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Martins Ferry council suspends 72‑hour rule and approves two ordinances, including Fayette Street vacation
Summary
Councillors suspended the 72-hour notice requirement and approved an ordinance for assessments and an ordinance vacating part of Fayette Street; votes were unanimous among members recorded as voting.
Martins Ferry City Council suspended the 72-hour rule for reading ordinances and approved two ordinances at the meeting after unanimous roll-call votes by members recorded as present.
Council voted to suspend the 72-hour reading requirement and then passed an ordinance “providing for assessments to be levied and authorizing the service director to certify those assessments to the Belmont County auditor and declaring an emergency.” The suspension and the ordinance passage were approved by roll call.
The council also suspended the 72-hour rule and passed “an ordinance vacating a portion of Fayette Street in the city of Martins Ferry, Ohio.” The suspension of the 72-hour rule for the second ordinance and the ordinance’s passage each passed on roll-call votes recorded in the meeting.
Motions to suspend the 72-hour reading rule and to suspend rules for three readings were made and seconded during the meeting; council members recorded “yes” votes during the roll calls. No council discussion that changed the substance of either ordinance was recorded and no amendments were proposed on the floor. The clerk read both ordinances into the record after the suspensions were approved.
The meeting record does not show additional legislative steps such as filing numbers or the full assessment details on the record; the ordinances were read and declared passed at the meeting. No implementation dates or effective dates beyond the declarations in the readings were recorded in the minutes excerpt presented.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance: Assessments / certification to Belmont County auditor — Outcome: Passed (roll-call yes votes recorded). Motion to suspend 72-hour rule: Passed. Suspension for three readings: Passed.
- Ordinance: Vacation of a portion of Fayette Street — Outcome: Passed (roll-call yes votes recorded). Motion to suspend 72-hour rule: Passed. Suspension for three readings: Passed.
Council members recorded on the roll calls included Hunker, Eshman/Eschman (recorded variously in the transcript), Armstrong, Rogers, Yezo, Reverend Agnew and Schramm; all recorded roll-call responses during the motions and final passage were “yes.” The transcript does not show any “no,” “abstain” or “recused” votes in these roll calls.
