Today is Monday, September twenty second is the lady of finance diversity equity.

I'll uh start out if I could find our guests.

Chief McKinney?

Good afternoon, Chairman.

Um Griffin, I am Michelle Kinney.

I am the finance director for Cleveland Municipal Court.

Um our judge early was not able to make it today, so I'll be um representing the court on behalf of these two pieces that we have coming forth.

This piece for the specialized docket, we're receiving 230,000 to help constituents that come through the court for the four specialized dockets that we have.

We have been receiving this fund funding for over 10 years coming through the court, so it helps the constituents get assistance that they may need while they're getting treatment or help from our human trafficking drug court, veterans court, and also mental health court.

So some of the treatment that they receive comes from help with their rent, if they need assistance with that, help with their utilities, their cell phone transportation, or things that they need in order to stay in the treatment that they do receive.

Okay, thank you.

Uh this is pretty routine.

So this is just drug court, is it veterans court and all those other ones as well?

Yes, it's human trafficking court, veterans court, mental health, and also drug court.

Okay.

So you use how much of what percentage of your general fund is this?

No percentage of general fund.

All that is is grant funded, and there is no match required.

Okay, so no match required, and it's all grant funded.

Yes.

And it's only 80,000?

230,000.

230,000?

Yes.

Okay.

And we get this on an annual basis.

And they actually went up this year for the allocation.

Normally we get between 180, 200,000 was last year, and this year is for next year's service is 230,000, which starts July 1st.

Well, outstanding drug court is a very good tool, and we know that we uh have a lot of uh constituents and a lot of family members that are dealing with addiction, so definitely uh well needed.

I'm always uh sticker shocked at how little we get for these programs, and you guys are really so nimble.

So kudos to all of you guys.

Thank you.

All right, any uh anyone else want to uh comment on ordinance number 1081-2025?

Councilman Mike Messenger.

It's an outstanding program, and I support the legislation.

Okay, any other questions?

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 1081-2025 stands approved, please sign on.

Thank you.

All right, next one is 1080-2025 by Councilmember Griffin by Departmental Request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of finance on behalf of the Cleveland Municipal Court to apply for and accept the grant for from the Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County to expand access to evidence-based supervision and treatment services for defendants of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court and the Human Trafficking Special Document.

Ms.

Kenny.

Good afternoon again.

Now, this funding also comes from ATP.

We also get this on an annual basis.

So this would be our ATP admin fund used towards drug court and um human trafficking court.

So this money does not expire, so they give us an opportunity to use it until we need to use it.

And some of the things that has been used for this funding over the past years under drug court, um, Judge Lauren Moore, who used to be with our court, she was able to provide a book for the constituents that graduated from drug court.

They were able to write a story about themselves and their experience, and this funding um provided the book to be printed and given out to those individuals that came through the drug court.

So this funding can be used for anything that we may need for those constituents to help um throughout the drug court.

Uh once again, this is uh great program, and it's mainly for administration, but it's only 17,000.

What do you do with 17,000?

Little things like that because it's not restricted for services, it's restricted for things that we can do, such as have a book authored, um, yoga on the beach that we do on an annual basis for the constituents, host of graduation for those that come through the drug court.

So it's just a little bit of money, but we can use it at our leisure, and it's not restricted for services such as um treatment services and things like that.

So, and it does not expire.

And we do use those funding for little things like that that aren't required as the other 230,000 that we do receive.

It's all grant.

We don't do not have to match any funding from that, so it does not touch the general fine.

Thank you.

Seeing any uh questions, anybody have any questions regarding 1080-2025?

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 1080-2025 stands approved.

Thank you so much.

We'll hear um the rest of this evening.

Thank you.

All right, uh, we do have a guest for community development, and uh if community development could let me know all the pieces that they have.

Uh, but we'll start out with ordinance number 1170-2025 by council members Harrison and Griffin by departmental requests and emergency ordinance authorizing the director of community development to enter into a loan agreement with Gateway 66 Limited Partnership or is designated to partially finance and develop uh and the development of affordable residential housing units in Ward 7 and for other associated costs necessary to redevelop the properties.

Uh Director and your guests, yes.

Hi, thank you, Council President.

Um, I have Sheila Wright here with me to Angela Bennett as well, and here to speak to their project and answer any questions that uh council may have for them, and uh I will hand it over.

Just so that I can make sure we clarify for the council pretty much all this is doing is your reclassifying for some of these units to be affordable, if I understand correctly, um, in order for you to be able to uh clear the financing that you're getting, but I'll let you guys um explain it better if you could.

So, Miss Wright, please, you got the floor.

Thank you very much, uh large committee.

Um, my name is Sheila White and Frontline Development Group.

This is the department.

And so uh this is a project that has come before council previously, gateway 66.

Um we initially applied for dollars for this project.

We applied for different buckets, one of them which was market rate units, and this is similar to our uh Gordon Crossing project that has come before this committee as well, in that it is mixed income, so it ranges from 80 percent to 30 percent, and so um as we continue to work the numbers, it was always our understanding based on the neighborhood, based on HUD definitions that 80 percent in that area would constitute market rate, but we needed some more clarity with respect to law because it was there was no operating definition for market rate, if you will.

And so this came back before you so that there would be clarity and less of an issue as law you know supports this and we move forward in our financing.

It's a 27 million dollar project, it's 80 units, it's at the corner of East 66 in Linwood, which is right down the street from the investment of the Cleveland Foundation and the Midtown Collaboration Center.

Um, we do have some images, but we may not need again it has come before you.

Um so I don't know if you need that, but um, Angela, do you want to add anything?

Yes, thank you.

Um, and it also with online development.

Thank you for having us here today.

Um, I also just wanted to just provide some additional details on the number of units that we're asking for the for the redesignation.

It's four out of the 80 units that we have.

We're asking to be redesignated to 80% of AMI.

Um, and so just for um this council's um information when we're looking at income limits for 80% of AMI, uh, and that's pretty broad.

So we talk about market rating, it's it's not you know much different.

So under um HUD 2025 guidelines, um, a household of one and 80% of AMI, they can't earn more than $55,000, $650.

Um, a household of two, sixty-free thousand six hundred, a household of three, seventy-one thousand five fifty, and a household of four, seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars.

And you know, so those are pretty, you know, generous, you know, high you know, income limits.

So it doesn't um so when we say you know, changing those four units for to affordable, it means affordability, so that uh we can you know increase the number of 80 percent.

Um, and so I just wanted to clarify that because Cleveland's median um household income is about 39,000 um a year, so moving it, those four units to 80 percent still right is is a pretty sizable difference um in ensuring that folks that you know earn decent income are still able to you know reside at A.

Okay.

All right, uh Councilman Harrison, you relieved this from DPS.

Did you have any comments?

Yes, uh Mr.

Chair, uh we have Thursday uh council.

Uh they are under a uh time constraint as well.

They need to be moved on to uh particularly what does we need to approve sitting before us today for this project?

They need to be moved on and five to uh take a both of Cleveland what does we need to approve sitting before us today for this project uh space uh impossible first line so happy to support really easy thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions regarding 1170?

Councilman uh McCormick and then Councilman uh case the chair, I just want to speak in our support on this working team and volunteer from us.

Um the city, we need to do whatever we can to encourage investment, uh especially neighborhoods who have not seen it, and so investment, you know, small, big, large, affordable market rate, uh period.

We need to do what we can support embossman.

Thank you, Chairman.

Thank you.

Uh any other councilman Brian Casey.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Mr.

Chairman, our presenters, can you just tell us what affordable is going to be what the what the rent um variables will be from lowest to highest?

Yes.

Um so for a two-bedroom at 80% AMI, it's $1,200, $1235.

Um at 60% um of AMI, you're at 1125.

If you're at uh 50%, it's nine forty-five, but those are for two bedroom units.

So you see where even at 80%, and you hear these income limits, it's still you know, affordable, 30% of the household.

If you're looking at one bedroom units, um, at 80% of AMI, it's a thousand sixty-five dollars.

At 60% of AMI, uh, it's nine sixty-five, and at fifteen percent it's um eight fifteen.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Do we have any other questions regarding eleven seventy-2025?

Seeing no other uh questions, ordinance number 1170-2025 will be heard by the full council for consideration this evening.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

And I have uh written by those uh apartments, and uh you're gonna be part of the new war at six, so it's looking good over there.

So we just did a partnership for job four, so we've uh we have policemen job four kids that are on our project currently, and we will stay on the remainder, and they will all play to the operating.

Absolutely.

It's uh councilwoman House Jones ward right now, but um if we could could we add councilwoman House Jones' name to this piece of legislation, even though I know that uh she was very involved in making this happen as well.

Um the uh other thing is the young men that you have as your construction management um project as hers as well as uh run into them quite often at the Myers supermarket, and they love it.

They absolutely speak.

I seen them about two weeks ago, and they rave about just the work that they're doing all the time.

So thank you for giving those two young uh gentlemen an opportunity.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Thank you to the committee.

Thank you, Director Hernandez.

Director Hernandez, you use the get the last draw.

You don't have anything else?

I'm gonna get you off the table.

You good?

You got anything else?

Okay.

This is the one data, you go first.

Alright, I got you.

I all people forget about this message.

All right, thank you.

All right, we're gonna go to public health.

Public health.

This is ordinance number 972-2025 by Councilmembers Conwell and Griffin by Departmental Request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of public health to enter into one or more agreements with the Ohio Department of Health to reimburse the city of Cleveland for monitoring, collecting, and analyzing radiation levels in the vicinity of Burke Lakefront Airport for a period of two years.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

Uh pleasure to be here today to discuss this legislation with you.

Uh this uh grant provides us with the opportunity to collect samples on a weekly basis.

Uh and they are then the samples are then sent to uh the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory for analysis, and this is looking at radiation from our two nuclear power plants.

So to make sure that we're keeping an eye on this, and uh that's not gonna cause us any problems.

So thank you.

If I can one more thing, the estimated amount of this grant over a two-year period is a little more than 31,000.

Okay, if there's anything else to add.

Uh Councilman Conwell, this was heard in health and human services.

