Youngstown council approves consent agenda, ratifies police agreement and professional services contract

The Youngstown City Council on a series of unanimous 7-0 roll calls approved a broad consent agenda and several suspended-rule ordinances, ratifying a tentative agreement with the Ohio Patrolman's Benevolent Association and moving forward with a professional services contract.

The council moved to suspend rules and place items 2–4 and 6–32 on the consent agenda. The clerk read that one ordinance would ratify the tentative agreement between the City of Youngstown and the Ohio Patrolman's Benevolent Association; council then voted to approve the listed consent items by roll call, 7-0.

Separately, council considered Ordinance 26-175 (referenced in the record as 26175) to authorize the Board of Control to enter into a professional services agreement with Retzel and Andrus Associates. After suspension of the rules, the ordinance was approved by a 7-0 vote. Council discussion included brief remarks supporting the measure and noting that the ordinance could set a precedent for city involvement in large-scale projects.

Council also moved Item 5 to the Safety Committee (motion moved and seconded and entered into the record). The meeting record shows the motions to suspend the rules and the roll-call confirmations for passage; no dissenting votes were recorded.

Procedural note: Several items were handled under the consent agenda via suspension of the rules; the clerk and presiding officer recorded each suspension and the roll-call tallies. The record includes repeated references to Ordinance 26-175 and the number 26175; the council confirmed passage in the same series of votes.