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Lorain City Council moves to place 1.7‑mill fire levy renewal on ballot after special meeting
Summary
During a special meeting called by council members, the Lorain City Council passed a resolution to submit a 1.7‑mill property tax levy renewal for five years for the city fire department to the ballot; the resolution passed unanimously with nine members present.
Lorain City Council convened a special meeting and voted to submit a 1.7‑mill property tax levy renewal for five years to the ballot to fund and maintain the Lorain City Fire Department.
The special call letter, read aloud during the meeting and dated 01/26/2026, stated the council would meet on 01/27/2026 no earlier than 5:30 p.m. The letter was read by an unnamed meeting participant and listed signatures from Tony of the Monkeath, Pam Carter and Angel Arroyo. The resolution was introduced as "legislation first reading item 4a," described in the read text as a renewal of a 1.7‑mill levy for a five‑year period, "for the purpose of providing and maintaining adequate and consistent fire service, apparatus, buildings, and sites necessary for the Lorain City Fire Department," and cited Ohio Revised Code section 5705.19.
Councilors moved to suspend the rules to consider the item immediately. According to the transcript the suspension motion was offered during the meeting and was seconded; the council then proceeded to vote on the resolution. Unidentified Speaker 2 declared, "The resolution has passed unanimously." Earlier in the meeting an attendee reported, "We have 9 members present this evening," and the resolution was recorded as passing unanimously by those present.
The action taken by the council was to submit the levy question to the electors; it does not itself impose a tax. Voters will decide whether to renew the 1.7‑mill levy for five years. The read resolution also included language declaring an emergency under the cited Ohio statute.
Absent members were listed during roll call as "missus Franowski, mister Thornsberry, and president Aradondo." The special-meeting notice and the resolution text as read in the meeting are the basis for this report; where names or spellings in the transcript are inconsistent, this article uses the wording as read and notes inconsistencies in the audit and clarifying details.
The council adjourned after the vote.
