Fairfax council adopts emergency transfer ordinance and authorizes payments over $3,000

The Village of Fairfax council voted May 17 to adopt Ordinance No. 202021, an emergency measure reallocating money within the general fund to cover current expenditures for engineering services through Dec. 31, 2021, and to adopt Resolution R2 2021, which authorizes the drawing of warrants and payment of amounts due on contracts or orders of $3,000 or more pursuant to a then‑and‑now certificate under Ohio Revised Code 5705.41(D)(1).

Council moved to suspend the three readings for Ordinance No. 202021 and proceeded with a roll‑call vote. The roll call as read during the meeting recorded aye votes from the six council members present (Miss Cameron; Miss Ernst; Mister Kessel; Miss Lally; Miss Resnick; Mister Riffle) and the motion was declared adopted. Later in the agenda the mayor announced that Ordinance No. 202021 had been adopted as presented.

Following the ordinance, the council considered Resolution R2 2021, described in the meeting as authorizing payment on contracts or orders of $3,000 or more under a then‑and‑now certificate consistent with the cited section of the Ohio Revised Code. A motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded; a roll call recorded unanimous aye votes and the resolution was adopted.

The meeting transcript does not attribute the motion and second to individual, named council members in a one‑to‑one way at the exact motion moments (speakers said “I so move” and “I’ll second” without names attached). Where the transcript records names in roll call, the votes were unanimous. The ordinance was characterized by council as bookkeeping and a transfer within the general fund to cover engineering services; no substantive debate on policy changes or new programs accompanied the votes.

Next steps: no additional follow‑up or implementation tasks were announced on the floor during the meeting. The council moved on to other agenda items and adjourned later in the session.