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Struthers City Council approves donation, three ordinance changes and resolution opposing state budget reallocations
Summary
At its Feb. 12 meeting the Struthers City Council approved a $5,000 donation for summer concerts, amended publication and civil-service rules, changed testing procedures for police hires and passed a resolution opposing reallocations in Senate Bill 56. All measures passed by the council during the meeting.
Struthers City Council approved five measures during its Feb. 12, 2025, meeting, including acceptance of a $5,000 donation for summer concerts in Moffett Park and several changes to the city’s codified ordinances affecting publication of notices and police hiring procedures.
The measures matter because they authorize near-term spending, adjust city hiring processes for police candidates and register the council’s opposition to proposed state budget reallocations. All five items were acted on during the meeting and carried by votes of the council members present.
The council accepted a $5,000 donation from Aqua Ohio Inc. to support the 2025 "Music in Moffett Park" series and directed the auditor to credit the money to the city’s 255 activity fund. The ordinance also declared an emergency, allowing immediate effect. A motion to suspend the rules and pass the ordinance was made and seconded; the measure was approved by the council members present.
The council passed an ordinance amending Section 113.01(g) of the city’s codified ordinances regarding the publication of ordinances, resolutions and other notices required by law. The council moved to suspend the rules and place the ordinance up for passage; the motion carried.
Two ordinances addressed police hiring procedures. One created Section 135.07 to allow a police officer candidate to obtain a peace officer certificate from the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy within six months of taking the written civil-service examination. The other created Section 135.06 to require that written civil-service examinations for police officers be administered through the National Testing Network. Both ordinances were moved, seconded and approved by the council members present.
Finally, the council adopted a resolution strongly opposing the fund reallocations described in Senate Bill 56 and referenced the governor’s executive budget summaries. The resolution was moved, seconded and passed.
All five items were acted on with motions to suspend the rules and votes to pass during the meeting; council members recorded “yes” votes for each item by voice roll call. The meeting record shows no substantive public debate on these items during the time they were moved and passed.
The meeting also included routine communications, the mayor’s report and committee scheduling; members later went into executive session to discuss the purchase or sale of property and returned to adjourn the regular meeting.
