I'll pretend like I don't read it all.

Oh cheese.

I'll just squint it.

Maybe that's how that mistake got in there.

Okay.

So are you?

I don't know what they I don't know what the heck is that.

For real it says that.

What's up, Damn?

Councilman, did you want to do that?

We have one random one, that nephroad one.

Did you is it?

Do you want to do that one first and I'll get out of here?

Okay.

Yeah.

I have no.

See, that's in the yellow and black out there.

See the SI.

I got one of the cans, but I'll let you know.

I didn't get that from the uh Ray.

That was just a little bit of a little bit more.

I but I know I thought about it.

I said that this really good.

I thought about it a few times.

I'm close on the pose, that's all.

Oh yeah, no.

Okay.

I think that's everything.

There's this.

And then this is the this is the list that's being attached to all of those pieces.

I hope that that makes no sense.

So you know.

Yeah.

Did you copy this?

This is what I'm handing out to them.

Yeah, that's a copy of yours.

Okay.

Madam Clerk, is this are these mics?

My question is answered.

Good morning.

Today is uh September 29th, 2025.

Call the municipal service of the properties committee to order.

Madam Turk, can you please call the row?

We shall present.

Hair star.

Thank you.

Sorry about the late start.

Director, we're gonna start with uh what numbers?

What number was 1078?

We're gonna start the morning off with ordinance number 1078, 2025.

So by council members, by council, this should be riffing by department of request an emergency ordinance to amend title.

The title is section one and eleven of ordinance number six seven one twenty twenty-five.

Relating to giving consent to the county of Iowa for resurfacing of Nef Road and to supplement the ordinance by adding new section six A relating to produce facilities.

Okay, Director.

Mr.

Chairman, so uh as mentioned, this relates to the Neff Road Resurfacing Project, which is a county project.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Mr.

Chairman Director, uh just regarding the funds in the legislative summary, it's got the estimated cost of 511914.

Is that the uh total cost of the project and you're asking for a hundred thousand?

Well, we don't know what you're asking for.

Right.

We don't know the cost of what the under-the-bridge improvements are, but I'd say it's about fifty grand.

It's it's railings and it's concrete, it's sidewalk work and railings that are underneath the bridge.

Um so again, um, yeah, we don't have an exact cost.

It hasn't been bid out, but it's it's probably around uh 50 or so grand.

And then uh Mr.

Chairman Director, what if that estimate comes back at 250,000?

We can always choose not to do the work.

We can always do the work uh through the chairman of the councilman as a separate city project, but we should get better pricing if it's rolled into this bigger project.

You believe it won't be more than Mr.

Chairman Director, you believe it won't be more than 50,000.

Yes, and if you if you wish to cap it, that's fine.

Yeah, Mr.

Chairman, I like to uh hand an amendment.

Uh uh.

I guess under unless there's a better place under section three and um subsection six B.

Um the cost of this project shall not exceed I would say sixty-five thousand dollars.

Okay, but uh the law department's here.

Okay, yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, Councilman Casey has offered an amendment to uh ordinance number 1078, 2025.

Um Council Casey, you want to read that amendment allowed?

Um the cost of this total project.

Um the the addition the the amendment the scope identified by the amendment.

Okay.

So the scope identified by the amendment shall not exceed $65,000.

Okay, the law department, do you have that?

Can you read it one more time, Council?

That the scope of the project the scope of the uh the amended project shall not exceed uh sixty-five thousand dollars.

It so the the scope identified by the amendment shall not exceed sixty-five thousand dollars.

Thank you.

All right, so Councilman Casey has offered an amendment uh in section three, no, in section three, section six B, but the scope of the amendment.

The scope identified by the amendment.

Scope identified by the amendment would not see 65,000.

There's second on that.

Second uh councilman here is the second is there any discussion.

All right, those in favor of the amendment say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed all right.

The ayes have it.

All right, so is there any questions on ordinance number 1078 2025 as amended?

Yes, this is Councilman Harrison.

Thank you.

So I'm clear the record from the chair.

This we're starting at the very front of the readings when we come off the net is sharp and say clear, right?

I think we move down.

Yeah, yes, sir.

Okay through the chairman and the councilman.

All right, so we need to make sure this is uh 14 comes up to uh super table is uh uh boards.

Also, okay.

I'm glad to see this.

I know we've been talking to Commissioner Sopolski for a while.

I think I mentioned that you know that you right now we have a large this piece of content breaches land next to the uh railings that's there.

Yeah, so we call female house maybe to rotate uh over the um over the uh the years, just about the conditions uh that exist there.

Uh we find it's it and see this X, but we were really not successful.

Um stabilize and you know do some work at that bridge.

Uh the field work includes some enhancements of the bridge itself by the pillars, the those are crumbling, they're cracking.

I mean, is it is really bad uh the bridge itself.

So through the chairman of the councilman, we don't have the ability to do any work on any of the railroad bridges, including this one.

Um so this will be all the improvements that are in the public right-of-way that are not part of the bridge structure separately though.

Um assistant director chambers um and manager Swotowski they've been working with both railroads for improvements around the city.

I don't know that um I have the information in in the front of my head about what may be the future improvements at this bridge, but I know that we are having some success at uh various locations around the city with improvements.

All right, great.

Uh thank you.

I'm gonna uh three times our congressman began as well.

Um this is something that's been you know top of our city post for years now uh with the conditions that exist uh here.

Um had the county our county council versus the housing along with uh you know uh this would be uh we got complaints in it as well over the uh over the years once uh about the conditions of this um uh role.

So uh thank you, Mr.

Chair's all we just need to teach that is this is this whole uh neighborhoods uh is what is an ordinance on part thing.

All right, thank you, Councilman Harrison.

There are any other questions on ordinance number 1078 2025 that's amended.

See no further questions, ordinance 1078-2025 uh is approved.

Thank you.

Please sign all right.

Um you want to start your presentation now, or this is this is on all of the remaining ordinances, right?

Uh yes, sir.

So today we're here to um seek approval from council on uh an abbreviated list of projects that um will be undertaken in 2025 and explain the differences between what was presented in April and um what we have today on this list, and I do have the director of finance here as this um relates to um the ordinances that were taken through finance committee uh last Monday and our 2025 project list matches up um with the ordinances uh that finance uh department took through finance committee last Monday.

And our 2025 project list matches up with the ordinances that finance department took through finance committee last Monday.

So, Mr.

Chairman, this I'm not going to go through the whole presentation, but you'll note that this is the same presentation that we had back in April.

