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Council adopts emergency ordinance raising chiefs’ and deputy chiefs’ compensation
Summary
The Newark City Council adopted Ordinance 26-23, an emergency ordinance setting compensation and policy for chiefs and deputy chiefs, after brief discussion about proceeding with a partial council; the measure passed by the tally announced in the transcript.
The Newark City Council on Monday adopted Ordinance 26-23, an emergency measure that updates compensation and standing policy for the city’s chiefs and deputy chiefs and repeals conflicting ordinances.
Councilmember Barker, who moved the adoption, said the ordinance had been considered by committee and argued the council was ready to proceed even though one member was absent. “I did speak to mister Laemmle before he left. He did ask us to proceed forward, tonight, if we saw fit,” Barker said during the brief discussion.
After limited discussion the council voted to adopt the ordinance as an emergency; the clerk announced, “26Dash23 passes 7 to 2.” The ordinance language, as read aloud by the clerk, states it “sets compensation and standing policy with respect to chiefs and deputy chiefs of the city of Newark, Ohio, repealing all ordinances and resolutions in conflict with this ordinance and declaring an emergency.”
The council did not record detailed individual vote attributions in the transcript; the roll-call process is reflected in the official minutes and the clerk’s announcement of the final tally. Councilmembers raised the procedural point that prior compensation packages had been voted on by a full council and noted the absent member had indicated support for proceeding.
The ordinance was the first major personnel compensation item on the agenda and was followed by routine business, including minutes approval, appointments and departmental reports.
