening. The meeting record shows no detailed public summary of contract provisions on the floor; council actions were limited to the procedural suspension of readings, declaration of emergency, and final adoption. Any contract language, salary schedules or effective dates were not provided in the discussion during the public meeting and therefore are not described here.