City Council - Regular Meeting

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I order the City Council meeting of June 23, 2026. Clerk, please call the roll. Cramer? Here.

Martinez? Present. McPherson? Here. Meldon? Here. Morris? Here. Sarantu? Here. Williams? Here. Driscoll? Here. Gattis? Here. Hobbs? Here. Jones? Here. Komimes? Here. 12 present.

Please stand for the invocation by Reverend Dr. T.K. Barger of the Unitarian Church, the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag, and the singing of the national anthem from Paige Privateer, a student at Owens Community College.

Thank you, Councilmember Kramer, for the invitation to give today's invocation. I am the senior minister at First Unitarian Church of Toledo, and I have lived in, worked in, and loved this city for almost 14 years. I ask the council and the public to join me, please, in meditation, contemplation, prayer, whatever term you use to acknowledge people's sacredness and spiritual nature, including each person's own holiness as an individual in community. I ask that in this chamber today and in the work you and we do throughout Toledo, we invoke our higher nature by considering and living the golden rule of doing for others in the way we would be treated. May we embody compassion and be people who help other people. May we hold good morals, ethics, and values. May we do what we can to end hunger, to provide for health and wellness, to house and clothe, to teach and learn, to promote safety, to welcome, to care. And when we don't achieve, even in the times we offend, may we reset to be true to self and continue to act in ways that earn trust and respect while we give trust and respect to the people we serve. The City Council's work is for the people. Council members' labor is not easy and it's not light. It is necessary, and I'm thankful that you chose to represent the people of our city. May this meeting be good and do good. Amen. Ashe. Blessed be.

oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts parts we watched were so gallantly streaming And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Councilwoman Kramer.

I just wanted to thank Paige as well as Reverend Barger for being here today. Paige, as you said, President Williams is a student at Owens Community College and she sang the national anthem at commencement. So I heard her sing and I thought, we need to bring you to council. So thank you so much for being here today.

All right. Clerk, please begin with the resolution in attendance recognizing Dean Davis for the silver medal in the 2026 National Mural Competition. Mr. Davis, would you please come to the podium?

resolution two fifty five twenty six recognizing dean davis for the silver medal in the twenty twenty six national mural competition whereas dean davis a proud native of toledo's east side and district three has dedicated his artistic career to uplifting the people history and culture of the city of toledo through transformative public art And whereas Dean Davis is the co-founder of the River Gallery Foundation and the visionary behind the 100 Mural Project, initiatives that have brought large scale murals and community centered artwork to neighborhoods throughout Toledo and Lucas County. And whereas through his murals and artistic leadership, Dean Davis has highlighted the stories, resilience, and identity of Toledo residents. while fostering neighborhood pride, tourism, cultural appreciation, and economic vitality. And whereas Dean Davis was awarded the Silver Medal in the 2026 National Mural Competition for Region 4, a prestigious national recognition honoring artistic excellence, innovative public art, and meaningful community engagement across multiple Midwestern states. and whereas his celebrated works include the Wholesome Silos mural featuring Toledo's iconic industrial and maritime heritage, the Patriot Park mural honoring everyday heroes, and the Art Tatum mural commemorating Toledo's legendary jazz pianist, as well as ongoing plans for a large-scale veterans tribute mural on the I-280 Veterans Class City Skyway. And whereas Dean Davis' work has become an enduring symbol of Toledo's creativity, perseverance, and community spirit, inspiring residents and visitors alike while demonstrating the power of public art to connect and strengthen communities. Now, therefore, be it resolved that Toledo City Council hereby recognizes and honors Dean Davis for his outstanding artistic achievements, his dedication to the city of Toledo, and his receipt of the silver medal in the 2026 National Mural Competition. Toledo City Council extends its gratitude to Dean Davis for his continued commitment to celebrating Toledo's neighborhoods, history, and people through public art and proudly congratulates him on this remarkable national accomplishment.

Suspension. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Saranto, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Saranto. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gaddis. Yes. Hobbs. Yes. Jones. Yes. Comives. Yes. Resolution adopted.

Council Member Comayes.

Thank you so much. I think this is the first time I've seen you not in jeans covered in paint. You clean up so nicely, Dean. Congratulations to you. You make our city more beautiful every turn. I think they left off one important one at Jamie Farr Park. I still think it's one of my favorites. I love yours. Congrats on working with ODOT and making the new Skyway Bridge a little more of a... It's a beautiful thing in our city and a place to hold honor for folks. So it's nice to have a Toledoan who recognizes the importance of the cultural elements of our city and adds to its beauty. We deserve all the nice things and you bring them to us, so really appreciate what you do.

Thank you, thank you so much.

I noticed your beard's a little shorter today. I did in fact trim my beard a little shorter than normal, yeah. It's the God stuff.

Council Member Gaddis.

