Struthers City Council adopts emergency resolution to advertise bids for street paving

The Struthers City Council on Friday, July 3, adopted an emergency resolution authorizing the city’s director of public service to advertise for bids to pave certain city streets.

The meeting was called to order at 8:45 a.m. by the presiding chair, who asked the clerk to call the roll. The clerk read a written notice that said the special meeting was called to consider “a resolution authorizing the director of public service to advertise for bid the paving of certain streets within the city of Struthers and declare an emergency,” noting sponsors as Mr. Burnside, Mr. Beakley and Ms. Goeman.

The chair asked for a motion to suspend the rules and take up the resolution. A council member moved to suspend the rules and place the ordinance up for adoption; the motion was seconded. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote on the suspension and on the final adoption. The transcript records affirmative roll-call responses and the chair announced, “Resolution passed.”

No substantive questions or public comments about the paving resolution were recorded in the transcript; one council member described the item as routine. After adopting the resolution, a council member moved to adjourn; the motion carried and the chair adjourned the meeting.

The resolution, as read into the record, directs the director of public service to advertise for bids to repave specified streets and declares the item an emergency so that bidding and related work may proceed without delay. The transcript does not list the specific streets to be paved or a budget amount; those details are not specified in the record provided.

The special meeting notice in the transcript states the meeting time and that it was held at the council conference; the transcript also records that Council President Patrick was absent and that Mr. Burnside would serve as pro tem.