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Council to consider ordinance allowing online or alternative publication of ordinances and notices
Summary
An ordinance proposed to amend city rules on publication would authorize the clerk (referenced as Megan) to publish ordinances, resolutions and other required legal notices in a new paper or via the city website and social media.
Struthers City Council considered an ordinance to amend the city’s publication rules to allow ordinances, resolutions and legally required notices to be published either in a newspaper or through the city’s website and social media. The change would amend the publication section of the Codified Ordinances and was presented as a measure authored by councilmembers John and Megan.
A council member summarized the proposal as authorizing Megan (referenced in the meeting) to publish ordinances and resolutions either through a new paper or the city’s website and social channels when publication is required by law or ordinance. The transcript shows a motion to bring the ordinance forward and a second; no final roll-call vote or adoption is recorded in the provided excerpt.
Why this matters: The ordinance would modernize how the city meets publication requirements, adding website and social media as authorized publication channels and giving the designated city staff authority to select between a newspaper and online posting as appropriate.
Next steps: The ordinance was moved out of committee for further consideration; the transcript does not show a final council vote or the text of a specific implementation plan.
