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Struthers City Council approves codified ordinance updates, Wetmore Bridge contract and TIRC appointments
Summary
Council passed an ordinance to add pages to the Struthers codified ordinances, authorized a retroactive contract award for the Wetmore Bridge project and confirmed mayoral and auditor appointments to Mahoning County's TIRC for 2025.
The Struthers City Council on March 12 approved three items of legislation: an emergency ordinance to update the city's codified ordinances, an emergency ordinance authorizing a contract award for the Wetmore Bridge project retroactive to Aug. 1, 2024, and a resolution confirming the mayor and auditor to serve on the Mahoning County Tax Incentive Review Council for 2025.
Why it matters: the contract award enables work on a local bridge project and the TIRC confirmation ensures Struthers has designated representatives on the county review body that evaluates tax-incentive projects.
Council voted to suspend the rules and pass the ordinance to add pages to the Struthers codified ordinances as an emergency measure. The ordinance language was read into the record; a motion to suspend the rules and pass as read was made and seconded and the motion passed with council members voting in the affirmative. The ordinance was recorded as approved on the meeting minutes.
The council also authorized the mayor and the safety-service director to enter into a contract with Marucci and Gaffney Excavating Company as the lowest bidder for the Wetmore Bridge project, retroactive to Aug. 1, 2024, and declared the ordinance an emergency. The motion to suspend the rules and pass the ordinance as read was made, seconded and carried with affirmative votes from the members present.
Finally, council passed a resolution confirming that the mayor and the city auditor shall serve on the Mahoning County Tax Incentive Review Council (TIRC) for 2025 and declared that resolution an emergency.
Votes at a glance: - Ordinance: add pages to Struthers codified ordinances; motion to suspend rules and pass as read — outcome: approved (affirmative votes recorded from members present). - Ordinance: authorize contract with Marucci and Gaffney Excavating Company for Wetmore Bridge, retroactive to 08/01/2024 — outcome: approved (affirmative votes recorded from members present). - Resolution: confirm mayor and auditor to Mahoning County TIRC for 2025 — outcome: approved (affirmative votes recorded from members present).
The meeting record shows a roll call at the start and that one council member was absent. Specific vote tallies were read aloud as individual "yes" responses for members present and are reflected in the minutes but the transcript does not provide consistent, unambiguous spelling for all member names; the minutes will hold the official roll-call record.
