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St. Bernard council adopts retail-electricity agreement, OPWC application and multiple ordinances; keeps residential trash rate at $15
Summary
The Village Council unanimously adopted Resolution 6 (authorizing a retail electricity agreement), Resolution 8 (to apply to the Ohio Public Works Commission), and several ordinances including code edits and appropriations. Council also moved Ordinance 35 (residential solid-waste fee) to regular course while retaining the $15 monthly rate; landfill disposal cost increases were described as approximately 4% with per-ton figures unclear in the spoken record.
At its Nov. 21 meeting the St. Bernard Village Council voted unanimously to adopt a package of resolutions and ordinances affecting procurement, public-works funding applications and the municipal code.
Resolution 6, read by the clerk, authorizes the director of public services and safety to enter into a retail electricity agreement through the Center for Local Government Electricity Consortium. After a motion to suspend further readings, council adopted Resolution 6 by a recorded vote of 7–0.
The council also suspended and adopted Resolution 7, a statement of support for America250 Ohio, and Resolution 8, which authorizes the village to prepare and submit applications to the Ohio Public Works Commission for state capital or local transportation improvement funding. The clerk read each resolution and the council adopted them by unanimous recorded votes.
On ordinances, the council gave first readings and in several cases suspended additional readings and adopted changes to the codified ordinances. Ordinance 30 (a new Chapter 1340 concerning registration of vacant residential, commercial and industrial buildings) will proceed through the regular course. Ordinance 31 amends the property maintenance code (chapter 1335) and includes a number of changes focused on short-term rental properties; it will go through the regular course after committee review. Ordinance 33 (edits to traffic and general-offenses codes to comply with state law) and Ordinance 34 (authorizing transfers and additional appropriations) were both suspended and adopted by recorded votes (7–0).
Council also addressed Ordinance 35, which authorizes the solid-waste collection fee for residential accounts in 2025. The safety and service director, Mr Wardman, said the ordinance does not increase the $15 monthly residential fee that residents currently pay; however, he noted that the village’s disposal costs paid to the landfill "will increase approximately 4% in calendar year 2025." The director’s spoken description of the per-ton figures in the meeting record was inconsistent and unclear; the transcript does not provide a definitive per-ton dollar figure. Council moved Ordinance 35 to regular course so it can receive the additional readings the council discussed.
All recorded roll-call votes in which the clerk called the role were unanimous in favor (7–0) where votes were taken that evening. Several items were placed on the table for future action or additional readings as noted by the clerk during the meeting.
