City Council
Council Chambers
Agenda — 45 items
- 1 Cleveland City Council Meeting Notice for January 13, 2025
- 2 CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL
- 3 MOMENT OF REFLECTION
- 4 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 5 DISPENSE WITH THE JOURNAL
- 6 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 7 REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
- 8 •The Ohio Division of Liquor Control
- 9 #90525700005. New License Application, C2. Tropical Mini Mart LLC, 2103 Clark Ave. (Ward 14).
- 10 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
- 11 •Condolence; Moment of Silence
- 12 Condolence Resolution for James J. Sweeney
- 13 Condolence Resolution for Reverend Edward Francis "Ned" Weist
- 14 Condolence Resolution for Robert Poindexter
- 15 PRESENTATIONS
- 16 FIRST READING LEGISLATION
- 17 •Emergency Ordinances Referred
- 18 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire and re-convey properties presently owned by TDG Franklin North LLC, and/or its designee, located at 3210 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44113 for the purpose of entering into the chain-of-title prior to the adoption of tax increment financing legislation authorized under Section 5709.41 of the Revised Code for the Franklin Yards North Project.
- 19 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire and re-convey properties presently owned by TDG Franklin Realty, LLC, and/or its designee, located at 3105 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44113 for the purpose of entering into the chain-of-title prior to the adoption of tax increment financing legislation authorized under Section 5709.41 of the Revised Code for the Franklin Yards South Project.
- 20 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing Three Million Ninety-Six Thousand, Eighty-Seven Dollars and Seventy-Nine Cents ($3,096,087.79) that has previously been allocated for improvements to the West Side Market to be performed by the City to be reallocated for the improvements to the West Side Market contemplated under Ordinance No. 532-2023, passed May 15, 2023.
- 21 •Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
- 22 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Consenting and approving the issuance of a permit for the Homeward Bound 5k on June 14, 2025, managed by Hermes Sports & Events, and repealing Ordinance No. 81-2025, passed January 6, 2025.
- 23 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Consenting and approving the issuance of a permit for the Walk to End Colon Cancer event, on August 24, 2025, managed by Hermes Sports & Events.
- 24 •Emergency Resolutions Read in Full and Adopted
- 25 AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Opposing AT&T’s tariff application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and supporting the Ohio Municipal League’s challenge of AT&T’s tariff application; and further requesting the Director of Law to participate and intervene in the PUCO proceeding challenging said tariff application.
- 26 SECOND READING LEGISLATION
- 27 •Emergency Ordinances Passed
- 28 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into a grant agreement with Burten Bell Carr Development, Inc. or designee, to provide economic development assistance to partially finance renovation of storefronts and office space associated with the Moreland Theater Building on Buckeye Road.
- 29 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of constructing the Berry Avenue/West 73rd Street, Chatfield Avenue, East 72nd Street, East 81st Street, East 83rd Street, East 125th Street, Fidelity Avenue, Frazee Avenue, Goodman Avenue, Hampden Avenue/Olivet Avenue, Myron Avenue, Talbot Avenue, West 82nd Street, West 92nd Street and Woodbury Avenue Areas Sewer Replacement or Rehabilitation Projects; authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more public improvement contracts to construct the improvement; and authorizing the director to employ one or more professional consultants necessary to design and implement the improvement; and to apply for and accept funding.
- 30 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with Ohio Machinery Co., dba Ohio CAT for replacement parts for Caterpillar heavy duty construction equipment, and labor and materials to repair and maintain the proprietary equipment, for the Divisions of Water Pollution Control and Water, Department of Public Utilities, for a term of two years.
- 31 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of City Planning to exercise the first option to renew Contract No. PS 2024-0030 with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., to provide professional services for on-call planning services.
- 32 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to exercise the second option to renew Contract No. PS 2023-0050 with Utility Solutions Partners, LLC to provide Oracle Customer Care and Billing managed services for the Department of Public Utilities and for a computing environment for its support and other related systems.
- 33 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into a grant agreement with The Merrick House to provide economic development assistance to partially finance renovation of Merrick House’s security systems, kitchen, bathroom, and gymnasium wall, in order to increase client capacity for early childhood education and childcare.
- 34 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with Hach Company to provide services for calibration, preventive maintenance, appropriate repairs and to certify accuracy of laboratory and in-line process equipment used to test drinking water that is manufactured by the Hach Company, for the Division of Water, Department of Public Utilities, for a term of two years.
- 35 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Designating New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church (former Kinsman Jewish Center) as a Cleveland Landmark.
- 36 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire property from Gustave R. Molnar located at 1216 West 65th Street for future redevelopment; to consolidate that property with adjacent vacant City-owned property; to convey the consolidated property back to Gustave R. Molnar; and to enter into a purchase agreement between the City and Molnar for the future redevelopment.
- 37 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To supplement the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, by enacting new Section 129.361 relating to agreements for the use of the City’s 800 MHz radio system.
- 38 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with United Systems and Software, Inc. for remote endpoints and mounting kits for Itron mobile reader devices, for the Division of Water, Department of Public Utilities, for a period of two years.
- 39 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Cleveland Municipal Court, to apply for and accept a grant from the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County for the Addiction Treatment Program - Admin Fee SFY 25 Program.
- 40 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement with the Holland & Knight LLP for federal lobbying services for the City of Cleveland, for a period of one year, with one option to renew for an additional one-year period, exercisable by the Director of Finance.
- 41 INTRODUCTIONS
- 42 ANNOUNCEMENTS
- 43 MISCELLANEOUS
- 44 MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES
- 45 ADJOURN