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Lakemore council adopts budget amendment, approves fire-department personnel moves and intergovernmental pacts
Summary
The Village of Lakemore council approved an amendment to the 2025 appropriations ordinance and unanimously passed a string of personnel and intergovernmental resolutions, including animal-control services with Summit County and a county MOU on job creation and tax revenue sharing.
The Lakemore Village Council on Oct. 6 adopted Ordinance No. 19-O-4-2025 to amend the village—s 2025 appropriations and approved several resolutions handling fire-department personnel and intergovernmental agreements.
The budget amendment (Ordinance No. 19-O-4-2025) increases appropriations across multiple funds, including a $21,315.68 increase in the general fund for retainer fees, tree removal and CAD billing; allocations for the Fairdale and Michaels project in several funds (including $125,000 in the Capital Improvements Fund and $120,000 in the water operating fund); and a $192,663.28 appropriation in the sewer operating fund for DOPS salaries and the Fairdale and Michaels project. The ordinance was adopted after the council dispensed with three readings and approved the measure by roll call.
Council also adopted Ordinance No. 19-O-3-2025 adding a policy for employee key fobs to the village—s employee policies and procedures manual; the measure passed on a roll-call vote after the council dispensed with three readings.
On personnel matters, the council unanimously adopted: Resolution No. 7495-2025 accepting the resignation of Anthony Roth Curry as a part-time firefighter/medic; Resolution No. 7496-2025 accepting the resignation of Dalton Brake as a part-time firefighter/medic; and Resolution No. 7497-2025 authorizing the assistant fire chief to hire Ricardo Calzada as a part-time firefighter. Each resolution was introduced, the council dispensed with three readings where applicable, and roll-call votes recorded unanimous approval.
The council also approved two intergovernmental actions. Resolution No. 74499-2025 authorized Lakemore to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Summit County for animal-control services. Resolution No. 7498-2025 authorized the village to adopt the Summit County intergovernmental memorandum of understanding for job creation, retention and tax-revenue sharing. Both measures passed by unanimous roll-call votes.
Before adjourning to executive session on an employee matter, the council announced that, upon returning from the closed session, the meeting would immediately be adjourned and no further business would be taken.
Votes at a glance: - Ordinance No. 19-O-4-2025 (appropriations amendment): adopted (roll-call unanimous). Key allocations referenced in council discussion: General Fund $21,315.68; Capital Improvements Fund $125,000 for Fairdale and Michaels; Water operating fund $120,000 for Fairdale and Michaels; Sewer operating fund $192,663.28 for DOPS salaries and Fairdale and Michaels; Storm sewer fund $120,000 for Fairdale and Michaels. (Details as read into the record.) - Ordinance No. 19-O-3-2025 (employee key-fob policy): adopted (roll-call unanimous). - Resolution No. 7495-2025 (accept resignation of Anthony Roth Curry, PT firefighter/medic): adopted (roll-call unanimous). - Resolution No. 7496-2025 (accept resignation of Dalton Brake, PT firefighter/medic): adopted (roll-call unanimous). - Resolution No. 7497-2025 (authorize hire of Ricardo Calzada, PT firefighter): adopted (roll-call unanimous). - Resolution No. 74499-2025 (intergovernmental agreement for animal control services with Summit County): adopted (roll-call unanimous). - Resolution No. 7498-2025 (adopt Summit County MOU for job creation, retention and tax-revenue sharing): adopted (roll-call unanimous).
Context and next steps: Council repeatedly dispensed with the three-reading requirement before each ordinance and resolution was voted on. The budget amendment will take effect immediately, as the ordinance text declares it an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of health, safety and welfare. The council entered an executive session on an employee matter at the end of the meeting and stated it would return only to adjourn.
Lacking recorded amendments or recorded dissent, all listed measures passed by unanimous roll-call votes. The meeting record does not specify additional implementation dates or departmental assignees beyond the hiring authorization for the assistant fire chief to hire Ricardo Calzada.
