AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Safety to apply for and accept a grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for the FY 26 Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program.
Council Meeting Notice 5/11/2026
CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL
MOMENT OF REFLECTION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
DISPENSE WITH THE JOURNAL
PUBLIC COMMENT
REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
•Communications
Oath of Office for Elizabeth Crowe, Chief, Innovation & Technology Officer, City of Cleveland.
#10015111-1. Transfer of Ownership Application, D5. Proof Public House, LLC. 4116 Lorain Ave., (Ward 07).
#02445795-2. New License Application, C2 C1. Edwins Butcher Shop & Training Center LLC., 13024 Buckeye Rd. (Ward 03).
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
•Condolence; Moment of Silence
•Congratulations/Recognition/Appreciation/Commendation/Commemoration/Welcome
PRESENTATIONS
FIRST READING LEGISLATION
•Emergency Ordinances Referred
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Innovation and Technology to employ one or more consultants, computer software developers, or vendors or one or more firms of consultants, computer software developers, or vendors necessary to implement various technology projects, services, and upgrades to existing systems under the 2026 ITS Capital Project Plan, other related professional services to implement the Plan; and to enter into various contracts to implement this ordinance.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Health to enter into one or more contracts with Ohio Public Health Association to provide temporary staffing of Registered Environmental Health Specialists, for the Division of Environment, Department of Public Health, for a period up to one year, with one option to renew for an additional period of one year, exercisable by the Director of Public Health.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend the title and Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Ordinance No. 325-2025, passed May 12, 2025; and to supplement the ordinance by adding new Section 1a relating to the Oracle Customer Care and Billing system.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 523.25 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by Ordinance No. 1662-09, passed December 7, 2009, relating Interconnection Service for Distributed Generation.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 523.26 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by Ordinance No. 1662-09, passed December 7, 2009, relating to net metering service.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 3 of Ordinance No. 884-2023, passed September 25, 2023, relating to professional consultants to provide on-call planning services.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Sections 551.01 through Sections 551.08, 551.111, 551.191, 551.26, 551.33 and 551.991 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by various ordinances, relating to waste collection and disposal citations.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Health to apply for and accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health for the Title X Program; authorizing the director to charge and accept fees; entering into one or more agreements to receive payments from Medicare, Medicaid, Medicaid HMOs, and other third-party insurers; and authorizing contracts with various entities, requirement contracts, professional services, and advertising contracts necessary to implement the grant.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Safety to apply for and accept a grant from Cuyahoga County, for the FY25 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Approving the addition of certain property located at 629 Euclid Avenue to the Northeast Ohio Advanced Energy District; accepting and approving a petition and plan from a property owner in the District proposing a special energy improvement project; declaring it necessary to conduct the special energy improvement project; providing for the assessment of the cost of such special energy improvement project; authorizing the Director of Development to enter into a Energy Project Cooperative Agreement and a Special Assessment Agreement to implement the project; and declaring an emergency.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to exercise the first option to renew Contract No. CT 2002 PS 2024-0299 with One Call Concepts Utility Locating Service, Inc., to provide professional services necessary for utility locating and marking underground infrastructures and other related services, for the various Divisions of the Department of Public Utilities.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Port Control to exercise the first option to renew Contract No. PS 2022-030 with SP Plus Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, to provide maintenance, commercial operation and management services for parking facilities at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Burke Lakefront Airport.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to exercise the second option to renew Contract No. CT 2002-PS 2024-277 with Kyndryl, Inc. to provide professional services for hosting and hosting support of the Oracle Customer Care and Billing System.