And the reason is that I want to make it clear to council that this is really a continuation of what was presented to this committee back in April.

We did introduce legislation to move forward with this full list back in May, and that legislation is being heard today at the municipal services and properties committee.

So this is really just an extenual uh continuation of what was presented back in April to this committee.

Um it was informational, there was no vote.

Um I wanted to go to this slide just to remind folks what the eligibility is, what is an eligible capital project.

Uh not everything qualifies, but um if it relates to a facility or a park, new construction, expansion, renovation, or replacement of an existing facility that can include engineering costs, architectural costs, um, and the services needed to complete the project.

Um it could be for the purchase of major equipment, um, which could be um vehicles, it could be equipment needed by public safety, and then also um major maintenance or rebuilds rehabilitation projects that are considered capital maintenance.

So if you're replacing uh an easy example would be if you're replacing light bulbs at a rec center, that does not qualify as a capital maintenance.

But if you if you replace the the light fixture that the that the bulb is in, that could qualify as capital maintenance if it has a useful life of at least 10 years.

So that's just a little um you know uh recap on what's eligible.

And there are many different bond types that the city utilizes typically for capital projects for the office of capital projects, these are the ones that are most likely to end up in legislation, um, facility bonds which relate to you know everything from city hall to our garages.

Um we have recreation bonds, which includes parks, but also rec centers, so rec centers fall under uh recreation bonds, um, road and bridge bonds, which um most of you are probably most familiar with.

Um it would be for roads and bridge, road and bridge projects, as well as um things like the the 50-50 sidewalk program, tree damage sidewalk program, and then we also um often have a cemetery uh bond uh issuance um that relates you know, obviously specific to cemeteries.

There's other types of bonds that don't relate to us particularly or the general fund.

There's special bonds for the airports or utilities, but those are separate and sort of a different different uh type of improvement that doesn't relate to the general fund.

Um so just a reminder also about the capital improvement plan selection process.

Um we um start by soliciting input from the departments as well as city council for city council this year rolling into next year's CIP.

Your deadline, I believe, is the end of this month in an effort to give us some time to to really analyze those those projects that you're putting forward.

We do the same thing with departments, they're about to get um an email today with a request for improvements that would uh impact their departments.

Um then the capital um that the team and capital projects works to um sort through that list, get good cost estimates, and make some recommendations for a prioritizing those projects, and there'll be a slide here in a second to talk about how we prioritize those projects.

Um then we meet with the capital improvement plan committee, which is led by Chief Twin, and it includes um let's see, Chief Twin.

Um it includes uh chief of integrated development, director of sustainability, uh, director of planning, director of capital projects, and then obviously the finance department.

Um then through that committee we come up with uh a final proposed capital improvement plan that we then present to council um get comments um and uh finalize the capital improvement plan.

Um and then at the end of the year, you'll have the finance department coming to the table for an ordinance seeking to sell bonds to finance those projects.

Um we're gonna decouple that process starting next year, and um and and we'll talk about that in a little bit as well.

But you will see me back before council at the beginning of next year.

Um I'm hoping for January, we just have to take into account we'll have some um you know, new council members, new wards, all that kind of stuff, which might take a little extra time.

Um I wanted to highlight this slide just to show that um you know the capital improvements do hit um every corner of the city.

Um now the airport takes up the far southwest corner, but you can see that between roads and other types of improvements, um, the whole city benefits from improvement projects.

And then um, I'm gonna skip this slide because the numbers did adjust, and I think that's that's kind of what I wanted to go through before I refer you to the handout that was that was given to you.

Um I'd like to go through this handout to show you that what we propose to fund in one year, 2025, is now being split between funding uh request in 2025.

If you look at this sheet, and what will be rolled over into what we're calling the 2025 carryover request.

Um the the need for this is basically because the the um the change in how we're financing capital projects starting next year caused us to look at which projects we wanted to fund this year, meaning we can get these projects encumbered, we could get the contract um in place and encumbered, or we can actually purchase um items that could be purchased on here, such as um vehicles or um uh the contracts for uh say the fire alarms that are on the list.

And that's how we split between the 2025 request and the 2020 carryover request.

And if if you're if a project in your ward is on the 2025 carryover request list, then the intention is that those items will remain on the 2026 uh capital improvement plan list, in addition to additional projects that were identified for 2026 or will be identified for 2026.

Um the legislation that we have, uh the dollar amounts match what you see in the spreadsheets here.

So for recreation facilities, um the three projects identified for funding this year are the Lonnie Burton Recreation Center, um, the um the fire alarm replacement at Alexander Hamilton and the Rec Center of Kitchen Upgrades, and that's um 6.280 million dollars.

If you flip to page two, um these are the public's facility projects.

Um the ones that are highlighted in yellow are proposed for 2025, which are the EMS-based furniture, the um let's see, the EMS-based furniture, police ballistic vests, um, turnout gear, police headquarters, and a reminder this has always been um uh uh the final payment that the city uh puts towards um moving furniture, AV security and whatnot that's outside of the developers contract, um, the new SWAT headquarters, which was 7.5 million, um the um fire headquarters basement, the firehouse appliances, and then the uh fire public facilities, fire alarm replacements, um, which is um all totals up to 12,739,000.

If you flip to page three, please, um, these are the road and bridge uh projects that we're requesting for 2025.

That includes the um 5050 uh Cleveland Division of Water Streets Program, the uh tree damage sidewalk program, the um general engineering services, uh street resurfacing.

This is the additional 8 million that council requested to put towards residential resurfacing.

We've already spent this money, it's just a recoup through bond sales.

Um then we have a million dollars for major bridge repair.

Um the next three are purchases for division of streets, um cabinet controller cabinets, um pavement erasing machines, and then uh barricades and cones.

The next one is uh crack sealing.

Uh the next one is um Morgana run trail extension, uh, and the next one of the is the North Marginal Connector Trail, and those projects add up to the 13 million uh forty-five thousand.

If you flip to page five, the um light vehicles um will be in the amount of two million six hundred and ninety thousand.

Uh heavy vehicles will be an amount of uh one million two hundred and ninety thousand.

Uh cemetery projects, we tabled that legislation.

Um, our one project will be carried over into next year.

And so you could see that our our grand total is um the 36 million forty-four thousand, and it's basically a half and half split between what gets funded this year and what gets um carried over into next year.

Um we do, as always, uh have one piece of legislation for each type of bond, and that's a requirement in the state of Ohio.

Um, in our bond council, um, you know, we re reviews all the projects, make sure that everything is eligible for bond funding as a capital project.

