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Walton Hills council adopts tax, levy and budget resolutions and approves ordinances; authorizes grant applications
Summary
During its June meeting the Walton Hills Village Council adopted multiple tax- and budget-related resolutions (2025-21 through 2025-25), introduced a first reading on a debt/intent resolution (2025-26), and approved two ordinances (2025-7 and 2025-8); motions were made under suspension in several cases and voice affirmative responses were recorded in the meeting.
The Walton Hills Village Council during its June 17 meeting moved quickly through a series of fiscal and administrative items, adopting multiple resolutions and ordinances that set tax levies, advance collections and authorize contracts and grant applications.
Council introduced and adopted Resolution 2025-21, described in the meeting as the resolution adopting the village tax budget for fiscal year 2026, and declared an emergency to permit immediate effect. Council then adopted Resolution 2025-22, accepting amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission and authorizing necessary tax levies to be certified to the county auditor. The council also adopted Resolution 2025-23 requesting the county auditor advance taxes from levies collected in 2026 (the meeting cited "section number 321 at 34 of the revised code of the state of Ohio").
Council introduced Resolution 2025-24 authorizing the mayor and fiscal officer to enter into a contract for specialized construction/maintenance and adopted it under suspension. The meeting adopted Resolution 2025-25 authorizing the mayor to apply to the Northeast Ohio Regional entity named in the transcript as the "Sore District" for potential capital infrastructure grant funding. Council held a first reading of Resolution 2025-26, authorizing the fiscal officer to make declarations of official intent under Treasury regulations (section referenced in the meeting), and deferred any suspension or final vote pending attorney review of changed verbiage.
On ordinances, council introduced and adopted Ordinance 2025-7, authorizing certification of delinquent property-maintenance, trash collection and repair assessments to the county auditor for collection, and adopted Ordinance 2025-8, which amends the 2025 budget to make additional appropriations during the year.
The meeting record shows motions to suspend rules and voice affirmative responses were used for several items; the transcript records affirmative "yes" responses but does not provide a roll-call tally in the meeting text. Council also voted to recess for July and August, with the caveat that special meetings would be called if necessary. No formal roll-call vote counts were recorded in the transcript excerpts provided.