Thank you. It's my honor to really recognize you up here. Congratulations. Silver, that's incredible. But I think what's most incredible is how you listen to the community and you put their souls, you put our souls up on the artwork through your eyes. And it is so wonderful. Every mural that you get up, your goals, dream big, the 100 murals, which I know you're going to get to. I know because this community embraces you and your vision. And I'm just delighted to be able to honor you with this recognition. Thank you for all you do.

Council member Morris. Thank you. I worked on the Veterans Glass City Skyway before it was called the Maumee River Crossing project for over a decade. And at that time that it was being built, those pylons, those forests, we called it the Forest of Pylons. Yeah. And they were. Unfortunately, they meant other things to other people, and we lost some very good tradesmen with the building of that project. And so to see you bring it to life and show us all of the history that we have with our veterans who serve our community ably, it's just amazing. Thank you. I can't. I just can't put into words how you bring things to life. And I saw you at Teclito, and I think with the lip, right? At the Toledo, which was very tasteful. I love it. But I think the one thing that I met you, I was having lunch with my dad, and he really wants to have a John Lewis mural somewhere in the city talking about good trouble. And I hope that we can get that to happen. I hope that maybe we can do something on The Michael P Bell administrative building, we could do something to firefighters. There's a lot that can happen in this city with the art and with the talent that you bring. So I hope that you continue to get in good trouble and I just am floored that you call this city home and

bring it to life so thank you so much thank you for that and thank you for the opportunity to meet your father your father's a special soul and I think it's hearing stories from individuals like that has been probably the best thing that's come from this project is people find this conduit to talk to people about what kind of murals they want to see and so it means a lot it really does

that floor is definitely yours anything you want to say you can go ahead it's it's a lot of work

So thank you for this opportunity, and please just keep giving me these opportunities.

For sure, for sure. Well, we thank you for what you do. A few years ago, I had a cousin that passed away, and her face is, horrifically passed away, and her face is memorialized on Detroit. at Robert's Bar, so thank you for that.

Yeah, we're going to fix that up too. I know that there was a situation that needs a little touch up on that project. And I think the maintenance plan needs to really be thought about in regards to these people as a piece of public art that we're looking at. And that's one thing that we should do better as a community is look at constant maintenance for whatever we do build. Don't think that it's just like a one and done. That's the great part about the organization that I'm working with, Keep Lucas County Toledo Beautiful. Their concept is to look at longevity. And I can't just put a mural up without them thinking about how is it going to land in 20 years. So I think that there's something really amazing about Anne Cassie and his organization. As soon as I can catch my breath, I probably have a million other things to say. It's always just emotional, you know. I'm the type of guy that just wants to put his head down. That doesn't work.

Well, keep doing it. So just let me do that. All right. Well, if you'll come in, we'll come take a picture and get you a resolution. Thank you.

Thank you. yes um I'm sorry, guys.

No, it's fine. I'll get Amy's photo too. It's all good. I got it.

Thank you.

Clerk, please continue to the appointments from the office of the mayor.

Appointment 25626, Mayor respectfully request council confirmation of Kyle Dockery to the Comfort Heating and Cooling and Refrigeration Board of Control. It will need a section 61 waiver.

Move to confirm. Kramer? Yes. Martinez?

Yes.

McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes.

Appointment confirmed. All right, now I'll turn this meeting over to Councilwoman Erin Kramer.

Clerk, please begin with the second reading items.

Resolution 226-26, recognizing Dr. Timothy Trax on the occasion of his retirement.

Move to defer until July 14th, 2026.

Ordinance 235-26, authorizing the mayor to enter into a real estate purchase and sale agreement with the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library purchaser, and to execute and deliver needed instruments for the conveyance of a portion of city-owned real property located within Highland Park. 1865 Finch Street, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Approving the waiver and release of a reverter interest on adjacent property located at 423 Shasta Drive. Making certain findings with respect thereto, waiving the competitive bidding and advertising provisions of TMC 187.19 and declaring an emergency.

Emergency. Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Passage.

Kramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sarantu. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gaddis. Yes. Hobbs. Yes. Jones. Yes. Comibes. Yes. Ordinance passed.

Clerk, please continue with the new items from city council.

Council President Williams presents ordinance 257-26, amending ordinance 362-18 to update the process and supervision of the district improvement program and declaring an emergency.

Suspension? Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Emergency. Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Passage?

Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Malden? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Frisco? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Ordinance passed.

Councilwoman Jones presents resolution 258-26, recognizing July as postpartum awareness month.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sarantu. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gattis. Yes. Hobbs. Yes. Jones. Yes. Comibes. Yes. Resolution adopted.

Clerk, please continue with the new items from the administration.

Councilman Martinez presents the following seven items from the Department of Public Utilities, Ordinance 259-26. Authorizing the mayor to enter into a sewer repair contract to facilitate sewer repairs in sewer district three south. within the public rights way and or public sanitary sewer easements. Authorizing the annual expenditure of an amount not to exceed $1,180,870 from the sewer operating fund and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer.

Yes.

Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Melden? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Ordinance 260-26 authorizing the mayor to enter into a one year agreement with Promise Network Incorporated for Department of Public Utilities accounts receivable collection services. customer affordability program management services. Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $500,000 from the utilities administrative services fund. Waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC 187 and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Passage?

Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Meldon? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sarantu? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Ordinance 261-26, authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an amount not to exceed $125,000 from the water replacement fund for the purchase of a chemical feed system boiler. Authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said purpose and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried. Emergency. Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer?

Yes.

Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Doritos? Yes. Hobbs? Yes.

Jones? Yes. Kalmives? Yes. Ordinance passed. Ordinance 262-26, authorizing the mayor to apply for. enter into agreements, accept and deposit loan proceeds from the Ohio EPA Water Pollution Control Loan Fund and the Ohio Water Development Authority into the Sanitary Sewer Replacement Fund for Reynolds Area Pump Station Improvements, Improvement 67. Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of the loan proceeds from the Sanitary Sewer Replacement Fund in an amount not to exceed $1,729,357. Authorizing a dedicated source for repayment of said loan, authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said project, and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Weldon? Yes. Morris? Yes. Saranto? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Ordinance 263-26, authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an amount not to exceed $450,000 from the sanitary sewer replacement fund for the aeration tank cleaning project at the water reclamation facility. Authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts to facilitate the aeration tank cleaning project and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comives? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Ordinance 264-26, amending section 1 of ordinance 8-24 for the purpose of replacing more boilers and declaring an emergency. Suspension?

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Passage?

Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morse? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Ordinance 265-26, authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract and to execute all documents necessary and proper to facilitate the emergency services to transport and dispose of spent lime from Collins Park Water Treatment Plant dewatering facility. Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $750,000 from the Water Operating Fund for said purpose, waiving the competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187. And declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Yes. Cramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sarantu? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Councilwoman McPherson presents the following item from the Department of Human Resources, Ordinance 266-26. Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for dependent audit services for the City of Toledo's healthcare plan. Authorizing the expenditure of funds from the Healthcare Internal Service Fund and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried.

Passage? Cramer? Yes.

Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Weldon? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kalmyves? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Councilwoman McPherson presents the following item from the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. Ordinance 267-26, authorizing the expenditure of funds in an amount not to exceed $69,556 from the general fund for case management and wraparound support to reduce gun violence through conflict mediation and grassroots wraparound programming. Authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract for said purpose, waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187 and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sorrento. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gaddis. Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Councilwoman McPherson presents the following item from the Mayor's Office of Community Services, Ordinance 268-26. Authorizing the expenditure of funds in an amount not to exceed $34,560 from the general fund for workforce development, providing lawn mowing services for low income elders and people with disabilities in Save Our Community focus areas. Authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract for said purpose, waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187, and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Melvin. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sarantu. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gaddis. Yes. Hobbs. Yes. Jones. Yes. Comives. Yes. Ordinance passed.

Councilwoman McPherson presents the following item from the Office of Community Services, Ordinance 269-26. Authorizing the reappropriation of $25,000 in the General Fund Office of Community Services budget for the Junior Achievement in Northwestern Ohio Incorporated's fifth year program. Authorizing the mayor to enter into necessary agreements with Junior Achievement in Northwestern Ohio for this purpose and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer?

Yes.

Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes. And it's passed.

Councilwoman McPherson presents the following four items from the Department of Communications. Ordinance 270-26, authorizing the Mayor to enter into a one year contract with the option to renew for two additional one year terms to establish an online branded merchandise store and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon.

Yes.

Morris. Yes. Sarantu. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gaddis. Yes. Hobbs. Yes. Jones. Yes. Comibes. Yes. Announce passed.

Ordinance 271-26, authorizing the mayor to accept bids and enter into a one year contract with the option to renew for two additional one year terms for the bulk special orders of branded merchandise. Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $50,000 and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Passage?

Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Meldon? Yes. Morris? Yes. Saranto? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Comibes? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Councilman Martinez.

Thank you, Madam President. I just wanted to applaud the administration for a very creative and entrepreneurial way to raise dollars so we can celebrate our workforce. This was such a creative and innovative opportunity that I'm glad we are moving forward on this, so thank you. That's it.

Ordinance 272-26, establishing a new employee engagement trust fund for the purpose of accepting proceeds from sales of branded merchandise and other donations. Authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and expenditure of said sale proceeds and donated funds. Authorizing designated approvals and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Yes.

Passage?

Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melden? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Yes. Passed.

Ordinance 273-26, authorizing the annual expenditure of an amount not to exceed $23,346 from the general fund for agent interaction call recording services. Authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement for said services, waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187 and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sarantu, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Passage. Kramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sorrento. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gaddis. Yes. Hobbs. Yes. Jones. Yes. Comives. Yes. Ordinance passed.

