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Council approves repayment classification for sanitation transfer, new SOAR/water charge; cancels Dec. 17 meeting
Summary
Martins Ferry City Council voted unanimously Nov. 5 to classify a $93,000 transfer from the general fund to the sanitation fund as a loan to be repaid and to pass an ordinance adjusting SOAR capital-project charges and creating a water operations charge.
Martins Ferry City Council voted unanimously Nov. 5 to (1) classify prior transfers from the general fund to the sanitation fund as loans and direct their reimbursement and (2) adjust the charge for SOAR capital projects and create a charge for water operations.
Council first read an ordinance classifying the interfund transfers and moved to suspend the normal three-readings rule because the ordinance was received Oct. 24. Councilman Hunker moved to suspend the rule (second by Reverend Agnew); the motion carried on roll call. Councilman Schramm moved to pass the ordinance as read, seconded by Councilman Rogers. The roll-call vote was recorded as unanimous “yes.” Council noted the ordinance formalizes arrangements for repayment of $93,000 that had been transferred from the general fund to the sanitation fund.
Later in the meeting, council read and passed an ordinance “adjusting the charge for SOAR capital projects and creating a charge for water operations.” Councilman Eschman moved to suspend the rules (second by Councilman Hunker); Councilman Hunker then moved to pass the ordinance as read, seconded by Councilman Rogers. The ordinance was declared passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
In other formal business, council approved a motion to cancel its second December meeting (Dec. 17), to be rescheduled when the auditor notifies council that year-end books are closed. The motion was moved by Councilman Hunker and seconded by Councilwoman Armstrong and carried by unanimous vote.
Votes at a glance - Ordinance: classify general-fund transfers to the sanitation fund as loans (received Oct. 24). Motion to suspend rules: Hunker/Agnew (passed). Motion to pass as read: Schramm/Rogers (vote: unanimous yes). Outcome: passed. Clarifies repayment of $93,000. - Ordinance: adjust SOAR capital-project charge; create water operations charge. Motion to suspend rules: Eschman/Hunker (passed). Motion to pass as read: Hunker/Rogers (vote: unanimous yes). Outcome: passed. Specific fee amounts or rate changes: not specified in the public reading. - Motion to cancel Dec. 17 council meeting. Motion: Hunker/Armstrong (vote: unanimous yes). Outcome: passed; meeting to be rescheduled after year-end close.
Council did not provide numerical details for the SOAR or water operations charges during the public reading. The ordinances were read and passed under the city’s standard ordinance procedures; no amendments were recorded on the floor.
