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Council approves acting village administrator job description; police chief confirmation deferred to executive session
Summary
Council approved an updated acting village administrator job description on April 21, and an interim administrator candidate introduced himself. The mayor's appointment of Rylan Reed as chief of police drew requests for an executive session, so the council deferred a public confirmation vote.
Council approved an amended job description for an acting village administrator designed to remove ambiguities between mayor, council and administrator duties. The village solicitor explained the changes and requested a motion to approve; council voted in favor on first reading.
Separately, the mayor circulated a resume for an interim administrator and introduced the candidate, who self‑identified as Nathan Cowell. Cowell told council he has more than 20 years of local government experience and is available to serve as interim administrator while a full recruitment is conducted.
On the police appointment, the mayor announced he had appointed Rylan Reed as chief of police and asked for a confirmation vote. Multiple council members expressed a preference to discuss the appointment in executive session before a public confirmation; the council signaled its intent to move into executive session under Ohio Revised Code provisions for personnel matters, and no public confirmation vote occurred at the meeting.
