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St. Marys council moves multiple emergency ordinances to later readings, schedules Dec. 30 special meeting to consider supplemental items
Summary
Council reviewed several emergency ordinances on wages, benefits and capital purchases and moved Ordinance 2025-31 (fiscal-year appropriations) and Ordinance 2025-32 (materials and equipment purchases) to further readings; the council set a special meeting for Dec. 30 at 5:15 p.m. to consider supplemental budget items and noted a suspension of rules will be required.
The St. Marys City Council reviewed several emergency ordinances and moved key items toward further consideration while scheduling a special meeting to consider supplemental budget items.
During the meeting the presiding officer reviewed agenda readings and said there were no third readings on the docket but several second readings and emergency ordinances for wages and benefits for various employee groups. Ordinance 2025-31, an emergency appropriation ordinance for fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2026, was called for reading; council members named in the exchange as moving/seconding the reading were Mister Mueller and Mister Fitzgerald. The presiding officer said the appropriation ordinance will be amended as numbers are firmed up over the next two weeks.
Council also called for reading Ordinance 2025-32, an emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase of materials, equipment and services for city departments. Mister Chrisman and Mister Popp were named in the exchange as moving/seconding the reading. Council discussion clarified that the materials ordinance lists capital improvement projects (generally purchases over a $5,000 threshold) and that items listed there are contingent on available funding and potential grant opportunities.
The council discussed rescheduling the Dec. 22 meeting to Dec. 30 at 5:15 p.m. to consider supplemental budget items. A council member noted the need to suspend the rules and to ensure at least six members are present to pass the supplemental that night. Availability concerns were discussed and council members confirmed the proposed time would likely work.
Presiding officer closed the meeting business and Mister Buck moved to adjourn; the transcript ends with the motion to adjourn being made (final vote or recorded tally not specified). The ordinances were placed on the docket for additional readings at a future meeting; no final ordinance adoptions or budget votes were recorded within the provided transcript.
