Council committee introduces three emergency transfer ordinances for pension and van funds

The Struthers City Council's finance and legislation committee heard three emergency ordinances from the city auditor to move funds within the 2025 general fund on an introduced motion Thursday. The ordinances would transfer $60,000 to the police pension fund, $45,000 to the fire pension fund and $5,000 to the elderly van fund.

The measures were presented as ordinances authorizing the auditor to transfer the sum of $60,000 from the 2025 general fund budget category 'transfer to police pensions' (19159004) to the police pension fund (805000047101); $45,000 from the 2025 general fund budget category 'transfer to fire pension' (19159005) to the fire pension fund (810000047101); and $5,000 from general fund budget category 19159003 'transfer to elderly van fund' to revenue category 265000047101, each declaring an emergency. For each ordinance, a motion to bring the item forward was made and seconded during the meeting.

The transcript records motions and seconds to bring each ordinance "out" of committee but does not include any recorded votes on final adoption, roll calls, or ordinance numbers. The ordinances were identified in the meeting as originating from the auditor; no auditor name or additional legislative language was provided in the transcript.

Council members present at the start of the meeting included Mister Burnside, Mister Ballack and Mister Bigley. The transcript does not attribute the motions or seconds to specific individuals by name.

Because the transcript stops after motions to bring each ordinance forward, there is no recorded effective date, vote tally, or further committee direction in the provided record. The auditor-originated ordinances remain at the introduction stage in this transcript; any subsequent readings, votes or emergency declarations beyond the initial motions are not specified here.