City Council - Regular Meeting

Alright. Alright. It is 08:11 You bring it back. On Thursday, 04/16/2026. Clerk, please call the roll.

Mayor Clough? Here. President of council Greenspan?

Here.

Council members Van Dyke? Nanari? Here del regno

here

Leveque here Havalca here Gadze

here we have a quorum entertain a motion to excuse council member van dyke so moved in a motion is there a second

second

motion is made and second discussion discussion on the motion to excuse council member Van Dyke? Hearing none, click or call the roll. Greenspan?

Yes. Denari? Yes. Del Rego?

Yes.

Leveque? Yes. Havalca? Yes. Gedze?

Yes. The motion carries. Mayor, would you please lead us in the pledge this evening?

I pledge allegiance to the flag of

The United States Of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all

thank you mayor before members of council the meeting minutes from April 2 entertain a motion to approve so moved motion is there a second second motion is made and second discussion on the motion to approve hearing none clerk call roll on the motion greenspan

yes denari

yes del regno

yes leveque yes habalka yes katze

yes motion carries minutes are approved. Selected correspondence.

Zoning map amendment application from 27059 Center Ridge Road. Azus Vega agent received April 13 requesting to change the zoning of 27059 Center Ridge Road from office building to general business to broaden business reuse and support reinvestment and long term occupancy.

That item is being referred to PZL.

Zoning map amendment application from Shangri La, Ohio received April 13 requesting to change the zoning of 26943 Westwood Road and corner parcel from office building to general business to align with established commercial corridor.

That item is also being referred to PCL.

Communication from mayor Clough dated April 13 requesting to accept the bid of specialized construction as the lowest and most responsive bid for the 2026 asphalt resurfacing project in an amount not to exceed $1,698,000. Oh, sorry. Let me start that one over again. $1,698,805.03.

That item is in reference to ordinance two thousand twenty six fifty. We'll defer discussion to the appropriate time on the agenda.

Communication from mayor Clough dated April 13 requesting to accept the bid of set in stone contracting LLC in the amount of $3.30 excuse me $382,000 as the lowest and most responsive bid for the 2026 concrete roadway repair and catch basin, rehab project.

That item is in reference to ordinance 2,026 dash 49. We'll defer discussion to the appropriate time on the agenda.

Communication from mayor Clough dated April 13 requesting to accept the bid of protect a code as the lowest and most responsive bid for the 2026 pavement and crack pavement crack and joint ceiling hot applied project in an amount not to exceed $140,998.04.

That I have as a reference to ordinance two thousand twenty six forty eight will defer discussion to the appropriate time on the agenda.

Communication from mayor Clough dated April 13 requesting to authorize the mayor to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the purchase of rock salt.

That item is in reference to ordinance 2,026 dash 47. We'll defer discussion to the appropriate time on the agenda.

Communication from mayor Clough dated April 13 requesting authorization of a payment to TK elevator corporation in an amount not to exceed $6,420

entertain a motion to authorize so moved second and second discussion mayor

this is our elevator contractor unfortunately sometimes he gives us the invoice prior to the preparation of a purchase order that's what happened here so we usually call it a then and now invoice but council must approve it because it's over $3,000 so I'm asking council to approve it any further question

hearing none clicker call the roll

greenspan yes inari

yes del regno

yes

leveque Yes. Havelka? Yes. Getsay?

Yes. Motion carries. Communication from mayor Clough dated April 14 requesting confirmation of the appointment of Daniel Newman to the Westlake Juvenile Diversion Commission with a term expiry on 12/31/2029.

Entertain a motion to confirm.

So moved.

Is there a second? And seconded discussion, mayor.

We have an opening on the Westlake Juvenile Diversion Commission. We did advertise through our website. We've interviewed some candidates as well as the individuals on the commission and Daniel Newman is the recommended recommendation. Then I'm asking council to confirm.

Further discussion? Hearing none, clerk will hold the roll.

Denari?

Yes. Delregno? Yes. Leveque? Yes. Pavelka? Yes. Getsay? Yes. Greenspan?

