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Council approves routine fiscal measures, emergency procurement and wastewater chemical contract
Summary
Council unanimously approved several fiscal resolutions and an emergency wastewater-chemical purchase; minutes and routine certification resolutions were approved after suspending rules where needed.
At the June 22 Legislative Meeting, Rocky River City Council approved a series of routine fiscal resolutions and one emergency procurement needed for daily operations.
Council voted to waive reading and approve minutes for prior meetings and passed Resolution 33‑26 (accepting the Alternative Tax Budget for 2027), Resolution 34‑26 (accepting amounts and rates from the Cuyahoga County Budget Commission) and Resolution 35‑26 (requesting tax advances from the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer). Where noted, Council suspended the reading rules to allow timely action; the recorded votes for the budget‑related resolutions were unanimous among attending members (6–0).
On procurement, Council approved Ordinance 36‑26 authorizing purchase of sodium hypochlorite for the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant from Bonded Chemical, Inc. at $1.81 per gallon through Dec. 31, 2026; the motion was passed as an emergency ordinance. Mr. Moran explained the city needed the chemical promptly after a prior vendor did not honor a prior agreement.
Recorded votes: minutes‑approval motion 5 ayes 1 abstain (one councilor abstained on the initial minutes motion); other resolutions and the sodium hypochlorite emergency ordinance passed with affirmative votes recorded as 6–0 where reported in the minutes.
Next steps: routine resolutions advance the budget process toward county filings; emergency procurement will allow the wastewater plant to continue required treatment operations.