So, councilman, with that, I'd like to pause for questions about the projects and um and answer questions to see you know to make sure we're all on the same page.

Okay, director, uh first let me get a couple questions.

Um just with the numbers here.

Um, so for the things that will be funded in 2025.

Uh do we have a total on that?

Uh yes, sir.

If you look at the um, if you look at the last page um of the handout, which is page five.

Yes, and and then we're gonna move 36, 5, 8, 7, uh to next year, correct?

That's correct.

Okay.

Now and councilman, we might want to share with the rest of the table that we've had many meetings with yourself and your staff and council president to get to this point.

Um, and so while um every council member might not be aware of those meetings.

I just wanted to reference that we've had you know many meetings leading up to this.

Okay, so can we can we hear from the director of finance briefly for the explanation of why we are funding part of the CIP plan, part of it in 2025, and we're gonna move part of it to 2026.

Can you explain to the committee why that's the case and what we're gonna do moving forward?

Sure.

So through the chair to the committee, um, first off, I want to thank uh several council members who came to workshops over the summer um to talk about changes that we want to, fundamental changes we want to make to the debt program.

Um also am open to meet with uh the rest of the council members, but we had to be very careful about making sure these were workshops and they weren't public.

So we wanted to make sure that we could exchange ideas openly with each other, um council and administration work together.

So if there's uh any council members that would like to meet and see that presentation, we can go over that, I'd be happy to do today.

Um, but just had to be careful not to have a uh you know a quorum for those meetings.

So, anyway, um we're looking to change the way that we borrow.

Uh normally what we would have done is when Director Garros had given us uh $76 million CIP normal process would have been to go out and borrow the $76 million right away, um, and then go out and he would spend those funds or vocap would spend those funds over time.

So, what we're trying to do is better align um the borrowing with the spending and with um you know the actual uh construction and the progress on the contracts.

So after meetings with council members and with MoCAP um, you know, finance as MoCap, what are you guys actually going to spend this year, or what are you actually going to have in executed contracts?

So we were able to whittle that 76 million down to 36 and 44,000 dollars.

Um so we're only going to go out this year and borrow for what's what's actually going to be executed.

So funds that we projects we expect under start in the contract this year.

The remainder of them will roll into the CIP.

So part of the new process will also be at the beginning of the year is Eric Rosa mentioned.

We're going to bring you a formal CIP.

We'll roll these projects into that CIP in January for you all review, and then we'll ask for a formal vote on that CIP.

And then basically use cash flowing hands and fund those projects.

And then at the end of the year, we'll get the borrowing authority to just borrow for what we're executing in terms of the contracts.

So that's the general idea with the plan.

And I can confirm that 36 million, 44,000 matches with the bond legislation you all approved.

The only difference the bond legislation will add up to 40 million.

We add a little bit of cost additional is because we have to pay the rating agencies, our financial advisors, that sort of thing.

So there's a little bit of a cushion in there.

But the amount of the projects that we're going to borrow for matches Director DeRosa's sheet at the 36 million for the 4000.

Okay, so and this question is for either of you.

So the uh projects that we're going to kick forward in 2026, they will slate it to 2025.

How will we handle that those projects on top of the projects that we're going to do for 2026 also?

Can you speak to that correctly?

Um yes, Mr.

Chairman, I can speak to that.

Um in a traditional year, I would say that would be difficult to do because we have uh a list of needs, um, whether they're roadway projects that are planned for a particular year with through the state or Nowaka, and it has to happen that year with our match, or a facility that just needs the improvement.

But what we're doing now with the uh Department of Finance is we're we're changing our outlook to only having projects on the list that we can do in that year, whereas currently we borrow in one year and we spend it in the next year.

And so by making that switch, our projected projects for 2026 are going to be less because the only ones for 26 that stays on the list will be those that we can enter into contracts and execute that year.

And so I'm not saying that it's gonna be easy to digest um this um 36.5 million rollover plus a new slate of projects, but it is much more manageable because certain projects um don't need to be on next year's list because they were really um projects that needed money in 2027.

So this is a change of paradigm, a change of looking at when we uh put project lists before council based upon when we can enter into those contracts, and so this happens to be the year that we're making that switch, so things are a little bit um out of the ordinary, but that'll allow our project list next year to be um somewhat manageable.

We'll still have to make hard decisions about what stays on the list, but it'll be somewhat manageable.

Okay, um, thank you for that, uh director.

Um director of finance, can you share with the committee uh the this new change?

Can you share with the committee what you expect to say uh as far as uh an interest on our bonds by doing it this way?

Sure.

So um through the chair to the committee, uh I did have our financial advisors run a hypothetical based on current market conditions on 35 million dollars that we're not borrowing this year.

So this year alone, by not borrowing those funds, um, there's two point between 2.3 and 2.4 million dollars in debt service that we will not be spending um for next year, and then over time 34 million dollars, the 35 million dollars if you run the analysis turns into about 68 million dollars over 30 years.

So it just emphasizes the importance of making sure that we're aligned in terms of when we're borrowing when we're actually executing contracts for projects.

Okay, so just I guess it gives a better understanding.

Every year that we do this, what will what could we potentially say as far as interest on our bonds every year that we do this?

Can we could we realize a savings every single year?

Or can you explain that directly?

So through to the chair to the committee, that would vary every year.

We'd have to look at what we would normally do in our process and what uh vocab's actual project list is, and then at the end of the year, you'd have to look at what we actually accomplished when we borrowed for and kind of compare those.

Um but really this is mostly about alignment and making sure that we're not borrowing and then uh having funds that aren't being spent on that time.

Okay, all right.

Um I'm going to look to uh council McCase.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Uh Mr.

Chairman Clark Finance Director, just so that we're following this correctly.

2025.

The projects and yeah, we're just gonna assume everything's gonna be done.

Okay, we'll just be under that assumption.

Okay.

Through the chairman of the councilman purchased or under contract.

Yes.

Okay.

Purchase under contract, yeah.

Ready to go.

Ready to go, yeah.

So we're paying with those because you're gonna go out for the bond, correct?

That 30 that 36 million for the projects in yellow now, are we going out to bond for those?

Yeah, through the insurance councilman, phone understanding your question yet, everything in yellow, that is what we're going to do.

You're going out later this year, but I've already within the bond to pay for the things that are highlighted yellow.

Okay.

Now the ones that are not highlighted yellow, which is the really the 2026 projects.

Okay.

Correct.

With reserve money, and then go out at the end of the year to bond so that we can recover the money that were front.

I'm just gonna make sure I'm correcting that.

