Councilwoman Charleta B. Tavares will be at a National League of Cities event in Washington, D.C., and Councilman Richard W. Sensenbrenner also will be out of town that day. The council needs at least six of its seven members to vote for legislation on an emergency basis, on the same day it's introduced.
City law requires legislation to be read at two meetings before the council votes.
But the council can declare an emergency to suspend the first reading and vote immediately. Most ordinances and resolutions are voted on as emergency legislation. The council, which generally meets weekly, usually cancels one or two meetings a year when fewer than six members are expected to be present. The next meeting will be at 5 p.m. March 20. The assistant director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services resigned Tuesday.