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Port Clinton council adopts emergency ordinance to match Ohio filing rule change, approves two CRA renewals
Summary
At its Nov. 10 meeting, Port Clinton City Council adopted Ordinance 30-25 as an emergency measure to align the city's code with a state change lowering the electronic filing threshold for employers, approved two Community Reinvestment Area renewals for local businesses and adopted a previously tabled ordinance after executive session.
Port Clinton City Council on Nov. 10 voted to adopt Ordinance 30-25, invoking the emergency clause so the city's codified ordinances match a recent change in the Ohio Revised Code that reduces the threshold for mandatory electronic employer filings from 25 employees to 10.
Law Director Ms. Brant said the ordinance is necessary because the state requirement changed; Income Tax Commissioner Ms. Byrant added that the change aligns local filing practice with IRS and state rules and that the city has accepted electronic filings since 2022. Council approved motions to waive additional readings, retain the emergency clause and adopt the ordinance; recorded roll-call results listed Mrs. Gillman, Mr. Morgan, Ms. Phillips, Ms. Hovis, Mrs. King and Mr. Robinson as voting yes and the motions carried 6–0.
The council also approved two Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) renewals. Resolution 25-8, to continue the CRA agreement for Buckeye Community Seventy-Six LP, and Resolution 25-9, to continue the CRA agreement for RAR Hospitality, LLC, were each granted waivers of additional readings and adopted unanimously (6–0). Administration (represented in the minutes by Mr. Bickley) asked that the resolutions be adopted on first reading so the city clerk can forward the documents to the State of Ohio before year end; Ms. Shenker explained to Council that resolutions are not subject to the three-reading requirement applicable to ordinances.
After an executive session called to discuss a personnel matter and possible litigation, the council returned and moved to un-table and then adopt Ordinance 26-25. The minutes record the final motion as "carried 4–1–1"; the minutes do not specify individual member votes for that tally and they do not provide the ordinance’s subject matter or full text.
Council received several routine administrative reports: the auditor presented the October financial report (accepted by motion), and the auditor previewed an ordinance for yearend budget adjustments and an upcoming RFQ and contract authorization for Sandusky Bay Pathway work. First readings were scheduled for Nov. 25, 2025 on Ordinance 32-25 (authorizing a space-use agreement with the Ottawa County Commissioners) and Ordinance 33-25 (annual temporary appropriations covering January–March 2026); no substantive debate on those items occurred at the Nov. 10 meeting.
Interim Safety Service Director Mr. Sass, newly welcomed to the role, thanked the mayor and council and told members, "We are going to work on this together and keep things moving." The meeting concluded after routine comments and an adjournment at 7:47 p.m.
Votes at a glance: Ordinance 30-25 — waived readings, emergency clause retained and adopted (voice roll call recorded 6–0); Resolution 25-8 (Buckeye Community Seventy-Six LP CRA renewal) — waived readings and adopted (6–0); Resolution 25-9 (RAR Hospitality, LLC CRA renewal) — waived readings and adopted (6–0); Ordinance 26-25 — un-tabled and adopted (motion recorded as 4–1–1; individual votes not specified in the minutes).
What’s next: Ordinance 29-25 and the first readings of Ordinance 32-25 and 33-25 are scheduled for second reading on Nov. 25, 2025; the auditor also indicated a yearend budget-adjustment ordinance will be forthcoming.
