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Council adopts four resolutions; readings waived for agenda items 1–4

3445396 · May 20, 2025
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Summary

Tonawanda City Council waived readings and adopted four numbered resolutions by roll call at the meeting; the transcript records roll-call 'aye' votes and sponsors for each resolution though the resolution texts were not read into the transcript.

The Tonawanda City Council voted to waive the readings and to adopt four resolutions during the meeting. The clerk recorded roll-call votes for each action; the transcript records councilmembers saying “Aye” during roll calls and the clerk declared each resolution adopted.

Council procedure at the meeting began with a motion by Councilmember Milam to waive readings of agenda items 1 through 4, seconded by Councilmember Sheasley; the clerk then called the roll and the council recorded “Aye” votes. The clerk read the resolution numbers and sponsors into the record as follows:

- Resolution number 1, sponsored by Councilmember Milam — declared adopted by roll call. - Resolution number 2, sponsored by Councilmember Sheasley — declared adopted by roll call. - Resolution number 3, sponsored by Councilmember Ralph Strowell (as recorded) — declared adopted by roll call. - Resolution number 4, sponsored by Councilmember Milam (transcript notes sponsor as Sheasley in one call and later corrected) — declared adopted by roll call.

The transcript records the roll-call responses by name for the waiver motion and for each resolution; responses were recorded as “Aye” for the councilmembers who answered. The text of the four resolutions was not read into the transcript during the roll calls captured here, and specific operative language for each resolution was not included in the meeting excerpt. Where a sponsor name or clerk reading contained inconsistent spellings in the transcript, this article reports the sponsor names as read into the record and notes corrections where the clerk made them during the meeting.

Because the meeting transcript contains only the roll-call affirmations and sponsor names (and not the full resolution texts), this article documents the formal outcome (adopted) and the recorded sponsoring councilmembers; the clerk declared each resolution adopted following roll-call affirmation.