(PHOTO BY BRIANNA BALOGH / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
ORDINANCE PASSED … Village Administrator Chad Ordway and Fiscal Officer Heidi Bidwell explain and answer questions on 2025 appropriations ordinance.
By: Brianna Balogh
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
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Edon Village Council held a brief organizational meeting on Thursday January 2nd to elect a council president, assign committees and approve the 2025 budget appropriations. Beginning promptly at 7 pm, the pledge of allegiance was followed by roll call.
Taken by Fiscal Officer Heidi Bidwell, all members were in attendance, Dave Loughborough, Dan Ankney, Austin Thiel, Lee Lawrence, Brian Shaffer, Jeff Pease, Village Administrator Chad Ordway and Mayor Duane Thiel.
Mayor Thiel began with committee assignments. Safety chairman will be Thiel with Shaffer and Pease serving as members. Finance committee chairman Lawrence with members being Loughborough and Ankney. Loughborough will serve on the cemetery committee and Lawrence will serve on the park committee. Ankney will continue to serve on the zoning committee.
Next on the agenda was the nomination and election of council president. Ankney nominated Lawrence, current president. The nomination was seconded by Pease. All members voted in favor of Lawrence as president.
The normal meeting time and date was discussed next. Due to council members’ schedules, the meeting was not able to be moved from 7pm and will continue to be held on the 3rd Monday of the month.
Old business began with the solicitor contract which after a short discussion was then decided to be addressed in executive session at the end of the meeting.
The final item on the agenda was Ordinance 01-25. Village Administrator Ordway detailed some of the items within the 2025 appropriations packet that was distributed to each council member.
A few questions were addressed, mainly around the recent factory closure and the resulting fiscal effect.
Also addressed was a significant drop in the total funds which was due to donations being accepted last year and used in the park improvement project.
The appropriation motion to suspend was made by Lawrence and seconded by Ankney. Approval was motioned by Ankney and seconded by Thiel. The motion was passed by all members.
The meeting was adjourned to executive session at 7:15pm, being motioned by Loughborough and seconded by Ankney.