Did you have any comments?

Um back uh could you chair you you have it, Director?

Uh let me see.

Why are you looking at over the uh one of the colleagues for the question?

Yes, yes, yes.

Thank you, thank you.

Um my question is is this um your your monitoring?

Um I'm trying to get a better understanding.

You're monitoring the air quality or explain denial for the public.

What do you what are you testing?

We are monitoring air quality, and these are filter monitors, and they take an air sample over a week long period.

Right, and there's there's two elements to the filter.

One is a paper filter, and the other is a charcoal filter.

And then those are both the sample media are both collected and sent to the ODH laboratory in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and they are analyzed there.

The data are then processed by the Department of Health.

Have they ever been elevated?

Not as long as I've been here.

That's not they've not been elevated.

Okay.

So the last question I have is you're you're at physically at Burke Airport, the measuring device.

Correct.

Okay.

Why wouldn't there be measuring devices at each edge of the city?

Rather than in the downtown.

Because uh Perry's to the east, Davis Bessie is to the west.

Why wouldn't they be on the edge of the city?

Perhaps I misunderstood you.

This is at Burke Lake Front Airport, so right in the middle.

That was the area that uh the Department of Health wanted.

Okay, the samples.

So you think you're being downtown versus the edge.

You're still getting an accurate reading.

Yes.

Okay.

Thank you.

Do we have any other questions regarding Councilman Conwell?

Did you want uh any other questions regarding 972-2025?

Okay, I just needed to see the summary um CP.

Okay, and I'm cool beans with the rest of the staff.

All right, thank you.

Any other questions for 972-2025?

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 972-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

Thank you so much.

And uh director, thank you for taking care of that situation I called you about.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

First is ordinance number 491-2025 by council members Casey and Griffin by departmental request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of public utilities to enter into one or more requirement contracts for landscape materials, equipment, supplies, and services needed for testing, maintaining, installing, repairing, and replacing landscaping at city-owned or leased Department of Public Utilities Facilities and City right of way for the divisions of water, water pollution control, and Cleveland Public Power, and Office of Radio Communications, Department of Public Utilities for a period of two years.

Thank you, Chairman, members of the committee.

So this ordinance allows us to go out to bid for landscaping services.

As council's well aware, we have a number of facilities throughout our service area.

The um upkeep of those facilities is a direct reflection of how we treat our customers' assets, so we take it very seriously.

We break this into usually four categories, two large, two small by way of by geographical area to try to get a diverse vendor pool.

We budget a million dollars a year.

Um as I said, we would be going out to bid for these services.

We used to get um the goals, the MBE, FVE, and CSB participation goals with landscaping, I'm sure we get some goals because there's several corporations and companies that do that.

Could you tell us if we have those?

Because I didn't haven't seen them in the executive summary.

We used to get that in the executive summary.

So the CS uh chairman, the on the third page of the executive summary where it has the goals of 20%, commitments made by the vendor.

Each of these four current contracts made a good faith effort determined by OEO, but there is no um, they're all sort of smaller outfits, so there's no uh subs.

So they don't can't subcontract to a uh CSB FBE, but they made commitments to ref to satisfy OEO and got that good faith effort.

But they don't so we hire by example whatever Zscape.

They don't have a subcontractor to come in and do the tree trimming, they do all of it, and by their bid, they have to be able to do all of it.

So, what OEO evaluates is whether they made a good faith effort in the in the CSB participation goals, and they did get that.

So we always ask for it.

It's often the good faith effort is the best that it's deemed by OEO because it doesn't lend itself to subs.

I'm uh not going to try to figure this out at the table today, but I would like to talk with OEO about this because it has to be a way to do this because there are several hundreds of landscaping businesses from African American to female to Hispanic, and um just because of some clause, I don't want to just say good faith effort because sometimes people's good faith effort is oh, my wife apply for it instead of me.

And I want to make sure that that's not what I'm saying.

And then some of these are female owned and minority owned businesses, but I'm happy to come up with the other.

Okay, I just want to make sure that we give an opportunity because uh we all with everything we do, that's the reason why this committee has the EI to it.

I know the world is trying to move away from it, but it's important to make sure that we have that kind of uh representation.

We agree.

All right, uh, Councilman Brian Casey.

We recommended it for passed.

Thank you, sir.

Appreciate it.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 491-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

Ordinance number 533-2025 by council members Casey and Griffin by departmental request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of petroleum-based fuels for various types of backup generators, including regular and emergency deliveries, purchases, rentals, maintenance, and miscellaneous supporting services for the various divisions of the Department of Public Utilities for a period of two years.

Director.

Thank you, Chairman.

At the Department of Public Utilities, we have a variety of backup equipment at our facilities, including turbine generators, diesel electric generator generators, diesel drives for water pumps, propane electric generators.

All of this requires either diesel or propane fuel.

We are asking for authority to go out to bid to have this these services continue both on a regular basis and during emergency situations, estimated to cost two million dollars over the two years of the proposed contract.

The OEO the OEO did not determine goals because this is actually a contract for the purchase of the fuel, so there would not be any goals associated with this contract.

Okay, thank you, Councilman Brian Casey.

Thank you.

Uh any other questions regarding ordinance number 533-2025.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 533-2025 stands approved.

Next up is ordinance number 822-2025 by council members Casey and Griffin by Departmental Request and emergency ordinance authorizing the director of public utilities to enter into one or more contracts with OW investors, LLC, DBA, Mars Company for the professional services necessary to provide software and hardware maintenance for the testing, maintaining, and upgrading of water meters for residential and commercial use, including acquiring licenses, integrating and installing system upgrades, hardware upgrades, and hardware software maintenance and related equipment, labor and materials for the division of water, department of public utilities for a period of three years.

Umvider of this proprietary equipment for testing our residential and commercial water meters, as council is well aware.

Uh the accuracy of these meters is the backbone of what we do and getting the customers' satisfaction as to that accuracy is what Mars specializes in with the MCC, the maintenance calibration certification as approved by the American Waterworks Association, and along with the M3 Enterprise Software Program, we are budgeting to improve to replace certain equipment at meter ops, the the bench test system for our water meters, which is why you'll see in the executive summary year one about a $300,000 increase.

That is to replace the equipment that is aging or beyond its useful life, and then the regular maintenance of those two other programs with Mars, a proprietary system that we're seeking to continue the uh relationship with.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Any other questions regarding A22-2025 questions?

Ordinance number 822-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

Next is ordinance number 823-2025 by Council members Casey and Griffin by Departmental Request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of disposal of debris at land at landfill, transfer stations, or recycle reclaim facility sites for the divisions of water, Cleveland Public Power, and Water Pollution Control, Department of Public Utilities for a term of two years with a one year option to renew exercisable by the director of public utilities.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of disposal of debris at Landsfield at Landfield transfer stations or recycled reclaim facility sites for the divisions of water, Cleveland Public Power, and Water Pollution Control, Department of Public Utilities for a term of two years with a one-year option to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Utilities.

Director.

Thank you, Chairman.

All three divisions do dig holes a lot, and that results in spoils and residuals and debris, which need to be taken somewhere properly in under regulations established by the OEPA.

We do go out to bid on every two years.

We do budget per division about about 1.4 million dollars for the two-year term.

Either we're allowed, we we do require that we're allowed to deliver the debris ourselves, our workers, but also we have 40 yard dumpsters at various locations that we will fill with the debris, and they will come and get it with 48 hours notice.

So it is some strictures put on the contract, but um we're looking to go out to bid to continue this relationship.

Thank you.

Councilman Casey.

All right, seeing no other questions, ordinance number eight twenty-three dash 2025 stands approved, please sign on.

Next up is ordinance number eight twenty-four-2025 by council members Casey and Griffin by Departmental Request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of various types of fencing, gate operators gates, vertical pivot lift gates, barriers, walls, and guardrails, including associate appurtens, and labor and materials necessary to repair or maintain existing equipment facilities for the various divisions of the Department of Public Utilities for a period of up to two years.

Director.

Thank you, Chairman.

As many fences as we have at the Department of Public Utilities, we have as many gates.

Those gates are operated very vegetably regularly in a 24-7 operation.

They break often.

We go out to seek vendors who will come in on very short notice to fix our gates and fences and the other lifts and pivot gates and things to that effect.

All right, seeing all the questions, ordinance number 824-2025 stands approved.

Next up is ordinance number 825-2025 by Council Members Casey and Griffin by Departmental Request.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of labor and materials necessary to maintain, test, inspect, repair, enhance, or replace and install HVAC systems and component parts, including heating, boilers, ventilation and air conditioning systems, environmental controls, software, and components, including rentals if necessary for the divisions of water, water pollution control, and Cleveland Public Power, and Office of Radio Communications, Department of Public Utilities for a period of up to two years.

Director.

Thank you, Chairman.

Similar to the last piece, we do have a number of facilities that all have their unique HVAC needs, and when it breaks, it is expensive.

However, we do need to respond in a timely manner in order to continue to provide that high level of service that we hope to provide every day.

Budget uh two million dollars per year for this two-year contract, and the current contract expires later this year.

Thank you.

Councilman Casey.

Uh duly vetted and recommended for passage from utilities.

Thank you.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number eight twenty-five-2025 stands approved.

Next up, last but not least, is ordinance number eight twenty-six-2025 by council members Casey and Griffin by Departmental Request and emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of labor and materials necessary to test, maintain, and repair backup electrical gear, diesel drives for pumps, petroleum-based fuel equipment, and computer backup systems for the various divisions of the Department of Public Utilities for a term of two years.

Thank you, Chairman.

The fuel that you're giving us permission to buy in the earlier ordinance would be put into these machines that need to be tested uh regularly and maintained.

And this also includes the underground storage of those fuels that also require testing and compliance and replacement if necessary.

A two-year contract, and we're anticipating approximately one million dollars over its life.

Thank you, Councilman Casey.

All right.

Uh seeing no other questions, ordinance number 826-2025 stands approved.

I see that you have Commissioner Margovesh here.

Is any reason that he is my muscle?

Oh, he's the muscle with the hustle.

Okay, I let the muscle stay.

Great event last week.

