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Port Clinton council adopts ordinance allowing interim safety director, waiving residency rule
Summary
At a Nov. 4 special meeting, the Port Clinton City Council adopted Ordinance 31-25 to authorize an interim Director of Safety and Service and waived the six-month residency requirement so former trustee Jim Sass can serve; all motions passed unanimously.
PORT CLINTON — The Port Clinton City Council on Nov. 4 adopted Ordinance 31-25 to authorize the mayor to appoint an interim Director of Safety and Service and to waive the usual six-month residency requirement for that interim appointment.
Council President Lisa Sarty opened the special meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Linda Hartlaub City Hall Chambers. Council member Jerry Tarolli moved to appoint Pat Hovis as acting Council Clerk; Avery Robinson seconded the motion and the appointment was approved by unanimous assent.
Mayor Snider told the council that Director of Safety and Service Colston has "an illness and may need to take a leave of absence," and that he had spoken with former Township Trustee and County Commissioner Jim Sass about serving temporarily. According to the mayor, "on the condition that the required six-month residency requirement, be waived for the interim director Mr. Sass will take the position." When asked by Council member Richard Morgan how long an interim appointment might last, Mayor Snider said "up to eight to twelve months."
Tarolli moved to waive the three required readings of Ordinance 31-25; Margaret Phillips seconded and the motion carried by voice vote with Phillips, Morgan, Hovis, Tarolli, King and Robinson recorded as voting yes. The council then voted to retain the ordinance's emergency clause and to adopt Ordinance 31-25; both motions were moved and seconded by the same members and passed 6-0.
The ordinance authorizes the mayor to appoint an interim Director of Safety and Service and explicitly allows the mayor to waive the six-month residency requirement for that interim appointment. The council provided unanimous, recorded voice votes for the waiver of readings, the emergency clause and final adoption. The meeting adjourned at 6:08 p.m. after a motion from Margaret Phillips and a second from Cathy King.
The ordinance text, listed on the meeting agenda as Ordinance 31-25, names the mayor's appointment authority and the residency-waiver provision; the transcript does not record a formal swearing-in or an effective date beyond the enacted emergency clause. How long the interim director will serve was described by the mayor as "up to eight to twelve months," and the council did not set a firm timeline or additional staffing steps during the meeting.
