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Orrville council adopts $77.6 million 2027 budget and declares emergency
Summary
The Orrville City Council on July 20 adopted Resolution 20-26, approving the city's 2027 budget totaling $77.6 million and declaring an emergency; the minutes record fund-level totals and several policy-driven adjustments but do not include a vote tally.
Orrville ' The Orrville City Council voted July 20 to adopt Resolution 20-26, approving the city's budget for calendar year 2027 and declaring the measure an emergency.
The resolution sets total proposed expenditures at $77.6 million, including a $9.7 million General Fund, $8.2 million in tax-supported funds, a $49 million Electric Utility budget, $6.4 million for Water and $4.3 million for Wastewater. The council took the measure on its third and final reading and approved it by vote; the minutes do not record a roll-call tally.
Councilmember Squirrell moved on third reading that the budget proceed; Davies seconded the procedural motion. After the final reading, Squirrell moved adoption as read; Carr seconded, and the motion carried, according to the minutes.
The minutes list only a few substantive changes from the 2026 final appropriations: contractual wage increases, a 4% increase in anticipated health-care premiums, and adjustments to reflect planned 2027 capital projects. The resolution text in the minutes also states the emergency declaration; the minutes do not specify an effective date or the exact nature of the emergency clause beyond that declaration.
Why it matters: The adopted appropriations set the city's spending priorities for the year, lock in utility and capital spending levels and reflect projected wage and benefit costs. The Electric Utility accounts for the largest single share of planned expenditures in the document recorded in the minutes.
What the minutes record but do not show: The meeting minutes note approval "by vote" for both the earlier motion to approve the July 6 minutes and for adoption of Resolution 20-26, but they do not provide the yes/no/abstain breakdown or individual council votes. The record also does not include any amendments to the budget during the meeting.
Next step: The minutes do not specify additional procedural steps or an effective date tied to the emergency declaration. The council is in recess for August and will next meet on Sept. 8, according to the meeting record.
