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January 12, 2026 ·7:00 PM Final-revised ·AGENDA. Live broadcast: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandCityCouncil * Cleveland TV Channel 20 (Spectrum Cable TV) * TV 20 Livestream online: http://ClevelandOhio.gov/TV20 * www.clevelandcitycouncil.gov

Council Chambers

Agenda PDF Official record ↗

Agenda — 93 items

  1. 1 CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL
  2. 2 MOMENT OF REFLECTION
  3. 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  4. 4 DISPENSE WITH THE JOURNAL approved Pass
  5. 5 PRESENTATIONS
  6. 6 PUBLIC COMMENT
  7. 7 REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
  8. 8 •Communications
  9. 9 Oath of Office for Justin Morris Bibb, Mayor of City Cleveland. 5-2026 received and filed
  10. 10 Oath of Office for Joy Anderson, Interim Director of Department of Community Development, City of Cleveland. 6-2026 received and filed
  11. 11 Dedication Plat for Lake Avenue Townhomes Subdivision Project, located South side of Lake Avenue between West Blvd. and Clifton Blvd. (Ward 11), Approved by Committees on Municipal Services and Properties, and Development Planning and Sustainability. Without objection. Plat approved. 7-2026 received and filed
  12. 12 From Office of the Mayor, Justin M. Bibb, City of Cleveland. Notice of grant acceptance from the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandell Foundation of $5,000 in support of the Junior Mayors Association. 8-2026 received and filed
  13. 13 From Council President Blaine A. Griffin. Designating, without objection by Council, Vakedia Stiggers to serve as Clerk of Council Pro Tempore for all matters requiring the Clerk’s signature on December 15, 2025 - January 5, 2026, and for the Council meeting on January 5, 2026. 72-2026 received and filed
  14. 14 From Council President Blaine A. Griffin. Designating, without objection by Council, Vakedia Stiggers to serve as Clerk of Council Pro Tempore for all matters requiring the Clerk’s signature on January 13, 14, 27 and 28, 2026. 73-2026 received and filed
  15. 15 •The Ohio Division of Liquor Control
  16. 16 #02095172-1. Stock Application, C2 C2X. Desi AB Inc., 4810 State Rd., (Ward 4). 12-2026 received and filed
  17. 17 #10009174-1. Transfer of License Application, C1 C2. Sadeen Gas Inc., 8302 Carnegie Ave. (Ward 6). 13-2026 received and filed
  18. 18 #05244954-2. Stock Application, D5. Winks Bar and Grill, 1300 E.9th St. (Ward 8). 14-2026 received and filed
  19. 19 #10011335-1. New License Application, D5J, Sunset Kitchen, 11311 Euclid Ave. (Ward 9). 15-2026 received and filed
  20. 20 #10005981-1. Transfer of Ownership Application, C1 C2. HQ Denison LLC., 6501 Denison Ave. (Ward 11). 16-2026 received and filed
  21. 21 #10009147-1. Transfer of License Application, C1 C2. Har Mahadev Inc., 4189 Ridge Rd., (Ward 11). 17-2026 received and filed
  22. 22 #10011231-1. New License Application, C1. On-The-Go Market Inc., 3890 W. 140 St. (Ward 13). 18-2026 received and filed
  23. 23 # 02273580-1. New License Application, C2 D6. Dortch Food & Beverage LLC., 3259 W. 25 St. ( Ward 14). 19-2026 received and filed
  24. 24 #09554322-1. Transfer of Ownership Application, C2 C1. West Gas Station LLC., 4322 Clark Ave., (Ward 14). 20-2026 received and filed
  25. 25 #09166711-4. Transfer of Ownership Application, D5J D6. Petit Gourmet, 5300 Riverside Dr., Terminal C. (Ward 15). 21-2026 received and filed
  26. 26 #09166711-3. Transfer of Ownership Application, D5J. 800 Degrees Woodfired Kitchen, 5300 Riverside Dr., Terminal A. (Ward 15). 22-2026 received and filed
  27. 27 #10010772-1. New License Application, C1. T&K Merchandise Inc., 4166 East 71 St. ( Ward 2). 9-2026 received and filed
  28. 28 #10005353-1. New License Application, C1. 4025 Harvard Business LLC., 4025 E. 131 St. ( Ward 2). 10-2026 received and filed
  29. 29 #10011000-1. Transfer of Ownership Application, C1 C2, United Convenient Market. 6206 Broadway Ave. (Ward 3). 11-2026 received and filed
  30. 30 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
  31. 31 •Condolence; Moment of Silence
  32. 32 Condolence Resolution for Eula “Adams” Falton 37-2026 read into the record
  33. 33 Condolence Resolution for Bruce Cornell Ramsey 38-2026 read into the record
  34. 34 Condolence Resolution for Cedric Deone Stanford 39-2026 read into the record
  35. 35 Condolence Resolution for Robert James “Jim” Prok 40-2026 read into the record
  36. 36 Condolence Resolution for Linda Mae Kreon 41-2026 read into the record
  37. 37 Condolence Resolution for Joseph Anthony Purpura 42-2026 read into the record
