Lowellville council nominates Coppola as president pro tem, sets meeting schedule and 2025 priorities

At a Jan. 6, 2025 reorganization meeting, the Lowellville Village Council recorded the nomination of Councilman Bob Coppola for president pro tem, moved and seconded a motion to set the council’s regular meeting schedule for 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month, and presented a multi-point set of goals for 2025.

The meeting opened with attendance recorded: Councilmen Bob Coppola, D'Onofrio, Donatelli, McCaughtry and McNicholas were present; Councilmen Rotunno, Lanzo and Strait were excused. Councilman Donatelli moved the scheduling motion and D'Onofrio seconded it; the transcript records the motion and second but does not include a vote tally or formal adoption language.

Council members outlined a six-part set of priorities for 2025. The first goal calls for greater consistency through creation of a list of duties for village police and zoning (including enforcement) and an inventory of ordinances. The second emphasizes improving the village’s financial stability by increasing revenue, reducing expenses, and improving forecasting to reflect rising staff and business costs; the statement links better forecasting to the village’s ability to use village funds, supplemented by grants or loans, for infrastructure projects such as sewer and alleyway work. The list also mentions increasing revenue generated by zoning and reducing paper costs.

The council identified downtown revitalization as a continuing priority, including outreach to current Lowellville business owners, compiling a list or map of village-owned properties, working with the LCIC, and researching potential businesses that might expand into the downtown area. Council members also recorded continued work on a planned fire station — including reference to a fire truck — and further collaboration with the local school and businesses to expand programming. The Lowellville Day program was scheduled for May 17, 2025 and the goals include growth of programming along the river. The Communication Committee was asked to review communications work and next steps.

The transcript also records a nomination motion for Bob Coppola as president pro tem moved by McCaughtry and seconded by Donatelli. The minutes-style record lists additional agenda/committee headings — finance improvements, ordinance, utility safety and claims — and notes “Adjournment Sine Die.” Several motions and seconders are recorded in the transcript, but explicit vote tallies or final adoption language for the listed motions do not appear in the transcript provided.

Next procedural steps indicated in the record are the standing meeting schedule for the second Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and the May 17, 2025 Lowellville Day date; further details about implementation, formal votes or assignments were not specified in the transcript.