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Struthers council votes to convert municipal court judge position from part-time to full-time

Struthers City Council · November 25, 2025

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Summary

Council passed a resolution expressing support to convert the Struthers municipal court judge position from part-time to full-time under Ohio Revised Code section 901.08. The council suspended rules and approved the resolution during the Nov. 24 meeting.

Struthers City Council on Nov. 24 passed a resolution expressing the council’s support for converting the municipal court judge position from part-time to full-time, citing section 901.08 of the Ohio Revised Code. Council moved to suspend the rules and pass the resolution as an emergency measure, and vocal affirmative responses from members were recorded.

A council member read the resolution and referenced Ohio Revised Code section 901.08 in support of the conversion. The council then voted to suspend the rules to allow immediate passage; when roll-call style prompts were made, members in attendance voted in the affirmative. The transcript records that the motion passed.

The resolution on the record expresses council support for the conversion; the meeting transcript does not include specifics about salary, effective date for the position change, or budgetary adjustments to accommodate the full-time position. Those implementation details were not read into the record during the Nov. 24 meeting.

Next steps: Staff or council will need to prepare the administrative and budgetary details required to implement the change; no timeline was provided in the meeting discussion.