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 laboratory equipment, supplies, and services for operation, 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.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more contracts with ST Engineering Telematics Wireless Ltd for the hosting and technical support required to manage the Bright City lighting system, including cloud migration, remote control, and monitoring for the Division of Cleveland Public Power, Department of Public Utilities, for a period of three years.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of constructing a new pump station and ground level tank at the Pleasant Valley Road Station and demolishing and removing the existing station and tank; authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more public improvement contracts to construct the improvement; authorizing the director to employ one or more professional consultants necessary for the improvement; acquiring, accepting, and recording necessary rights-of-way; and authorizing the Director of Public Utilities and/or Director of Finance to apply for and accept one or more Water Supply Revolving Loan Account loans, grants, and other funding.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of inspecting, repairing, renewing, and/or replacing transmission water mains, valves, and appurtenances and making corrosion control inspections and improvements as part of the transmission water main renewal and corrosion prevention and control program from 2027 through 2031; authorizing one or more professional consultants for the improvements; and to apply for and accept additional funding.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Human Resources to employ one or more consultants or firms of consultants to provide professional services necessary to analyze health care providers, benefits, and claims, and to evaluate proposals received for benefit management services, for a period of one year, with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Human Resources.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to employ one or more professional consultants to implement various city-wide employee safety programs and other related services; and to enter into various written standard purchase and requirement contracts needed in connection with the programs, for the various divisions of City government, for a period of one year, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Finance.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To repeal all sections in Chapter 604 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as enacted and amended by various ordinances, relating to dogs that pose a threat to Public Safety; and enact new Sections 604.01, 604.02, 604.03, 604.04, 604.05, 604.06, and 604.99 relating to Nuisance, Dangerous and Vicious Dogs.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into various written standard purchase and requirement contracts to provide building construction materials, equipment, supplies, and services, including labor, for the various divisions of City government, for a period of one year, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Finance.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into various written standard purchase and requirement contracts for the purchase of industrial paper products, cleaning and janitorial maintenance equipment, materials, supplies, and moving services, for the various divisions of City government, for a period of one year, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Finance.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into one or more written standard purchase contracts and requirement contracts for the necessary items of unarmed, uniformed security guard services, and the necessary items of materials, equipment, supplies and services needed for citywide electronic protection, shredding and document destruction, including installation, training, labor and materials, if necessary, for the various divisions of City government, for a period of one year, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Finance.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of City Planning to exercise the second option to renew Contract No. PS 2024-0030 with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to provide professional services for on-call planning services.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more requirement contracts without competitive bidding with ST Engineering Telematics Wireless LTD for proprietary adaptive control photocells needed for LED streetlights and security lighting fixtures, for the Division of Cleveland Public Power, Department of Public Utilities, for a term of two years.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into one or more contracts with Case Western Reserve University to provide a youth summer sports, nutrition, health, and life skills development program for 2026 under the National Youth Sports Program supported by Case Western Reserve University.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Establishing the East Side TIF District, declaring improvements to certain parcels of real property within that district to be a public purpose and exempt from taxation, pursuant to ORC 5709.40, describing the public infrastructure improvements to be made to directly benefit the district, requiring the owners of the improvements on such parcels to make service payments in lieu of taxes, providing for the distribution of those service payments to the Cleveland Municipal School District and to one or more funds established by the City to hold those service payments, determining that satisfactory provision has been made for the public improvement needs of the District and specifying other public improvements that are in support of urban redevelopment within the City.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement with the Neighborhood Leadership Institute to implement educational, recreational, and cultural programs in various school buildings and other facilities during evening hours, provide leadership training, and supervise the summer tennis program.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a contract with the Northeast Ohio Muni Football League aka Cleveland Municipal Football Association dba Cleveland Muni Football League to conduct a city-wide youth football program.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of constructing solar power generation facilities; authorizing the Directors of Finance, Public Utilities and/or Port Control, as appropriate, to enter into one or more contracts for the making of the improvement; authorizing other contracts for the purchase of items or other services not covered under a public improvement; and to accept gifts, grants and other funding for the improvement.