Yeah, through the chair to the councilman, that that's correct, that's our plan, but we will need to come back to council for all that.

I I understand that.

So I just want to I just want to I just want to ask a question.

The question is can we go out to bond later next year for a project that we've already paid for?

So wouldn't this be a different type of bond?

I mean, it's almost a reimbursable bond and not a bridge bond or the street roads or anything like that.

Because we've fronted the money up front, right?

The project's paid for.

Now we're just looking at recoup.

So how can we, Mr.

Chairman's finance director, ask for a bond for a project that's already been paid for under contract or potentially built?

Yeah, so through the chair to the councilman, this has all been run through bond council and our advisors because just for the record, none of us are on bond council, none of us are bond experts.

I we're just we're just asking questions.

So we're glad that we have experts in the bond stuff like that, but just so that when you're when you're giving us information, it it's gotta be at not a bond level because there are experts in there, we just need to know it so that we can go back to our residents or even the city that's watching now so that they can understand it as well.

Yeah, so through the chair to the councilman, the general idea is that we would use cash on hand, and as long as you have a funding source, so Ohio State Wall says that you have to have a source uh when you execute a contract, so there has to be something backing that in terms of cash.

So if we pledge our um you know available cash, uh, and again, this isn't just work that's getting done.

Ohio State Wall says that any contract that's executed, you need to have those funds available.

So a lot of in yellow, the contracts will be executed, but the projects won't necessarily be done, but we're gonna need to have cash available, and that's why we want to go out and borrow fees now before the contracts get executed.

But that's the general idea is um you know to go out and uh use that cash, that available cash, so that'll that'll meet the requirements of Ohio State Hall that will have a source uh backing these projects, and then at the end of the year we will essentially pay ourselves back by doing a bond issuance.

Uh Mr.

Chairman to the finance director.

I understand that the question is is that legal?

Can we go out and bond to reimburse ourselves back?

So we're taking 30, we're we'll do round numbers.

So next year you're taking the four, we're just gonna say 40 million dollars, it's 36 million change.

You're taking that four that 40 million dollars, Mr.

Chairman, to the finance director for a while.

Where's it going?

So through the chair to the councilman, when we go to pass the budget, uh we're looking at resources, the uh paid one would be the carryover for the general fund.

So we would need to get permission from council to use that to backstop.

We're also looking at available funds that are in projects now, maybe some projects that aren't gonna get done anymore, or some uh funds that are excess and aren't going to get sent on a particular project and see if we can use those.

Um those are the primary, and then um we're looking at the uh you know short-term program that we're gonna bring to council.

We're working on um you know the policy that we discussed in some of the workshops that kind of outline some of this.

Um so we will have the cash backstops that we need in order to do this.

All right, Mr.

Chairman of the Finance Director, I understand the carryover is just money that we can spend this year.

Correct.

That's carrying over.

Is any of this ready day money?

The 200 and some million that we have in the ready day fund, or that additional, we won't call it a second ready-day fund, but I forgot what we call that lot of money as well.

Yeah, through the chair to the councilman does not include those, those have specific purposes.

And we couldn't do anything without uh council action.

No, I realize you can't do anything without council action, but the Radio Aid Fund doesn't have a specific purpose.

It's just there's correct me if I'm wrong, Mr.

Chairman, the finance director.

That Radiate Fund has not been, at least in your mind in the administration's time, allocated for anything.

Through the council man or believe the wall for um this feat is an ordinance, but the um you know the law basically said the state's a pretty date fund must be used for an emergency.

Right.

Um but there's not a specific right.

So Mr.

Chairman of the Finance Director, what I'm sitting here saying is I think right, it's an emergency fund for better tax revenue falls or something, we need to make pay well.

We understand stuff like that.

But you're sitting here today saying none of that money is in the mind of the administration specifically allocated for some bigger grand vision that the administration may have through the councilman.

I'm not aware.

I mean, it's for that purpose stated here.

Okay, and then um uh Mr.

Chairman to the finance director and to the director, I just want to make sure that we're allowed next year to go out to bond for these type of bonds, the roads and bridges and everything, knowing with the specific purpose that we're gonna be reimbursing ourselves and that whoever the bond people are buying the bond knows that it's not going to that specific project, it is actually going to reimburse the city.

That I mean, I I don't know that answer that uh and uh if you don't know that answer, you gotta let us know.

Um but you're telling us today that that we passed this legislation, right?

That we're not passing anything that's going to be illegal down the line because we're reimbursing ourselves, and that that bond is not going for the specific project.

Through the general councilman that's correct.

We confirm that with bond council that this whole program is new.

Okay.

Um just a a couple of a couple of real quick questions regarding the specifics as right now.

Where is the new swap head code or speech?

Uh so through the chairman of the councilman, if you go to page two, um uh about halfway down, you'll see the new SWAT.

I see it on here for the physical bill, but where is the new?

I I don't know where it is.

Um, Mr.

Chairman of the Councilman, um there was some request from public safety to discuss that outside of the public forum of the table, but but happy to do that with any council member, yes.

And then uh I think we spoke on this last Monday.

City Hall modernization phase one, right?

The seven million dollars.

Can we get a list?

When when we hear we're gonna modernize City Hall, we didn't think it was gonna be spending six hundred thousand dollars on science, right?

I think we had a little bit of a different understanding of modernizing city hall.

Can you give us the specifics of what we're going to do with the seven million dollars to modernize city hall?

Um, through the chairman of the councilman, absolutely, and um I will highlight for you that this um one uh major element of this came from your challenge to us as we were uh coming before counts council to do the exterior of City Hall, and you challenged us to figure out a way to have an ADA accessible entrance at the front of City Hall.

Um and so what this does is it creates a very accessible entrance on the mall side of City Hall on the west side of City Hall, using um doors and entrances that already exist, but creating uh a pavilion to uh or uh I should say uh a shelter so that people can get dropped off and ADA accessible entrance stairs as well as as ramps to get inside.

And I'll give you um and all of council uh more detailed list of this, but but it includes um a uh public meeting room that's um a new security station, a coffee shop, things like that that are uh at that new entrance of City Hall, and and like I said, one of the main reasons that we're doing this is to really clean up the queue that happens back with people trying to get into City Hall, but also more importantly to have that ADA accessible entrance to City Hall.

The ADA accessible entrance, Mr.

Chairman and Director, has been overweight, but it's it's too long in the waiting.

This building is 12, 25 years old, and it's still difficult for anybody who uh as a disability, a mobile disability to be in this building.

Um so I'm I'm looking forward to that.

Um trying to move quick through my questions.

