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Ashtabula meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Plain-English weekly recaps written from official meeting records. 2 weeks available.

Weeks

Week of 2026-10-19

Ashtabula agendas list road, grant and land items; no minutes yet published for recent meetings

The records available for Ashtabula's past two weeks of government meetings are agendas only — no minutes have been published for any of the six sessions listed — so no vote tallies or outcomes can be reported. The agendas themselves show a City Council regular meeting on Oct. 5 that listed six ordinances for passage, covering road work contracts, a state grant application and a property purchase.

Oct. 5 Council agenda: roads, grant application, land

The Oct. 5 regular meeting, scheduled for 7:00 PM in Council Chambers at 4230 Lake Avenue, listed six ordinances for passage. Five were identified by number in the agenda summary:

The sixth item was described in the summary as codified ordinance updates. The same agenda included citizen comment, councilor reports and a consent agenda approving minutes of the Sept. 21, 2026 meeting.

A pre-council session was also scheduled the same day at 6:00 PM. Its agenda listed administrative reports from the City Manager, Finance Director, City Solicitor and Clerk of Council, plus committee reports, but named no specific ordinance, contract, rezoning or dollar amount.

Committees: homelessness presentation, police and fire statistics

The Community Development, Economic Development and Parks & Recreation Committee was scheduled to meet Oct. 7 to receive a presentation from the Ashtabula Police Department Homeless Task Force, along with reports from the City Manager and the Parks & Recreation Committee.

The Safety Forces Committee was scheduled to meet Oct. 8 to receive reports from the Police and Fire Department chiefs, focused on September 2026 statistics.

Special meeting on paving change order

Council scheduled a special meeting for Oct. 13 to consider Ordinance No. 2026-170, authorizing the City Manager to enter into Change Order #1 with Koski Construction Co. for the 2026 Paving Project.

Finance committee takes up councilor cell phone policy

The Finance & Personnel Committee was scheduled to meet Oct. 15 to review the October 2026 Income Tax Report and the Quarterly Cash Basis Investment Report from the Finance Director, and to discuss a cell phone policy for councilors. A draft of that policy also appears on the Oct. 19 pre-council agenda.

Coming up

City Council meets Monday, Oct. 19. The regular meeting agenda lists:

A pre-council session the same day is scheduled to take up the draft council cell phone policy. Both Oct. 19 sessions are listed as upcoming agendas; no outcomes are available.

Week of 2026-10-12

Ashtabula Council agendas list road, storm pump and land items; no minutes published yet

Ashtabula City Council's Oct. 5 regular meeting agenda listed ordinances covering road repairs, a storm pump station grant application and a land purchase, but no minutes have been published for that meeting or for the three committee meetings held in the past two weeks. The supplied record therefore does not establish whether any item was voted on, passed, or rejected.

Council agenda: roads, a storm pump station, and a land purchase

Council met Monday, Oct. 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers at 4230 Lake Avenue. The agenda listed ordinances up for passage:

The agenda summary describes six ordinances, including codified ordinance updates; five are named in the item list. The meeting also included citizen comment, councilor reports, and consent agenda items approving minutes of the Sept. 21, 2026 meeting.

Earlier the same day, Council held a pre-council meeting at 6:00 PM in the same location. Its agenda was procedural — opening, roll call, visitor welcome, reports from the President, City Manager, Finance Director, City Solicitor and Clerk of Council, and committee reports — with time slots for new business and legislation on for a second reading, but no specific ordinance, contract, rezoning or dollar amount named.

Committee meetings: homelessness presentation and September safety statistics

The Community Development, Economic Development and Parks & Recreation Committee met Oct. 7 to receive a presentation from the Ashtabula Police Department Homeless Task Force, along with reports from the City Manager and the Parks & Recreation Committee.

The Safety Forces Committee met Oct. 8 to receive reports from the Police and Fire Department chiefs, focused on September 2026 statistics.

What the record does not show

For all four meetings, only agendas were available. No vote tallies, dollar totals beyond the $384.74 purchase figure, or outcomes are stated in the supplied material. The absence of published minutes is not evidence that an item failed or was withdrawn.

Coming up

City Council has a special meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026 to consider Ordinance No. 2026-170, authorizing the City Manager to enter into change order #1 with Koski Construction Co. for the 2026 Paving Project. The Oct. 5 agenda separately listed a change order #1 with Koski Construction Co. for the W. 19th Street resurfacing project; the supplied summaries do not state whether the two are related.

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