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Elyria council approves multiple emergency resolutions and an ordinance to dispose of city property
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Elyria City Council passed four resolutions — including an emergency adoption of the tax-incentive review council report — and approved an ordinance authorizing disposal of city property, all by voice vote under suspension of rules.
Elyria City Council on Monday approved four resolutions and an ordinance, all carried by voice vote after council moved to suspend the rules for first reading.
The actions included adoption of the 2024 Tax Incentive Review Council report as an emergency measure and several measures finding specific city properties unfit for municipal use and directing related steps. Council also passed an ordinance authorizing the safety-service director to dispose of city property deemed unfit for municipal use.
Councilmember Tillett moved the first resolution, which approves a list of properties for emergency temporary repair or demolition costs and directs the clerk to certify city costs to the Lorain County Auditor; Miss Davis seconded that motion and the measure passed after a voice vote. Council later adopted Resolution 2025-12 — the 2024 tax-incentive review council report — as an emergency measure on a motion by Tillett and a second from Mr. Snyder. Two additional resolutions (2025-13 and 2025-14) finding city property unfit for municipal use were moved by Tillett and Gillette, respectively, and carried after seconds by Miss Davis and Mr. Schneider. An ordinance (2025-34) authorizing the safety-service director to dispose of unfit city property also passed on a motion by Tillett and a second by Mr. Schneider.
All votes reported from the floor were voice votes; roll-call tallies were not read aloud for the items covered in this session. Several measures were advanced under suspension of the rules to allow first-reading passage at the same meeting.
The measures were sponsored by the finance committee and carried language directing follow-up administrative steps — for example, certifying demolition-related costs to the county auditor and authorizing disposal actions by the safety-service director. Specific property addresses tied to the unfit-property resolutions were not read into the record during the votes and are not specified in the meeting transcript.
Council set related committee meetings (community development; joint community development and finance; utilities; and strategic planning) for follow-up hearings in March.
