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Northfield council adopts emergency ordinance fixing R-1 lot-size language; confirms service department hire
Summary
At its March 22 meeting, Northfield council approved Emergency Ordinance 2023-12 to correct minimum lot-area language in the R-1 code and confirmed Justin Olszko as a maintenance worker in the Service Department via Resolution 2023-13. Both measures passed by unanimous recorded vote.
Northfield’s council voted unanimously March 22 to adopt an emergency ordinance amending R-1 district minimum lot-area language and to confirm the mayor’s appointment of a maintenance worker for the Service Department.
Law Director Brad Bryan read Ordinance No. 2023-12 by title and said the change corrects a clerical or mathematical error in the code so that minimum residential lot area is consistent with frontage and depth requirements. Councilmember Alan Hipps moved to suspend the three-reading rule; Councilmember Gary Vojtush seconded. The motion to suspend carried on a roll-call vote. Hipps then moved to adopt the ordinance, Vojtush seconded, and the adoption passed with recorded votes of Ferko-yes; Noack-yes; Vojtush-yes; Hipps-yes; Lewis-yes.
Bryan then read Resolution No. 2023-13, confirming Mayor Jenn Domzalski’s appointment of Justin Olszko as a maintenance man in the Service Department to replace Roger Stone, who retired two years earlier. Council moved to suspend the three-reading rule and adopted the resolution; the recorded vote was Ferko-yes; Noack-yes; Vojtush-yes; Hipps-yes; Lewis-yes.
Both measures were taken as emergency items during the meeting; the council’s recorded votes indicate unanimous approval among members present. The meeting minutes do not state an effective date for the ordinance beyond its emergency status, nor do they specify any additional implementation steps for the appointment beyond council confirmation.
Adjournment followed routine business and announcements.