  38. 38 Condolence Resolution for Steve J. Gall 43-2026 read into the record
  39. 39 Condolence Resolution for Gerald Reynolds 44-2026 read into the record
  40. 40 Condolence Resolution for Doris Turner 45-2026 read into the record
  41. 41 Condolence Resolution for Norma Bridges Downs Ashog 46-2026 read into the record
  42. 42 Condolence Resolution for Oliver Pudge Carl Hunkel 47-2026 read into the record
  43. 43 Condolence Resolution for Pastor Rufus Webb 48-2026 read into the record
  44. 44 Condolence Resolution for Thomas F. Meyer 49-2026 read into the record
  45. 45 Condolence Resolution for Robert Carl Wakefield 50-2026 read into the record
  46. 46 Condolence Resolution for Michael Eugene Gibbons 51-2026 read into the record
  47. 47 Condolence Resolution for Milagros ( Millie) Beltran 52-2026 read into the record
  48. 48 Condolence Resolution for Rashida Eugene Douglas Sr. 53-2026 read into the record
  49. 49 Condolence Resolution for Emerald Inez Vanderhorst 54-2026 read into the record
  50. 50 Condolence Resolution for Jean Redd 55-2026 read into the record
  51. 51 Condolence Resolution for Marcia Louise Johnson 56-2026 read into the record
  52. 52 Condolence Resolution for Connie Washington 57-2026 read into the record
  53. 53 •Congratulations/Recognition/Appreciation/Commendation/Commemoration/Welcome
  54. 54 Recognition Resolution for Honorary Consul General Diana Thimmig 58-2026 read into the record
  55. 55 Recognition Resolution for University Circle Police Department 59-2026 read into the record
  56. 57 Congratulations Resolution for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Founders Day 61-2026 read into the record
  57. 58 Congratulations Resolution for Bryanta Spencer 62-2026 read into the record
  58. 59 Congratulations Resolution for Lisa Gambon 63-2026 read into the record
  59. 60 Congratulations Resolution for General Joseph Berger 64-2026 read into the record
  60. 61 Congratulations Resolution for The Nu Theta Zeta 65-2026 read into the record
  61. 62 Congratulations Resolution for The Gamma Alpha Zeta 66-2026 read into the record
  62. 63 Congratulations Resolution for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 67-2026 read into the record
  63. 64 Congratulations Resolution for Gamma Delta Zeta 68-2026 read into the record
  64. 65 Congratulations Resolution for Patricia Jones, LSW 69-2026 read into the record
  65. 66 Congratulations Resolution for Abullah Mason 70-2026 read into the record
  66. 67 FIRST READING LEGISLATION
  67. 68 •Emergency Ordinances Referred
  68. 69 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Cleveland Municipal Clerk of Courts, to apply for and accept a grant from State Justice Institute to conduct the Continuity of Operations Plan; and authorizing the Director to enter into one or more contracts with the National Center for State Courts to establish and execute the Plan. 25-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  69. 70 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Directors of Public Safety or Law to apply for and accept grants from Cuyahoga County Public Safety and Justice Services for the FY 2025 STOP Violence Against Women Act program for a sexual assault advocate and for the Law Enforcement and Prosecution components of the Cleveland Domestic Violence Program; and authorizing one or more contracts with the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, and other entities to implement the grants. 26-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  70. 71 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Designating Mount Moriah Baptist Church as a Cleveland Landmark. 27-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  71. 72 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Development to enter into an Option to Lease Agreement, for a period of up to one year, with Pennrose Holdings, LLC or its designee, for city-owned property located at 4242 Lorain Avenue for future redevelopment. 28-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  72. 73 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Human Resources to employ one or more professional consultants to develop and implement a comprehensive management training program. 29-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  73. 74 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of valves, actuators, and appurtenances, and labor and materials needed to repair, replace, maintain, exercise, and test existing valves, valve actuators and valve appurtenances, and to provide related services, for the Division of Water, Department of Public Utilities, for a period of two years. 