Council removes asphalt ordinance from agenda after reading confusion

Roaming Shores — The Village Council voted unanimously to remove Ordinance 2025-11-02 from the meeting agenda after members disputed whether the item remained in third reading and whether a failure to call a vote previously had ended the ordinance.

Council members debated whether the ordinance had been 'tabled' and whether untabling it at the last meeting returned it to the same reading. Council and staff referenced the Ohio Revised Code during the discussion but did not adopt the measure. A council member moved that the ordinance be removed from the agenda; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with Bob Cook, Megan Clark, Steve Coffman, Joyce Miznik, Holly Marin and Gary Man recorded as voting yes.

Why it matters: The procedural disagreement means the ordinance will need clearer procedural handling before it returns to council — either reintroduced as a new first reading or explicitly placed back into its prior reading with a recorded vote. Several council members and staff said they would clarify the ordinance's status with the clerk and legal advisor before the next meeting.

Council members repeatedly cited meeting minutes and the agenda worksheet in explaining how the notation about 'second' or 'third' reading was recorded; council asked staff to review the clerk's agenda notation and Ohio Revised Code guidance to determine next steps.

The motion to remove the item came after council discussed whether to waive three-reading rules to expedite return of the ordinance; council declined to act on the ordinance that night and instead removed it, leaving the legislative status to be resolved administratively before the next agenda.

The council moved on to other business after the vote; there was no substantive debate recorded on the ordinance's policy content during the removal vote.

The council is expected to revisit the procedural classification of the ordinance at a future meeting before any merits debate or vote.