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Struthers City Council adopts Aqua Ohio water-rate ordinance and approves Warren Street property ordinance
Summary
The Struthers City Council adopted an ordinance establishing the rate at which Aqua Ohio, Inc., will furnish water to the city for Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2029, and approved a separate ordinance concerning a parcel on Warren Street in third and final readings.
The Struthers City Council adopted an ordinance establishing the rate at which Aqua Ohio, Inc., will furnish water to the city for the term beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and ending Dec. 31, 2029, and approved a separate ordinance concerning property on Warren Street, located east of South Bridge Street between 122 and 130 South Bridge Street. Both ordinances passed the council’s third and final readings at the meeting.
The water ordinance sets the contract term with Aqua Ohio, Inc., for the four-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and ending Dec. 31, 2029, as stated on the council agenda. The Warren Street item was described on the agenda as a third and final reading concerning a parcel on Warren Street east of South Bridge Street and between the properties numbered 122 and 130 South Bridge Street; the ordinance text and any property identifiers beyond that description were not specified in the public discussion recorded in the transcript.
Council records submitted with the meeting included seven communications: the city treasurer’s report for September 2025 submitted by Mark T. Brenner; the park office monthly tax-collection report for July and September 2025 submitted by Brian McGalsy; the city auditor’s monthly financial statements for August 2025 submitted by Christina Aldos; a monthly grant and project development report from KEO Consultant LLC dated Oct. 1, 2025, submitted by Matthew Ellis; and a code enforcement report for September 2025 submitted by Bill Minchin. The council also noted a Finance and Legislation Committee meeting scheduled for Oct. 15 at 6 p.m.
The meeting included a notice that the council would move into an executive session to discuss the purchase of property. The transcript identifies Jennifer L. Johnson and Ivan Henderson as the two noncouncil individuals who were permitted to attend that executive session; no formal action or vote on the property purchase was recorded in the public portion of the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance (Aqua Ohio, Inc. water rates, term Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2029): Adopted on third and final reading; roll-call indicated unanimous approval by council members present. (Vote tally recorded by roll call: yes — all present council members; specific tally not specified in the agenda materials.)
- Ordinance (Warren Street property, described as east of South Bridge Street between 122 and 130 South Bridge Street): Adopted on third and final reading; roll-call indicated unanimous approval by council members present. (Vote tally recorded by roll call: yes — all present council members; specific tally not specified in the agenda materials.)
No motions to postpone, table, or amend either ordinance were recorded during the portion of the meeting transcribed for these items. The council proceeded to schedule the executive session on the property purchase and identified those permitted to attend that closed session; any subsequent negotiations or contract terms were not discussed in the public transcript.
The council’s consent and communications filings and the ordinances’ final texts will be included in the official meeting minutes and the city clerk’s records; the public transcript did not include full ordinance language or specific rate figures for the Aqua Ohio agreement beyond the listed contract term.
