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Council approves substitute and amended Ordinance 2025-O-8, a supplemental appropriation
Summary
The Grandview Heights City Council approved a substitute and amended version of Ordinance 2025-O-8, described in the meeting as a supplemental appropriation moving funds primarily from salary accounts to contractual expenses including vehicle maintenance and lease equipment; the committee had not recommended the substitute version.
The Grandview Heights City Council approved a substitute and amended version of Ordinance 2025-O-8, described during the June 23 special meeting as a supplemental appropriation that shifts funds within the city budget.
Council discussion characterized the item as mainly transferring money from salary lines to contractual accounts to cover items such as vehicle maintenance, lease equipment and certain utility expenses. During committee consideration, council members said the committee did not recommend approval of the substitute version, but the council moved forward with a substitute motion, an amendment to correct a numerical error on page 2, and a final approval vote that the clerk recorded as affirmative for the substitute and amended ordinance.
Clerk roll-call references during the vote in the transcript include recorded "Yes" votes and two members listed as out (Walker and Weiss). The transcript identifies Council member Smith, Council member Houston, Council member Kosak and President Keeler among those voting yes; the substitute and amendment were adopted and recorded in the transcript as Ordinance 2025-O-8 being approved as substitute and amended.
Council discussion also referenced a separate substitute version that would move IT expenses from salary to contractual; council approved the substitute as amended after the correction.
The item was presented as a supplemental appropriation; the transcript records a stated dollar figure of $10,000 but contains additional numeric references that were unclear in the audio excerpt. Where specific amounts or committee recommendations are not fully recorded in the excerpt, the transcript does not provide further documentation in this segment.
