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Caucus votes to forward 3–13, 15–21 and a late item to full City Council
Summary
At the Youngstown City Council caucus, members moved and seconded a motion to send a package of ordinances, contracts and budget items (items 3–13, 15–21 and late item 1) to the full council for consideration; the caucus transcript records the motion but not the final floor votes.
Council Vice Chair Mike Ray opened the caucus and, after routine review of pending legislation, the chair put forward a consolidated motion.
The chair moved, and the motion was seconded, to send items 3 through 13, 15 through 21 and late item 1 to the full City Council for consideration and passage. The caucus transcript records the motion being made and seconded but does not include a recorded vote in caucus or the outcome on the Council floor.
The bundle includes routine personnel and capital items, contract authorizations and budget amendments discussed earlier in the caucus, among them the master salary ordinance, several park and facilities projects and a contract amendment related to an AFSCME bargaining unit. The caucus discussion preceding the motion covered technical questions and brief staff summaries; there were no recorded motions to remove individual items from the package during the caucus.
Next steps: the items, as bundled, will be placed on the full City Council agenda for formal consideration and votes. The caucus transcript does not record individual roll-call votes or final outcomes for the items when considered on the Council floor.