Just wanted to commend you guys.

Um, all the years I've been living in that area.

Really never have uh been through Baldwin, and it was really a heck of an experience.

So appreciate it.

One years.

Thank you, Chairman.

All right, thank you.

Alice gave a lot of history too.

He's a historian.

He's great.

All right, moving to port control.

Join us at the table.

We got a familiar face.

Can't get enough of this.

I know.

Welcome back.

Director Williams and Mr.

Francis.

How's everybody?

Doing well.

All right, great.

Uh ordinance number 951-2025 by Council Members McCormick and Griffin by Departmental Request.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the director of port control to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with Cummings Inc.

for the purchase of proprietary reparts replacement parts for heavy duty construction equipment and labor and materials to repair and maintain the proprietory the proprietary equipment for the department of port control for a period of one year with three one year options to renew exercisable by the director of port control.

Director.

Good afternoon, Chairman, members of the committee.

Several of the items that port control has before you today are related to our vehicle and equipment, our renewal and maintenance program.

And those will be presented by assistant director of airport operations of public safety, Mr.

Frank Williams.

Thank you.

Uh and to the uh council members, this legislation will ensure that the required machines, equipment supplies, parts, materials, labor, and services are available to make repairs, maintain, upfit, replace, and enhance equipment for the department of port control.

Ensuring these machines and equipment are kept in good work condition will uh be a workforce at DVC and to put your jobs more efficiently, uh, which enables DC to be operational need and also FAA requirements.

Uh this is uh a contract that's approximately sixty thousand dollars annually, it leans forward to heavy equipment and diesel engines that uh companies face uh a third portion of our pieces of equipment for snow and ice control.

Thank you.

Councilman Kerry McCormick.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Uh this piece was thoroughly vetted by the committee in unanimously approved.

Thank you.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 951-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

Next up is ordinance number 952-2025 by Council members McCormick and Griffin by Departmental Request and Emergency Ordinance authorizing the director of port control to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with Murphy Tractor and Equipment Company Inc.

for the purchase of proprietary replacement parts for heavy duty equip uh construction equipment and labor and materials to repair and maintain the proprietary equipment for the department of port control for a period of one year with three one-year options to renew exercisable by the director of port control.

Director.

Yes, Mr.

Chairman, Mr.

Williams will be presenting this item as well.

Mr.

Williams.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Chairman, and uh to the members of council.

Uh this legislation again, like the last one, uh, is uh directed at uh snow and ice control uh for equipment that is used to clear our ramps, uh Murphy tractor uh equipment supplies, those uh items uh for our uh 744 wheel motors uh for snow plowing uh and also loading our chemicals and materials.

Uh this uh contract is approximately 30,000 annually, and it helps to support uh all of our activities within the communities for thank you.

Councilman McCormick.

Mr.

Chairman, this uh piece was heard by the committee and unanimously supported.

Thank you.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 952-2025 stands approved.

Next up is ordinance number 953-2025 by council members McCormick and Griffin by departmental requests, an emergency ordinance authorizing the director of port control to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with Ohio Machinery Company, DBA Ohio Cat for the purchase of proprietary replacement parts for heavy-duty construction equipment and labor and materials to repair and maintain the proprietary equipment for the department uh port control for a period of one year with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the director of port control.

Director.

Thank you, Mr.

Williams.

Thank you.

To the chair, uh this legislation will ensure that the required machines, equipment, uh, supplies, trains, parts, materials, labor, and services are available to make repairs, maintain, upfit, replace, and enhance equipment for the department of port control.

Again, these for heavy equipment, uh, snow removal equipment, uh, and some also for resetting and re-upfitting pieces of equipment.

This uh contract is uh approximately sixty thousand dollars annually as well.

Thank you.

Uh Councilman McCormick.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

953 was reviewed and supported by the committee unanimously.

Thank you.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 953-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

Next up is ordinance number 954-2025 by Council members McCormick and Griffin by departmental requests.

An emergency ordinance determined the method of making the public improvement of repairing or replacing roofs and authorizing the director of port control to enter into one or more public improvement requirement contracts for the making of the improvement for a one-year period with three one-year options to renew exercisable by the director of port control.

Director.

Thank you.

Mrs.

Williams.

Yes.

This to the chair, excuse me.

With an aging roofing system that is challenged by the hot summers, hot high winds, and very cold winters.

It is imperative to have a roofing contract in place.

Thank you.

Councilman McCormick.

Thank you, Chair.

Once again, this piece was reviewed and approved by the committee.

Thank you.

Seeing all the questions, ordinance number 954-2025 stands approved.

Please sign off.

Next up is ordinance number 95965-2025 by Council members McCormick and Griffin by departmental request.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the director of port control to enter into a lease agreement with Big Play LLC for the lease of space located at 1501 North Marginal Road for the use of occupancy of space located in the terminal building of Burke Lakefront Airport for the operation of its podcast studio for a period of one year with four one-year options to renew exercisable by the director of port control.

Director.

This is an internal office in the airport.

We learned that if you got a lake view, you pay more.

If you don't, we learned all about it, Mr.

Chairman.

But at the end of the day, this was supported by the committee.

Outstanding.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 965-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

Next up is ordinance number 966-2025 by Council members McCormick and Griffin by departmental requests and emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase and or rental by one or more requirement contracts of heavy-duty equipment, snow removal equipment, large capacity trucks, other equipment with operators, and any necessary labor materials or equipment needed for snow and ice removal and/or maintenance for the various divisions of the Department of Port Control for a period of one year.

We have three one-year options to renew exercisable by the director of port control.

Director.

Yes, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Assistant Director Williams.

To the Chair Chair, members of Council.

The Department in accordance with FAA requirements and approved Airport Snow and Ice Control Plan is required to staff during the snow season our snow removal vehicle operations with a minimal number of staff based on the snow coat and forecast.

The department has utilized a supplemental services contract to support the DPC workforce and equipment to employ temporary and seasonal drivers, the backfield, staff vacancies, and absenteeism ensure safety and compliance within the FAA Part 139 regulatory requirements.

These services will include, but not be limited to stone ice removal for landslide, air side, and other various locations for DCC.

The contract will remain, will maintain city compliance with the FAA part 139 regulatory requirements to assure that we are staffed properly for winter operations around the clock.

So just one question.

Why do we have to sub work out?

Why don't we have enough that we just hire?

This is a supplemental contract.

This only goes into effect when we need it, so if we have uh non-responde vacancies, equipment down, and things that uh sort we're really able to keep the airport open uh based on 139 regulations uh for those for those minimum staffing.

So we don't uh look to use this, we just we just use it to supplement our uh existing staff.

Okay, that's that's good.

I mean, it's good to understand that.

I just uh have we ever had to pull the trigger to use that?

Yes, and let's say if it's a COVID outbreak or a flu outbreak, then you have a way to be able to go out and have make sure that you have mandatory staff to be able to do this.

Okay, all right.

Uh councilman McCormick.

Mr.

Chairman, this was again reviewed by the committee and supported.

Thank you.

Uh just one other question.

They all meet federal FAA guidelines, like all of the people that are vetted, so these would be third party companies, so we're they have all kinds of background and everything else issues.

That's correct, uh, Mr.

Chair.

They would uh anyone that is working on the airport uh would need to go through the badging process and uh pass the background checks that are required through the federal government.

Okay, sounds good.

All right, seeing no other questions, orders number 966-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

Thank you much.

And uh director, just on the side note, I would um just as a just as a uh miscellaneous.

Once again, I don't believe in trying to use finance to really do a deep dive on this, and I know that councilman McCormick is uh on the runway headed to uh paradise, I guess.

But uh, you know, the next uh chair will probably be uh Charlie Slife, Councilman Charles Sly, and at some point in time I think it would be imperative for us to try to understand the conversation about safety out in Brook Park.

I know that there's people that's able to go to the state and get whatever they want to get out of the state, but I kind of believe that you had a very valid point.

Um, and I I think at some point in time this council deserves to understand um whatever concerns safety-wise that there may be uh because um I I tend to believe that you are more right.

So I just want to say that for the record.

Um, I know that there's a whole bunch of other opinions, but I think that there's a lot of unknowns there around safety that um we're not really digging into, and at some point in time I think that it'd be imperative for this body to really try to pull in port control and have a real intimate conversation about the concerns from everything from highway congestion and our and our customers getting into the airport to safety reasons and everything else.

So uh I look forward to talking with uh the next chair about how we can frame that.

Okay, thank you.

Councilman Michael Palency.

Thank you.

Hold up, we got one more miscellaneous.

Thank you.

Uh the record is always good to see uh Frank Williams at the table again.

Um director, when did you become director?

Uh mayor for chairman.

So roughly two years ago.

Um prior to your place, your your appointment, are you aware if anyone from uh the port authority, i.e.

uh, ever looked at the 170 acres being proposed for the stadium site by the Browns at present for acquisition by the airport?

Through the chair, not directly, though I do know that during the master plan process in the 2020 uh period there uh there was consideration of how that land could be utilized for airport purposes if in fact it were purchased.

Okay, yes.

Uh I went out there uh a week and a half ago and drove around the site, and the thing that um that I think um struck me the the greatest um, and again I'm not familiar with that air, so I went out there, I just took my time driving around.

Was when you look at it, then you go look at an aerial and you realize it's proximity to the airport.

It's like I kept thinking to myself, where was the vision in the in the past when the plat came down?

Um why wasn't there any?

You just alluded to it, um, real um effort to secure that site in fact in light of the fact that we are landlocked at Hopkins, and this is right next door.

I just that like it hit you when you go out there and I kept saying it myself.

How did we miss this one?

How did we collectively the people who do the planning who do the long range planning for the airport?

How in the heck did we miss this on this one?

I just it's for me it's inconceivable right there, right next to the airport, 170 acres, and then somehow um our front um, and that's being quite cross outside of our window here, um decided to snatch the property, and then we all know what we're dealing with at this point.

So I just I just for the life of me when I was out there, just couldn't figure that one out.

But um so at the end of the day, sometimes uh maybe we need to have someone uh we need to retain people who have a far greater vision than the people that we had internally because obviously somebody really missed the vote here on this one.

