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Martins Ferry adopts cybersecurity policy, citing new state law
Summary
The council adopted an emergency ordinance to adopt a city cybersecurity policy attached to the legislation, referencing Ohio House Bill 96 as the state background for the requirement.
Martins Ferry City Council voted Dec. 3 to adopt a cybersecurity policy for city operations, citing an Ohio legislative requirement.
Madam President told council the Ohio House passed House Bill 96 earlier in the year and the bill requires local governments to have cybersecurity plans; the ordinance before council attached the plan and would implement the city's policy. Council moved to suspend the 72-hour rule and agreed to accept the ordinance as read. Reverend Agnew moved to accept it as read; the council then voted by roll call to adopt the ordinance as an emergency.
Why it matters: The ordinance formalizes a cybersecurity plan for city systems in response to a state-level requirement; it should set policies for incident response and delegation of responsibilities but the council did not read detailed provisions aloud at the meeting.
Council did not provide a timetable for implementation or name a responsible IT vendor during the meeting; the ordinance was passed in the session under suspension of the 72-hour rule.