Yes. The motion carries.

Conditional use permit application from Amar Shah received April 15 for a proposed Goddard school building at 25075 Detroit Road

that items being referred to p z l

and zoning map amendment application from the Choudreys received April 16 requesting to change 273982740827438, and 27450 Center Ridge Road from Office Building R M F 24 and R 1 F 80 to R R M F 24 to develop the properties as a multifamily cluster development.

That ends off being referred to PCO. That concludes our selected correspondence. Additions to the public. I don't have anybody that signed in. Is anybody here that would like to address council? Hearing none, report of the mayor. Mayor?

A very short report but it is an important one because we are conducting spring cleanup days beginning on Monday. It should last about two weeks. This gives individuals the opportunity to rake their leaves onto their tree lawn and we will be picking them up. Another important aspect of the spring is we are selling leaf humus and wood chips. Those sales will begin also on Monday the twentieth. And then the Westlake Kiwanis Club is having their pancake breakfast, but it's not this Sunday. It's April 26.

Thank you. Reports of administrative officials. I know I've asked, and we're usually getting reports during committee of the hall, but is there anything additional anyone wishes to add? No? Thank you. Reports of standing committees. Our committee of the whole meeting met this evening. We convened at at 07:30. Present were council members Greenspan, Nenari, Del Ragneaux, Leveque, Havelka, and Getsay. Also present were mayor Kluff, law director Maloney, director Stoom, Smallick Shaw, Horner Bedell, Serber, Steibel, Graham, Gad, chiefs Beeloser, Moran, and clerk Rosenbaum.

Discussed for agenda items, selected correspondence, planning commission report, as well as the following items. We have two Eagle Scout proclamations. We will present them at a future date. We're trying to coordinate that with the troop and the two scouts. We received a construction projects update and committee meetings to discuss charter amendments, compensation study were also discussed.

Two committee meetings were scheduled. The committee of the whole has been scheduled for April 28 at 7PM to discuss possible charter amendments, compensation study, and e bikes. And a PZL meeting has been scheduled for the twenty first at 06:45PM. There are nine items, including a a matter regarding waste pickup times. That meeting inside committee of the hall, we did go to executive session that convened at 07:49PM.

Council member Todd Leveque moved, seconded by Nick Nenari. This purpose was to discuss collective bargaining real estate and real estate. The motion was unanimous to go into executive session. Also present was were the mayor, finance director, law director, and planning director. That meeting convened at 08:09, and the committee of the and the committee of the hall convened at 08:10. Moving to reports of other boards and commissions. Planning Commission, mister Beadell.

You, mister president. So we Planning Commission met on four six, and several items were are on tonight's second reading. We're just gonna kinda read through them. Mister Biddell is going to show them on the screen, and we'll talk about them at the second reading. Ordinance twenty six nineteen, conditional use permit for senior service use, Westbrook Nursing LLC.

Yes. So this, changes, this facility from, its existing skilled nursing home to assisted living, and this does require a new conditional use permit.

Item ordinance twenty twenty six twenty five. I'm going to refer to mister Bodell on this one. There's some cuts.

So this one is not on the agenda tonight. Reason being, PZL recommended that the properties be assembled so that it would be a singular campus. And Planning Commission agreed to it. Unfortunately, this creates a catch 22 situation because in that zone, preschools are supposed to be on their own parcel and the only use in the building. So in order to move forward with the conditional use permit, it requires a text amendment to and by the way, this is the only zone that's like this for preschools.

So they would be able to do this vibrate in in residential zones, for example. So it does require a zoning text. And again, it permits preschool to share a parcel with a place of worship and also to be located within the same building as a school when located in the shopping center zone.

And that item, just as a point of reference, is ordinance two thousand twenty six fifty two on the agenda, which is being referred to PZL.

Ordinance twenty twenty six twenty six, the conditional use permit for training school 26945 Westwood Road. It's on for second reading tonight.

Yes. LifeBridge Care. They're a certified provider with the state of Ohio for individuals with develop developmental disabilities where they provide life training and skills training, and this does require a conditional use permit in the office building zone.