I can tell you that right now.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

I'll leave you at that.

Thank you.

And I can thank you on the councilman for listening.

I talked and uh one of the reasons why a lot of people um I hate to say it for city the city needed probably be better speculators because uh it would have been just a matter of time before somebody picked up that property and they did, and that's what we're faced with right now.

So at some point in time, I think that's a broader discussion, not only with the port control, but with our real estate folks, because that's what we put sites funds and other things in place for in order to get those large parcels in our hands so that we can attract businesses and deal and uh and prevent some of what we're seeing now because uh what we're seeing now is an egregious um agregious um overreach by the state government.

And once again, I know that you have your lane to run, but we have ours too.

So okay.

All right, thank you.

Appreciate it.

And I did say I happen to think you were right, so all right, thank you.

And good to see you, Mr.

Williams.

All right, okay.

Next up is ordinance number 673-2025 as amended, and I believe the amendments are on your tablets, so I am not going to read all of the amendments, but there are amendments.

Actually, I will, it's only a few.

Let me read them because it's always better to read the amendments into the record.

Um it says uh, well, first of all, let me read it first, 673 2025 as amended by councilmember Griffin by Departmental Request, an emergency ordinance authorizing the issuance, authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum principal amount of four million for the purpose of providing funds to acquire vehicles and equipment for performing functions of the city's departments, including the Department of Public Works and Department of Public Safety and authorizing related matters.

And there are some amendments.

The amendments are there's no legal objection to this legislation if amended as follows.

One in the title, line three, in the first whereas clause, line two, and then section one, line two, strike four million and insert three million in all three places.

Number two, in the second whereas clause, line five, strike six seventy-three-2025-A and insert 673-2025-b.

Number three, and section two, second paragraph, line six, strike six percent, and insert six point five percent.

And in line nine, strike December one, twenty twenty-five, and insert June 1, 2026, and then the third paragraph, line six, strike 2027 and insert 2028.

Number four, in section two at A Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption, second paragraph, line two, strike the Huntington National Bank and insert Argent Institutional Trust Company as successor to the Huntington National Bank.

Number five, in section nine, line three, strike four million and insert three million in a line two, strike five percent, and insert six percent and in C line eight, strike ten in quotations and insert nine A in quotations.

This is dated 9-9, 2025 by Deborah Wart Rossman, assistant director of law.

Uh Director, and uh before I go any further, I want to commend uh uh Miss Saban and also our chair of uh public uh works, Councilman Kevin Bishop, a tremendous amount of time has gone into trying to review these bonds.

Uh this is the new way of the world that the director is really working with us on.

So I asked everybody about two weeks ago to really roll up your sleeves and understand all of what the moving parts are.

So I just want to commend uh councilman uh uh bishop as well as uh Miss Saban, our policy staffer, for really rolling up their sleeves and all of our staff uh that rolled up their sleeves to really make sure that they gave us a proposal that was clean as possible to come to the table.

There's still a couple of things that even up until Friday we are still trying to work through.

Uh but I believe that they really did a great job along with the director who I'd like to commend and both directors uh for really bringing us uh forth a product that I think that'll work for all of us.

So, director and director, you have the floor.

Through the chair of the committee, so um this is obviously reflecting changes that we hope to make to the um to the debt program and not you know align our needs more or align the borrowing more with our needs.

Uh so normally the the reason for the amendments and the lower amounts, uh normally the CIP that we presented to you in April, we would go out, we would borrow the full amount, which was about that the capital improvement plan, um, which is all the projects for for the city for the year.

Yep.

So um normally we would go out and we would just borrow for the full CIP amount, and then MoCap would go ahead and spend down.

Uh this year working with MOCAP, um, we're aligning the need with what you know, the borrowing with that what we actually need by the end of the year.

So we're able to whittle this list down from 76 million down to 36 million, 44,000.

So that's what we're asking for the authority to borrow, plus an amount for cost of issuance for a total of 40 million.

That's all five pieces together, um, all the borrowing, uh, and they're all gonna have similar arguments.

So the list in front of you is also an attempt for increased transparency.

So the list in front of you is the CIP that was presented in April that was cleared by bond council.

The highlighted items are the items that we're borrowing for now, or we're requesting the authorization to borrow for now.

And the um the non-highlighted items, I just want to be clear, those projects will be done.

They are on the CIP, but we will not have working with MOCAP.

We do not believe that we will have executed contracts by the end of the year.

So that being the case, we didn't want to go out and borrow 76 million dollars.

We didn't have to.

So we're just borrowing or requesting the authorization to borrow just what we need to execute contracts for this year.

Now the rest of the of the projects will be rolled into a CIP that we will bring to council in January, and we will fully review that and work with council, and it will be a similar process in terms of the back and forth and uh on the projects and which projects will actually be included.

Um Director DeRosa can speak a little bit more of the process if there's questions.

Um that's the gust of this.

Uh the amendments in particular, um, obviously the amounts, the original amounts on the um ordinances were what we were going to borrow if we followed the normal procedure, the amended amounts are the lower amounts.

Um there are a few changes to interest rates, so we've seen an uptick in the longer end of the yield curve.

Um, and we were concerned that you know we've had low interest rates for a long time.

We're concerned if we didn't raise the language for the interest rate maximum.

Um, we may not have enough room to maneuver in the markets, so we wanted to make sure uh that we were able to go to market um by giving ourselves a little bit more room with the interest rate.

And then the um the change in the name, so um item number four, uh Argent actually purchased this arm of Huntingdon Bank.

So that's the reason for the name change in the um in the legislation.

So with that, I'll take any questions.

So I just want to make sure that um just to clarify, um, one of the risks, and I want to make this clear with everybody, is that um originally they wanted to try to do 75 for two years.

And to try to get 75 million that would have covered next year's capital projects as well.

And one of the reasons that we had some concerns about it was because you know, we didn't want to the reason that they wanted to do it, and let me just get to the risk first, is because you know we don't want to have a delay, and we don't want to come into January, and then for whatever reason, then there's another delay for two months, three months, four months, six months, and then these projects don't get up and running, and then this same council will be complaining to the director saying, Hey, where's the project at?

What are we doing?

So originally the director was trying to offer that kind of flexibility, uh, but we thought it was best to try to focus on this.

Keep in mind we'll also have a new council that comes in, and we all know how we all were the first month that we walked in, even though some of us came in with requisite experience.

Um it takes a minute to find out where the bathroom is at.

So that's why I said councilman Bishop did a very good due diligence job with Miss Saban uh in order to try to comb through this and give us a path forward that we feel comfortable with, and just wanted to make sure that you guys understood a lot of work went into this, okay?

And I do want to commend the administration because they're trying to do something new where they spend cash first that we have cash available, second, they want to offer to get short-term notes, um, and then third to try to use bond money.

So then that way it can save money and it can make us more efficient in how we get projects out the door.

Um so it's a new way of doing business, and that's why I've been really trying to ask everybody to roll up their sleeves and try to understand this uh because this is not how we usually do it, where we get a three-year capital CIP uh, you know, and then uh and then move money around just to make sure that we fit the plan.

He's trying to make sure that we use the money that we have on hand.

I may not be saying that this move is the director saying it, but that's the gist of what we were trying to do, and this is where we ended up at.

And uh before I go into any questioning with uh director DeRosa, uh Chairman Bishop, did you want to expound upon this anymore?

Because I know you've been the closest to it.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Uh Chairman, we have been vetting this for the last uh couple of months, and we uh we we're excited about this new way of um uh borrowing money as far as uh bonds go.

Um we hope these um savings that will incur over the future in the future, we put the good use where we can actually do get more projects done year over year.

Uh Mr.

For Chairman, we fully support this process.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And all of us when the director came a few months ago and did a presentation, thought about it and said, hmm, this does make sense.

So just want to make sure everybody know that now we're into implementation.

I know it's always one thing to get educated, but then when the rubber hits the road, everybody said, Well, well, wait a minute, wait a minute, is everything moving?

So this is uh this plan in action, okay.

The one question that I have before I kick it to my colleagues so far I have uh McCormick and uh councilwoman Santana and Polency.

Uh but um the one thing that I have is interest rates just got cut by the feds.

So why would we raise that?

And is that going to create an issue where we get more interest, which we know in the past when we've gained more interest, it actually cost us because then we actually had to pay like a ten thousand dollar penalty.

So are we basically creating our putting ourselves in a situation where interest rates just got cut and we may actually have a larger amount of interest that we gain off of this money because of what we're legislating versus what the interest rates really are.

So to the chair, so when we did our analysis and saw that you know the um the long-term rates were ticking up above potentially above five percent, um, so getting higher.

Now, keep in mind that the Fed does not cut all interest rates across the yield curve, they only control the short-term rate.

So the Fed funds rate is the rate in which banks lend to each other overnight, and that tends to filter down to the longer end of the curve.

But just because they cut the short-term rate, the long-term rate can still fluctuate.

So being at levels where it's at now, um, we still feel like we need that room because we don't know what the long long-term rates are gonna do, even though the short-term rates have been cut.

All right, thanks for that explanation.

Umcorming, then councilwoman Santana.

Thank you, Chair, and appreciate everyone that did a lot of hard work on this.

Um, and I submitted this through our staff.

So I did my part about being a part of the process as well.

So I'm not just outstanding at the table.

Um, Chairman, to the team.

Um, as you know, for our residents, traffic calming is I hear about it every meeting I go to, I get tagged about it online, I can call some my office.

Can you show me, and maybe I'm missing it, where are speed tables in this booklet?

Um good question.

So um, if you go under Rhoden Bridge bonds, um, which is page uh three.

And then let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten lines down, there's a line item called Cleveland Moves program.

Uh so what we did is we um created a new category, and this was um it's been a long time ago, but back in April, we we um did review this list with council, but we created a new category because they just finished the Cleveland Moves study and and plan, and so this year Cleveland Moves was proposed to be um um funded with a million dollars for anything from you know quick builds to speed tables to anything that they they need uh to implement the Cleveland Moves plan.

So that's where it's at.

