Bellevue Council will have to wait until Jan. 25 to see if it can muster enough votes to override Mayor George Doscher’s veto of several key budget-related ordinances.

Council’s work session scheduled for this past Tuesday was canceled due to inclement weather.

That cancellation concerned some members of council, because at least two members -- Jim and Susan Viscusi -- will not be present at the Jan. 25 meeting. The concern arose from a mistaken belief that the override vote could be affected by the number of council members present.

Director of administrative services Doug Sample, however, confirmed that a full two-thirds of council -- or at least six members -- must vote to override a veto. The two-thirds number is calculated based on the total number of council members -- nine -- not the number of council members present at a given meeting.

That fact could mean that some of the mayor’s vetoes will not be overridden. Doscher vetoed ordinances setting a user-based sewer surcharge, setting salaries for the coming year, and creating new job positions in the borough. The mayor wants the $3 per 1,000 gallons of water surcharge to be phased in over a two-year period, thinks all employees should be given a 2 percent pay raise, and wants another full-time clerical position in the police department. Council voted on Dec. 28 to adopt ordinances setting a $3 surcharge immediately, limiting non-contract pay increases to the public works supervisor, and adding only a part-time position to the police department.

The surcharge and pay raise ordinances have been hotly debated at prior council meetings.