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Shelby council gives first reading to cybersecurity and ransomware ordinance after rejecting emergency adoption
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance No. 34-2025 to codify a cybersecurity and ransomware policy into the Shelby code; an attempt to suspend readings and adopt immediately failed, and the ordinance received a first reading with emergency language removed for further revision.
The Shelby City Council considered Ordinance No. 34-2025, which would enact a chapter addressing cybersecurity and ransomware response into the city’s codified ordinances. Councilmembers debated procedure and policy scope during the meeting. A motion to suspend the rule requiring three separate readings and adopt the ordinance immediately was moved and seconded but failed on roll call.
During discussion, a councilmember cautioned that converting what is typically an administrative policy into an ordinance could ‘tie your hands,’ limiting the city’s ability to adapt the policy quickly. The law director and other councilmembers noted statutory guidance and some required ordinance-level provisions for incident response and training. By unanimous consent the council removed emergency language and gave the ordinance its first reading, directing staff to refine the language and return with more detailed guidance on policy-versus-ordinance implications.
The clerk recorded that Ordinance No. 34-2025 passed its first reading; the item will return to council for additional consideration. No immediate changes to city practice were enacted at this meeting.
