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Saint Marys council: minutes, budgets, grants and administrative items approved
Summary
At its Nov. 17 meeting the council approved minutes, moved the 2026 levy and preliminary budget for publication, authorized several local-share grant applications (including the pool, senior center and Little League), terminated an EDC agreement, amended police promotion procedures, awarded a CDBG historic preservation bid, and referred a data center ordinance to planning.
The City of Saint Marys council cleared a slate of procedural and project votes at its Nov. 17 meeting.
Key votes and motions: - Approval of previous meeting minutes and Nov. 3 budget workshop minutes (voice votes recorded). - Consideration for publication of the 2026 levy ordinance and the 2026 preliminary budget (motions carried by voice vote). - Resolution 25-20: Approved to apply for local-share grant funds for the community pool (motion passed by voice vote). - Resolution 25-21: Approved local-share grant application for acquisition/improvements for the Saint Mary's Senior Center (voice vote). - Resolution 25-22: Approved local-share grant application for Saint Mary's Little League softball (press box/storage) (voice vote). - Resolution 25-23: Approved termination of the EDC agreement citing redundancy of services (voice vote). - Resolution 25-24: Approved amendments to Saint Mary's Police Department promotion procedures per Civil Service Commission recommendations (voice vote). - Awarded 2024 CDBG historic preservation bid to Summit Overhead Doors Inc. for $39,363 (motion passed by voice vote; Summit's bid was lowest of three received). - Referred the proposed data center ordinance to the planning commission for further review (motion and referral approved).
Where available, the meeting record noted movers and seconders (for example, motions to consider publication and to approve several resolutions were identified as "motion by Shane, seconded by Jerry," or similar), and most items passed via voice vote with "the ayes have it." The meeting did not record roll-call tallies in the minutes provided.
