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Council reviews administrative reports and conducts first readings on ordinances; no final votes tonight
Summary
Council heard administrative reports, including museum and department updates, and held first readings on the 2026 appropriations (emergency clause), internet auction authorization (ORC 721.15(d)), rezoning and other ordinances. With two members absent, council took no final votes on ordinances; routine motions to excuse absences and adjourn carried by roll call.
After public comment and the zoning hearing, council moved to administrative reports and a sequence of first readings.
Council heard from the mayor about the Garst Museum and a national municipal magazine reporter interested in the city's tornado replanting story. The law director announced a staffing transition in his office. Finance and planning items were placed on first reading, including an ordinance appropriating funds for 2026 with an emergency clause, a resolution authorizing the use of internet auction pursuant to ORC 721.15(d) for disposal of personal property, an ordinance to rezone lots on 13th Street, a resolution authorizing federal IIJA funding applications through the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission for Schweitzer Street reconstruction, an ordinance authorizing sick-leave donations for employee Tiffany Webb (retroactive to 12/24/2025, emergency clause), and an ordinance vacating an alley to Wayne Hospital for right-of-way purposes.
Council members noted that because two members were absent they could only complete first readings tonight; the law director and staff will prepare final ordinance language for subsequent readings and votes. During the meeting council passed procedural motions by roll call to excuse absences for January and later to adjourn the session.
No final passage votes on the listed ordinances occurred; they remain scheduled for follow-up readings.