The street resurfacing, how come we went out for a bottom?

Um why didn't we just use uh roll over our carryover or rainy day fund for that?

Because I can probably guarantee that this council's gonna ask for more money for street resurfacing, um, funding this upcoming for this upcoming year.

Um I can't guarantee it, but it's gonna high priority.

So why are we bonding this out instead of using our radiated funds for our carrier?

Mr.

Chairman to do the correct yeah, so um through the chair to the councilman.

First off, we're not using rainy day, so clarify that.

Um, and then again, this is the transition here where we're transitioning to the new program.

So um, in order anything that we're gonna spend, anything we're gonna execute a contract on the rest of the year, we're going out and borrowing um basically in October, early November for that, um just to make sure that we have the cash and get his projects done.

So uh this should be the last time that we go out and borrow in advance for the executive contracts.

Um again, this is the transition year.

So um next year we will have a regular cycle of CIP borrowing.

Um, but for now we need to make sure that MOCAP has the funds available to execute contracts they need to this year.

All right, well, Mr.

Chairman, to the to both directors, I can't guarantee it, but I think with the little bit of money that the administration puts in the streets, and knowing on this side of the table, the problem that streets has become with us with the condition of the streets, we probably anticipate uh a large ask for at least the next couple of years, just put it in the bank of your mind so the cleaner cut.

Um the circle east district improvement.

Um that's water sewer light replacements.

How come that's general fund that has not come out of enterprise fund for waterless water sewer?

Uh through the chairman of the councilman.

No, those are roadway improvements.

Um this is for um the little piece of Cleveland that is um that is south of Euclid Avenue and and right next to the Lakeview Cemetery.

There's a little corner of Cleveland that you have to get through East Cleveland to get to.

And there's a project uh three year project there for uh in-fill housing, and this is specifically for the the roadway work that's needed for the area where they're building that in fill housing.

It's a little piece of ward six that um is is just the geography is weird because of the cemetery.

I understand that, but for new house, Mr.

Chairman to the director.

But if there's new housing going in, project when we put new houses up in my ward, the builder's responsible for the infrastructure of the sewer and and the water.

So I want to make sure that we're not doing a special favor for whoever's building this, and I don't know the project that we're covering the cost of sewer and water lines going into whatever this project is because that that has not been like that in the past.

No, uh, through the chairman of the councilman.

The the roads um in all of the roads um are in poor condition.

This is for roadway improvements, not for sewer and water improvements.

But that's not what this says.

This says work includes water and sewer line with place.

Oh, the yeah, yes, so through the chairman of the councilman, their overall work plan does include that.

Um I apologize about the confusion, but our 375 uh thousand does not I I should have rephrased that.

Their overall work plan for Circle East includes that, but our money is only going into um uh roadway improvements.

Do you side it's a light?

Do you want to like I'll trust you, but you also know that I'm gonna keep it out.

Yes, absolutely.

All right, and then my last one, Mr.

Chairman.

I apologize if I if I went over last last Monday, you were gonna give us the list of all the vehicles.

Uh yes, so um through the chairman of the councilman.

So the the list of vehicles is in the ordinance, um, but uh we did have to make an amendment to that list uh just this morning.

So I'm gonna have um assistant director chambers speak to that.

I will say that the spreadsheet that you're looking at has the correct uh amounts.

Um, but we had um until this morning we had in uh incorrect amounts that didn't match the Department of Finance's um uh threshold, uh the dollar amount thresholds.

So assistant director chambers is gonna review um what we're we're amending.

What important numbers do it?

Um so Mr.

Chairman, the uh the light vehicles is six, seven, five twenty twenty-five, or excuse me, the heavy vehicles is six seven five twenty twenty-five, and the light vehicles is six, seven, three twenty twenty five.

Oh, sorry, eight five three twenty twenty-five is light, excuse me, and eight five two twenty twenty-five is heavy.

As Dr.

mentioned the numbers and the spreadsheet that you have for light duty vehicles, that total amount is two million eight hundred and thirty thousand because our cost of issuance was removed, we had to change the actual purchase of vehicles.

So we worked very diligently with um motor vehicles maintenance to revise that list.

Um I have it here if you actually want to see the list.

I can go through the list for light vehicles for um we have a light truck pickup.

Yeah, and we do have the commission for the outside, but we have motor vehicles maintenance commissioner here to review these as well.

But for all of the divisions, I can read them off for light trucks for waste collection, they will be receiving a pickup in the amount of 240,000.

And I don't you don't have these in front of you now.

We are actually updating everything through our legislation data now, Nancy Lonzalo to get it to you so we can have that amendment made.

I don't know what the best approach is for this, but we just had to change numbers to make sure that we matched finances request.

Can we make a copy of your own?

I think I may ask.

Okay, yeah.

Thank you.

Kenny, thank you.

Thank you.

A couple of columns here.

I want you to focus on the ones to the far right.

Those are the updates we just made.

So we're at 1.1 million one hundred and fifty thousand for heavy vehicles, two million eight hundred and thirty thousand for light vehicles.

Okay, okay, right.

Okay, so you still got the question.

No, I'm good.

Thank you.

Okay.

So the um just to get this straight on this list here, so we can understand this.

We're changing from what total is rechanging from in arriving at a new total on this list.

Yes, so you will see the four columns to the far right, two say heavy and light, and the other one says heavy and light.

Right.

We're only following the one on the far right.

So we have changed from the ones next to it to the ones on the far right.

So, Mr.

Chairman, for light vehicles, we're moving from three million dollars to two million six hundred and ninety thousand, and for heavy, we're moving from two million to one million two hundred and ninety thousand.

And there are changes in these allocations because motor vehicle maintenance wanted to make sure that they were able to order or purchase some of the long lead items prior to 2026.

So we kind of reallocated their funding to make sure they could do that.

Um I'm trying to get this straight.

Can you just say that again?

So um, Mr.

Chairman, so the legislation as it's drafted prior to the changes that we're we're attempting to make.

We included the issuance fees in that total, which um means that our numbers were off.

So we had in the light vehicle ordinance a total of three million dollars for purchase of vehicles, but we had to take out the issuance fees, and so the balance that we have to actually spend is two million six hundred and ninety thousand.

Um assistant director chambers worked with um the commissioner of DMV uh to reduce his uh vehicle list to match that thrush that dollar amount.

And similarly for heavy vehicles, it was originally a two million dollar um budget, and we took out the issuance fees, so we're down to one million two hundred and ninety thousand for um light or for heavy vehicles.

Yeah.

All right.

Uh there any questions.

Yes, I have one question.