Now it's not highlighted, which means it would be it's we proposed to be rolled into next year's CIP, but it is in uh the list and is what was proposed in April.

Okay, thank you.

So uh chair of the director, um, in layman's terms for residents watching, they will there be uh um capital funded speed tables deployed in the city of Cleveland next year.

Uh through chairman's councilman, my my understanding is yes, but it's it's not my office that's making those decisions.

I would assume that we would continue with the program that we're on.

But um the mobility team and city planning are the ones that are making those decisions, but my assumption is yes.

Okay, and through the chair to the director, is it your shop though that installs them or is it a mix between you and streets?

How's that work?

Um through councilman or through the chairman and the councilman, yeah, combination of um MoCap, MoCap's contractors, my department's contractors and division of streets.

Okay.

So it it really depends on um where and and what type of improvement.

Um currently, we haven't done any speed tables through capital contracts that all been through streets, but not to say in the future uh they couldn't be through our contractors.

Thank you, Chair.

And I'll just make a anecdotal comment.

Um you know, there's elections going on right now.

One of the byproducts of that is you get a lot of good feedback from residents because you're kind of you know, in in the ecosystem, right?

And I'm not campaigning for anything, but I live in my neighborhood, right?

So I hear it.

And I'll say one of the big pieces I'm hearing is residents want to see the speed uh want to see the traffic calming program sped up.

They want to see more speed tables, and I'm hearing that a lot of feedback.

Um as we know in this business, when candidates start chirping on an issue, it's because they're hearing it at doors, right?

So I just hope that um as we move forward, I won't be at this table, but um he can't get rid of me.

I will be in the city of Cleveland living as a resident.

Uh so I I you know I continue to care about these issues very much.

Um, and so I hope that we really get serious and and you know, we've done a lot of really great work with mobility at the city.

How do we um you know really expedite that and get these darn speed tables out there on these streets where residents are calling us because people are doing 60 miles an hour and their babies are playing in the front yard or trying to cross the street, and we we know the stories, right?

So I just hope as we look at our capital project.

Um I'm gonna be putting some funds into speed tables, try to drain my accounts before I leave.

Um, and but I'm thinking holistically as a city, how do we really invest in this stuff?

Because I'm sure I'm not the only one at this table that hears about speeding cars and their community meetings.

So thank you, Chair.

And if I could just say it's a very important issue for the mayor, I I have no doubt that we're gonna continue to work better and better with city planning.

We have a mobility task force that meets every single Monday.

We talk about how to implement what's in Cleveland Moves, and as a city, we're gonna get more efficient in actually rolling out these these programs.

Great, thank you.

Thank you.

And I'm gonna ask if you guys can make sure that you talk with Councilman Bishop as part of our operational hearings that we're about to ramp up so that we could talk about the decision making around those tables because I know that there's sometimes disagreements between um the mobility team and what they're recommending versus what council is recommending.

And we always do have to have some kind of algorithm or some kind of process because we know that we cannot unbeknownst to the residents.

I hope all of them are listening right now.

We cannot put speed tables on every single street.

So it's gonna be important to make sure that we understand the process, the priority, and how council um is a part of that process because many of us are using our discretionary dollars, and pretty much our discretionary dollars are going to the areas that there may be some disagreement with the administration on um on vehicle counts and other things, but we still believe as a neighborhood that they might need to go.

Like, for example, one of the criteria that I've been trying to focus on is anywhere around schools to make sure that schools and areas around schools are starting out to be the priority.

So schools, parks, playgrounds, places where we know children and families go.

So really need to make sure that we have a clear understanding to understand the priorities.

So we're going to talk with our constituents, they know that we don't just arbitrarily make a decision on you get a speed table, you get a speed table, you don't, because that's where it creates a little confusion.

Okay.

So you can make sure you run that past councilman Bishop and uh make sure that everybody understands the cost because they cost between eight to fifteen thousand dollars, if I understand, and we want to make sure that we articulate that to our our our public on why this is being done.

Also, in addition to things I want to make sure look at how the speed tables are being deployed now.

I know EMS had a problem because they were concerned about why they're transporting people, so where we might need to avoid um speed tables in certain places, as well as how you guys are trying to stagger them in certain places so that is ways for the EMS truck to kind of snake around.

So, you know, really want to try to make sure we roll up our sleeves and because that's to be honest with you, the top five issue that we get now is people want speed tables on every street.

Um and you know, we just gotta have a criteria, okay?

All right, all right.

Um councilwoman Santana, Palency Conwheel.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and just on that note, um as I was thinking, I know that speed tables are different now the way that they're putting them down, they're doing ash fall.

So isn't there to the chair to the director a different price now for I don't know the rubber ones versus the ash file ones?

So through the chair and councilwoman, there are different pricing, but to be honest, this director Rosman that's really the point person on the price and the different styles of speed tables and where they might work us.

Um I can get you that information.

Okay, yes.

Thank you.

Just I was just thinking about it while they're talking about it through the chair.

Um so first of all, thank you everyone who was involved in this spreadsheet.

Who created this?

Is this our council staff?

Um through the chair to the committee use of uh joint effort, but uh this has been this is the CIP um it's mostly headed by vocat uh and it was run through our bond council.

So bond council did the calculations and make sure that we can borrow for all these projects.

Got it, and then through the chair, these were projects submitted by council and administration, right?

Through the term, yes.

Okay.

Um I'm not sure if this is too much to ask, but just as I'm thinking like strategy for next year, would it be um would it be too much to ask if we could break this down like through categories like safety, rec centers, parks, like different categories, and maybe per neighborhood, so we could kind of see map out all these projects.

I would like to visually see if make sure that every neighborhood is being touched and we're investing all across our city.

Um is that possible to the through the chair to the councilman?

So I would like to point out that these are broken up for the five pieces of legislation at a high level.

So the first page is for recreation.

Um, I see this okay.

And then you have road and bridges.

Got it.

Okay, I'm sorry, it's so small that okay.

So that's three chairman.

So these are by a type of bond, and that's how you have the ordinances are by type of bond.

Oh, okay.

And that's a requirement which on council issues all up.

Um what I would like to say we do have so back in April when we presented this to city council, we did map out where the proposed improvements are around the city, and I can share that with city council because we did a GIS map just to show from the rows of the parts, the facilities, where everything is in the city, and it is a nice you know representation of improvements throughout the city.

Good.

If you could share that with me, Director, and then last and not least, through the chair, I just put in with my NAF dollars for security cameras um in the park, and it was about 250,000 just for one part.

I'm just curious to know it says citywide park security cameras.

250,000 doesn't seem like it's a lot.

Is that just one area?

So um through the chairman and the councilman, the 250, you're right, it's not a tremendous amount of money, but it originally was going to be matched by another 250 from public safety.

Um, but currently um it's it's only the mocat money that's coming into that pot of money.

And we do work with our um our site development team that renovates parks, and then uh try to use that money for parts that are getting renovated that need uh the security cameras.

Originally, the idea was public safety would match it, and then they would identify locations throughout the city.

Maybe there's no improvements, but they just need a safety presence.

But um, but we have a little bit less money to work with than we really thought.

Yeah, thank you.

You know how we get the meth dollars, and then we we do our own projects based on what residents give us the cost security cameras is something that we can constantly get a call for.

So I guess I'm trying to think strategically, like if we're already investing with the meth dollars, how do we match these bond dollars to you know kind of leverage and align with the projects that we are um doing in our so I guess I'm I'm thinking that way because if 300,000 of our net dollars are going to security um cameras, is it cheaper if you buy them by bundles and uh you know larger quantity?

Um councilwoman.

So the city has a um contract with a company that does all of our security cameras at all the parks and facilities throughout our system so that they're all in one system and they can talk to each other.

So there would no there would be no cost savings, but um but I I think you're thinking about this in the right way where your NAF dollars are ways that you can fund projects that maybe didn't make it on our particular list that uh of a citywide um you know focus, maybe, but it it's a way for you to focus on areas that are really important to your neighborhood, and sometimes we capture those too.

So the improvements here in Trent Park or Terminal Park, like those are neighborhood, those came from you know you as council members, but sometimes there's things that just aren't on our list, and that's how you could use the enough funds like the security camera funding.

Yeah, and I'm just thinking about it because sometimes the amount that we get is not enough for a project, right?

And it's like we're just spreading this very thin peanut butter all, you know, and um with such huge needs.

So I guess I'm thinking about how do we make our money go further in our neighborhoods.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh just before I go to Councilman Policy and Councilman Conn will just a reminder to everyone before I forget any requests for your capital improvement requests need to be in to Miss Saban to make sure that they're for delivery to uh Director DeRosa by September the 30th.

We've been saying it for the last month.

I know that a couple of us I'll be the first to say I'm a little bit behind, but I really want you guys to make whatever recommendations you have need to be in by the 30th so that they can try to put the CIP plan together.

We're gonna make sure that your chair and Miss Saban.

Ms.

Saban is running point, so Miss Brooks Sabin and Councilman Kevin Bishop.

Councilman Kevin Bishop is the chair of public works.

Miss Saban works closely with him to make sure that she staffs that committee, and them two will make sure that your requests get put into public works by September the 30th.

Okay, can I add something?

Just as my mind, my mind is just going.

So I guess I'm thinking council members could submit their projects, right?

But this is something that I I just um that I guess I suffer with.

Um the administration, do they have the overall vision for the city and align it with city council's projects?

It seems like we're just submitting these projects, but how do we know if they're helping move our community forward?

Like our you know what I mean, our city forward.

Do we just add them on the list and based on what council members and administration wants, we get them done, or is there like a strategy behind that?

Councilman, great, great question.

Um, through the chairman, so there's a couple things going on here.

One it's all of our job to make sure that we have a joint vision for the city, and sometimes projects that a particular council person puts forward or the administration puts forward really doesn't rise to the level of this, what's really a small list with all the needs that we have in our city.

But we have some great guiding principles.

One is we have the park and rec master plan, which we recently finished, which really guides us into certain parts of town that don't have good park and rec resources.

It's an equity basis instead of just a worst first spaces.

