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Bentleyville council adopts employee pay ordinance, approves $144,479.41 in bills, budget amendment and stormwater services agreement
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 2025-52 (amended) on employee compensation, approved January bills totaling $144,479.41, passed a budget amendment that included a transfer to the Road Fund and $28,000 for police vehicle upfitting, and authorized a Phase II stormwater services agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health.
The Village of Bentleyville Council passed several fiscal and administrative measures at its Jan. 21 meeting, including an amended employee compensation ordinance, a bills-payment ordinance and a budget amendment that funds road reimbursements and police-vehicle upfitting.
Council considered Ordinance 2025-52 (establishing employee compensation for 2026). Members voted to suspend the three-reading rule; Council amended Exhibit A to remove the Fiscal Officer’s salary for separate consideration after discussion. The amended ordinance was adopted by roll call; recorded votes were Chalfant: yes; Hemmelgarn: yes; Rogers: yes; Kvacek: yes; Daniels: yes; Rubin: yes.
Council then adopted Ordinance 2026-01 to authorize payment of January bills totaling $144,479.41. The motion to adopt passed by roll-call vote with all members recorded as voting yes.
Council approved Resolution 2026-02 to amend the 2026 budget. Fiscal Officer Tammy Most told Council the amendment includes a transfer to the Road Fund to reimburse an HOA payment, an item recorded in the minutes as "$3.50 to the debt fund," and $28,000 for upfitting a police vehicle. The amendment also added revenue certifications for police training from a reimbursement check from the Ohio Attorney General and a check received from OBWC for an early-payment discount. The budget-amendment motion passed by roll call with Council member Ken Kvacek recorded as the lone no vote.
Council also authorized Resolution 2026-03 directing the mayor to sign an agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health to continue Phase II stormwater services. Engineer Jeff Filarski described the services and cost as reasonable; Fiscal Officer Most confirmed budgeted funding. The resolution passed with Kvacek recorded as voting no.
Meeting minutes record motions, roll-call tallies and the council’s votes; they do not include verbatim debate. Where the minutes list numerical items that appear unclear (for example, an item listed as "$3.50 to the debt fund" in the budget amendment), the minutes do not clarify whether that figure is a typographical error. The council did not record additional public comments on these items in the minutes.
The council adjourned at 8:33 p.m.
