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Buckeye Lake council approves several appropriation ordinances and adds Development Director to 2026 pay plan
Summary
The Buckeye Lake Village Council on Oct. 13 adopted a series of appropriation ordinances, added emergency language to revenue legislation and amended a temporary 2026 pay plan to create a Development Director position with an anticipated salary range of $65,000–$80,000. The mayor was authorized to begin negotiations on a related consulting contract.
The Buckeye Lake Village Council unanimously approved a package of appropriation ordinances on Oct. 13 and amended a temporary 2026 pay plan to add a Development Director position with an anticipated salary range of $65,000 to $80,000.
Council President John Lemmon called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. After routine approvals of minutes and the treasurer’s report, the council suspended its rules and adopted Ordinances 2025-59, 2025-60, 2025-61 (declaring an emergency), 2025-63 (with emergency language added), 2025-64 and Ordinance 2025-65 as amended. Council votes for those adoptions were recorded as unanimous (7-0) where noted in the minutes.
The most consequential amendment attached to the temporary 2026 pay plan was approved by motion to add a Development Director position. Councilor Wadley moved the amendment (seconded by Councilor Keener); the motion passed and the ordinance was adopted as amended. The council recorded the anticipated salary range for the new position as $65,000 to $80,000 a year.
Councilor Deb Julian raised a linked personnel and contract issue regarding Ordinance 2024-18, a services contract with OHM. Julian said that the OHM contract is written to auto-renew through Dec. 31, 2026 unless either party opts out by Nov. 1 of 2024 or 2025, and that $48,000 of the approximately $80,000 cited for the Development Director was attributable to OHM contract costs. The council voted to allow the mayor to enter negotiations with OHM and to present any negotiated contract back to council for approval (motion by Council President Lemmon, seconded by Councilor Keener; passed 7-0).
The council’s Finance Committee reported that it had reviewed Parks and General Administration budgets and will next address police, fire and public works as it works toward a first reading of the full 2026 budget on Nov. 10.
Actions recorded in the minutes include motions to suspend rules and formal roll-call adoptions for each ordinance cited above. These are formal legislative actions recorded as adopted or moved to the next reading where the minutes state so. The minutes show no recorded dissent on the final ordinance votes.
The council set a next regular meeting for Oct. 27, 2025. The mayor was directed to negotiate on the OHM contract and return any proposed contract changes to council for approval.
