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Hicksville council approves Ordinance 2025-15 after suspending rules
Summary
At a special Oct. 23 meeting the Hicksville Village Council suspended rules and approved Ordinance 2025-15 by a 4–1 vote with one abstention; the minutes do not state the ordinance's substantive provisions.
The Hicksville Village Council approved Ordinance 2025-15 at a special meeting on Oct. 23, 2025, after suspending the council’s normal rules of order to allow immediate second and final reading.
Council Member Ron Beverly moved to suspend the rules; Rob Bailey seconded. Toni Egly abstained from the suspension vote; Rob Bailey, Eric Bassett, Ron Beverly, Kent Miller and Charlie Martin voted to suspend the rules, allowing the ordinance to be read a second and final time.
After the reading, Rob Bailey moved to adopt Ordinance 2025-15; Ron Beverly seconded. Bailey, Kent Miller, Charlie Martin and Beverly voted yes; Eric Bassett voted no and Toni Egly abstained. The ordinance passed with a 4–1–1 tally.
The public minutes and the oral record at the meeting do not describe the substantive provisions of Ordinance 2025-15. Council Member Kent Miller told colleagues after the vote that he had intended to vote no but asked that the result stand.
The measure was adopted the same evening the council met in executive session to discuss a possible land acquisition; no additional implementation steps or effective dates for Ordinance 2025-15 are listed in the public minutes.