Councilman Meldon presents the following item from the Department of Development, Ordinance 274-26. Authorizing the mayor to enter into a grant agreement with Metro Parks Toledo to support the installation of an artistic lighting display at Maritime Plaza under the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge. Authorizing the mayor to enter into an amended development agreement with Metro Parks Toledo. Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $100,000 from the city center tax increment financing municipal fund and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Saranto, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Saranto, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Saranto. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gattis. Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Komives? Yes. And it's passed?

Councilwoman Morris presents the following item from the Toledo City Plan Commission. Ordinance 275-26, authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $125,000 from the general fund for the purposes of designating historic local landmarks within the city of Toledo. Authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said purpose and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Meldon? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes. Announce passed.

Councilman Martinez.

Thank you, Madam President. So I'm going to interject one more time. I just wanted to thank everyone on this council for passing these funds last year. We almost missed our deadline this year. We were able to move forward and preserve a lot of our historically significant real estate here in the city of Toledo. I think it's very important. um this is just one big first step that hopefully will really set the bar as we move forward in terms of what we deem demolishable and what's worth saving so i'm very thankful that we were able to get this done in a very cohesive manner so thank you everyone that supported this

Councilman Sorrento presents the following two items from the Department of Finance, Ordinance 276-26, authorizing the reappropriation of funds within the Capital Improvement Fund District Improvement Program budgets and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Passage? Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Malden? Yes. Morris? Yes. Cimanto? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Yes. Ordinance passed.

Ordinance 277-26, authorizing the expenditure of $19,166 from the general fund for the city of Toledo's 2026 membership dues for the Ohio Municipal League and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried.

Passage?

Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Malden? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes.

Council President Williams presents the following item from the Office of the Mayor. Ordinance 278-26, authorizing a temporary Independence Day fireworks safety zone from July 4th, 2026 at 6 PM through July 5th, 2026 at 6 AM. Establishing youth supervision requirements and enforcement provisions and declaring an emergency.

I just wanted to say before we voted on this, I appreciate the administration sitting down and talking this through. We decided that it needed to be just this time block for us to see how we can actually earn this out to be beneficial for our residents, including our children. So I'm glad that. We were able to come to some type of concession. It is 12 hours. It is a safety zone that will just be deemed to city property in downtown Toledo for the fireworks. And I definitely want to shout out my colleague, Council Member Gaddis, who joined me in these discussions. um i hope that we all can understand that we're doing this so our residents feel safe when we go out for events but we are not being exclusive to our youth as well so that is something that i wanted to make sure everyone knew that our youth are our future and we need to definitely include them in everything and think of them in being involved in everything and not exclusive so I'm glad that this is just for one day so we can figure this out moving forward we are definitely we have some work to do so I'm glad that we're doing this council member councilman Martinez

Thank you, Madam President. So I just want to be clear, this is one day limited to a very specific geographic area. This won't address any festivals, teen takeovers on private property, anything else?

This is just for one day so that we can iron out whatever else. This is just for this day, specifically for this day. Moving forward, we need to develop this collectively. So we do have to have more discussions about this. So no, it does not cover anything but July 4th from 6 PM to 6 AM.

Okay, I understand that. I just wanted to clarify. But there is going to be a working committee and there'll be more legislation coming for this body.

For sure.

Okay, thank you.

Suspension. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Passage. Kramer?

Yes.

Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Councilman Driscoll presents the following six items from the Department of Transportation, Ordinance 279-26. Authorizing the mayor to apply for and enter into zero interest agreements with the water supply revolving loan account, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and the Ohio Water Development Authority. Authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation, and expenditure of loan proceeds in an amount not to exceed $6 million into the water replacement fund for the lead service line replacement project. Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an amount not to exceed $300,000 from the water replacement fund for the payment of administrative fees and miscellaneous project costs. Authorizing the mayor to accept bids and execute necessary agreements related to the project and declaring an emergency.

Suspension. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Passage.

Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Meldon? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Grisco? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kalbheims? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Ordinance 280-26, authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $250,000 from the capital improvement fund. For the upgrade of traffic signals and signs throughout the city, authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts necessary to complete said projects and declaring an emergency.

Suspension. Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Malden? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kalbheims?

Yes. Ordinance passed. Ordinance 281-26, authorizing the Mayor to enter into a cooperative grant agreement with and accept financial assistance from the State of Ohio Department of Transportation for design and construction of the roadway departure safety project. Authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation, and expenditure of grant proceeds into the capital improvement fund in an amount not to exceed $180,000 for design and $1,120,280 for construction. Authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said project, waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187 for the design portion, and declaring an emergency.

Suspension. Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Molden, Morris, Saranto, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Komives. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sorrento. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll.

Yes.

Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comives? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Ordinance 282-26, authorizing the Mayor to enter into a cooperative grant agreement with and accept financial assistance from the State of Ohio Department of Transportation. For design and construction of the Lasky over Shanty Creek bridge project. Authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds into the capital improvement fund in an amount not to exceed $168,000 for design. $894,341 for construction of the project. Authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts related for said project, waiving the competitive bid requirements of TMC Chapter 187 for the design portion, and declaring an emergency. Suspension?

