Zanesville City Council met Monday night to discuss several city issues.

In its first reading, council passed an ordinance for a one-year contract for the city's police secretaries and records clerks. The original ordinance was a three-year contract, but in a time of economic uncertainty, council felt restructuring the legislation to a one-year contract would benefit the city in the end.

"It was brought up that doing a three year contract at this point and guaranteeing...