The Lackawanna City Council on Jan. 6 carried a slate of routine administrative actions, including appointment of two members to the Board of Assessment Review, adoption of 2025 meeting dates and voting order, designation of an official newspaper for 2025, a budget transfer for comptroller consulting, and approval of a business registration.

Appointments and procedural resolutions: The council approved the appointment of Carol Zirwick and Dan Perolzak to the Board of Assessment Review, with terms set to expire Sept. 30, 2028. The motion to approve the appointments passed 5-0 (motion by Murano, second by Cervak). The council also adopted resolution number 1 appointing Councilmember Kevin R. Surdike as council president pro tem for 2025 and resolution number 2 establishing the council meeting dates for 2025; both resolutions passed on voice/roll-call votes recorded as 5-0.

Official newspaper: Resolution number 3 designates Buffalo Business First, 465 Main St., Suite 100, Buffalo, N.Y., as the City of Lackawanna's official newspaper for 2025. Council discussion during caucus noted that Business First won the designation historically on pricing for legal advertising; a council member asked staff to check whether statutory language requires print publication and whether broader circulation criteria should be re-examined.

Budget ordinance: The council adopted an ordinance transferring $70,000 of unappropriated fund balance to the comptroller consulting budget code to cover consulting through July 31, 2025, and to settle a remaining Select 1 Placement Services balance. The ordinance was adopted 5-0.

Business registration: The council approved the business registration of Buffalo Metrology, Inc. (listed as "Ehman, Buffalo Metrology, Inc.") at 581 Ridge Road to provide engineering services to municipalities; the registration was approved by a 5-0 vote.

Other routine actions: The council adopted the minutes of the Dec. 16, 2024 regular meeting and received and filed departmental reports 1–5. The council also reaffirmed its 2025 voting order: first ward, second ward, third ward, fourth ward, then council president.

Votes and procedure: Most actions were adopted unanimously (5-0). Motions, movers and seconds were noted in the meeting record; individual roll-call responses appear in the official minutes.