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Evendale Council approves emergency appointments, vehicle sale and backs Mill Creek Triangle Trail
Summary
Evendale Village Council unanimously adopted several emergency ordinances Tuesday—including appointing a police cadet, selling a police SUV to St. Bernard (amended sale price $5,000) and adding a high‑school member to the recreation commission—and passed a resolution supporting the Mill Creek Triangle Trail feasibility study.
Evendale Village Council voted Tuesday to adopt multiple emergency ordinances and a regional trail resolution after brief discussion and a handful of procedural amendments. The measures included appointing a police cadet, correcting the sale price for an older police SUV, and appointing a high‑school representative to the Recreation Commission.
The most immediate action was Ordinance 25‑57, appointing Jason Hartinger as a police cadet and declaring the measure an emergency. Council moved to suspend the second and third readings and adopted the emergency clause; Hartinger then took the oath of office.
In Ordinance 25‑58, which authorizes sale of the Evendale Police Department’s 2020 Ford Explorer to the Village of Saint Bernard, a council member corrected the sale amount. “The amount in in there is incorrectly stated, and it should be $5,000,” the member said; the council voted to amend the ordinance, suspend further readings and adopt it as an emergency.
Ordinance 25‑59 appoints a high‑school student to the Recreation Commission; council suspended additional readings, adopted the emergency clause and approved the appointment.
Council also adopted Resolution 25‑04, amended to state that the Village of Evendale “supports the vision of the Mill Creek Triangle Trail feasibility study and commits in concept to collaborate when village council may determine it to be appropriate” with neighboring communities and regional partners. The amendment clarified the village’s support as conceptual collaboration rather than a binding commitment.
Votes at a glance: - Ordinance 25‑57 (appoint police cadet Jason Hartinger; emergency): recorded yes votes from Patterson, McDaniel, Putoff, Sextro and Burke; outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25‑58 (sale of 2020 Ford Explorer to Village of Saint Bernard; amended sale price $5,000; emergency): amendment to correct price moved and adopted; suspension of readings and emergency adoption recorded affirmations from council members in attendance; outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25‑59 (appoint high‑school member to Recreation Commission; emergency): recorded yes votes from Burke, Sextro, Putoff, McDaniel and Patterson; outcome: approved. - Resolution 25‑04 (support for Mill Creek Triangle Trail; amended): amendment moved and adopted; recorded yes votes from Putoff, Sextro, McDaniel and Burke; outcome: approved.
The measures were handled under the council’s emergency procedures, and none of the items prompted extended debate. Several council members asked clarifying questions or proposed small textual amendments before votes. The council president declared each ordinance or resolution adopted as amended.
What happens next: The appointments and vehicle sale move forward under the adopted emergency clauses; Hartinger will continue through the police academy process before full police officer status. The Mill Creek Triangle Trail resolution expresses Evendale’s conceptual support and signals willingness to collaborate on future planning efforts.
