Reynoldsburg council approves emergency ordinance to implement 2025 OPBA contract

Reynoldsburg City Council approved an emergency ordinance authorizing payment under a contract with the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (OPBA) for the 2025 contract year, voting 7-0 on the consent agenda.

The ordinance, listed as part of items 10A–B on the consent agenda, passed by roll call after a motion by Council Member Baker and a second by Council Member Savati. The clerk recorded seven affirmative votes and no negative votes.

Council members and staff said the contract had been reviewed in committee. Finance and administrative committee materials discussed a related multi-year supervisors' contract that the city described as similar to previously negotiated agreements with other bargaining units. Committee discussion noted changes to wages and field-training pay and described the contract as the last agreement needing negotiation for this cycle.

Council did not detail the specific wage adjustments or full contract text during the meeting; the ordinance on the consent agenda covered the city's authority to pay for the 2025 contract term. The clerk's roll call produced a recorded tally of seven yes votes and zero no votes. The ordinance was adopted as an emergency measure and will be implemented under the terms specified in the contract documents already on file with the city.

Council also discussed but did not vote in full council on a separate, related three-year supervisors' contract that committee members said would run from Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2027; committee materials and the consent item contained different date ranges, which the city will need to reconcile in its official contract records.