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Saint Bernard council suspends readings, adopts multiple ordinances including property and code revisions
Summary
The council suspended readings and adopted Ordinances 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 and 28 (most by unanimous vote; Ordinance 19 passed 6–1). The measures covered attendance/salary rules, weed and litter code changes, code revisions to comply with state law, a community revitalization grant agreement, fund transfers, and a June Street renovation contract.
The Village of Saint Bernard council took a series of formal votes during its meeting, adopting eight ordinances after motions by Council President Schultmeyer and other members.
Ordinance No. 19-2024 (amending council person attendance at meetings, salary reduction, vacation of office and declaring an emergency) was adopted after a third reading; the clerk recorded six ayes and one nay and the mayor announced the ordinance "is adopted as read." The transcript does not specify which council member voted no.
Ordinance Nos. 20-2024 and 21-2024 (both amending sections of the codified ordinances regarding weed and litter removal) were each adopted on third reading by unanimous roll call (7 ayes). Ordinance No. 22-2024 (abatement of violations) was adopted after the council voted to suspend the third reading and then adopt (7 ayes).
Council also moved to suspend second and third readings and adopted Ordinance No. 25-2024, which approves edits and code inclusions to revise traffic and general offenses codes to comply with state law (7 ayes). Ordinance No. 26-2024, authorizing the mayor to enter a joint agreement with the Board of County Commissioners to administer a community revitalization grant, was suspended and adopted (7 ayes). Ordinance No. 27-2024 authorized fund transfers and additional appropriations and was adopted after suspension of additional readings (7 ayes).
For Ordinance No. 28-2024 (authorizing a contract for June Street renovation with JK Mirror Corporation), the council briefly placed the item on the table and then approved a motion to suspend further readings and adopted the ordinance by unanimous vote (7 ayes).
All adoptions were recorded in the meeting transcript; the minutes and the clerk's roll calls provide vote tallies, but the transcript does not consistently attribute individual yea/nay votes to named members for every ordinance.
Votes at a glance: - Ordinance 19-2024 — Adopted; recorded 6 ayes, 1 nay. - Ordinance 20-2024 — Adopted; 7 ayes. - Ordinance 21-2024 — Adopted; 7 ayes. - Ordinance 22-2024 — Adopted after suspension; 7 ayes. - Ordinance 25-2024 — Adopted after suspension; 7 ayes. - Ordinance 26-2024 — Adopted after suspension; 7 ayes. - Ordinance 27-2024 — Adopted after suspension; 7 ayes. - Ordinance 28-2024 — Adopted after suspension; 7 ayes.
The council did not debate extensive amendments to the ordinances during the meeting; several ordinances were adopted after motions to suspend additional readings.
The meeting record shows where each ordinance was read and the roll call tallies; those passages serve as the official adoption record for the items listed above.
