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South Zanesville council passes emergency ordinance amending 2025 appropriations
Summary
The Village of South Zanesville council passed ORDINANCE 2026-1, amending specific line items in the 2025 appropriations and declaring it an emergency under Ohio Revised Code section 731.17. The motion to dispense readings and the ordinance passage carried with one abstention.
The Village of South Zanesville council on Jan. 5, 2026 approved ORDINANCE 2026-1, "An ordinance providing for amending and revising specific line-items in the appropriations of expenditures for the Village of South Zanesville for the calendar year 2025 and declaring an emergency."
Council President Greg Gibson moved to dispense the three-reading rule and declare the ordinance an emergency pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 731.17; Council Member Ed Harlan seconded the motion and it passed on voice vote with Council Member Danny Wiseman recorded as abstaining. A subsequent motion to adopt the ordinance was made by Council Member Bo Coconis and seconded by Council Member Tim Adams; that motion also passed with Wiseman again recorded as abstaining.
The transcript does not specify the ordinance’s line-item changes or the dollar amounts affected; the stated purpose on the meeting record is to amend and revise specific appropriations for calendar year 2025. The meeting record also does not specify an effective date beyond the emergency declaration.
Recorded vote indications in the minutes show Paul Lowe, Tim Adams, Ed Harlan, Bo Coconis and Greg Gibson voting in favor; Danny Wiseman was recorded as abstaining. No "no" votes were recorded on the motions as noted in the meeting record.
The council cited Ohio Revised Code section 731.17 when moving to dispense the three-reading rule and declare the ordinance an emergency; the transcript does not record further legal analysis or a stated effective-on date for the ordinance.
