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Votes at a glance: Bryan City Council, Jan. 5, 2026
Summary
Council elected John Betts president, approved minutes and committee assignments, authorized a grant application for the police department, waived a local liquor hearing for Saunders Theatre, approved police recruitment testing, and voted to enter executive session on employment and compensation.
Key actions taken by the Bryan City Council on Jan. 5, 2026:
- Leadership: Council elected John Betts as 2026 council president and selected Rick for vice president. The motion to nominate and elect the leadership slate was moved, seconded and approved.
- Minutes and committees: Council approved minutes for Dec. 15 and Dec. 29 (special meeting) and adopted the proposed 2026 committee assignments (budget; finance and audit; tax incentive review; negotiations; revolving loan fund; BIPAC). Prevailing wage and ADA coordinators were noted.
- Grant application: Council approved Resolution 1 20 26 authorizing the police chief to apply for the Ohio Law Enforcement Program grant, described as a recurring annual application.
- Liquor permit: Council voted to waive the local hearing for a liquor permit application by Saunders Theatre's Operation 3 LLC (two properties — sound shop and movie theater) and to forward the permit process to the state.
- Police hiring: Council granted permission to test to fill one police officer vacancy following a resignation.
- Executive session: Council voted to go into executive session to discuss employment and compensation of a public employee.
All items listed above were moved, seconded and recorded as approved in the meeting transcript. Where names or surnames appeared inconsistently in the transcript (for example, variations in a councilmember surname appearing as both "Hoopy" and "Coopy" in different lines), this summary uses the first names as recorded in the meeting to avoid misidentification.