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Melvin. Yes. Morris? Yes. Samantu? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comynes? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Ordinance 283-26, authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $4,600,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the bridges. For the bridge matches and planning program, authorizing the mayor to prepare plans and specifications, acquire required rights of way as appropriate, accept bids, award contracts, and enter into agreements for these projects.

Suspension. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morales? Yes. Cervantes? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Ordinance 284-26, authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $200,000 from the Special Assessment Services Fund for the division of road and bridge maintenance, snow operations study, authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts for such study, and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Emergency.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Kramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Melvin. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sorrento. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll. Yes. Gaddis. Yes. Hobbs. Yes. Jones. Yes. Comibes. Yes.

Ordinance passed. Councilman Hobbs presents the following item from the Department of Law, Ordinance 285-26. Authorizing the settlement of the property claims of Matt Jason for the sum of $14,277. Authorizing the expenditure of $14,277 from the risk management fund and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Kramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Meldon? Yes. Torres? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comives? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Councilman Hobbs presents the following item from the Department of Police Operations, Ordinance 286-26, authorizing the mayor to amend the existing agreement with Flock Group, Incorporated for the Toledo Police Department's Real Time Crime Center for a one year continuation for portable automatic license plate readers. Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $14,000 from the general fund. Waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187 and declaring an emergency.

Councilman Melvin.

Thank you so much, President Williams. I just want to take a quick second here. I was going to make this a couple comments at first call, but things get kind of swept away. I want to comment on this very specifically. I plan on supporting this, but I want to be very specific about something here. I think there are two issues in front of us. I think one issue is, how do we resource police officers with the most tools to do their job? And then the second issue is, how do we govern data that is public citizens' information, our residents' information, when it's potentially used by private companies we do business with? And I think that's a very big task for this council. Back in January, we passed a responsible AI strategy. We're still waiting to see that. I'm excited to see that. That may not include data governance, though. What are some real guardrails that companies know at the RFP process, what they're allowed to do and what they're not allowed to do? I would just draw attention to two things. There were two expenditures we just approved that on their website, they use AI in their work. You go to Promise Pay's website, AI's in their work. We have one expenditure on this agenda, 27326, that says agent interaction call recording services. No one emailed us about that. And so I understand the need to be concerned about what these private companies are doing. They have a different incentive structure. But I think we need to govern that separately and not just take a tool out of TPD's hands. So I just want to explain that perspective. Thank you for the time.

Thank you so much, Councilman Meldon, and I want to definitely, I was not able to attend the meeting last night. I'm glad that we had a great turnout. I'm glad we get all the emails. I'm glad that we have community feedback. I'm also glad of what TPD provided us where FLOC has actually help convicted murderers. I am not in the mindset to take tools away. I've been very vocal about police interactions with the community I serve. I am that, but I am not against taking tools away from police that actually help our community as well. I am thankful that we had a community meeting last night. I am very supportive of Flock. We've had it for 20 years. And I know a comment was made, if you have a cell phone and you're against Flock, throw your cell phone away. I can say don't fly then because I took a flight last night and Definitely everywhere I went there was a camera there, there were public spaces. But these are solving murders. There are intellectual data. We have legislation on the books thanks to this council that actually says that people cannot use it. I am all about giving police what they need to do to do good work because the majority of police officers do do good work. And as we are concerned about the company, I understand that as well, but I will not vote to take tools away from police. That is Council Member Kramer.

Thank you. I thank you to all of the residents who came to the committee meeting last night, and I appreciate all of the emails as well. I support TPD in everything that they do, but I do feel like we do have to listen to the residents, and we do have to look at what is happening across our country. And we also have to remember that we don't know for sure who is going to have this data. And I worry about our state government and I worry about our federal government. We had an individual here last night who talked a lot about trans folks. And as a trans person, they spoke about their concern that they would be followed to their healthcare appointments. So I have very real concerns about where this data goes, how we use this data. I do understand that TPD uses this, and I appreciate everything that TPD does. But it gives me pause when I do hear from so many residents, and then the research that I do shows some misuse. So I have some real concerns, and that is all I'm going to say about that tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Councilman Martinez.

