WELLSVILLE — Wellsville council members voted unanimously to name Assistant Columbiana County Prosecutor Christopher Weeda as the new village solicitor during Tuesday’s meeting of the Wellsville Village Council.

Council President and Personnel Chair Keith Thorn requested an executive session during the meeting to discuss personnel matters. He invited Mayor Bob Boley, Fiscal Officer Hoi Wah and Weeda to the session.

Following the executive session, council members voted to return to an open meeting where they voted for Weeda to replace John Gamble as the village solicitor.

Council also approved an ordinance by emergency measure to give the full-time village employees and part-time sewage and police officers and the zoning officer a $1 an hour pay increase and to allow village police officers who have not and will not be taking their vacation or personal time off by the end of the year for the current year the option to receive the cash value of their accumulated unused time providing they let the fiscal officer know of that decision by Dec. 19.

Also approved by emergency measure with an all-in-favor vote was an ordinance to increase appropriations for current expenses and other expenditures for the period of Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31. 2025.

Bills totaling $17,978.01 were approved for payment.

Boley said crews were out on the road pretty much most of the day and they have one spreader down on a truck and they don’t know if they can fix it or not.

Wah said at this point with one month remaining in the year, the village’s revenue is at $2,163,000, and the village’s expenditures are at $2,774,000, which is a difference of approximately $11,000, meaning the revenue and expenditures are relatively close.

She also noted there is a grant the village could apply for in March in which they could help with the marina project.

Thorn said he received a letter from Columbia Gas notifying him that the IRP rate on the gas bills for will be raised by $1.37 per month per customer and they also want to remind everyone 10.81% surcharge for gas rates which will take it up to $21.61

There were no reports from the village administration or police, fire and zoning departments.

The Wellsville Village Council meets the first and third Tuesday of each month in council chambers at Wellsville Village Hall, 1200 Main St., Wellsville. The next regular meeting, which will be the final meeting of the year, is scheduled for Dec. 16.