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Bentleyville council adopts package of ordinances, budget amendment and salt contract participation
Summary
The Village of Bentleyville council on April 15 unanimously adopted a series of ordinances and a budget amendment, approved participation in the ODOT 2026 salt contracts, and authorized funds for a pickup truck and tree work. Several measures were adopted by roll call under emergency suspension.
The Village of Bentleyville council on April 15 adopted multiple ordinances and a budget amendment, suspending the usual three-reading rule on several emergency items and approving participation in ODOT road salt contracts for 2026.
Ordinances and resolutions approved included 2026‑05 (amendment to Section 672 Appendix B updating hunting/permit language and raising permit-fee language as amended), 2026‑06 (code updates to align with the Ohio Revised Code), Resolution 2026‑11 (a second amendment to the Cleveland MetroParks lease), Ordinance 2026‑16 (payment of April bills totaling $110,859.19), Resolution 2026‑17 (participation in the 2026 ODOT road salt contracts), Ordinance 2026‑18 (authorizing the Service Director to purchase a used pickup truck up to $30,000 through Dec. 31, 2026), and Ordinance/Resolution 2026‑19 (a 2026 budget amendment that, among other line items, set aside $30,000 for a potential truck purchase and $12,000 for possible dead-tree/right‑of‑way removal). All votes recorded in the minutes were unanimous either by voice vote or by roll call.
Council President Ryan Rubin presided over several motions, and individual roll-call tallies for the roll‑call votes show Chalfant, Hemmelgarn, Rogers, Kvacek, Daniels and Rubin voting "Yes" on the recorded items. For measures adopted under suspension of the three‑reading rule, Rubin moved and Chalfant seconded; for other measures movers and seconders are recorded in the minutes as indicated at the meeting.
The budget amendment (2026‑19) was described in the minutes as intended to make funds available for the pickup-truck purchase and tree removal, with an explicit caution from Councilmember Ken Kvacek that remaining questions about specific tree removals would be resolved before funds were spent. The minutes record that authorization to advertise for refuse and recycling bids was also approved, with bids to be opened May 15, 2026.
The meeting concluded after an executive session called for confidential matters. The minutes do not record substantive discussion from the executive session.
