Remarks by Jodie Perry
33 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 37:53
“I think that engineer Bianchi would be the best suited to answer that. And unfortunately he's under the weather today, but consent legislation of course comes from ODOT. So really apart from giving them permission to work in our community, we don't have to do anything, but I'm happy, more than happy to get an update emailed to you after council to narrow it down.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 39:15
“It's not $50 of Nutella. I do want to clarify that. So that sounds more fun.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 40:53
“So yes. Okay. And she does our crime stats. Krista does. So works closely with the CAT team and some of the other programming we do around that. Yes.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 46:05
“Yeah, I mean, the CAT team, they work outside of their regular patrol hours, looking at specifically folks perpetrating violence. Metrich, of course, does the drug side of it, but CAT is really looking at the violence end of it. You know, I'm definitely happy to explore what you're looking at. And we've had some good conversations with community members. By the time they're coming here, the grant's been written and approved by the ultimate grantor. And so then we're accepting, receiving the grant. And what I hear you saying is more that we should be looking for more proactive grants. And I'm…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 49:15
“Yeah, it's going to be off Raymelton Boulevard, which is the road you turn in to go to Akron Children's. There's another business that I believe is going to locate there, and it'll be just to the west, east of that. Trimble runs north-south, right? Yes. Yeah, so it would be just to the east.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 50:13
“It is not the total cost. We are also talking with two other governmental entities about contributing. We have not, there have been loose conversations, but no formal ask. So I'd prefer not to disclose that tonight, but yeah. That answers my question there. Mm-hmm. More will come. We're working on the design and all of that right now. But the money, since this was coming in, our suggestion was to earmark this for that project. So it's all set.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 53:53
“I just would add, previous to the discussion that we just had, Councilwoman, I texted the chief just to make sure we were correct in what we were saying, and we are. It does also cover training for the department. So I'll get some more details on that, and we can continue to talk. But I did want to add that in. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
- Play at 57:49
“not till i walked in tonight and barrett has not seen it either so yeah so this was this happened very quickly at this evening so yeah we'll take a look and be happy to give a update to council next time sounds good miss mount on the same topic um i received it also tonight not previously i don't see it being signed by anybody do we know what entity this came from”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026