Thank you, Madam President. So I would agree with my colleague, Councilman Meldon. I think there's two fundamental issues here. One is the physical cameras and how they're used in tools. It is a force multiplier for our police force. I am a big advocate for supporting our police force. I think by and large they have done a phenomenal job with limited resources. I was on this council when we voted in urgent circumstances and we almost bankrupt and had no resources to give them. And we had to lay people off, and I don't want to go back to that. Also, as we live in a digital age, and this is just a one more conversation that this body needs to have with community and residents input. And I agree, Councilman Cramer, that there are some concerns. the abuse of data, but I'm still going to support this. I think at the end of the day, this is about the good and welfare and the safety of our community, and we've had these cameras in place thus far. That being said, I would defer to Councilman Hobbs to create some sort of working committee to create some sort of policy or legislate something that we can legislate. To ensure that our data is being audited on a regular basis to make sure everyone feels comfortable with that. Maybe this is something the Citizens Police Oversight Committee can work on. I don't know, this isn't really my. area of expertise, but I do realize that there are very real concerns. I did watch the meeting last night, and I hear what was being said. But at this point, in District 2, we had team take over, and the business owners were helpless. They tried to do the right thing. They called 911. 911 was non-responsive because it wasn't necessarily an emergency. Then we had the unfortunate killing of Miss Queenie at a kids club. That but for a flock, was able to bring her, well, I think in the process of bringing her murder to justice. And then we had at OLPH, another incident, thankfully, Nothing happened, so these are very real concerns. And they had the proper resources, so we need to continue giving the police officers more responsive tools that they can use. So I will be supporting this, but I do hear what the residents are saying. And I want to make sure that you understand that this is not falling on deaf ears. And I think there's a way to do this. I just don't think ignoring or voting down this contract is the way to do that. I think, if anything, that makes us less safe. And I can't in good conscience do that to our community. Thank you.

The people were actually convicted of Ms. Queen's death today. Councilman Misuratu.

Thank you, Madam President. I was at the Herald yesterday and I sincerely appreciate all the citizens and all the emails that we have received. They raise very important issues that we need to be aware of. This is a one year contract and we need to do our due diligence to oversee the administration of this contract and to make sure. The police department was emphatic. that they control the dissemination of the information. So this is not going to be out to everybody across the city. The police department will, as usual, control the dissemination of this information. I think it's a valuable tool. Very few errors from the testimony of the company have occurred. And they cited over 1 billion, with a B, uses of the cameras. And let's face it, in every city there are cameras. We look at the murder of the health insurance company executive in New York City. Obviously video of what happened and the police department yesterday presented factually so many instances where these cameras helped solve crimes in Toledo. Whether it be missing persons, whether it be kidnappings, whether it be victims of Alzheimer's and dementia leaving the home with the car keys and the automobile. And the family being terrorized as to where their loved one is, robbery victims, rape victims, domestic violence victims. These cameras have done a lot of good, so I think we need to keep an eye on the situation and monitor it very, very closely. And make sure that they're not being abused. Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you.

Sorry, suspension. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comives. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. No. Martinez.

Yes.

McPherson. Yes. Melvin.

Yes.

Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? No. Hobbs? Yes. Jones?

No.

No.

Ordinance passed.

Council Member Komais presents the following item from the Department of Public Service, Ordinance 287-26, authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $30,000 from the general fund for City of Toledo's committed support of the Levitt Foundation block grant for a period of three years. Authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said purpose and declaring an emergency.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. Yes. Melvin. Yes. Morris. Yes. Sorrento. Yes. Williams. Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comlives? Yes.

Ordinance passed. Clerk, please continue with the items from the zoning and planning committee.

Councilwoman Morris, Chair of the Zoning and Planning Committee, reports the following seven items. Ordinance 288-26, granting a special use permit for gasoline and fuel sales for the property located at 1322 Burnath Parkway in the city of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, subject to certain conditions and two waivers and declaring an emergency.

Councilman Martinez.

Thank you, Madam President. So the next three items before us is regarding the Speedway Alpha Airport Highway. This is a very weird decision from the Planning Commission. So they denied the SUP but approved the other two portions of rezoning for that plat. So I went with the Planning Commission. There was a lot of community I don't want to say outrage, but definitely we're not against it or supportive of it. And I want to make sure that there's just a really weird, I've never seen that before, where SUP was denied for a gas station. Normally, they will approve it, and then it's up to us to say yes or no. But for whatever reason, it was denied by the plan commission. So I recommended for it to be disapproved, and I will be voting against it. So just so everyone's aware. But I will be supporting the other two. rezone changes that they had requested that was approved by the Planning Commission. So, thank you.

Okay.

Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Malden, and Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Malden, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage? Kramer? No. Martinez?

No.

McPherson? Yes. Melvin?

No.

Morris? No. Sorrento? No. Williams? No. Driscoll?

No.

Gattis? No. Hobbs? No. Jones?

No.

Comibes?

No.

Ordnance failed.

Ordinance 289-26, granting the removal of lot one of the Tiburon plot one from the community unit plan originally approved by ordinance 373-76. And as amended for the property located at 1322 Burnath Parkway in the city of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Morgan, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Morgan, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson.

No.

Maldon? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? No. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? No.

Carmines? No. Ordinance passed. Ordinance 290-26, changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code for the property located at 1322 Bernath Parkway in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Meldon, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. No. Meldon. Yes. Morris. Yes. Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? No. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? No. Kovacs? No.

Ordinance passed. Ordinance 291-26, changing the zoning maps attached to part 11, planning and zoning, Toledo Municipal Code for the property located at 802 and 806 Nebraska Avenue in the city of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio and declaring an emergency. Suspension?

