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Votes at a glance: Cortland Council approves routine measures, several resolutions
Summary
The Cortland City Council approved minutes, bills, bank reconciliation and a set of resolutions and appointments on April 20, 2026; a few items had abstentions noted and several items were first readings only.
At its April 20 meeting the Cortland City Council recorded the following formal actions.
• Minutes — Council approved the minutes of the April 6, 2026 meeting (unanimous roll call).
• Schedule of bills — Council approved bills totaling $109,124.82; Chelsea Monroe recorded an abstention and other members voted yes.
• Bank reconciliation — Council approved the bank reconciliation ending March 31, 2026 by roll call.
• O-13-26 (asphalt resurfacing, Shelly and Sands Inc.) — Second reading; council voted to authorize the city to enter into the contract for the 2026 asphalt resurfacing program (approved by roll call).
• R-24-26 (participation in ODOT road salt contracts) — Council approved participation in Ohio Department of Transportation road salt contracts (roll-call vote; one abstention recorded).
• R-25-26 (distribution of city wages chart amendment) — Council approved an amendment to the wage-distribution chart to add the director of public service (roll call yes votes recorded).
• R-26-26 (authorize mayor to cancel West Main/Mosquito Lake project) — Council authorized the mayor to cancel the project; six yes votes, one abstention (Chris Wadley).
• Appointments — Heather Victor was approved to the Parks and Recreation Board (term exp. Dec. 31, 2029), and Terry Barnofsky, Assistant Finance Director, was approved as the mayor’s Public Records Trainee Designee (both approved by roll call).
• O-14-26 (firefighter turnout gear and portable ventilation fan) and O-15-26 (scope change for DS Architecture LLC) were introduced as first readings; no final adoption occurred at this meeting.
The council adjourned after public comments and departmental reports. Where the transcript recorded roll-call names, abstentions were recorded as noted; exact vote tallies are taken from the meeting record as announced during the roll calls.
