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Fostoria council approves sewer deal with Seneca, waives readings for RETA subpoenas and emergency fire donations and rejects police fact-finder report
Summary
At its May meeting the Fostoria City Council adopted intergovernmental sewer-service and housing-policy resolutions, authorized a RETA subpoena program, appropriated unexpected fire donations for safety equipment and training, and voted to reject a fact-finder report in police union mediation.
The Fostoria City Council on May 20, 2026, approved a package of measures including a sewer-service agreement with Seneca County, adoption of revised Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) policies, authorization for the Regional Income Tax Agency (RETA) to issue administrative subpoenas, and an emergency appropriation for unanticipated fire-donation funds. The council also voted to reject the fact-finder’s report in mediation with the city’s police union.
The council adopted the intergovernmental sewer-services resolution as Resolution No. 2026-37 after a roll call vote. The council then approved the CHIP Policies and Procedures Manual revision and authorized Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (GLCAP) to submit the program to the Ohio Department of Development; that measure became Resolution No. 2026-38. The director of finance had asked the council to waive three readings on the RETA agreement and on the fire-donations appropriation to meet administrative deadlines and to allow prompt issuance of purchase orders.
"I'm gonna ask that we waive the 3 readings to meet the deadline for that," the director of finance said regarding the RETA agreement. Council members voted to suspend the three-reading rule and then adopted the resolution authorizing the finance director to enter the RETA subpoena agreement; the measure became Resolution No. 2026-39.
The council also moved to waive readings and adopt an ordinance transferring and appropriating funds in the fire donations fund to pay for CO2 and smoke detectors, rescue equipment and safety training; that ordinance was recorded as Ordinance No. 2026-40.
Later in the meeting the council entered executive session at 6:29 p.m. for personnel matters related to collective bargaining and returned at 6:53 p.m. Following that session a motion to formally reject the fact-finder’s report and recommendation in mediation case 2025-MED-09-0983 — involving the City of Fostoria and the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association — was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
All recorded roll calls referenced in the transcript show affirmative votes for the items listed above. The meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
What happens next: ordinances that were adopted under emergency declarations and the RETA agreement will move to implementation steps in city administration; the CHIP submission will proceed via GLCAP to the state as authorized by the council.
