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Ironton council: two ordinances read, multiple resolutions passed; council enters executive session
Summary
At the meeting the council read two ordinances for first reading, passed several resolutions authorizing budget, an indirect cost allocation plan, water-meter project actions, and approved an executive session for personnel, property and possible litigation.
Ironton — The Ironton City Council conducted first readings on two ordinances, approved multiple resolutions on budget and project administration, and voted to enter an executive session to discuss personnel, property and possible litigation.
Clerk readings and council actions - Ordinance 25-05: First reading of a temporary budget ordinance for the fiscal year ending 12/31/2025 and declaration of emergency (first reading only). No final vote recorded. - Ordinance 25-06: First reading (title not specified in transcript). No final vote recorded.
Resolutions (summary of actions recorded in the meeting transcript) - Resolution 25-07: Authorization for the mayor to approve tenant award conditional funding to Waterworks and Utrology LLC for a water meter replacement project. Council moved, seconded and the clerk recorded ayes; the clerk announced the resolution passed. - Resolution 25-01: To enter into a contract for a complete and indirect cost allocation plan based on 2024 expenditures; the council passed the resolution by roll call. Discussion included timing and urgency of emergency declaration and that an emergency requires a higher vote threshold to take immediate effect. - Resolution 25-02: Authorizing the contractor-services agreement with the Ironton-Lawrence County Area Community Action Organization (CAO) (clerk reading, motion and passage recorded; the clerk announced the resolution passed). (See separate article on the CAO agreement.) - Resolution 25-04: Authorization for Mayor Sam Cranbrook to apply for a cooperative agreement for construction of the water meter replacement project with the Ohio Water Development Facility; the council recorded ayes and passed the resolution.
Executive session The council unanimously approved a motion to enter executive session to discuss personnel, real estate and possible litigation with the solicitor, the mayor and the finance director; the motion stated no action would follow the session.
Votes and roll-call notes The clerk recorded roll-call aye votes at multiple points. The transcript contains partial roll-call attributions such as "Brown: Aye; Jerry: Aye; Harvey: Aye" and lists of other members saying "Aye." The clerk announced passage of the enumerated resolutions. The transcript did not include a complete, consistently numbered roll-call list for every motion in the meeting text captured here; where individual roll-call names appear in the transcript they are included above.
