Tiffin council approves several 2025 budget amendments for HR, legal and parks
September 03, 2025 | Tiffin City Council, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio
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Tiffin City Council approved a series of budget amendments Sept. 2 to reallocate funds to human resources, the assistant law director budget and park capital projects. Ordinances cited in the meeting were 25-73, 25-74, 25-75 and 25-65; each passed with recorded 7-0 votes after motions to suspend the three-reading rule where applicable.
Council Member Kevin Reisner moved for passage on multiple budget items and explained that some changes were due to staffing shifts in the human resources department. "These are for budget changes, due to the staffing changes in the HR department. So this will affect us October through the end of the year," Reisner said, describing the timing for the reappropriation.
Law Director Zachary Fowler told council the city would receive about $13,500 back from the county for unused funds and that the finance director requested legislation (appearing in the packet as ordinance 25-74) to reappropriate those funds to the budget to help pay for a part-time prosecutor. "We are getting about $13,500 back from the county for unused funds... to reappropriate those funds to put those back into the budget, to use those to hopefully find and and pay for a part time prosecutor," Fowler said.
Council moved to suspend the three-reading rule for ordinances 25-73, 25-74 and 25-75 as the measures were presented as reappropriations tied to staffing and donor-supported park projects; suspension votes and final passage votes were recorded and each ordinance passed 7-0. Council Member Reisner thanked donors related to parks funding during discussion of Ordinance 25-75, noting contributions from VFW Post 2858 and another veterans organization identified in the meeting record.
These ordinances reallocate existing funds into specific departmental budgets; the transcript does not record specific dollar amounts for all appropriations except the county refund of about $13,500 referenced by the law director. Council did not attach detailed implementation schedules in the meeting; follow-up tasks will be needed to budget and hire or reassign staff as the appropriations take effect.
Council Member Kevin Reisner moved for passage on multiple budget items and explained that some changes were due to staffing shifts in the human resources department. "These are for budget changes, due to the staffing changes in the HR department. So this will affect us October through the end of the year," Reisner said, describing the timing for the reappropriation.
Law Director Zachary Fowler told council the city would receive about $13,500 back from the county for unused funds and that the finance director requested legislation (appearing in the packet as ordinance 25-74) to reappropriate those funds to the budget to help pay for a part-time prosecutor. "We are getting about $13,500 back from the county for unused funds... to reappropriate those funds to put those back into the budget, to use those to hopefully find and and pay for a part time prosecutor," Fowler said.
Council moved to suspend the three-reading rule for ordinances 25-73, 25-74 and 25-75 as the measures were presented as reappropriations tied to staffing and donor-supported park projects; suspension votes and final passage votes were recorded and each ordinance passed 7-0. Council Member Reisner thanked donors related to parks funding during discussion of Ordinance 25-75, noting contributions from VFW Post 2858 and another veterans organization identified in the meeting record.
These ordinances reallocate existing funds into specific departmental budgets; the transcript does not record specific dollar amounts for all appropriations except the county refund of about $13,500 referenced by the law director. Council did not attach detailed implementation schedules in the meeting; follow-up tasks will be needed to budget and hire or reassign staff as the appropriations take effect.
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