Youngstown council couldn’t approve legislation by emergency

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

With two members absent, city council didn’t approve any legislation Wednesday by emergency measure.

Council moved 11 ordinances to second readings, and plans to meet later this month to approve the items.

Council approves legislation either through an emergency vote, which requires approval from at least six of its seven members, or after three readings at three separate meetings. After three readings, a simple majority vote is needed to adopt legislation.

A majority of Youngstown council legislation is approved by emergency vote.

Only five members were present Wednesday. Councilmen T.J. Rodgers, D-2nd, and Mike Ray, D-4th, were unable to attend.

Among the legislation postponed was to have the board of control pay $50,000 to the city’s insurance company to settle a federal police-brutality lawsuit.

The settlement pays $69,000 to Alexander Henderson of Youngstown. The city would pay $50,000 to HCC Public Risk Claim Service, the city’s insurance company, for its deductible, with HCC paying the remaining $19,000 to Henderson.