Chair.

Here on the page road and uh bridge box that page three.

Um buckeye everywhere, that is gonna be um you say design fees.

I'm sorry.

Avenue um that's gonna be a carry-over quest.

So can we spend a little bit of the uh think we can discuss that um to that um surface?

Yes, um, through the chairman of the councilwoman.

So um Shaker Boulevard uh needs resurfacing, and the the limits of that is um Shaker Heights all the way to Buckeye Avenue.

So the whole length that's within the city of Cleveland.

Um we just applied for funding through the state of Ohio um to fund that project, and this amount, the 200,000 will be spent on um designing um that roadway.

And so we need we've um we've uh made some um design we've completed some design work, but we need an additional 200,000 to complete the design work so that fingers crossed if the state awards us the funding, we can finish the design.

And I don't have in my head the year of that project, um, but um I believe it would be let's see, funding and six.

I think it would be a 2027 construction year for that project.

So that's chair two for the market for the um the uh west and east of Shaker Boulevard of the RCC and but uh to um Shaker House at the end of uh through the chairman of the councilwoman, yes, both both east and westbound, yes.

Okay, yes, yep, and all the way through um, you know, obviously through Shaker Square.

Shaker Square.

Okay, um thank you for that second question here on page four.

Um also chair to the record we also have uh Van Aiken Boulevard, Shaker Boulevard to South Woodland.

Um resurfacing, could you spend uh that as well?

Yes, so um the Van Aiken Boulevard, which I I know we've we've discussed and have been at the community meetings.

So we we need so the local match means that we have funding through NOACA to resurface that roadway, rebuild that roadway.

Um we need more than this 83,000, but that was um the portion that was scheduled for 2025 and the remainder would be in 2026.

Um and the local match means that we have to put in usually 20% of the construction costs as the city of Cleveland versus what NOACA offers to us for the roadway construction.

So the fact that this 82,000 will now be 2026, what you're gonna see is um both what we had originally proposed for 2026 and then this 82,000 combined into one larger dollar amount because Van Aken is intended also for a 2027 construction year.

And then the the piece of Van Aiken where the railroad railroad tracks at um Shaker Um Square happens, that will be reconstructed by RTA and the same project year, and we're coordinating with them so that all of Van Aiken will get done.

We have some issues now for some that intersection that's a lot of uh residents that live in that area is constantly calling and talking about um method um discerned that the track overlay over the roads over there and has the uh the traffic.

Yes, and um through the directive and chair of the councilwoman, we we agree.

Um we're glad that Van Aken as a roadway has been programmed through Nueca for several years.

It's just time you know that the money's available.

But that that the railroad track area took took some time to work through and RTA um we're thankful that they um stepped up and they're they're going to resurface that portion of it.

And it's you know, kind of in between their tracks, but they took that on.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right, thank you, Chair.

All right, thank you, Councilman McGray.

Any other questions on uh on uh this presentation?

Councilman uh Danny Kelly.

Thank you.

This is what I want to ask, possibly, because now when you're gonna get the money for something that's contracted to sign, you know, I get excited when something's ready.

My residents get excited when something's ready, but sometimes it might take two seasons to get done.

Do you see any any benefit in this that once you you the money is contract and signed, you're getting it?

That'll be done maybe in a uh more timely manner.

Yeah, um, through the chairman of the councilman.

That is a great question because it's it is one of the things that this the change of how we're funding projects is really gonna help how we're signaling to council and the community when a project will get done.

Because, like you said, if if we fund a project this year, but we're not even anticipating needing the money until next year, and then it might take another year for the project to start.

It it just sends out signals and and and people ask questions about why it's taking so long to get from point A to point B from funding to the work.

So, absolutely this new system should help with um being more transparent about when we need money and when we're gonna start um those projects.

I will say that we're also working on a um uh we're working with our urban analytics department to uh create a um a funding uh spending tracker which should uh be um visible to um to everyone to see if um South Waterloo Road gets funded when that project actually when we start spending on that project, so that even if you don't see anything on the roadway um you and we're spending money, say on design, you'll see that that that that project has started versus if it's just you know zero spending, the project hasn't started.

But we're trying to do a lot of different things to try to both do projects um more uh in in a more timely fashion after funding is approved, um, not waste money on um bonds when we don't need the bonds to be sold yet, and also to be more transparent with the public on what projects are underway, which ones are finished, and which ones haven't started yet.

And the councilman, if I could just add uh in terms of speeding up the process, uh since now we won't have to wait to actually do a bond deal to like execute and start a contract.

We're just gonna get authorization from council on full CIP, so we'll be authorized to spend, and then we'll just need the funding source to be cash on hand when we were in that so we can start looking at um executing contracts and doing the project, assuming you all approve that in January, and then we're just reimbursing our silver bonds.

So the bond process is typically four to six-month process with the open agencies doing all the paperwork.

Now we're cutting that out.

So it's just about getting the CIP created and approved in January.

So uh through the chairman of the councilman, if I could use a real life example, so the roof of the skating um you know center.

Um last year we went through city council in the summertime to approve that roof.

By the time that we got it put out to bid and under contract, all we could do before the winter time was basically just tarp it to make sure it wasn't wasn't gonna leak.

Whereas if if that roof was on next year's CIP on the capital improvement plan in say January, it would be approved by council as a project.

Then we're not missing the whole construction season by coming to you in the summertime.

So by coming to you in the in the winter, we can tee up both roadway projects and any exterior parker facility projects in a more timely fashion and not lose pay for bonds during the winter time when you can't really do any work.

Does that does that help?

I'm due to chair.

That's uh hopefully it works that way.

We'll be excited.

It just seems like it it takes two, three seasons to get something done, and my resident gets so excited, and then they're waiting and waiting and waiting, and they say, Well, you know, what's going on?

So besides the monetary aspect of it, the way you're you're bidding it out and doing it.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Yes.

All right, thank you, Councilman Kelly.

All right, I am going to read into the record the bond pieces that we have before us today.

Uh ordinance number 846, 2025.

By council members Bishop and Griffin, this is a personal request an emergency ordinance to determine the make the method of making the public improvements of designing, constructing, or constructing, rehabilitating, renovating, replacing, or otherwise improving public facilities, buildings, and other similar structures, including site improvements and apparatuses, and authorizing the director of public safety, public works, or capital projects as appropriate to enter into one or more public improvement contracts for the making of the improvements, enter into one or more professional services and other contracts needed to implement the improvements, to apply for, to accept grants and gifts, and authorize direct employment of the necessary labor for the Department of Public Safety, Public Works, or the Office of Capital Projects.

