Port Clinton council adopts ordinance authorizing $1.08 million notes for City Hall improvements, retains emergency clause

The Port Clinton City Council adopted Ordinance 22-26 on June 25, 2026, authorizing the issuance and sale of notes in a maximum aggregate principal amount of $1,080,000 in anticipation of bonds to fund acquiring, reconstructing, renovating, constructing, equipping and furnishing City Hall and related city purposes. The council retained the ordinance's emergency clause and adopted the measure by recorded votes.

The special meeting began in the Linda Hartlaub Chambers with the presiding officer calling the meeting to order and announcing the session's purpose: the third reading of Ordinance 22-26. The presiding officer apologized for a procedural change, saying, "It's my first meeting as a president," before moving to the substantive business.

Pat Hovis, serving as clerk for the meeting after a council appointment, read the ordinance title and summary aloud: "An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in one or more series in maximum aggregate principal amount of 1,080 thousand dollars in anticipation of the issuance of bonds for the purpose of paying cost of acquiring, reconstructing, renovating, constructing, equipping, furnishing, and otherwise improving certain facilities for the municipal city hall and other city purposes together with all necessary appurtenances thereto and declaring an emergency." The clerk's reading served as the official third reading by title and summary.

Councilmember Jerry Trolli moved to retain the emergency clause, a motion seconded by Avery Robinson. After the clerk called the roll, council voted in favor; the motion to retain the emergency clause passed by a recorded vote reported as six to zero. Trolli then moved to adopt Ordinance 22-26, again seconded by Robinson. The clerk called the roll for the adoption vote; the motion carried by a vote of six to zero and the ordinance was declared adopted.

Procedural matters at the start of the meeting included the appointment of Pat Hovis as clerk for the session. The council moved to appoint Hovis and the motion passed; Hovis then performed the clerk duties for the meeting, including reading the ordinance and calling the roll for recorded votes.

The council adjourned after the adoption of Ordinance 22-26. No public comments, amendments to the ordinance, or additional substantive debate on the ordinance were recorded in the minutes for this special meeting. Future steps for implementation, such as timing of note issuance or related bond sales, were not specified during the session.