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Sylvania council advances amended immigration ordinance, adopts companion values resolution
Summary
After a law‑director review and council debate, the council advanced ordinance 75‑2026 and resolution 4‑2026; the ordinance was later passed as an emergency measure by a 6–1 roll call vote at the council meeting.
Council members debated an amended ordinance (75‑2026) that clarifies how the city will interact with federal immigration enforcement and passed it to the full council for consideration; the committee also advanced resolution 4‑2026, a nonbinding values statement.
Leslie Breining, the city law director, walked through edits to ordinance 75‑2026, describing mostly wording and structure changes — adding the term "peacekeeping" to a section describing police support during federal enforcement activity, deleting duplicative policy references, and simplifying language in sections about information sharing and contracts. Breining told council the changes were largely technical and consistent with existing practice.
Council members discussed legal limits and operational roles. Mary Westfall emphasized that municipalities cannot prevent federal agencies from operating in their jurisdictions and stressed the police department’s duty to act only with lawful cause. The committee moved to advance ordinance 75‑2026 to the city council meeting that evening; later in the council session the ordinance passed as an emergency measure by roll call 6–1. Council also advanced and then approved resolution 4‑2026 as an emergency measure. The administration will prepare any follow‑up items required by the charter.