And to be honest, that's why terminal and in and in Trent Park made the list this year because those are areas that have needs for park improvements.

We we all have needs for park improvements, but there's it's um an area that doesn't have a lot of your board in particular, does it not have a lot of park space?

Um, but then there's the road and bridge bonds, those majority of which are um programs that we offer each year, like the sidewalk programs, the 50-50 sidewalk program, the tree damage sidewalk program, residential resurfacing, as well as a lot of um roadway projects where we have money coming in from ODA from NOACA from other sources, and it's programmed in that year, and then we have facility money, which could be um you know um the uh salt dome, it could be city hall, it could be public auditorium across the way, and those are really based on critical needs based upon the condition of the infrastructure.

So it's really but but that being said, it's really on all of us to say, hey, we have an area of the city that really needs needs work.

Let's talk about it, let's figure out how we can do something in that area of the city.

There's no um uh current um updated city plan, but city planning is about to embark upon that um, I believe in 2026, and that's gonna be really the new guiding principle once that overall city plan is finished.

Okay, yeah, Junius and like an overall 10 year master plan of the city of Cleveland and every more input itself.

Yes, and director mergers she'll be starting that, I believe, in 2026.

And it'll handle the whole city.

Thank you.

Just why don't we do a three to five year plan like we used to?

Then we used to do that exactly like councilwoman is talking about.

Uh we do have a three-year capital improvement plan.

Um, and that was what was presented back in April.

So we did a one year and a three year.

Okay.

Um we're working towards a five year.

Um, but all we're talking about right now is just the one year.

Okay.

Uh because we're we're looking at implementing, but we do have a three-year.

Yeah, and I can bring that back on Monday with that'd be great.

Thank you.

Councilman uh Michael Palence.

Chairman of my colleagues into the directors.

Um I'll follow up uh dovetail on uh council president and then on Jasmine Santana.

Um we are all members of the body and bombarded with the speed table requests.

Um I think I have like two dozen at least, maybe more.

Um, but I I have recommended and have urged the administration repeatedly uh when you're doing street resurfacing to automatically install the speed table because you're looking at maybe about a um maybe a two square yards of asphalt, and that would be the most efficient and effective way to do it is when you're resurfing a street.

This way you don't have to come in back after the fact.

So again, I want to continue to say this that when you are resurfacing streets where they can be installed, it's a no-brainer.

You do it, you just do it.

It's it's something that the councilperson should not have to worry about after the fact through the chair.

I mean, to me, you know, there's gotta be some common sense here, and that's a very efficient and effective way to do it when you're doing right out of gate doing the street resurfacing.

Number two, with regard to going back to councilwoman Santana's question.

I've also believed that it should not be the responsibility of the individual ward councilman to fund safety and security cameras.

I just funded 15 cameras for a half million plus half million plus.

That should be part of capital.

That should be that's uh safety and security knows no border, knows no ward border.

And so when we're asked to fund these individual projects, we've got to come up with a better approach to fund the camera system.

I have to tell you that as chair of public safety.

Cameras work, we know they work, and that's why funded additional cameras, but it shouldn't that be the responsibility of individual ward council people to fund that.

That should be a city capital item, just like we repair bridges and main roads, the same thing, but should be the safety and security camera.

So that being said, going back to the question, Councilwoman Santa, the citywide park security camera program.

You have your 250, that would be for next year, correct?

Uh yes, sir.

Okay.

What is the WAM?

The 2.5 million at the end of that.

Through the chair of the council, and that's a calculation done by bond council, so that's the weighted average maturity.

So that needs to be included to you know specify it's it's actually a required metric that we need to provide.

So you're saying in over the course of the bond, that's what the cost would be through the chair to the councilman, not exactly.

Um the weighted average maturity, if you actually just take the requested amount, that's that's actually what the cost will be, and you multiply it by the maturity.

That gives you the weighted average maturity.

Okay.

It's a bond calculation, admittedly, we could have made this a lot simpler by just leaving it out.

Yeah, you could.

But this this was the exact we wanted to provide the exact CIP sheet that was sent to bond council.

So for your review.

Appreciate that.

So for every so again, the items in yellow are the ones that will be getting done now between now and whenever.

And then the ones that are not yellow, those will be the ones set for next year.

So through the chair to the councilman, just to clarify, the ones in yellow will be ones that we expect to have contracts executed for this year.

Yeah.

It doesn't necessarily mean that we'll break ground, but we'll at least execute the contracts.

And Ohio State law says we have to have the funding when we execute the contracts.

We actually have the cash.

Now keep in mind that there will be a quick turnaround on the ones that are not highlighted because we're going to come back in three months, four months in January with the CIP and ask for formal approval, which is part of the new process.

And and again, I want to through the chair, I want to thank the the chairman of the committee as well, Councilman Bishop for his due diligence and staff as well for what they're trying to do along with the administration, trying to jumpstart much needed projects, especially on city facilities and building.

But on the second page, the 50 CWD streets.

The top line of it.

Sure.

So through the chairman and the councilman.

So this is on page three for folks, the first line 5050 CW street.

So when water replaces water line in a street, they're not required to go curve to curb.

I know that.

So the agreement that we have between water and MoCAP capital projects is that we put in the other half of the cost so that the whole street curb to curb gets resurfaced so that you don't just have a strip down the one portion of the street where water replaces.

Okay, but Mr.

Chairman to the director.

Why?

Water's doing the water's ripping up the street.

Then why aren't they just responsible to pay curb the curb?

Um Mr.

Chairman, I'm not sure if it's policy, um, but the requirement is that they go to the center line, I believe.

I believe it if they're if their line is in the center of the street, and then they have to re have to go curb to curb.

But if the line is on one side of the street, you're only required to do that side of the street.

And what they do is they give us a forecast a year before to say, hey, these are the streets we're gonna do.

We do the engineering to figure out how much to do the full street.

Okay, but I think you to my colleagues again, especially those of those on the utilities committee.

That's a policy decision.

There's nothing in a charter that says that.

Uh through Chairman Councilman, not to my knowledge, but uh I think you know.

Well, I don't believe there is.

If there is, you need to show it to me.

So what I'm saying to the chair, that's a policy decision that should be corrected where water should repair that.

They're opening the roadway, they are opening the roadway.

So the reason I'm saying it because we know how scarce these dollars are, especially through general fund and bond fund.

So again, I want to just advocate through the chair through the chairman of the file of the utilities committee.

I think this is something we need to talk about internally, is that when they're putting in a new water line, that should be the responsibility to curb the curve by the division of water and make that repair.

Uh the other question is the 50-50 sidewalk program.

So you're setting aside 250 next year.

Here's the challenge that we have.

The money's gone already.

There's nothing to stop us in the council from putting general fund dollars into the 50-50 program, correct?

Uh through the chairman councilman, that's correct.

Okay.

So then come budget time, my brothers and sisters here.

Um we've got to figure out if we really want to see some improvements on somebody's streets, we're gonna have to put some additional general fund dollars in these programs.

Because if not, because where you have citizens who are willing to pay to enhance and improve their street, their own property.

I think we need to make sure that um that we can cover the entire cost of whatever that dollar amount was.

So I believe it was what 350 this year.

Um I I can't recall.

I think it was around that figure.

I think it it was because we we were having some issues getting the program reconstituted off the ground.

So we'll be going full speed.

So I'm I'm gonna raise that especially to the chair of the public works committee.

Uh we've got to figure out collectively, we need to put more general fund monies in the sidewalk repair.

Um, and then the question is this new process of grinding sidewalks.

Is that in here somewhere?

Um, Mr.

Chairman, it is uh through the chairman and the councilman it is except that the um on the spreadsheet from bond council, they uh there's there's an error in there.

It says 2020 2025, uh four lines down, 2025 tree damages, sidewalk recovery.

Now the recovery tree damage sidewalk recovery program.

If you recall, councilman, council set aside money through the general fund, we bid it out, it's now underway in two wards, it'll be finished the whole citywide next year.

That's part through the chairman and the councilman that's part of our portfolio of our our tools and the tool belt if you will, yes, grounding.

But we also do replacements okay, and that's the two gamus sidewalk programs.

Right.

I just want to make sure that these critical areas that we're as we go through this planning process uh that we want to make sure that we we have adequate funding.

So again, if we have to take uh we have the direct funds, uh general fund dollars or uh funds that are sitting in the ready day fund or whatever it may be at quick with we're not talking a whole lot, but we've got to make sure we have adequate funding where we have citizens who are stepping up to the plate, or we have other initiatives again, like safety and security cameras.

To me, that's critical.

That's perfect.

We we can't ignore stuff like that.

And so I just want to make sure as we go forward that the council and the administration are on the same page.

And through the chairman and the councilman, that fits squarely with what the Department of Aging is is uh working on with the age trader friendly Cleveland initiative that's rolling out.

So it's very important in the mayor, and when we understand the need for that.

Adequate funding in these areas.

Okay, thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Thank you.

All right, County Casey.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Mr.

Chairman, just uh councilman polency.

No, I'd be more than happy to have the conversation about street resurfacing, but the water department's not a mocap.

And we don't do street resurfacing, we just fix what what we what we break.

And I'm not sure our customers would want to start having their bills go toward street resurfacing.

Um Mr.

Chairman to uh the director, um just on page one.

Um I know that the this administration loves to come up with fancy titles, but the glow-up program, which looks like it's just a bunch of paint.

Will you be able to provide us with what rec centers are are gonna be repainted or or whatever you're gonna glow up with the rec centers?

Um through the chairman and councilman, absolutely.

Um we will we'll we're working on a list of how this first half million will be spent, and our intention is that something will be done at all the rec centers, and that it would be a multi-year program to just address the basic needs in the rec center and make it estimable for people to walk into the and then on page two under public facilities, um the two million for the police headquarters.

That's for the new police headquarters, correct?

That's not for the current, that's not for the space that we're used that we're renting currently, is it?

Um, through the chairman and the councilman, no, this is for the new police headquarters.

This is the final two million dollars.

There was always uh uh several million that was um sort of um outside of the developer's purview of things that we needed to fund.

This is the final two million dollars to fund that project.