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To enact new Section 523.252 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, relating to interconnection into the Division of Cleveland Public Power’s electric system by qualifying facilities, eligible large commercial customers, and eligible large industrial customers; and authorizing related agreements.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To authorize the Director of Building and Housing to waive construction permitting fees for new one-family to three-family residential construction in the newly-defined East Side TIF District, and to authorize a fifty percent reduction of construction permitting fees for larger new multi-family or mixed-use residential construction in this same designated area.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Innovation and Technology to cause payment to DigitalC for 2025 new household internet subscriptions and new digital adoption services.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to employ one or more professional consultants to assist in the management of Program Year 5 of the City’s project of replacing various lead and galvanized service lines; authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement and/or standard contracts of copper service lines, copper connections, and related appurtenances, including but not limited to materials, labor and installation, if necessary, for the Division of Water; and authorizing the Director of Public Utilities and/or the Director of Finance to apply for and accept one or more Water Supply Revolving Loan Account loans, grants and other funding.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of labor and materials needed to repair, maintain, or replace water mains, fire hydrants, service connections, valves and appurtenances, including tree lawn restoration and other repairs, for the Division of Water; one or more requirement contracts for labor and materials needed for pavement restoration, including installation, for the Divisions of Water, Water Pollution Control and Cleveland Public Power, Department of Public Utilities, for a period up to two years; and to apply for and accept any loans or grants from any public or private entity.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To repeal Ordinance No. 583-2023, passed October 2, 2023, authorizing the Director of finance to enter into a development agreement with SiFi Networks Cleveland LLC, or its designee, successor and assignees, to install, operate and maintain a citywide fiber optic network system in the City’s public right-of-way.
•Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more agreements with CHN Housing Partners to administer energy, water, and sewer conservation services to low-income homeowners, for the Divisions of Water, Water Pollution Control, and Cleveland Public Power, Department of Public Utilities, for a period of two years.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Mayor’s Office of Prevention, Intervention and Opportunity, to enter into one or more contracts with After-School All-Stars for the purpose of providing after-school youth enrichment activities under the City’s Out of School Time Program, for a period of one year, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Finance.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Office of Sustainability, to apply for and accept one or more grants from various public or private entities to establish and operate a climate resilience pilot program, for a period of up to two years.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to execute various deeds of easement granting to the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District certain easement rights at several City-owned properties located along Mill Creek corridor through the Kerruish Basin located in the cities of Cleveland and Warrensville Heights as part of their Mill Creek Restoration Project; and declaring the easement rights not needed for the City’s public use.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a Utilities Repair Agreement with the County of Cuyahoga to pay or reimburse directly related costs incurred by the County for the repair of storm and sanitary sewer lines, on an as-needed basis, for a period of two years, with one option to renew for an additional one-year period, exercisable by the Director of Public Utilities.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 405.04 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by Ordinance No. 2208-2000, passed June 19, 2001, relating to storage fee at vehicle pound.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of various types of general maintenance, structural repair, and lubrication requirements of moveable bridges, including materials, equipment, supplies, services and labor, if necessary, for the Division of Streets, Department of Public Works, for a period of one year, with two one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Works.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of rock salt, for the Division of Streets, Department of Public Works, for a period of one year.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts for the transfer and disposal of solid waste, for the Division of Waste Collection and Disposal, Department of Public Works, for a term of two years, with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Works.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the purchase by one or more requirement contracts of the transfer, disposal, and processing of recyclable materials, for the Division of Waste Collection and Disposal, Department of Public Works, for a period of two years, with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Public Works.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to transfer Neighborhood Equity Funds to the Division of Recreation to support programs sponsored by the Boards of certain Neighborhood Resource and Recreation Centers.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Ordinance No. 1470-2025, passed December 1, 2025, relating to the consent to County of Cuyahoga for the resurfacing to the south corporation line and allocation of County Tax Funds for the improvement and to cause payment to the County for the City’s share of the improvement.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Works to apply for and accept a grant from the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District for the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District Special Project.
INTRODUCTIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MISCELLANEOUS
MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES
ADJOURN
•Emergency Resolutions Read in Full and Adopted
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Withdrawing objection to the transfer of location of a D5 Liquor Permit at 1105 Carnegie Avenue and repealing Resolution No. 1314-2025, objecting to said transfer.
