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Waverly council schedules Dec. 10 special meeting after member leaves; action on budget transfers and police policy delayed
Summary
Councilmember departure reduced the meeting to four members, preventing the dispensing of second and third readings and voiding prior votes on Resolution 97-2025 (intra-fund transfers) and action on Ordinance 98-2025 (WPD policy updates); a special council meeting was scheduled for Dec. 10 to take those items up.
WAVERLY — A councilmember’s departure reduced the Village of Waverly’s meeting to four members, prompting council members to conclude they could not legally dispense with second and third readings and voiding prior votes on key items. The council scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers to re-read and vote on the affected items.
At the start of the session the record shows Councilman Brian Blakeman left the meeting, and the clerk confirmed a quorum with four members present (Glass, Gideon, Wilks and Evans). Council proceeded through several items but later determined that dispensing second and third readings of ordinances and resolutions requires concurrence by five members; because only four were present, the council concluded votes that relied on dispensed readings (including Resolution 97-2025 and Ordinance 98-2025) could not stand and would need to be revisited at a subsequent meeting.
Resolution 97-2025 would have moved appropriations between lines within individual funds. The resolution lists specific transfers including a $50,000 decrease from Streets/Parks paving and a $50,000 increase to Bridge Street parks new equipment; a $6,325 decrease in Police fringes with a corresponding $6,325 increase for Police radios; a $5,000 shift from Fire fringes to Fire equipment repair; and a $5,000 move from General board of health to auditor and staff (SEG 323–SEG 336). Council members noted that moving those funds is the primary concern that requires timely action, but they agreed a special meeting was necessary to obtain the legally required membership for dispensing readings and completing votes.
Ordinance 98-2025 would have adopted new and updated policies for the Waverly Police Department and directed the mayor, chief of police and relevant officers to implement the policies. Because the council determined it could not lawfully dispense the second and third readings with only four members present, the item will be reintroduced at the Dec. 10 special meeting for re-reading and a final vote.
The clerk announced the special council meeting will be held Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers specifically to address resolutions 97 and 98-2025. The meeting also included routine announcements about the next regular council meeting (Dec. 17) and planning commission meeting (Dec. 19).