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency? Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, and Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gattis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage? Kramer? Yes. Martinez?

Yes.

McPherson?

Yes. Melvin? Yes. Morales? Yes. Cervantes? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Yes.

Ordinance 292-26, changing the zoning maps attached to part 11, planning and zoning, Toledo Municipal Code for the property located at 3404, 3420, 3434. West Central Avenue and 3311 Secor Road in the city of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, subject to one condition and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage? Kramer? Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Malden? Yes. Morse? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Comibes? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Ordinance 293-26, granting a special use permit for gasoline and fuel sales for the property located at 5303 West Bancroft Street. In the city of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, subject to certain conditions and two waivers and declaring an emergency. Suspension.

Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Davis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Davis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried.

Passage.

Cramer. Yes. Martinez? Yes. McPherson? Yes. Melvin? Yes. Miles? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll?

Yes.

Gattis? Yes. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kohlheibs? Yes. Ordinance passed.

Ordinance 294-26, granting a special use permit for gasoline and fuel sales for the property located at 5305 and 5321 Monroe Street and 4700 Nantucket Drive in the city of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, subject to certain conditions and declaring an emergency.

Suspension. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Emergency. Cramer, Martinez, McPherson, Melvin, Morris, Sorrento, Williams, Driscoll, Gaddis, Hobbs, Jones, Comibes. Motion carried. Passage. Cramer. Yes. Martinez. Yes. McPherson. No. Malden? Yes. Morris? Yes. Sorrento? Yes. Williams? Yes. Driscoll? Yes. Gattis? No. Hobbs? Yes. Jones? No. Comibes? Yes. Ordinance passed.

That completes the agenda.

Councilwoman Cramer, first call. I move to dispense with the reading of the Toledo City Journal for the city council meeting of June 9th, 2026. Seeing no objections, so ordered. I move to excuse Councilwoman McPherson for non-attendance at the agenda review meeting of June 16th, 2026 and the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee of June 22nd, 2026. Councilmember Meldon for non-attendance at the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee of June 22nd, 2026. Council President Williams for non-attendance at the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee of June 22nd, 2026. And Councilman Driscoll for non-attendance at the Zoning and Planning Committee of June 17th, 2026. Seeing no objections, so ordered. I just wanted to take a minute to thank everybody who came out to the gun destruction event. It was a week and a half ago, but it was very successful. We were able to destroy 170, sorry, 107, still a lot, not that many, 107 firearms that day. So keeping them off the streets of Toledo, which was just really great. I also just wanted to say that the violence interrupters and the Save Our Community folks are sponsoring this peace over pain community cookout on July 2nd. There are flyers over on the table and they are really doing a lot to bring our community together in the name of safe neighborhoods. And there's also one of these fliers on the table, and all of my colleagues have received these. And there's some summer barbecues that Monsey and Save Our Communities are doing, and they're doing them all over our community. So I encourage my colleagues as well as people in the community to attend these summer barbecues. Thank you very much. Councilman Martinez, first call.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. I think I've spoken enough today, so I yield my time. Thank you.

Councilwoman McPherson, first call. Thank you very much. I have nothing for today.

Councilmember Melvin, first call.

I hate to break a streak. So sad. I'll be quick though. You might recall last week at agenda review when the promise pay piece came up, I just had a couple questions about delinquent water bills and what the total amount is and that kind of thing. You all have an email from me to auditor John Ravolsky, who I was chatting with a little bit about this. kind of outlining several questions that I'm hoping he can help with to provide a real analysis of what is in that big number. We hear 60, we hear 50, we hear a lot of things. So just to give you kind of a sense of what that is, really just trying to understand the total amount of outstanding utility receivables, the breakdown of those balances by age, because i'm reading the email i just sent to all of you but just to give you context how much the outstanding balance is tied to active accounts versus closed accounts are they owner occupied rental commercial other property types that type of thing historically what have we collected how successful has it been my hope is that that report back My hunch is it's a good subject to review at a finance committee meeting, but I don't chair that committee. But hopefully it's just some good information for us all to look at. It seems reasonable that we could get that done inside of this calendar year in time for some budget decisions, kind of in next year's budget process. That's my hope anyway. But in general, if we can get the right information, we can maybe start to make some real decisions and track progress. So that's the spirit of it. I want to thank the auditor. mr rovalski for the help we chatted several times probably more than he wanted to talk to me but he was very helpful and i'm looking forward to figuring out and then seeing what he comes up with so we can really get our arms around this issue thanks

Councilwoman Morris, first call. Thank you, clerk. I have the pleasure of being able to represent the city of Toledo at the retirement of Washington Township Police Chief Chris Kaiser. He is a veteran, 36 year public servant, certainly always there to provide mutual aid in the Point Place and Shoreland area. So he will be missed, but he still lives in Point Place and he's still in our hearts. And so we just wish him a happy retirement. Also, thank you to the folks that volunteered and baked. all of the yummies at the bake off for point place days they were pies and cakes and cookies and bread oh my and it was great so thank you so much and just to everyone happy 250th and everybody stay safe for the fourth thank you councilman sarantu first call

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Just a reminder, tomorrow at 4 p.m., we will have our monthly Finance Committee meeting. The agenda will be the May financials, as well as our Department of Public Utility latest numbers on collections and a city auditor report. And I wish everybody a very happy, healthy, and very safe Fourth of July. Thank you.

