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Council adopts ordinance to raise local court costs from $30 to $50, effective Jan. 1, 2026
Summary
Council suspended rules and adopted Ordinance No. 2025-40 to increase local court costs from $30 to $50 beginning Jan. 1, 2026; both motions passed on 7–0 roll call votes.
Council considered and adopted an ordinance amending Reading Codified Ordinances section 280.01 to raise local court costs from $30 to $50, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Council first voted to suspend the rule requiring a second and third reading (motion by Mr. Bronner; second by Mr. Boehner). That suspension passed on a 7–0 roll call vote.
Following the suspension, Council moved to adopt the ordinance (motion by Mrs. Kroeger; second by Mrs. Eadicicco). The adoption passed on a 7–0 roll call vote, and the ordinance was recorded as Ordinance No. 2025-40 in the minutes. The item was handled as a confirmed legislative action with the effective date listed in the ordinance text.