Ordinance twenty twenty six dash 27, condition of use permit for fitness center, 27100 Detroit Road.

Yes. This is for Forward Fitness. It's a small fitness center for just one on one training and small group training. And regrettably for them and the general business zone, this does require a conditional use permit.

And ordinance twenty twenty six dash 32 rezone 29707 Center Ridge from office building district to R Dash 1 F 80 single family district.

Yes. So the purpose of this is to allow the developer to construct an 11 lot single family residential subdivision, And a schematic layout of that was, supplied and it does meet the code requirements. And if this moves forward, eventually you will actually see the preliminary plan and final plat for it.

All of those will have public hearing, on 05/07. 05/07 meeting. The last item would be the Cleveland Water Tower site improvement. I'm needing need a motion for this one. I'm gonna make a motion to approve the Cleveland Water Tower site improvement temporary cell tower due to repaint painting of water tower with the modifications listed in the report of 04/06/2026 planning commission.

There's been a motion. Is there a second? Second. Motion's being seconded. Discussion on the motion? You wanna add anything?

Yeah. I can go through the slides if you'd like to learn more about it. This is a a temporary cell tower. And as mentioned, it's it's at our water tower is going to be painted. We're not exactly sure until today. I actually thought it was gonna be repainted this summer. It may actually go into next summer. But it does require removing all that equipment that you see on top that is by T Mobile, Verizon, and AT and T and removing it for a month and a half, three months, whatever it takes for them to do the painting when that actually begins. So in order to do that, they will have a temporary ballasted pole, which just means it's a pole that's not on a foundation. It's weighted on the bottom.

The weights are not shown in this drawing. Big concrete blocks will keep it from blowing over. And it's really only temporary. It's not a structure that can be up for years. They're not designed that way. The one item with it that does require modification has to do with the distance from the lot line. Per our code, it's supposed to be one foot a one to one ratio from the distance of the top of the tower to the lot line. And our water tower currently doesn't meet that requirement. The water tower itself is only 48 feet away, and that's about what is it? A 140 foot tower.

So that does require modification to allow this temporary ballasted monopole to be closer to the lot line than what code would actually allow. And again, as I mentioned, the tower itself, this is our lot line right here. So in order for this to actually meet current code standards, the lot line would have to be way out here somewhere probably. So Planning Commission did recommend approval. And it's really a necessity because without this, there's no no cellular service in that part of the city for Verizon, T Mobile, or AT and T.

Further discussion?

Yes. A couple of questions. Do you have a, like, a preliminary of the colors that they're painting it and stuff?

Or

is Thank you for bringing that up. Yes. So I've been in talks with the Cleveland Water Department, and they have not finalized that yet. They're going to be working with the city. We're we're very concerned, obviously.

It's pretty iconic being green and white. They understand that we would like it to continue with those colors that we we would also like to also read Westlake. If there's any other anything else that they would like to add to it, their own logo, for example, which we we think that might be something they're considering. Well, would require Planning Commission approval as new signage, And they are aware that they they have to come to the city first before they make these decisions. Also, as a temporary tower, we will be approving a new let's see. Is it a lease agreement? Is that what it is, mister Malone? Yeah.

It is.

Yeah. So so it's a temporary tower lease agreement, and that will be coming your way in the next month or two. It's right now, the the lawyers are massaging it.

No. I'm glad you answered because I want to make sure that it's green and white and I hope somebody's pushing for that. Yes,

we're very concerned about how this is going to look when it's painted. It Who sounds like

owns that property? Is it Cleveland Water or us?

We it's actually City of Westlake. Okay. I'm not exactly sure how this works. I guess they Cleveland Water must own the tower, but we I I don't know how that was worked out. It's before my time mayor. Do you know?

This one, I don't know. The water tower was here before me.

What? No. What? There's

a first. Oh, there you go.

I'm not sure about that.

But mister Maloney, can we find out the legalities? Or is there a lease agreement between us and Cleveland Water?

Cleveland owns the tower. We own the land.

Yes. Okay.

