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South Bloomfield council adopts emergency ordinance to create Utility Chief Operator position
Summary
Council unanimously passed Ordinance 2025-21 on an emergency basis to create a Utility Chief Operator role and directed staff to post the vacancy and accept applications.
The Village of South Bloomfield council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025-21 on Nov. 3, 2025, creating the position of Utility Chief Operator and waiving the second and third readings to pass the measure as an emergency.
Woody Blanton moved for the first reading of the ordinance and Lisa McDorman later moved to waive the remaining readings and pass it as an emergency; Ken Everts seconded the waiver motion. All six voting council members present — Ken Everts, Woody Blanton, Tom Ramsay, Lisa McDorman, Dena Cobb and Amber Murphy — voted yes. Mayor Aaron Thomas presided but is not recorded as voting in the roll-call recorded in the minutes.
Village Administrator Joe Allen told council the position will be posted and applications accepted; no candidate names were discussed at the meeting. Council briefly discussed posting and hiring logistics but did not set a hiring timeline at the Nov. 3 session.
The ordinance creates an authorization for the new utility-management role; the minutes do not specify salary, an effective date, or the ordinance’s full text. Those implementation details and the formal job posting were not included in the meeting record and will be determined by staff and future administrative action.
