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Golf Manor council approves first-of-year resolutions, moves to renew two levies
Summary
Golf Manor Village council on Jan. 20 approved five opening 2026 resolutions — including requests to the county auditor to front-load tax distributions, the retroactive appointment of the village solicitor, and initiation of renewal levies for operating and roads — and waived readings to expedite an ordinance creating a termination-benefits reserve.
Golf Manor Village Council approved a package of first-of-year measures on Jan. 20 that included routine cash-flow and staffing actions and launched the statutory process to renew two existing property tax levies.
The council unanimously passed Resolution 2026-1, a request that the county auditor front-load discretionary tax distributions so the village has operating cash early in the year. The council also approved Resolution 2026-2 to retroactively formalize the appointment and compensation of the village solicitor, Benjamin J. Yoder of Bricker Graydon; Yoder told the council he had been functioning in the role since Dec. 6 and that the written resolution would “memorialize” that arrangement.
Council members then approved two “resolutions of necessity” — 2026-4 (current expenses) and 2026-5 (streets and roads) — to start the statutory levy-renewal steps that send a proposed renewal to the county auditor for certification and, if certified, to the ballot. The solicitor outlined the sequence: council passes a resolution of necessity, the auditor certifies the expected yield, then council may adopt a resolution to proceed to place the renewal on the ballot.
Separately, council voted to waive the charter’s three-reading requirement and to adopt Ordinance 2026-1 by title. The ordinance establishes a termination-benefits fund — an accounting reserve intended to pay accrued paid time off and related separation payouts — and the administration recommended an initial projection of about $294,000 based on a five-year liability forecast of vacation, sick, holiday and other leave with a 120-hour vacation-rollover cap. The solicitor and staff stressed the fund is an accounting tool that preserves flexibility and does not change the village’s total appropriations.
The measures passed on recorded roll calls or voice votes as noted in the meeting record. The council also approved making any technical corrections to agenda and minutes that were raised earlier in the meeting. The next procedural step for the levy renewals is auditor certification and, if certified, formal placement on the ballot.