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting a New D5A Liquor Permit at 24 Public Square.
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting a New C1 Liquor Permit at 6909 Clark Avenue.
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Recognizing and declaring May 10-16, 2026, and annually as Food Allergy Awareness Week in the City of Cleveland.
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting a New C1 and C2 Liquor Permit at 4611 West 130th Street.
•Ordinances Referred
AN ORDINANCE Changing the zoning districts of parcels of land south of St. Clair Avenue between East 55th Street and Ansel Road as shown on the attached map (Map Change 2700).
•Emergency Ordinances Read in Full and Passed
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 2 of Ordinance 411-2026, passed March 30, 2026 relating to the agreement with NuPoint Community Development Corporation for the Senior Lawn Care Program.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 51 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to compensation for various classifications.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to purchase materials and equipment for the Cleveland Foundry Rowing Program providing rowing and safety equipment and lessons for Cleveland youth at city neighborhood recreation and resource centers through the use of Ward 3 Casino Revenue Funds.
SECOND READING LEGISLATION
Condolence resolution for Mary Louise Devring
Condolence Resolution for Freddyann Bender
Condolence Resolution for Dr. Betty K. Pinkney
Condolence Resolution for Jerome W. Hailey “Jumbo”
Condolence Resolution for Nicolas Quarterman
Condolence Resolution for Aleeta Yvette Seals
Condolence Resolution for Lennie Stover
Condolence Resolution for Mother Bertha Blackmon
Condolence Resolution for Lola Mae Webb
Condolence Resolution for Gerald “Jerry” Howard Dombcik
Congratulations Resolution for Thomas A. Nagel
Congratulations Resolution for Suzanne Vanleer
Congratulations Resolution for Sailing Center Cleveland Metro Parks
Recognition of Resolution for Father James Patrick O’Donnell 70th Anniversary
Recognition of Resolution for Division of Assessments & Public Licenses Employee Appreciation Week
Recognition of Resolution for Officer Joe Fazio
Recognition of Resolution for Friendly Inn Settlement Community Impact Award Gala
Recognition of Resolution for Mike Petrone
Recognition of Resolution for John “Lil John” Rinaldi
Recognition of Resolution for Teatime for Peace
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION
Withdrawing objection to the renewal of a C2 Liquor Permit at 1163 East 123rd Street, and repealing Resolution No. 856-2025 objecting to said renewal.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 181.102 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by Ordinance No. 1183-18, passed October 1, 2018, relating to software-related purchases.
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•Emergency Resolutions Read in Full and Adopted
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Determining the method of making the public improvement of constructing high-comfort pedestrian and bicycle improvements at various locations; authorizing the Director of the City Planning Commission, Public Works and/or Capital Projects, as appropriate, to enter into one or more public improvement and professional services contracts needed for the improvement; authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to acquire, accept, and record for right-of-way purposes real property and easements; authorizing the Director to accept rights-of-entry from private property owners; authorizing the Director to enter into various written standard purchase and requirement contracts needed to effectuate this ordinance, including electric/no-emission vehicles and equipment; and to enter into other agreements or execute documents necessary to conduct the program.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to purchase property for the construction of the new Cleveland Division of Fire’s Fire Station No. 23 located at 10022 Madison Avenue, for the Department of Public Safety.
•Emergency Resolutions Read in Full and Adopted
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Declaring the necessity and intention to appropriate property for the public use of constructing new Fire Station No. 23 for the Division of Fire, located at 10022 Madison Avenue.
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Approving the creation of the Cleveland Superior Arts Improvement District as a Special Improvement District in the City; accepting petitions from owners of property in the proposed district; approving a plan for public services; declaring that the creation of the district is necessary and the plan will be conducive to the public health, safety, peace, convenience, and welfare of the proposed district; providing for the assessment of the cost of such work upon benefited properties in the district; and declaring an emergency.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Public Safety to apply for and accept a grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for the FY 26 Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program.