And then thank you, and then Mr.

Chairman to the to the director.

I remember I think it was about a year ago, um, or the last time we went over capital repairs, the third district wanted fifty thousand dollars to upgrade a kitchen.

Um and now I see it's and I don't I believe I remember having the discussion about the fifty thousand, now it's two million, and how does that coincide with the legislation that we just passed to upgrade all the police stations?

Um through the chairman of the counciling equalize.

Um Director Barrett mentioned that he wanted to give you the exact spreadsheet from the bond council.

The two errors that you've you've now both discovered is the sidewalk leveling on the first page, and then it's only 50 grand for uh third district police station, not two million.

So when I come to you on Monday with my legislation, you know, there's there's expend legislation related to capital projects.

You'll you'll have a revised spreadsheet that'll drop that two million down to 50 because basically we're saying that anything that's not highlighted is on next year's capital improvement plan plus additional projects, right?

But I don't want council to think that there's a two million dollar ask related to third district.

So, Mr.

Chairman to the director, on these on this packet that you gave us today.

How many other um projects?

I don't want to use the term overinflated, are are I incorrect in the ask?

I don't even want to say incorrect, but but just as you pointed out, we know it's 50,000, but you're at but it says two million here.

How many other projects fall in that same category on this list?

Through the chairman, the councilman, that is the only uh numerical error there uh that yeah, that's the only numerical error, and I think even in project descriptions, there might be one additional project just project name that's that's wrong, but that's the only numerical error.

Okay, did you want to say something directly?

Through the share of the councilman, I just want to point out the piece of most of the select on the in unlocked projects.

So it doesn't affect the COSI boss okay.

Yeah, I just okay.

And then Mr.

Chairman, to the uh to the director, and I think councilman Palency touched on this, but the tree damage sidewalks, how far behind are we in the TDS program?

So the TDS program, we are um through the chairman and the councilman, we're uh finishing last year's streets now, and so uh this year's streets will be done next year, and then so we're we're on the next year's cycle that we intended to be on first tree damage sidewalks, and then the tree damage sidewalk um recovery program.

I mentioned that there's two wards that are underway now, and the remaining uh wards, however, you count them next year will be finished next year.

So it's a two-year contract, and they are underway.

All right, and then uh Mr.

Chairman to the director on page three of the street resurfacing, that's the eight million that that council requested during the budget hearings.

Through the chairman, to the councilman it is.

So we um uh we've obviously spent that money, so this is to recover all the spent.

Okay, and then the last thing is uh the vehicle acquisitions.

Can we get a list of what vehicles?

I mean, here it just says light trucks and vehicles, it just says fire trucks and street sweepers, how many fire trucks, how many, you know, can we get a breakdown of the vehicles that are being purchased?

Um through the chairman and the councilman, yes.

So on Monday when I'm at council with legislation, don't this have you for both light and heavier action in the legislation?

Okay, um, so it'll bear very specifically say exactly what kind of vehicles included.

And then my last question, Mr.

Chairman, to the director is in the vehicle accusation acquisition.

Um are any of those vehicles, and you may or may not know now, coming from enterprise uh departments uh that that the administration is covering for either the airport, the port or utilities or any any enterprise funds.

Um through the chairman and the councilman know my understanding is you know, I'll confirm I don't have a list right here, but okay.

This is all general fund related.

Okay.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Thank you, Directors.

Thank you, Councilman Bishop.

Oh thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Um chairman, the uh through the chair to the director, um the police headquarters.

What so what is the police headquarters?

Uh what is that gonna cost us in total?

Do we have a total cost of the police headquarters going to cost us at this point?

So, Mr.

Chairman, the um the contract with the developers at 90 million, so guaranteed maximum price of 90 million.

Um there are uh consulting fees that went into it, and then there's um items like IT that the city's responsible for purchasing.

There's public art that the city is responsible for that are outside of uh the security system, things that are outside of what the developer is providing.

So I don't I don't have that full number for you right off the top of my head, but the but the guaranteed maximum price with the developer is the 90 million that we went through council with.

Okay, so through the chair, so what you're saying is that we can um we can pay the developer 90 million and still incur another 10 million dollars for other items that the developer doesn't cover, is that what you're saying, direct through the chair?

Uh through the chairman and the councilman, so um the the legislature that went through city council for the 90 million was specific for uh that development project and the the um uh and and the fact that the property would be turned over when the certificate of occupancy is issued to the city of Cleveland.

So that's what the 90 million relates to.

There's um but there are additional costs that the city had to take on to manage that project, if you will.

Um, and so yes, those are on top of the 90 million dollars, but that those funds do not go to the developer that need for purchasing uh items um or uh consulting costs related to the project.

Okay, so through the chair, so when are we going to get a snapshot of the total cost?

Are we gonna get that sometime soon or are we still trying to get this project um sought through?

Um Mr.

Chairman and the Councilman, I I believe we're we have one more uh construction contract that's about to be put out that's under that 90 million.

Uh but otherwise we're we're in good shape.

We can you know we can provide the information to council.

We haven't had that request um from council, but I'm happy to provide that to council.

Okay.

All right, thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

All right, thank you.

Uh seeing no other questions, ordinance number 673-20.

Oh, Councilman uh Anthony Harris.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Uh quickly.

Um thank you, Director, for updating the TF.

Uh that process.

So you're saying that the last history should be finished up the shape for uh last year's organic done this year.

Yes, sir.

This year.

All right, thank you.

Um the equipment that's just you have a list for us, you know, labels and equipment.

Uh, does any of these uh what is uh allowed for the first thing used to company departments, public works uh or uh uh one of the other departments we utilize uh special equipment?

Uh through the chairman and councilman, so so yes, so how it works is that we um we receive a list from DMV on uh what vehicles are needed citywide for the general fund departments.

So that includes you know streets or uh you know whoever else we need to put it.

So parks maintenance.

So the park included or through the chairs, and the park link is putting the part of this uh bond funds as well.

Uh through the chairman and the councilman uh yes, although I don't remember each specific vehicle, but they provide a list to us.

We don't specify capital projects, doesn't specify you know, have a certain number of these, but it includes uh public safety vehicles as well.

And we're trying to get into a routine of purchasing before things fail, and really get into a routine of having a certain amount of vehicle purchases each year, so that we're not just in a constant failure mode.

And so since uh the administration came in, we've really been focused on systematically replacing vehicles.

We have a long backlog, but we're really getting into that systematic replacement.

That's right.

Um, what about just to the chair for let's say uh big properties that they need or streets that need equipment for these uh street scoopers, uh whether it is uh other equipment in the lead to plow sidewalks or you know, cut down or enforcement cut down and treatment is any of that type of equipment you know, also a part of uh the capital bonds in the bond too.

Uh through the chairman and councilman.

So if it if the equipment has a useful life of 10 years or more, it it qualifies for bond proceeds.

Um when we're here on Monday, I believe the commissioner of DMV is gonna be here to speak to those.

Uh there's two pieces of legislation, one extend legislation for the heavy vehicles and one for the light vehicles, and so he can speak more to his intake process and how he he understands the needs of the different departments.

So thank you.

Uh that's the question is the uh recent global man uh do you have a listing uh the records and the set of emotions better?

Um through the chairman and the councilman, we're working on that list right now, but we do anticipate that there would be improvements at all the rec centers, um, not fixing everything at all of them with just half a million dollars, but all rec centers would see an improvement.

But I'll I'll check with my team to see if we've uh we have an actual list finalized yet, but we will have that.

You know, she all team on the highlights of product stuff that's in the process, which all um less than um the uh you have talk about what we will clock, 143 seconds, none more than quoting.

You know, it's not gonna be any better because it's getting worse in the bottom today, and yeah, I don't see political parking lists outside of that unless it would be parts across the city.

Um quote role is really one of the last uh community parks that I have yet to see um real smooth and uh number in terms of investment uh at this uh at this budget on the park that's um would be more utilized if we would uh just invest in dollars into the car.

But the lot of money that takes it really redo this part.

We own the council doesn't have enough discretionary dollars for board to really make an impact in this part.

You know, again, I'm asking you all correct.

Um push you all to really uh get the park on the list because it is very much needed.

The residents in that neighborhood have been asking at the uh E for what time served your council uh really focused on the parking that is the parking on the portal side of the number of city-owned vacant lots.

We just take it by look at it.

Look at it, look at the rusted and voting play for the state.

The last thing that was done there, uh it's a lot long idea of how and myself put down some overhanging trees and covered in the pay over the feet.

I was in the uh the walls of the basketball code.

He did that.

That green law was too there.

There's nothing else that has uh taken place in that park since that time.

And so you know this, you know, I talked you're not talking about it as many times over top.

We recently put in the parking, and hopefully this time we added to the uh list.

All right.

Uh this is my comments, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman.

And uh once again, I think that the councilman's request, I'm pretty sure he probably had that in his September 30th.

So we want to make sure that we see what, and if there is not a justification, we need to know why.

Okay.

Uh saying no other questions, ordinance number 673-2025 stands approved as amended.

Um, I want to remind everyone, if I could, that we kind of beat this ordinance up pretty good with the first round.

Uh the next four pieces are the same ordinance, just broken down into individual categories.

So I guess the reason I'm saying that is because we don't need to go through the same exhaustive questions because all of the questions that you asked pretty much apply to these next four, these next three pieces of legislation too.

Am I correct, Director?

Uh sure, next four pieces.

Next four pieces.

Okay, so that being said, just keep that in mind if you got any cleanup questions, but we pretty much asked an extensive amount of questions with these, okay?

All right, next one is ordinance number six seventy five-2025 as amended by Councilmember Griffin by departmental request.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the issuance of seller bonds in the maximum principal amount of eight point five million dollars for the purpose of providing funds to acquire heavy-duty trucks and equipment for performing functions of the city's Department of Public Works and Department of Public Safety, including the division of fire and authorizing related matters.

The amendment is as follows.

Uh there is no legal objection to this legislation if amended as follows.

One in Title 1, line three, in the first whereas clause, line two and section one, line two, strike eight point five million dollars and insert two million dollars in all three places.

