North Royalton council adopts part‑time benefits, budget amendments and senior transportation agreement

North Royalton City Council on Dec. 16 unanimously adopted several items after suspending the usual three‑reading requirement, including a resolution honoring an Eagle Scout and three ordinances addressing employee benefits, budget appropriations and a senior transportation agreement.

Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz introduced the measures. On the consent agenda the council approved Resolution 25‑176 commending Demetrios Konstantinos Matheou on achieving Eagle Scout rank. The council then voted to suspend rules and adopt Ordinance 25‑177, which establishes various benefits for regular part‑time non‑union employees, repeals Ordinance 21‑181, and declares an emergency. The council also adopted Ordinance 25‑178 amending the city's 2025 appropriations by transferring and making additional appropriations and declaring an emergency, and Ordinance 25‑179 authorizing the mayor to enter an agreement with Senior Transportation Connection.

All motions to suspend rules and to adopt the measures were moved by Council President Paul Marnecheck and carried by roll call votes of six in favor (Marnecheck, John Nickell, Linda Barath, Joanne Krejci, Mary Gorjanc, Michael Wos); Council member Heidi Webber was recorded as excused. The minutes record that the council repeatedly used a same‑night suspension and adoption process for these items.

The ordinances were presented as mayoral introductions and described in the meeting as time‑sensitive, which the council treated as grounds to declare emergencies and expedite adoption. No public speakers removed items from the consent agenda for separate discussion.

The meeting record lists as next steps routine administrative processing and notes the council reconvened and adjourned the session after an executive session later in the evening. The council approved the meeting minutes and related administrative matters by unanimous votes under the adopted consent agenda.