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Youngstown council fails to suspend rules; emergency ordinances, resolution moved to second reading
Summary
After two attempts to suspend council rules fell short of the six-vote threshold, the council moved Resolution 1 and ordinances 2–18 — including a $50,000 payment authorization to No Cut Meals LLC — to second reading rather than approving them as emergency measures.
Youngstown City Council on Feb. 4, 2026, failed to secure the six votes required to treat emergency measures as immediate business, sending a county-plan ratification resolution and ordinances 2–18 to a second reading.
Councilman Ray moved to suspend council rules and place Resolution 1 (authorizing Mahoning County solid waste management plan update ratification) before the body for passage as an emergency item. The roll call…
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