City Council - Regular Meeting

Monday, May 11, 2026

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Government Body: City Council
Meeting Type: City Council
Location: Cleveland, OH
Meeting Date: May 11, 2026

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Monday, May 11, 2026

79 items on the agenda.

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CALL TO ORDER; ROLL CALL

MOMENT OF REFLECTION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

DISPENSE WITH THE JOURNAL

PUBLIC COMMENT

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS•Item 627-2026

Oath of Office for Elizabeth Crowe, Chief, Innovation & Technology Officer, City of Cleveland.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS•Item 628-2026

#10015111-1. Transfer of Ownership Application, D5. Proof Public House, LLC. 4116 Lorain Ave., (Ward 07).

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS•Item 629-2026

#02445795-2. New License Application, C2 C1. Edwins Butcher Shop & Training Center LLC., 13024 Buckeye Rd. (Ward 03).

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Condolence; Moment of Silence

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Congratulations/Recognition/Appreciation/Commendation/Commemoration/Welcome

PRESENTATIONS

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 584-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 585-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 586-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 587-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 588-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 589-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 591-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 592-2026

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 HMOs, and other third-party insurers; and authorizing contracts with various entities, requirement contracts, professional services, and advertising contracts necessary to implement the grant.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 593-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 594-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 596-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 597-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 598-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 599-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 600-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 601-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 602-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 603-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 604-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 605-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 606-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 607-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 608-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 609-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 612-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 614-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 615-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 617-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 618-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 620-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 621-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 622-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 623-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 624-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 625-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 630-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 579-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 580-2026

AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting a New D5A Liquor Permit at 24 Public Square.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 581-2026

AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting a New C1 Liquor Permit at 6909 Clark Avenue.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 582-2026

AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Recognizing and declaring May 10-16, 2026, and annually as Food Allergy Awareness Week in the City of Cleveland.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 583-2026

AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION Objecting a New C1 and C2 Liquor Permit at 4611 West 130th Street.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 626-2026

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).

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 578-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 590-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend Section 51 of Ordinance No. 194-2021, passed March 29, 2021, as amended, relating to compensation for various classifications.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 595-2026

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.

FIRST READING LEGISLATION•Item 613-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 804-2025

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 1218-2025

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 354-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 368-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 400-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 453-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 455-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 465-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 467-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 468-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 470-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 471-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 517-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 519-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 521-2026

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.

SECOND READING LEGISLATION•Item 457-2026

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.

INTRODUCTIONS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISCELLANEOUS

MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES

ADJOURN

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