But, yeah, there's an agreement somewhere, some dusty old drawer somewhere. Have to find it.

I wonder if it's part of our water agreement that we've never signed.

That's true.

Well, that's an inside thought. There's currently a motion. Any further discussion?

No. Thank you.

I appreciate it. Alright. Clerk, will you please call the roll in the motion?

Nanari? Yes. Del Reigno? Yes. Lebec?

Yes.

Havalca? Yes. Gatze? Yes. Greenspan?

Yes. The motion carries. Thank you. That is all for us. We will have our next meeting May 11 at 06:00.

Great. Thank you. Think do we have one more, Denise? Do we have twenty twenty six forty four?

That's the email you sent me. Ordinance twenty twenty six forty four?

No. We don't have it? Okay.

That's that's on for first reading, and it will be referred to PZL first.

Before it's discussed here. Okay. Thank you. Yeah.

Yes. Okay. Moving along the agenda legislation for second reading, we have several items. Madam clerk, ordinance two thousand twenty six one nine I'm sorry. 19.

An ordinance considering a conditional use permit for a senior service use.

K. That item is on for second reading. However, I am aware that there's amendment by substitution.

Yeah. I'd like to make a motion to amend, with the conditions from the, April 6 Planning Commission.

It's been a motion to amend. Is there a second? Second. Motion to be seconded. Any discussion? If council members will refer to their packet, you'll see the red lined proposed amendments. Hearing no further discussion, clerical, please call the roll in the motion to amend.

Del Reigno? Yes. Leveque? Yes. Havalca? Yes. Getsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Nenari?

Yes. That ordinance is amended. I will set a public hearing for May 7. Ordinance two thousand twenty six twenty six.

An ordinance considering a conditional use permit for a training school.

That also will set I will set a public hearing for May 7. Ordinance two thousand twenty six twenty seven.

An ordinance considering a conditional use permit for a fitness center.

That also have public hearing set for May 7. Ordinance two thousand twenty six thirty two.

An ordinance providing for the amendment of the zone map of the city of West Lake, which zone map is part of the zoning code of the city of Westlake by changing the zoning of certain land located at 29707 Center Ridge Road from Office Building District to R 1 F 80 District.

That one will also be set for a public hearing on May 7. Moving along, have several items for legislation under legislation for first reading adoption under suspension. Mister Getsay?

Yes. I will make a motion to suspend article three, section 10 of the charter, the rule requiring three separate readings.

Been a motion to suspend. Is there a second? Second. Motion's made and second. Discussion on the motion? Non click call the roll on the motion to suspend

Leveque yes Pavelka yes Gatze yes Greenspan yes Nanari

yes Del Ragneau

yes the motion carries the rules are suspended ordinance 02/1945

an ordinance fixing the compensation of and hourly rate employees in the several departments of the City Of Westlake and repealing all other ordinances in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency.

I'll entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

And a motion. Is there a second? Second. And seconded discussion mayor.

Okay the changes incorporated into this pay ordinance relates to setting the minimum wage for anyone working in the City Of Westlake to $13. We had some areas where it was less than $13 and through competition when we're hiring we realized that we're not going to hire anybody for less than $13 And then we also a couple weeks ago approved the hiring of a new HVAC technician. It was in the ordinance as part time. We're making it full time based on again our ability to find somebody and with all the buildings that we have in the city of Westlake, it really does need to be full time. And then the last one was including the assistant chef at the community center, That position and that hourly rate.

That kinda covers it. Any further discussion? Hearing none, click call roll in the motion to approve.

Velka? Yes. Gadze? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Menari? Yes. Valregno? Yes. Lebec?

Yes. The motion carries that ordinance is adopted. Resolution 2026Dash47.

A resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation as to the purchase of road salt and declaring an emergency.

I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. So the motion is there a second? Second. And second in discussion. Mayor?

Believe it or not they go out for bids in July and we have to notify the Department of Transportation that we're willing to partner with them for the next year's salt purchase. Further discussion?

Hearing none, clerk, call the roll the motion to approve.

Getsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Nenari? Yes. Del Rego? Yes. Leveque? Yes. Havelka? Yes.

Motion carries. That resolution is adopted. Ordinance two thousand twenty six forty eight.

An ordinance accepting a bid and authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with ProtectaCode Incorporated for the 2026 pavement crack and joint ceiling hot applied project for the city of Westlake and declaring an emergency.

I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. So the motion is there a second? Second. And seconded. Discussion. Mayor?

This is our annual contract for the street repairs that pertain to crack and joint seal.

Further discussion? Hearing none. Clerk, hold the roll. Motion to approve.

Greenspan? Yes. Menari? Yes. Del Rego?

Yes.

Leveque? Yes. Havelka? Yes. Getsay?

Yes. Motion carries. That ordinance is adopted. Ordinance 2,026 dash 49.

An ordinance accepting a bid and authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with Set in Stone Contracting LLC for the twenty twenty six concrete road repair and catch basin rehabilitation project for the city of Westlake and declaring an emergency.

I'll entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

There's been a motion. Is there a second?

Second.

And seconded discussion, mayor.

Again, this allows me to enter into a contract for the repairs of concrete and catch basin, in the city of Westlake for this summer.

Further discussion? Hearing none, clerk will call the roll and motion to approve.

Denari?

Yes.

Calregno?

Yes.

Leveque?

Yes.

Havalka? Yes. Getsay? Yes. Greenspan?

Yes. The motion carries. Ordinance 2,026 dash 50.

An ordinance accepting a bid and authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with specialized construction for the Settlers Reserve subdivision, Hunters Point Lane and Kingsbrook Lane asphalt resurfacing project for the city of Westlake and declaring an emergency.

I entertain a motion to approve.

So moved.

And a motion. Is there

Second.

Motion is made and second in discussion. Mayor?

Again these are the streets that will be needing to be resurfaced with asphalt this year. And this will allow me to enter into a contract with that contractor.

Any further discussion? Hearing none, clerical, the roll on the motion to approve.

Denari? Yes. Delregno?

Yes.

Leveque?

Yes.

Havalca? Yes. Getsay? Yes. Greenspan?

Yes. The motion carries that ordinance is adopted. Ordinance 2,026 dash 51.

An ordinance supplementing chapter one sixty nine of the administrative code as to personnel in the community services department and declaring an emergency.

I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. And a motion. Is there a second? Second. And seconded discussion, mayor.

This contains the composition including the assistant chef in the community services department. Any further discussion? Hearing none, clerk holder on motion to approve.

Del Rego? Yes. Leveque?

Yes.

Havelka? Yes. Getsay? Yes. Greenspan? Yes. Denari?

Yes. Motion carries. That ordinance is adopted. We have three items under first reading ordinance 02/2644

an ordinance amending and supplementing various sections of the planning and zoning codes as to fee schedules notices notice and application updates

that is being referred to p z l ordinance 2026 dash 46

ordinance amending section one twenty one point one five reports of chapter one twenty one counsel as to the submission of reports.

That item is also being referred to PZL. Ordinance two thousand twenty six fifty two.

An ordinance amending subsection twelve twenty six zero two c two d one of the zoning code as to preschool facilities in shopping center districts.

That item is also being referred to PZL. That concludes our agenda. Anything under miscellaneous that any members wish to Yeah. I was just

wondering, mister president, do you know have has the date been announced of the planting, and have you organized your thoughts on that? So thank you. I I meant to make a note

of that. So the planting is the sixteenth. Correct? May 16. And so as is tradition, mister Leveque and mister Del Reigno will co lead the planting activities.

Alright. We

will obviously reimburse you personally for whatever the cost is. But miss Havelka has may forward over her Excel worksheet, and mister Van Dyke, hopefully, will be available to help architecturally align to make sure that everything is is in order. Alright. Got you guys. We're good. Fun. Thank you, mister Nouri, for bringing that to our attention. Anything else?

I'd like the council to consider a chef for the law department, either part or full time.

With nothing else before counsel, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Is there a second? Second. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, we are adjourned.