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South Zanesville council adopts emergency 2025 appropriations, approves contracts for payment processing and fire training
Summary
On March 3 the South Zanesville Village Council unanimously passed two emergency appropriations ordinances for fiscal 2025 and approved resolutions authorizing contracts with Software Solutions for credit-card processing and Vector Solutions for fire training and inventory services.
The South Zanesville Village Council on March 3 adopted emergency appropriations ordinances for the 2025 fiscal year and approved two vendor contracts, voting unanimously on each measure.
Council considered Ordinance 2025-1 to make permanent appropriations for village expenses through Dec. 31, 2025. Council member Ed Harlan moved to suspend the three-reading rule under Ohio Revised Code §731.17; Bo Coconis seconded and the suspension carried by recorded voice votes. Paul Lowe then moved to adopt Ordinance 2025-1, seconded by Greg Gibson; the ordinance passed on a unanimous voice vote.
The council followed the same procedure for a second appropriations measure, Ordinance 2025-2, suspending the three-reading requirement and then adopting the ordinance by unanimous vote. (Transcript text includes a repeated reference to “Ordinance 2025-1” in the second ordinance item; the minutes and surrounding context indicate the second ordinance under consideration is Ordinance 2025-2.)
Council also approved two emergency resolutions. Resolution 1127 authorizes the fiscal officer and administrator to enter a contract with Software Solutions for credit-card processing services; Resolution 1128 authorizes the South Zanesville Fire Department to contract with Vector Solutions for education, training and inventory services. Both resolutions were presented, the council voted to suspend the three-reading requirement under Ohio Revised Code §731.17, and each resolution passed unanimously after motions to adopt.
Motions to suspend and adopt were moved and seconded as recorded: Ed Harlan moved to suspend the three-reading rule on multiple measures (seconded by Bo Coconis in the recorded motions); Paul Lowe and Greg Gibson are recorded as moving and seconding subsequent adoption motions; recorded voice voting shows unanimous approval on the matters reported. The meeting minutes show no dissent or abstentions.
The ordinances and resolutions were adopted as emergency measures, making the appropriations and contract authorizations effective immediately under the motions recorded at the meeting. The council adjourned at 7:47 p.m.
What happens next: the resolutions authorize the village fiscal officer and administrator to execute the contracts, and staff will proceed with vendor onboarding and implementation steps specified in the contracts; no further council action on these items was recorded at the meeting.
