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Struthers council approves five emergency ordinances and a tax-advance resolution
Summary
At its Jan. 29, 2025 meeting, the Struthers City Council read and approved several emergency ordinances and a resolution affecting grant services, employee benefits transfers, a wastewater department appointment, electric supply and tax-distribution authority.
At its Jan. 29, 2025 meeting, the Struthers City Council read and approved multiple ordinances and a resolution, each declared an emergency and passed under suspension of council rules.
The council approved ordinances to authorize the mayor and safety-service director to enter contracts and make administrative changes, including: a contract with KO Consulting LLC for grant services for calendar year 2025; establishing employee benefits provisions for 2025 and authorizing the auditor to transfer employee and employer premium payments to the healthcare administration internal service fund (retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025); establishing the position, salary and employment provisions for an assistant superintendent/wastewater plant department head (a mayoral appointment, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025); and a contract naming Dyna G Energy Services East LLC as electric supplier for Struthers accounts (all described on the meeting agenda).
The council also adopted a resolution authorizing the auditor to request and receive an advance distribution of real property tax collections from the Mahoning County auditor for calendar year 2025 and declaring an emergency.
All items on the legislative agenda were moved under suspension of the rules and passed by affirmative vote. The meeting record shows affirmative votes from the council membership present for each item and no recorded opposing or abstaining votes; each ordinance and the resolution included emergency language on the floor.
Why it matters: These measures update administrative authority for grant services and benefits, formalize a mayoral appointment in the wastewater department, place a new electric supplier on city accounts, and authorize an advance tax distribution that affects city cash flow for 2025.
Votes at a glance: - Ordinance (Number 1, contract with KO Consulting LLC for 2025 grant services): Motion to place on its passage and to suspend rules; outcome: approved (passed under suspension/emergency). Mover/second: not specified on the record. Additional details: ordinance text as read in meeting; ordinance number not specified in the transcript. - Ordinance (Number 2, establish 2025 employee benefits/transfers to healthcare internal service fund, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025): Outcome: approved (passed under suspension/emergency). Mover/second: not specified. Retroactive transfer authority given to auditor to pay claims above cumulative funds. - Ordinance (Number 3, establish assistant superintendent wastewater plant department head position, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025): Outcome: approved (passed under suspension/emergency). Mover/second: not specified. - Ordinance (Number 4, contract with Dyna G Energy Services East LLC as electric supplier): Outcome: approved (passed under suspension/emergency). Mover/second: not specified. - Resolution (authorizing auditor to request/receive advance distribution of real property tax collections from Mahoning County for 2025): Outcome: approved (passed under suspension/emergency). Mover/second: not specified.
The council did not record any "no" or abstention votes on the floor during these readings; the clerk called the roll for affirmative responses on each vote and the record shows the council members present responded in the affirmative. The meeting transcript does not include ordinance numbers or full statutory citations; where the transcript omits identifying details, the article notes them as "not specified."