Alright.

And the also, I'm gonna read into the record the amendments on ordinance number uh 846 2025.

There's no legal objections to this legislation if amended as follows.

Number one, in section nine, line two after no's insert 01 SF001 in line four after 20 SF 728, insert appropriate available bond funds in line five after 2025 insert and 2026 in line 10 strike no and insert nos 01 SF001 in line 12 after 20 SF 728, insert appropriate available bond funds, and in line 13 strike future and insert 2025 and 2026, um.

I think there might be one piece of the amendment that didn't get reading.

Okay, thank you.

All right, so we're gonna change what I was reading.

Okay, I just read it in it.

There's an amendment to the amendment, yes, second amendment.

So you just read the first amendment I had a amendment to the amendment on the second.

So you have to just say that's in the record.

Yes, right on this, which is right.

So you will read this.

Okay.

Um there amendments to law amendments, strike 01 SF001 in both instances instances and add appropriate available bond or note funds.

All right, that's right.

Okay, all right.

Councilman Star.

I'd like to make an amendment.

All right, Councilman Stark.

Um Councilman Section 1 after improvements, insert file 846-2025A, and sections five line strike, line four strike to be determined by the director of public safety safety, public works or director of capital projects as appropriate and replaced with not to exceed two years.

Insert the director of public works shall provide written notice to the council of clerk to the clerk of council whenever any purchases is made through the cooperative process, which notice shall include the details of such cooperative purchases.

Strike and shall also be charged against the proper appropriations account, the fund or funds to which are credited to proceed from the sale of future bonds if issued for this purpose and any other funds deemed appropriate by the finance director.

Alright, Councilman Starr has uh offered a amendment.

Is there uh is there a second for that amendment?

All right, Councilman Harrison seconds that amendment is there any discussion?

No chair councilman Harrison and the uh clarification on the uh Clear State.

Can you say agreement?

So maybe explain.

Uh brief over the needs.

To purpose of the purpose of the amendments.

Okay.

All right.

Okay, Councilman Starr.

Yes, so for the purpose of ordinance number 846-2025.

Um, first to see the administration um ask for amendments to make sure we are able to pull the funds from the right bonds or the financial um department where the funds are currently at, but then in the second section that I made some amendments, is so that we have clear oversight of how much the um administration is spending, where the funds are coming from, prime example making sure the director of public safety is pulling the actual right funding source and not re using it as often or as freely, so council can have the oversight, and then at the section seven, where it was talking about the director of public works, so therefore, if anything changes, they bring a note to the clerk of council so that the council is informed on what is actually going on, and then also just making sure there is some restrictions on how much funds the director of the finance can actually pull in the future funds.

All right, all right.

Um so uh the amendment that councilman starr has uh offered.

Um there any discussion.

All right, look, councilman.

Thank you.

I just want to confirm that the administration is in supporting to comply with that matter.

Um through the chairman of the councilman, thank you for asking that we're aware of the changes.

We understand that council wants um kind of uh more control over when changes are made.

So we're we're okay with this, and uh we'll comply with it.

Yes, yeah.

And you would have had to, but it is feasible, it's feasible for you to not like uh yes, um, through the chairman of the councilman.

It is feasible for us to comply.

We will have to change how we um uh do business if you will, but it is feasible, yes.

All right, thank you.

All right, so those in favor of their amendment say aye.

Aye.

Those closed or eyes have it.

So ordinance number 10, 846, 2025 as amended is approved.

Please sign it.

All right, next is ordinance.

Next is ordinance number eight forty-seven 2025 by council members bishop and griffin.

This is the permanent request an emergency ordinance determining the uh the method of making the public improvements of designing, constructing, rehabilitating, renovating, replacing, or other rising, improving recreation facilities, ancillary recreation buildings, parks, and playgrounds, and other similar structures and amenities on city-owned and city lease parked property, including site improvements and opportunists, and authorizing the director of parks and recreation public works or capital projects as appropriate to enter into one or more public improvement contracts and or one or more public improvement requirements contracts for the making of the improvements, enter into one or more professional services and other contracts needed to implement the improvement to apply for.

An emergency ordinance determining the uh the method of making the public improvements of designing, constructing, rehabilitating, renovating, replacing, or other rising, improving recreation facilities, ancillary recreation buildings, parks, and playgrounds, and other similar structures and amenities on city-owned and city lease parked property, including site improvements and authorizing the director of parks and recreation public works or capital projects as appropriate to enter into one or more public improvement contracts and/or one or more public improvement requirements contracts or the making of the improvements, enter into one or more professional services and other contracts needed to implement the improvement to apply for and accept grants and gifts and authorizing the direct employment of necessary labor for the Department of Public Departments of Parks and Recreation and Public Works or the Office of Capital Projects.

And let me read the amendments.

Okay.

All right.

So on the amendments, um strike 01 SF 001 in both instances and add appropriate available bond or note funds.

Okay.

All right.

Councilman Starr.

Thank you, Chair.

I would like to make a couple amendments for ordinance number 847-2025.

And the section one at the facility improvement insert file number 847-2025A.

And section two at the park improvement, insert file number 847-2025A.

And then in section four, strike the specific specified terms and replace with two years.

At the end of section 10, insert the directors of park and recreation, public works, or capital projects as appropriate, shall provide written notice to the clerk or council whenever any purchases is made through cooperative process, which notice shall include the details of such cooperative purchases.

Second.

Yes.

Councilman Starr wants to explain the uh amendment.

Yeah, just for the discussion of everything's on one in the first part of it from section one, section two, wanted to make sure we have the appropriate file numbers on the ordinance of the amendments within the legislation before us on 847-2025, and then also in that section 10 part is an opportunity for us to be notified of any changes on what type of process that the administration may need to be able to pull funds from, and then also making sure they do not exceed any of the amount of dollars that is already approved through this legislation.

Um documents the project list so that we can't deviate from that project list.

So if a councilman has a request for a certain project or to match funds or whatnot, we would have to come through council for specific legislation to put money towards that project if it's not on the approved list.

All right, all right.

Any other um so councilman star's uh amendment uh is there any other discussion on council stars amendment?

All in favor of councilman stars amendment say aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

The ayes have it.

The amendment carries.

All right, ordinance number eight forty-seven twenty twenty-five as amended is approved.

Please sign it.