Number two, in the second whereas clause, line five, strike six seventy-five-2025-A and insert 675-2025 B.

Number three, in section two, second paragraph line six, strike six percent and insert six point five percent, and in line nine, strike December one, twenty twenty-five and insert June 1, 2026, and in the third paragraph, line six, strike 2027 and insert 2028.

Number four, in section two, at a mandatory sinking fund redemption, second paragraph line two, strike the Huntington National Bank and insert Argent Institutional Trust Company as successor to the Huntington National Bank.

Number five in section nine, line three, strike eight point five million and insert two million, and in a line two, strike five percent and insert six percent, and in C, line eight, strike ten and insert nine A.

This is dated nine nine, two thousand and twenty-five by Deborah Rossman, uh assistant director of law.

Uh directors.

Through the chair of the uh committee, so this is essentially the same.

The amendments are the same other than the amount uh for the same reasons.

This uh legislation is specifically for heavy duty trucks as opposed to the light vehicles for the one you just approved.

Thank you, Councilman.

Uh yes, Ms.

Chairman.

Um what's the uh call on uh this I didn't have questions.

You said you didn't hear the uh just asking this out.

Did your committee approve this part of the committee?

Um no, this so that this is the ones for the goal to finance, correct?

So yeah, my committee to get some other version, right?

Okay, okay.

All right, thank you, Consident, for that clarification.

All right, so uh seeing other questions, ordinance number six seventy-five dash 2025 as amended stands approved.

Please sign on.

Next one is ordinance number 676-2025 as amended by council member griffin by departmental request and emergency ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum principal amount of 12 million for the purpose of providing funds to improve municipal parks and recreation facilities and author authorizing related matters.

Uh the amendment is as follows.

You know what?

I'm gonna chalk this one up to the amendment or on your tablets because it's a pretty lengthy amendment, but please please look at the amendments on your tablets if you have any uh questions on the amendments.

Are there any questions regarding 676-2025?

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 676-2025 as amended stands approved.

One second.

All right, next one is ordinance number 677-2025 as amended by Councilmember Griffin by departmental requests, an emergency ordinance authorizing the issuance and sell of bonds in the maximum principal amount of 25.5 million for the purpose of providing funds to improve buildings and structures and providing for the discharge of governmental functions and services, otherwise benefiting the public safety, health, and welfare, and for the provision of necessary fixtures, furnishings, equipment, technology, appurances, utilities, and site improvements for the purpose of authorizing related matters.

Director through the chair to the committee, so essentially the same uh uh amendments as 673 2025.

Um now we're just doing it for public facilities.

Yes.

So once again, uh the amendments are on your tablet.

Ordinance number six seventy-seven-2025 as amended, stands approved, seeing the questions, please sign on.

All right, next is ordinance number six seventy-eight-2025 as amended by councilmember Griffin by departmental request and emergency ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds in the minimum in the maximum principal amount of 28 million for the purpose of providing funds to improve the municipal street system and related facilities and authorizing related matters.

Umce again, these are already amended.

These amendments are on your tablets, so we don't need to uh read them again.

Director, did you have any comments?

Uh through the chair to the committee, same amendments.

Uh, this is just for roads and bridges.

Thank you.

Uh seeing no other questions, ordinance number six seventy-eight-2025 stands approved, please sign on.

The next ordinance is resolution number 1098-2025 by councilmember Griffin by Departmental Request and Emergency Resolution requesting the county fiscal officer to make advances during the year 2026 pursuant to section 321.34, Ohio revised code.

Director?

Through the chair to the committee.

So this is annual legislation that we bring to you every year.

Um this is uh just for approval to receive property taxes from the county for 2026.

Uh as you know, those are paid semi-annually, so we'll get two payments, uh, two big payments next year along with some straggling funds.

Um, but this is routine, just so that we can uh accept our property taxes.

Yes, okay.

So uh believe that is uh that this is good to go.

Uh any questions regarding ordinance number resolution number 1098-2025.

Good to go.

So seeing no other questions, ordinance number 1098-2025 stands approved.

And resolution number 1099-2025 by Councilmember Griffin by Departmental Request.

An emergency resolution accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the Cuyahoga County Budget Commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the county fiscal officer.

Director.

Through the chair to the committee, so this is similar to the 1098, only this uh accepts the rates from the county.

So um the rate has not changed in terms of the millage for several years.

So again, annual legislation that hasn't basically hasn't changed since last year, just to accept the rate.

Great.

Thank you.

Uh seeing all the questions, ordinance number 1099-2025 stands approved, please sign on.

And then I believe there is one more ordinance that you have.

Is this yours or is this this human resources?

1169-2025.

Is this uh this might be classification?

So we have uh personnel human resources here.

Come on up.

Thank you.

All right, this is ordinance number 1169-2025 by Councilmember Griffin by departmental request and emergency ordinance to amend sections 4, 5, 6, 30 to 41, 43, and 45 of ordinance number 194-2021 passed March 29, 2021, as amended by various ordinances relating to salaries for various classifications.

Uh good afternoon.

Uh committee through the please speak on the mic so that everybody can hear you listening audience as well.

You're on candy camera.

Good afternoon to uh to the committee through the chair.

This is legislation to update the pay bans in conformance with the legislation.

Uh excuse me, in conformance with the ordin ordinance one nine point zero two A1, which is the fair employment wage ordinance, which would increase the uh the minimum wage of the city uh from 1585 to 1626 based on the uh standard uh that's in the ordinance of the consumer price index uh which increased 2.6 percent.

Outstanding.

And we have one of our illustrious board members here today.

If he would join us at the table, the D Bishop, Eugene Ward.

If he can join us at the table, Bishop, did you have any comments?

This is uh the work of the board that we actually recommissioned and put in place for the first time in approximately 25, 30 years.

And uh Bishop is now I believe chairing that board.

Vice Chair.

Vice Chair.

Bishop, do you have any comments?

Um, on this chairman to the council as well as to the director, I would just like to say that just come out of the meeting with OEO, try to make sure to try to make sure that we are able to be in compliance, not only as a board, but through our city.

I'm thankful for the work that you all are doing to hear this report today.

Gives me an even greater encouragement.

I only think that I would really like to emphasize for all of you is that we do more to make sure that the media in the city is making sure that what we are trying to do is reported throughout the city so that those who are deprived and in despair and can't become middle-class workers and owners in this city can be aware of this fair employment weight for and the work we are trying to do.

So thank you.

And I know that he's not here right now, but Councilman Danny Kelly has been very active and really pushing for a lot of workers' rights issues around this.

So um once again, Bishop, I'm glad you're saying, and I hope you guys can articulate that as well, too, because oftentimes people don't recognize what council is doing to help everyday working class people in the city of Cleveland, and quite frankly, poor people.

Um, so we need to make sure that everybody realizes that these are the type of policies and steps that we've taken to do that.

So thank you, sir.

Welcome, sir.

Okay, any other questions regarding this ordinance, ordinance 1169-2025.

Seeing uh no other questions, ordinance number 1169-2025 will be heard for consideration for the town council this evening.

Thank you so much, everybody.

We do have a couple of council ordinances, and uh the first one that I would uh share is one by councilman Harrison and myself.

This is ordinance number 1079-2025 by Council Members Griffin and Harrison.

This is an emergency ordinance to amend section one of ordinance number two five zero-2025 passed March 20, March 3rd, 2025, exempting certain property parcels from tax abatement policies under ordinance five 482-2022, passed May 25, 2022, as amended by ordinance number 719-2024, passed March 24, 2025, relating to community reinvestment area.

Let me explain this very briefly.

Uh, this is the area that borders East Cleveland and Cleveland uh that is actually in ward six, and uh what we're doing is adding three parcels to the um opportunity areas to make uh so that they can be part of the community reinvestment areas where they will be able to qualify for 100% tax abatement.

Um it's an economic development, uh developing destroy um you know destitute area.

It's the area right at Penrose Brightwood, right at the border of East Cleveland and Cleveland, Ohio.

And anybody that's written or driven over there knows that it's a pretty um pretty um challenging area right there.

So what this is able to do is allow us to add development uh there.

And the amendment, I will read them into the record.

There is no legal objection to this legislation, if amended as follows.

One, in the second whereas line four after 33-077 insert in addition to adjacent permanent parcel numbers were created due to lot split and consolidation.

120-33-079 and 120-33-080.

Number two, in the third whereas clause, line one, strike number 120-33-077, and insert numbers 120-33-077, 120-33-079, and 120-33-080.

In line three, strike this and insert these, and then line four, strike parcel and insert parsels.

Number three, in section one, at amended section one, in lines three and four, strike 7575, strike 745 and insert 77, and in line six after 120-1-33-077.

Insert 120-33-079, 120-33-080.

Once again, this was done by our law department.

These are amendments being made so that these properties can be a part of the community reinvestment area that we are doing right there at the corner of East Cleveland and uh Cleveland, Ohio.

Does anybody have any questions?

Chairman, uh Chairman Hairston.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

President of Summitab.

Um the policy maps created capture uh bad half.

Um the questions, ordinance number 1079-7, 1079-2025 will be heard for consideration by the entire council tonight.

Two more pieces, and we will be ready to go.

One is ordinance number.

Already got that.

So 1079 is already done.

All right, last but not least, ordinance number 1085-2025 by Councilmember Griffin.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the clerk of council to enter into a requirement contract without bidding.

Let's see what this is.

We all do need to sign it.

Okay, hold on.

My fault.

One second, everybody.

All right, thank you.

Please sign on the 1079 as amended.

Uh this is the last piece.

This is an emergency ordinance authorizing the clerk of council to enter into a requirement contract without competitive bidding with weekly mailing service inc for mailing services with proprietary lists for a period of one year with three one-year options to renew exercisable by the clerk of council.

Are there any questions regarding this?

This is weeklies that basically sends our newsletters and a lot of uh the mailings that we send out to the community.

Seeing no other questions, ordinance number 1085-2025 stands approved.

Please sign on.

That will conclude this committee of finance diversity, equity, and inclusion.

This committee is called to adjourn by the chair until next week, which will be Monday, September the 29th.

Thank you.