Councilman Driscoll, first call.

Thank you, clerk. I didn't have anything planned except I just recalled that we haven't had the opportunity yet. I mean, Councilman Sriracha and I sent a resolution over to the family and friends of the Walt Churchill family. Walt Churchill passed away a couple weeks ago. My dad was the meat manager at the Perrysburg store for about ten years, and Katie and I both worked there. My brother worked there, so we had a deep connection with Walt. Walt was a really interesting guy. He always was pushing the limits on what that store was capable of and took his dad's legacy and turned it into something that really could be proud of. In the community, Walt and I had a lot of political discussions. He was an interesting guy. He drove a full-size van that had about 96 bumper stickers on the back of it, one of which I'll never forget said, global warming is caused by the sun. So Walt and I were on different ends of the political spectrum, but I respected him greatly, and this community owes him a lot, and he lived a long, great life. So Godspeed, Walt Churchill. Thank you.

Council Member Gaddis, first call.

Thanks, I'll keep it brief. I just want to ask again the administration, when we're putting out the guidelines for the 4th of July, please just don't rely on the news. Please, marketing and communication, make sure you have a tailor-made social media drive towards our youth. since that's who we're trying to touch. So with that, I yield my time. Thank you.

Councilman Hobbs, first call.

I'm out of time. Thank you.

Councilwoman Dr. Jones, first call. Thank you, clerk. I know we're tired, so I'm going to get through this quickly. Happy Father's Day. Happy Juneteenth. Happy Fourth of July. We're getting all of it out of the way right now. But I do want to thank my colleagues for supporting the resolution recognizing July as postpartum month. I think this is a great first step in order to really start prioritizing this conversation and hopefully there will be some sort of advocacy campaign surrounding that which will eventually lead to hopefully more funding for these type of services. So working on some things and definitely gathering a lot of community partners for the future and in future discussions. Also, on this Thursday, the Housing Community Development and Public Health Committee will be having their monthly committee meeting, which is the food policy update. So we have our food policy manager, Mayor Mominey, to finally talk about her analysis using the carrot tool. which is the Community and Agricultural Resilience Audit Tool. It's over 101 indicators. It's very in-depth, and it helps cities, municipalities, organizations guide planning when it comes to food system planning. So she's finally going to basically talk about the results for us, which will lead to the Food Policy Council and other things that she's working on. So that is at 3.30 in the chambers, and of course, you can watch the recording as well. And then also I would want to thank the Environmental Professionals Network, Junction Coalition, as well as our Stormwater Environmental Services Division. We had visitors from OSU, EPN as they're called, talking about green infrastructure, highlighting different projects within the junction neighborhood, urban holistics. I'm talking about just other ways in order to bring more green infrastructure into the city. So had a tour with them today and it was very informative. So I know that we'll have a lot more interactions with them coming back and forth to Toledo because again, we're trying to really highlight not just Toledo, but Northwest Ohio and Lucas County. And there is money out there as Councilman member coal mines should know about environmental things and more on the neighborhood level as well. So this is again that step because it's their first time being in Toledo. So that's a big thing for us and it's leading to a lot of connections and also a lot of potential projects as well. Other than that, I yield my time. Everybody be safe and just enjoy this little break that we have right now.

Thank you.

Council Member Komai's first call.

Thank you so much. I will be as brief as possible. I just want to say that this Saturday is our lantern fly stomp fest and community cleanup. Being held at the Junction Coalition's headquarters in St. Anthony's, cleanup in that whole area. Also identifying some trees of heaven to encourage folks in the neighborhood to get rid of them so the lanternflies will have fewer places to breed, sleep, and eat. And there will be food trucks and all kinds of fun and a DJ. So please join me. If you are free, we'd love to have you. It should be a really cool time to make an impact on a neighborhood right here in Toledo. Thank you.

council president williams first call thank you i just want to announce uh the parking garage will be closed tomorrow after 5 p.m so you can't park in the parking garage that don't mean don't come to work i just want that for the people out there that you know hearing that that the parking garage is closing so the parking garage is closed tomorrow at 5 p.m and i think it'll reopen monday or later that night so it'll close so please don't get caught in here and don't not come to work so anyway um also to the pool party tour starts tomorrow at one o'clock roosevelt pool if you guys want to come please come out um josh project will be there um and it's uh free from one to three it's on me i guess again but come out to the pool hopefully uh the weather holds up we want to definitely engage the community. This is the first year that Roosevelt is back open after all the renovations. So please come out with that being it. This means adjourn.

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