30-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  74. 75 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Office of Prevention, Intervention, and Opportunity to enter into one or more contracts with Youth Opportunities Unlimited for the administration, implementation, and management of the City of Cleveland Summer 2026 Youth and Young Adult Employment Program and authorizing one or more contracts with public entities, individuals, or communities for purposes of implementing the program, for a period of eighteen months, with two options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Finance. 31-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  75. 76 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Health to enter into a Lease By Way of Concession with Neighborhood Health Care Inc. dba Neighborhood Family Practice for the public purpose of providing medical and clinical physician services at the Community Health Center at 2358 Professor Avenue, for a term of one year. 32-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  76. 77 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of residential carts, street receptacles and compactors for the Division of Waste Collection and Disposal, Department of Public Works, for a period of up to three years. 33-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  77. 78 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to enter into a license and right-of-entry agreement granting the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as AMTRAK, or its designee, the right to use and occupy City-owned property located adjacent to the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway to operate its rail passenger station for a period of two years continuing month-to-month thereafter and to make the public improvement of installing and maintaining Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA-compliant, improvements at the site. 34-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  78. 79 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Giving consent of the City of Cleveland to the Director of Transportation of the State of Ohio to rehabilitate the Old Detroit Road Bridge; accepting gifts and grants; acquiring, accepting, and recording necessary rights-of-way; and authorizing agreements. 35-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  79. 80 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Giving consent of the City of Cleveland to the Director of Transportation of the State of Ohio to construct multi-modal transportation enhancements along East 66th Street from Chester Avenue to Superior Avenue; accepting gifts and grants; acquiring, accepting, and recording necessary rights-of-way; authorizing agreements; and causing payment to the State for the City’s share of the improvement. 36-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  80. 81 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Giving consent of the City of Cleveland to the Director of Transportation of the State of Ohio to construct the improvement to CUY Memorial Bridges Loop Project; accepting gifts and grants; acquiring, accepting, and recording necessary rights-of-way; authorizing agreements; and causing payment to the State for the City’s share of the improvement. 71-2026 read and referred to administrative review
  81. 82 •Emergency Resolutions Read in Full and Adopted
  82. 83 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting to a New C1 Liquor Permit at 4025 East 131st Street. 23-2026 adopted Pass
  83. 84 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting to the transfer of location of a C1 and C2 Liquor Permit to 8302 Carnegie Avenue. 24-2026 adopted Pass
  84. 85 SECOND READING LEGISLATION
  85. 86 •Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
  86. 87 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 171.40 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by Ordinance No. 1081-2024, passed November 25, 2024, relating to use of city credit cards 1507-2025 approved as amended Pass
  87. 88 TABLED LEGISLATION
  88. 89 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Safety to enter into an amendment to Lease Agreement No. LS 2018-24 with Cuyahoga County for the lease of certain space located on various floors of the Justice Center to extend the term for one additional year, beginning October 2, 2025, with a one-year option to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Safety. 1108-2025 tabled Pass
  89. 90 INTRODUCTIONS
  90. 91 ANNOUNCEMENTS
  91. 92 MISCELLANEOUS
  92. 93 MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES
  93. 94 ADJOURN