Next up we have ordinance number eight four eight twenty twenty twenty twenty-five as amended by council members bishop and griffin by departmental request an emergency ordinance determining the method of making the public improvement of designing and constructing or constructing, rehabilitating, renovating, replacing, or otherwise improving roadway, streets, bridges, sidewalks, and other projects, including site improvements, and opportunists, and authorizing the director of public works or capital projects as appropriate to enter into one or more public improvement contracts for the making of the improvements, enter into one or more professional services and other contracts needed to implement the improvements to apply for accept grants and gifts and authorizing the direct employment of the necessary labor for the Department of Public World or the Office of Capital Projects.

Okay, I'm gonna read the amendment in section nine, strike line two after NOS and insert 01 SF001 in line three after 20 SF 729, insert appropriate available bond funds in line four after 2025, insert and 2026 in line 9 after fund, insert NOS 01 SF 001 in line 11 after 20 SF 729, insert appropriate available bond funds, and in line 12 after 2025, insert and 2026.

Um strike 01 SF001 in both instances and add appropriate available bond or note funds.

Alright.

Alright, now I'm gonna go to Councilman Richard Starr.

Thank you, Chair.

I would like to make a motion for some amendments in section one after improvements insert file number 848 2025 A and Section 4 strike to be determined by the director of public works or capital projects as appropriate and replaced with not to exceed two years at the end of section 7.

Insert the directors of public works or capital projects as appropriate shall provide written notice to the clerk of council whenever any purchases is made through cooperative process, which notice shall include the details of such cooperative purchases in section 9 strike in section 9 strike and shall also be charged against the proper appropriation accounts and any other funds deemed appropriate by the director of finances councilman Starr has uh offered an amendment to uh ordinance number 848 2025.

Um is there any discussion on the amendments councilman star has offered?

Second council may second it.

Or is there any discussion?

Uh those in favor of the amendment say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed.

The ayes have it.

All right, ordinance number 848-2025 is approved.

Please sign it as amended.

Alright, moving right along.

Ordinance number 852 2025 as amended by council members Bishop and Griffin by Department of Request.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more standard and requirement contracts for the purchase lease or lease with options to purchase of various heavy duty trucks and equipment for the various divisions of city government.

Alright.

And the amendment, I'm gonna read the amendment.

In section one, line six, strike seven million seven hundred and sixty-five thousand and insert two million in line one in the table in the last line after total strike seven million seven hundred and sixty-five thousand and insert two million in line seven in section three, line two, after NOS, insert zero one SF001, appropriate available bond funds, and from the funds or funds to which are accredited the proceeds from the sale of 2025 2026 bonds if issued for this purpose.

Okay.

Change 2 million to 1.2 to 1 million 290,000 in line seven, strike 01 SF001 and add available bond or note funds.

At the end, at the end of section two, insert the directors of public works or capital projects as appropriate shall provide written notice to the clerk of council whenever any purchases is made through the cooperative process, which notice shall include the details of such cooperative purchases in section three strike seven hundred and twenty-four and replaced with seven hundred and twenty-three.

All right, Councilman Starr has uh offered an amendment.

Is there a second to the amendment?

Second all right, Councilman Kelly, second.

Uh is there any discussion to Councilman Starr's amendment?

All right.

Second.

All right, say it, second.

Is there any discussion?

All right, Councilman Starr, uh, you want to explain why this amendment is offered.

So this amendment is um offered just to make sure that we have notice of any changes from the amount of funding that is used to be able to um draw down funds for this purchase.

In addition, um some of the amendments also was incorrect as far as the dollar amount in the right sections to make sure they are appropriate with the actual um buy sales as well as the funds.

So just making sure everything is aligned appropriately within the way the legislation was presented to us or the ordinance has been brought to us.

All right, thank you, Councilman Starr.

Um so all in favor of Councilman Starr's amendment say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

The ayes have it.

Alright, ordinance number 852 2025 is approved as amended.

Alright, last but not least.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the purchase by one or more standard and requirement contracts for the purchase lease or lease with options to purchase of various light duty vehicles and equipment for the various city divisions.

And the amendments are in line one.

In number one, in section one, line six, strike seven million seven hundred and sixty-five thousand and insert two million.

In section one, and the table in the last line after total, strike four million four hundred and thirty-five thousand and insert three million.

Number ten, in section three, line two, after NOS insert zero one SF001, appropriate bond fund, appropriate available bond funds from the fund or funds to which are accredited the proceeds from the sale of 2025, 2026 bonds issued for this purpose, and in line three strike shall and insert shall right in number one and in number eight change two million to one million two hundred ninety thousand and in line ten strike zero one SF001 and add available bonds or no funds.

Alright.

Alright, Councilman Richard Starr.

The amendments I would like to put up fourth is at the end of section two.

Insert the directors of public work or capital project as appropriate shall provide written notice to the clerk of council whenever any purchases is made through the cooperative process, which notice shall include the details of such cooperative purchases in a section three, strike the 723 and replace that with 724.

Alright, councilman.

So I don't believe that's the number that you read.

So say that number again.

2,690,000.

Correct.

Yes, Mr.

Chair, I think the number that was read is when the last ordinance 852.

We change that to one point two nine million.

Um this ordinance we should be moving for the white vehicles, we'd be moving from three million to two point six nine million.

So we have so within the amendment.

So this is two million six hundred and ninety thousand.

Yeah, it is on the two million dollars.

Yeah.

So do we need to read the amount of amendment?

Okay, so some books have been six nine.

So that should be two six nine right here.

It's not about in addition, uh section one line six, strike seven million seven hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars and insert two million six hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

All right, director, all right.

Um, thank you.

Okay, yes.

All right, any other so councilman starr has offered an amendment.

Uh is there a second?

Second.

Councilman Casey seconds.

Is there any discussion?

All right, those in favor of councilman starr's amendment say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed.

The ayes have it.

Okay, ordinance number 853 2025 is approved as amended.

All right, is there any other questions on the um for the director and the director of finance?

Is there any questions?

All right, director.

Um you have any comments before we close out.

Um Mr.

Chairman, just thank you to your you and your staff for going through all the changes that we're making this time.

Next year will be more straightforward because it'll be the new process.

Right now we're sort of changing streams of how we're processing uh improvement projects.

Yeah, Director, um, I'm not exactly sure what we could have done differently.

Uh I thought we would always we would have a better, easier flow uh for the legislation.

But nonetheless, we got it done.

Uh is there any miscellaneous for the director of capital projects before we adjourn?

All right, seeing no written questions.

I hereby uh adjourned or just observed the process.

That's all I sit here for another 20 minutes.

My name is Jenny Spencer, and I am so proud to offer a welcome today on behalf of all the members of Cleveland City Council.

We are delighted to launch