Council suspends rules and repeals codified ordinance section 135.07, declares emergency

Struthers City Council on April 20 suspended council rules to allow immediate consideration and passed Ordinance 25-013, which repeals section 135.07 of the city's codified ordinances and declares an emergency.

Council moved to "suspend the rules" to consider the ordinance immediately, and members voted in the affirmative to proceed. The council then voted to "pass as read" and adopted the ordinance under an emergency declaration.

The transcript identifies the ordinance only as "an ordinance repealing section 135.07 of the codified ordinances of the city of Struthers, ordinance number 25-013," and does not state the subject matter or text of section 135.07. The clerk read the communications and the law director stated no additional comments during the item. The record shows roll-call affirmative responses from members during the suspension and passage votes; the meeting audio records multiple "yes" responses during roll call for both motions.

Votes at a glance: - Motion to receive communications and file: approved (unanimous vote recorded as affirmative responses during roll call). - Motion to suspend the rules for immediate consideration of Ordinance 25-013: approved (affirmative roll-call responses recorded). - Motion to pass Ordinance 25-013, repealing section 135.07 and declaring an emergency: approved (affirmative roll-call responses recorded).

The transcript does not include the ordinance's text or state which city code topic 135.07 covered. Council did not attach a copy of the ordinance text to the verbal record shown in the transcript; that document was listed in communications as submitted by the mayor's office and the clerk.