Moraine City Council approves emergency budget moves, OKs $1.7 million fire ladder and appoints clerk

Moraine City Council on Feb. 13 approved two emergency supplemental-appropriation ordinances, accepted a $1,705,095 bid for a new aerial ladder quint with an estimated 2028 delivery, appointed Karen Powell as Clerk of Council and tabled a proposed change to the city’s Merit System ordinance.

The council voted unanimously on each of the adopted items. The first ordinance, numbered in the agenda as 2175-25, was amended on the floor to add the phrase “and declaring an emergency” to the title before receiving final adoption. A second ordinance, listed as 2176-25, moved funds the city had budgeted for an Ohio Department of Transportation resurfacing of State Route 741 from 2026 into February 2025; council approved suspending the rules so the second reading would not be required and adopted it during the meeting.

The council also adopted a resolution to accept a Sourcewell cooperative-purchase proposal for a 2025-approved aerial ladder quint at a total cost of $1,705,095, with the department estimating delivery in 2028. Separately, the council approved a resolution to declare the items on the city’s 2025 surplus list as no longer needed and authorized disposal via GovDeals, donation to nonprofit organizations or trade-in programs.

Council appointed Karen Powell as Clerk of Council by resolution and immediately administered the oath. A separate ordinance to amend the Moraine Codified Ordinances, Chapter 149,…