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The Cleveland City Council Utilities Committee met on October 29, 2026, with a recorded start time of 13:50. The committee approved two emergency ordinances, received Cleveland Public Power's strategic plan overview, and heard the Phase Two cost-of-service rate study for 2027-2029. Council members repeatedly asked for more concrete timelines, clearer rate-impact information, and a defined list of improvements before supporting new rates.
Well, But I don't have the legislation. Today we have uh two pieces of legislation that we're gonna hear first, and then we have the uh presentations from the Department of Public Utilities, the overview of the plan, and the cost of service bringing study. Uh, director, if you want to come on up. We'll start with ordinance number eleven seventy-two twenty twenty-six by council members Casey and Griffin by departmental request and emergency ordinance authorizing the director of public utilities to amend contract number CT two zero zero four LS two zero zero four star zero two four to substitute the name of the leaser from City Rose LTD to Darley Holdings Group LLC or its designees and to extend the term to a seven-year term with one five-year option to renew exercisable by additional legislative authority. Director, thank you, Chairman. This is the East Service Center of Cleveland Public Power, one forty-one hundred Darley Avenue. The owner um uh the owner that we had a lease agreement with, um, transitioned, changed, uh well, he passed away, and then the somebody else bought it. So we have luckily with Commissioner De Janeiro and her group negotiated um to stay there with favorable terms. Uh, but we need the amendment for the name change, and then we are looking to extend it uh to a seven-year term with one five year option. Currently, there's five years left on our term. There's three years, so we're looking to extend the terms. Um, under the same uh, essentially the uh monetary obligation for Cleveland Public Power. Again, as council's aware, this is where on the Darley Avenue CPP uh houses their low tension linemen, all the underground crews storeroom managers and mechanics. So we're looking to continue that operation for Cleveland Public Power and their customers. Any addition to the um the rent that uh the money that they pay? Uh no, Mr. Chairman. The rent will remain the same for the full sub for for the additional five years. All right, Director, whose ward is the service center in. It's ward nine. Yes, Councilman Conwell. All right, did you have a conversation with Councilman Conwell regarding regarding this? Um, because I forgot that it changed from Councilman to Councilman Conwell. Uh, I certainly can have that if this is received at finance. I can do that. Uh, this week. Can you please do that? Well, I don't want to vote on a piece of legislation in somebody else's ward without without their knowledge of it. And I did notify Councilman Conwell, Mr. Chairman, and left the message for him this morning, but we'll follow up. All right. Any questions from the committee? Seeing none eleven seventy-two twenty twenty-six stands approved. Please sign up. Ordinance number 1229 2026 by Council Members Casey and Griffin by Department of Request an emergency ordinance to amend section one of the ordinance numbers 600-2026 passed July 15, 2026, relating to contracts with ST Engineering Telematic Wireless Limited for upgrades and modifications to manage the bright city lighting system. Director? Thank you, Chairman. We were just in front of this committee in July for the continuation of the relationship with the Bright City platform. This is an amendment to that ordinance.