Troy City Council used its Jan. 5 organizational meeting to complete routine business, approve personnel appointments and adopt an ordinance to employ the clerk of council.

Missus Knight read Ordinance No. 01/2026 (employing the clerk of council and fixing compensation). The council moved to suspend the readings and, following a roll call, adopted the ordinance. After the council administered the oath, new and continuing officials were congratulated.

Council also conducted internal elections. Councilman Bobby Phillips was nominated and elected President Pro Tem by roll call. Councilwoman Lynn Snee was nominated and elected Clerk of Council Pro Tem.

Council approved minutes from the Dec. 15, 2025 meeting and heard committee reports. The Personnel Committee recommended reappointments to the Income Tax Board of Review (Richard L. Kutis and Thomas M. Kendall) for two‑year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2026; council approved the reappointments by roll call. The mayor’s requested reappointments to the Community Improvement Corporation (Bradley Bixler, Ben Poppelman, Edward Westmeyer, Heath Murray and Kathy Vekovic) and to the Human Relations Commission (Sonia Holy Cross and Ruby Viovos), plus reappointments to the Board of Zoning Appeals (Will Harrelson and John Schweser), were each moved and approved.

Separately, Missus Knight read Resolution R12026 authorizing the sale during 2026 of municipally owned personal property not needed for public use, referenced Ohio Rev. Code §721.15(D), and council moved to suspend the readings and adopt the resolution by roll call.

No citizen comments were recorded at the meeting. Council closed business after communications and announcements and encouraged residents to attend upcoming events and to tour the county jail report as invited by county officials earlier in the meeting.

Next steps: Council will continue its regular schedule and follow any public‑hearing notices related to county proposals that affect city residents.