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Baltimore Village council adopts three ordinances, approves vehicle auction and cancels May 25 meeting
Summary
Council unanimously adopted ordinances revising animal rules, deleting the tree chapter, and prohibiting parking on part of Company Street (emergency). Members also approved auctioning three surplus vehicles and canceled the May 25 meeting for Memorial Day.
The Baltimore Village council completed a set of formal actions on ordinances and municipal business during the meeting.
Ordinances: The council adopted three ordinances after brief discussion. Ordinance 2026‑12 (amending animal rules including farm animals and chickens), Ordinance 2026‑14 (deleting the village tree chapter), and Ordinance 2026‑15 (establishing a no‑parking zone on Company Street and declared an emergency to make it effective immediately) were each moved, seconded and approved by roll call votes with council members recorded as voting in favor.
Surplus vehicles: Council approved a motion to auction three surplus vehicles — a 2011 Chevy Tahoe, a 2010 Ford Escape and a 2012 Ford Transit Connect — and directed staff to apply proceeds according to fund restrictions (staff noted proceeds would return to the water budget where appropriate and dependent on original purchase fund).
Meeting schedule: Council voted to cancel the May 25 meeting due to Memorial Day.
Executive session: The solicitor requested a brief executive session to discuss pending litigation and recommended excluding one council member from that discussion because of an active lawsuit filed by that member against the village; council approved the executive session with one recorded abstention.
Next steps: Ordinances take effect per their provisions (the parking ordinance was declared an emergency), and staff will complete title work and auction logistics for the surplus vehicles prior to sale.
