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Council adopts ordinance retaining counsel for nuisance abatement, declares emergency (Ordinance 2025‑39)

City of Reading Council · September 2, 2025
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Summary

Council voted 7-0 to retain Joseph J. Braun and Strauss Troy to pursue a nuisance abatement action, suspended rules for immediate consideration, and adopted Ordinance 2025-39 as an emergency measure.

On Sept. 2 the council voted to retain attorney Joseph J. Braun and the law firm Strauss Troy to pursue a nuisance abatement action and declared the measure an emergency. Councilmember Bob Boehner moved to suspend the rules requiring additional readings; the suspension and the ordinance adoption were both recorded as passing by a 7-0 roll call vote. The clerk’s minutes list the adopted ordinance as Ordinance Number 2025-39.

The minutes do not include further details about the property or the specific nuisance allegations; the entry records only the retention of counsel, suspension of rules and the unanimous vote to adopt the ordinance.