The St. Marys City Council handled a series of ordinances and resolutions in a meeting that mixed procedural votes with items scheduled for further consideration.

Ordinance 2025-24: The council considered an ordinance to appropriate monies for deficiencies as a fiscal-year supplemental (referenced as ordinance 20 24, 27 in the transcript) and moved to suspend the rules to treat it as an emergency supplemental. The motion to suspend the rules passed and the council then voted to pass the ordinance; the transcript records the outcome as "all yeses." No individual vote tally or mover/second names were recorded in the minutes excerpt.

Ordinance 2025-23: Council read ordinance 2025-23, which proposes updated fees under the city's zoning and subdivision regulations. The ordinance would raise several permit fees (examples cited: zoning permits to $10; conditional use permits, variances and home-occupation permits from $55 to $75; permit to occupy right-of-way from $30 to $75). Council scheduled the ordinance for a subsequent reading.

Ordinance 2025-25: Council read ordinance 2025-25 to renew the Efficiency Smart schedule with American Municipal Power and to declare an emergency. Staff said the current contract began in 2011 and the renewal would continue the city's participation; the ordinance was set to return for another reading.

Other matters: The finance committee presented supplemental adjustments totaling $901,588.59 to reallocate year-end funds. Resolution 2025-15, related to designating the county engineer as the addressing authority to support Next Generation 9-1-1 compatibility, was presented and will return for further consideration. Several other ordinances (including 2025-21, 2025-22) and a solid-waste plan resolution (2025-14) were noted as moving forward to additional readings.

Why this matters: The appropriation ordinance passed at the meeting alters spending authorities for the fiscal year and the supplemental total presented by the finance committee represents a sizable reallocation of city resources. The Efficiency Smart renewal and zoning-fee changes affect city programs and permit applicants; the 9-1-1 addressing resolution affects how addresses are managed for emergency response across municipal and township boundaries.

Council actions and next steps are recorded in the minutes; most ordinance items will return for additional readings as required by the council's legislative process.