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Shelby City Council approves several charter amendments, adopts 2025 revenue estimate and accepts opioid-settlement funds; one amendment postponed
Summary
The Shelby City Council passed multiple charter amendments and appropriations, authorized a project modification and an agreement for economic development services, adopted a preliminary 2025 revenue estimate, accepted a small opioid-settlement payment for DARE, and postponed one charter amendment pending Board of Elections legal review.
The Shelby City Council met in regular session and approved a series of charter amendments and resolutions, advanced its 2025 budget process and made several administrative approvals while postponing one charter amendment at the request of the local Board of Elections.
The council passed Ordinances No. 9, 10, 11 and 12 on their third readings, approving proposed amendments to multiple charter sections and standardizing language (for example, replacing gendered pronouns where noted). Council also adopted Ordinance No. 15 to update and correct the codified ordinances and suspended the usual three-reading rule so clerical corrections could take effect immediately. On appropriations, the council passed Ordinance No. 16 and approved an amendment to add $5,000 to the general-fund computer-support line so Council could pay for OneDrive access and related support.
A motion to postpone the third reading of Ordinance No. 13 (an amendment to section 53 of the charter) carried after members said the Board of Elections had asked for time to obtain a legal opinion and to allow an absent councilmember to vote. Council’s motion to postpone was supported by roll call and will bring Ordinance 13 back at the next meeting.
On resolutions, the council authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with the Community Improvement Corporation of Shelby for an economic development manager and declared an emergency so the arrangement could proceed. The council also approved a project modification with Richland Engineering Ltd. for the Shelby Street gate project that increases the contract by $43,255; members were told roughly 90% of that cost will be covered through highway funding and about 10% by the city’s OPWC allotment.
Council adopted Resolution No. 29, a preliminary annual revenue estimate for fiscal 2025, which staff described as the first step in preparing the budget and subject to later adjustment once county figures are finalized. The council also took up Resolution No. 30 to accept the material terms of a national opioid-settlement payment tied to Kroger pharmacies; staff described the payment to the city as modest (discussed in the meeting as roughly a couple thousand to possibly up to $5,000 per year) and said the funds will be allocated to the local DARE program.
There was no public comment. Routine committee reports, project updates (including an executed contract for the Shelby Avenue waterline and temporary patching on Mickey Road ahead of a later reconstruction), and an update that vendor work is scheduled to resolve splash-pad equipment and chemical-control issues were included in staff reports. The meeting closed with brief miscellaneous announcements and an adjournment at about 7:51 p.m.
Council members voting on the recorded measures cast roll-call votes; the meeting record shows the ordinances and resolutions passed by the recorded majorities (the council noted one member was absent due to a medical procedure). The item postponed (Ordinance 13) will return for further review after the Board of Elections obtains legal guidance and the absent member can participate.
