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South Zanesville council moves to hire full-time fiscal officer, suspends readings
Summary
Council approved a motion to suspend the three-reading rule and declared an emergency for Resolution 1126, which authorizes hiring a full-time fiscal officer. The motion passed by roll call; the minutes include an inconsistent vote entry for an absent member.
Mayor Barbara J. Lloyd called the Village of South Zanesville council to order on March 3, 2025, and the meeting moved quickly to a procedural but consequential vote: council voted to suspend the three-reading requirement and declared an emergency for Resolution 1126, a resolution to hire a full-time fiscal officer.
Ed Harlan moved to suspend the three-reading rule and declare an emergency for Resolution 1126; Paul Lowe seconded and the motion carried on a roll-call vote recorded in the minutes. The resolution’s stated purpose in the minutes is to hire a full-time fiscal officer; the text of the resolution beyond that description was not recorded in the meeting minutes.
Why it matters: suspending the three-reading rule and declaring an emergency accelerates when a new hire can take effect and bypasses the usual multi-meeting consideration period. That can shorten the timeline for onboarding and payroll changes tied to the fiscal officer role.
What council recorded: the minutes show a recorded vote in favor. The roll call earlier in the meeting lists Bo Coconis as absent, but the vote record for Resolution 1126 in the minutes includes a “Coconis – yay” entry; the council did not clarify this inconsistency during the meeting.
Next steps: the minutes do not specify an effective date for the position, salary or job description; council did not read the full resolution text during the session. The item will require follow-up documentation (the full resolution text and any employment terms) for public review.
