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Youngstown council approves consent agenda and passes Exall Court sewer ordinance, 7-0
Summary
The Youngstown City Council approved the consent agenda (items 1—through—8) and passed Ordinance 26-1-21 authorizing the Exall Court Sanitary Sewer improvement project; council referred two zoning items to the planning commission and sent a late professional-services item to second reading.
The Youngstown City Council voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda and adopted Ordinance 26-1-21 on June 3.
Councilman Ray moved to suspend the rules and place ordinance items 1 through 8 on the consent agenda for passage; Councilman Oliver seconded. "Madam president, I make a motion that we suspend the rules of council and place ordinance items 1 through 8 before council for passage pursuant to the consent agenda," Ray said. The suspension motion passed on a roll-call vote of seven to zero, and the consent agenda items were recorded as passed by the same margin.
Among consent items read by the clerk was an ordinance authorizing payment to Vermeer All Road not to exceed $74,532.51. Council then took up Ordinance 26-1-21, which authorizes the Board of Control to advertise for bids and enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder for the Exall Court Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project. Ray made the motion for passage; the ordinance passed by a recorded vote of seven yes, zero no.
Council also moved to refer two rezoning requests to the planning commission rather than act at tonight's meeting. Item 9 concerns a zone classification change for property at 103 Will Willis Avenue; item 10 concerns a zone classification change at 531 South Springs Road. Both referrals were moved and seconded and will proceed through the planning commission process.
A late professional-services item (a proposed agreement with Bridal and Andrews Associates) was moved to a second reading so council and staff can obtain additional information from the law and finance departments; council members discussed whether portions of the requested information might require executive session and whether a site visit to Akron or a state emergency request should be considered before final action.
The meeting concluded with the administration notifying council that three union contracts (dispatch, wastewater and water) have been negotiated and approved by the unions and will be presented to the finance committee at the next meeting for council review.
