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Northfield council approves tax levies, creates local opioid settlement fund and amends firefighter holiday policy
Summary
At its Sept. 14 meeting the Village of Northfield council unanimously adopted Resolution 2022-49 setting tax amounts and rates, Resolution 2022-50 to establish a local OneOhio opioid settlement fund, and Ordinance 2022-51 amending full-time firefighter holiday provisions; Ordinance 2022-52 on sewer fees advanced to a second reading.
The Village of Northfield council on Sept. 14 unanimously approved several emergency measures, including a resolution that accepts the amounts and rates determined by the Summit County Budget Commission, creation of a local OneOhio opioid settlement fund, and an emergency ordinance changing holiday provisions for full‑time firefighters.
Law Director Brad Bryan read each item by title during the meeting. Councilmember Alan Hipps moved to suspend the three‑reading rule on multiple pieces of legislation; those motions to suspend and subsequent adoption motions passed on unanimous roll‑call votes from the councilmembers recorded in the minutes.
Why it matters: The resolution accepting amounts and rates implements the tax levies that the county budget commission certified and is a routine step that allows the village to proceed with levies for budgetary purposes. Establishing a local OneOhio opioid settlement fund creates a mechanism to receive, account for and spend settlement proceeds the village may receive as part of statewide opioid litigation distributions. The firefighter holiday ordinance changes how holidays apply to full‑time firefighters; the measure was adopted as an emergency ordinance.
Votes at a glance - Resolution No. 2022‑49 (Accepting amounts and rates as determined by the Summit County Budget Commission): motion to adopt moved by Alan Hipps, seconded by Renell Noack; roll‑call vote recorded as Ferko-yes, Noack-yes, Magistrelli-yes, Hipps-yes, Lewis-yes; outcome: approved. - Resolution No. 2022‑50 (Authorizing the Director of Finance to establish a Village Local OneOhio Opioid Settlement Fund): motion to adopt moved by Renell Noack, seconded by Alan Hipps; roll‑call vote recorded as Ferko-yes, Noack-yes, Magistrelli-yes, Hipps-yes, Lewis-yes; outcome: approved. - Ordinance No. 2022‑51 (Amending section 246.10(e) relating to holidays for full‑time firefighters): motion to adopt moved by Renell Noack, seconded by Alan Hipps; roll‑call vote recorded as Ferko-yes, Noack-yes, Magistrelli-yes, Hipps-yes, Lewis-yes; outcome: approved (emergency ordinance). - Ordinance No. 2022‑52 (Amending section 1042.14 relating to sewer maintenance fee charges): read by title and advanced to a second reading at the next council meeting; no final vote recorded at this meeting.
What council members said: The minutes show motions to suspend the three‑reading rule and to adopt were moved and seconded by councilmembers in nearly identical patterns across the items; the law director read each title and the roll‑call votes were recorded in the minutes. The minutes do not record extended debate on these items.
Next steps: Ordinance 2022‑52 will return for a second reading at the council's next meeting. For the newly created local OneOhio fund, the finance director will be authorized to establish and manage the fund to receive any opioid settlement proceeds the village is allocated.
The meeting adjourned at 7:53 p.m.
