At the Jan. 5 meeting the South Russell Village Council took several formal actions:

- Resolution to sell personal property not needed for public use by internet auction (GovDeals/eBay): Introduced, moved to waive further readings and adopted by roll call (minutes record ayes across the council; final record: "Resolution passes").

- Ordinance to amend the village codified ordinances to provide that the public records policy is found in Appendix B of the employee handbook (declared an emergency): Introduced, moved, and adopted by roll call; minutes indicate unanimous aye responses on roll call and adoption.

- Ratification of payments listings: Council ratified two payment listings, one for $112,811.51 and another for $59,847.00, by motion and voice vote.

Other procedural motions (minutes approval, appointment of Tim Young, committee assignments, moving meeting dates) were also approved during the session. The meeting record shows roll-call votes for some items and voice votes for others; where roll-call tallies were ambiguous in the transcript, minutes record simply note that the measure "passes" or "motion passes."