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Bay Village council adopts emergency appropriations to cover project costs, loan payments
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 26-49, authorizing multiple appropriations and funding adjustments — including engineering contracts, a pedestrian-project reallocation, and bookkeeping steps to reserve two large water-authority loan payments — and adopted related emergency clauses.
Bay Village City Council on May 4 adopted Ordinance 26-49, a package of appropriations and funding adjustments for fiscal year 2026 that city staff said is needed to cover planned contract work and two large loan payments.
Councilman Peter Wenzig, speaking during the committee of the whole, walked through four primary items in the ordinance: Resolution 2,625, an application for Safe Routes to School funds with the Ohio Department of Transportation; a Chagrin Valley Engineering proposal for surveying, environmental and permitting services totaling $19,500; a reallocation of $9,500 from a 2026 transfer-station project to the Westerly pedestrian project (which already had a $10,000 budget); and accounting to reserve two payments due to the Ohio Water Development Authority of $5,000,004.66 and $1,601,000. Wenzig said the larger loans are budgeted but need to be formally set aside on the city’s books so invoices can be paid when received.
Wenzig also said the engineering work for some items can be covered with existing budgeted dollars and internal transfers; for the fire-station soft costs the council was asked to move interest earned on an existing loan or note (about $24,799) into the fire-station line to cover initial expenses without identifying a new funding source.
The council voted to suspend charter rules and include an emergency clause so the ordinance could be adopted at the same meeting. Clerk Joan called the roll and the ordinance was adopted (Ordinance 26-49).
Why it matters: the action formalizes funding for multiple ongoing capital projects and sets aside funds for imminent water-authority debt service, which staff said is already allocated but requires bookkeeping entries to ensure timely payment. The council’s vote also lets staff proceed quickly on engineering and permitting tasks that were described as time-sensitive.
What’s next: council directed staff to implement the bookkeeping steps and proceed with the listed contracts and transfers; the ordinance was adopted with the emergency clause so spending and transfers can occur without delay.
