Orrville council adopts ordinance changing compensation for elected and certain appointed officers

The Orrville City Council on Dec. 2 suspended the three-reading rule and adopted Ordinance G-24, which amends Section 151.08 of the city’s Codified Ordinances to revise compensation for elected officials and certain appointed officers.

Councilmember Squirrell moved to suspend the requirement that ordinances be read on three separate days; Councilmember Lax seconded the motion. Councilmember Shanklin recorded a Nay on the suspension; all remaining members voted Aye and the suspension passed. Following the suspension, Squirrell moved for adoption of Ordinance G-24 and Lax seconded; the ordinance was adopted with the minutes recording “Ayes all.”

The minutes state the ordinance stems from a prior committee discussion; no further debate was recorded in the meeting minutes. The ordinance caption as recorded is: “An Ordinance Amending Section $151.08 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Orrville, Ohio, relating to the compensation of Elected Officials and certain Appointed Officers, and repealing all legislation inconsistent herewith.” The minutes do not specify the dollar amounts or the precise compensation changes enacted.

Because the meeting minutes do not list the amended pay rates or affected appointed positions, the exact compensation changes are not specified here; that information must be obtained from the city clerk’s ordinance file or the codified ordinances as amended.

The ordinance was adopted at the Dec. 2 meeting and, per standard municipal process, will be reflected in the city’s codified ordinances and payroll once clerical processes are complete.