Troy City Council to hold Special Council Meeting on Monday

Meeting will start after Committee Meetings

On Friday, March 22nd, the City of Troy announced that it will hold a Special Council Meeting at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers. The items on the agenda mirror those items that were on the agenda for the last council meeting on March 18th.

At the March 18th of City Council, a few key decisions were left hanging in the air. Why? Well, out of the nine members that make up our City Council, three couldn't make it. Without them, the council couldn't proceed with the legislative items on the agenda.

According to the Ohio Revised Code: for any ordinance or resolution to get the green light, it needs to be discussed over three separate meetings, known as the “Three Reading Rule”. This rule ensures everyone, council members and the public alike, has ample time to think things through before making a vote.

But, here's a little insider secret: there's a way around the three reading rule. If a super-majority of the council, precisely three-fourths, is on board, they can decide to skip the wait and vote after just one reading. This happens pretty often, except for the really big decisions, like re-zoning or other hot topics that need more time for discussion.

So, what was the issue on March 18th? Council was short on members that were present – needing seven votes to get things moving, but only six were up for grabs. As a result, council had to push everything to the next meeting originallly scheduled for April 1st.

Now, here's where it gets a bit urgent. Council has to approve the Tax Incentive Review Council recommendations for the Enterprise Zone and Tax Increment Financing District, that need to be submitted to the state by March 31st. But, to do that, council needs to adopt the recommendations through the legislative process. So, the city council had to call an emergency meeting.

It is also worth noting that two council meetings will meet before hand at 5:30 in Council Chambers. The agendas for those meetings are below:

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