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Silver Lake council adopts code correction and tax measures in unanimous votes
Summary
The Village of Silver Lake Council unanimously adopted three ordinances on Aug. 18, 2025: a correction to the planning and zoning code (Section 1133.04(c)), authorization for the Summit County Fiscal Officer to advance 2025 local taxes payable in 2026, and acceptance of amounts and rates set by the Summit County Budget Commission.
The Village of Silver Lake Council unanimously adopted three ordinances at its Aug. 18, 2025 meeting, including a correction to the village planning and zoning code and two routine tax measures.
Law Director Patricia Ambrose Rubright told Council that published codified ordinances contained language errors after sequential Planning Commission amendments. Ordinance No. 64-2025 restores the intended text of Section 1133.04(c), governing fences, walls and hedges, which had been inadvertently altered when an unrelated amendment to subsection (d) on outdoor lighting was applied to (c). Council President Matt Plesich and Council members moved the item through suspension of the rules and adoption; Mr. Phil Kaplan made the motions to suspend and to adopt, both seconded by Ms. Suzanne Garrett, and both roll-call votes were recorded 5–0 in favor.
Ms. Suzanne Garrett read Ordinance No. 65-2025, an annual measure authorizing the Summit County Fiscal Officer to advance local tax receipts for the benefit of the village for tax year 2025, payable in 2026. Council suspended the rules (motion by Ms. Garrett, second by Mrs. Betsy Meyer) and adopted the ordinance on a 5–0 roll call (motion by Ms. Garrett, second by Mr. Kaplan).
Ordinance No. 66-2025 directs the village to accept amounts and rates as determined by the Summit County Budget Commission and to certify necessary levies to the County Fiscal Officer. Clerk-Treasurer Sean M. Housley noted that the millage rate has not changed in recent years and that property valuation, not a rate increase, would drive changes in property-tax revenue. Council suspended the rules (motion by Ms. Garrett, second by Mr. DiCaudo) and adopted the ordinance unanimously (motion by Ms. Garrett, second by Mr. Kaplan).
All three measures were advanced and adopted under suspension of the usual three-reading process; each suspension and adoption carried 5–0 on roll-call votes.
The council will next meet on Sept. 2, 2025.
