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The ordinance defines terms used for retail tobacco and vapor stores, sets location requirements, limits sales practices and establishes penalties for violations. At third reading, council approved two clarifying amendments to add a definition for “operator” and to clarify that violations may be enforced against any person or entity responsible for noncompliant activity, not only the operator.

Why it matters: the ordinance establishes local rules for new and existing retail establishments that sell tobacco and vaping products and provides enforcement tools for the city. Planning staff and the city attorney reviewed the amendments and recommended approval.

Council action: the amendment and the ordinance as amended were moved and passed by roll-call vote during the meeting.

Ending: The ordinance is now codified; enforcement and any required licensing or inspection work will follow standard municipal procedures and staff guidance to affected businesses.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Copy of Council Meeting - 8/4/2025 6:00:00 PM","oneSentenceSummary","Council enacted a new codified ordinance regulating retail tobacco and vapor stores, including definitions, location restrictions, sales limits and penalties. The Planning Commission approved the measure in June and council adopted a minor amendment clarifying the definition of “operator.”","taxTitle","Mayfield Heights City Council, Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio","taxId",71194,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6145857,"Council approves engineering contract for Ridgebury Boulevard resurfacing",105,6252000,6357000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721&start=6252&end=6357","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721/thumbnail_6252000.jpg","/articles/6145857/Ohio/Council-approves-engineering-contract-for-Ridgebury-Boulevard-resurfacing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6145857-ccae895498345025b5348a80e0493f8b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770537162&Signature=UAaavz5w9MXNFlT7ChivvT0RfhJxITcug-lvSZM0X7N6NdIszy927nUXcbLhhjHkDB-Wi6vpTQCUGOIMPyGB1dN4yzAHbalCRzICJohSi-WIPxIIvlzl9AjNKH3M-M~AGjwCveGcmmg9Gf0NQbNfu8Wbb7~ppUZAnM0ghtqOrHS54Eg6fzgLbvoOQ1IxZMG3dgoUO7kLl7S5HJiffnznoqj8vCNtaXCFUvCfSxUmm5ZLicKyVuvMupRUUwX12rNkvTtzijftig2rh2yHU5vYv0DeTOXIaitI5Hac2BrfRea5zzA3EvGzKCx5ir~J-7mG2ArjXdzg6MkasuBt1lgCrg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mayfield Heights council on Aug. 4 adopted a resolution amending and authorizing professional engineering services with the GPD Group (Klaus Pyle, Chalmer, Burns & DeHaven Inc. d/b/a GPD) for the Ridgebury Boulevard resurfacing project. The project limits run from Iroquois Avenue to Orchard Heights Drive; the north side of the road lies in Highland Heights and both municipalities will combine the work into a single bid package.

Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works will provide up to $250,000 toward construction, the resolution states. City staff said GPD will coordinate design with Highland Heights and the two communities will consider a cooperative agreement after bids are received to allocate final costs by jurisdiction.

Council moved and approved the resolution by roll-call vote. The city will proceed with engineering services for its side of the project and coordinate bidding and construction administration with Highland Heights and the county.

Ending: Staff said they will return with bid results and a formal cooperative agreement outlining each community’s share of construction costs.","Council authorized an amendment and contract with GPD to provide engineering services for Ridgebury Boulevard resurfacing between Iroquois Avenue and Orchard Heights Drive; the project will be bid jointly with Highland Heights and the county will contribute up to $250,000 toward construction.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6145862,"Council approves change order for police vehicle equipment",50,6270000,6320000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721&start=6270&end=6320","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721/thumbnail_6270000.jpg","/articles/6145862/Ohio/Council-approves-change-order-for-police-vehicle-equipment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6145862-4e2e0df3257a219a491b78ee693cf63c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770537162&Signature=VAlK5RGrVvVH35fwNiTMd0w9--XbAajfZdCDvTvWzwqXD-QsK9XMrUVi8UlJ2Tj8I6jtYe81mdD3mL~LaeYWfRtyHSY~FpIKjVHrFe3UfoVl1ZxeT8dTZvcKUgLyijR7GTOdDQD~rNT~C8cHekjvClSwnK6xi-5yMInpCzmvTW-4aVkTrf2h2KgBL4oHQEYdqenuEylvf1Tvu6sQiklQHg~oRffDyurjeG2~apY2lvW9uyyYycui5c28tPAA0yJlwQPVzYCmCxMFaf~89N7ieTrmPycoPWBlXQyLhq4fN-cLco4mcKfo6G-XxAtWXFRZUWP2Q7Huwrof~BYsRcUfKQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The council adopted Resolution 2025-42 authorizing change order number 1 with Fund Superior Sales Company Inc. The change order covers additional items added to a squad car originally approved under an earlier resolution (2022-59), and amends the payment amount owed to the vendor.

Meeting materials state the change order covers extra equipment for a new squad; the transcript records the resolution was moved, seconded and approved by roll call. The chief’s earlier materials supporting the item were included with the legislation.

Ending: Staff will process the change order payment to Fund Superior Sales Company Inc. and complete the outfitting of the vehicle.","Council approved Change Order No. 1 to add items to a police squad purchase; the change increases payment to the vendor for additional equipment installed on a new squad car.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6145866,"Council OKs purchase of four intersection cameras tied to state grant; electrical work not covered",66,6078000,6144000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721&start=6078&end=6144","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721/thumbnail_6078000.jpg","/articles/6145866/Ohio/Council-OKs-purchase-of-four-intersection-cameras-tied-to-state-grant-electrical-work-not-covered","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6145866-30a67952469ec6e109f68623b577ff04/orig.mp4?Expires=1770537162&Signature=i4AWuBAISBduGK8PRRgMx-OBr9UW~XJ-dshQS6kO-ozYirRiC5WkwiDy1AXRr61LSZ~OyLnLbtrdZMSuLTI5eY2b9pb0P4NKRoCXXFlR1AYcloFKAvIalhC8-~1O4oXG31y~9ewHLNRV2U4PXu889URd1mL3LmqJ1V4EnMZ-TLxEyjsUsoXfl-VA5nd6ZScvm5lRNz9WVRxygUcLRyTjNy7G8gFUA3XEQ4uB8-oHwby0FaFZKSK0SY1IQREkje-0NrLDMsddXVP1bB044WLskqd30Tk-8beNYfeNYa-9TzMnT8nxV5X3xSYu7WApQEFaoJaS3kQLejRElxU2erUrkw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mayfield Heights council on Aug. 4 approved Resolution 2025-41 authorizing a contract with a vendor to purchase access cameras at four intersections, a purchase tied to a state grant the police department received in June.

Chief Mealy (identified in the meeting memo) told council the cameras are part of a grant approved June 23, 2025; the department will buy the equipment but the grant does not cover some electrical installation work required. “There will be electrical work needed to install the cameras that were not covered by the grant,” the chief said in the meeting materials distributed to council.

Why it matters: the cameras are intended to support traffic enforcement and public safety; council authorized purchase and noted the city will absorb electrical-installation costs not reimbursed by the grant.

Council action: the motion to suspend the rules was moved by Councilmember Civetta and seconded; the purchase resolution was moved and seconded and adopted by roll-call vote. The transcript records the council approving the purchase without additional amendment.","The council approved a contract to buy access/traffic cameras for four intersections using a state grant; the chief said the grant does not cover needed electrical work and the city will pay those costs.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6145872,"Mayfield Heights Council Authorizes Agreements to Join Cleveland Water suburban main renewal program",3452,597000,4049000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721&start=597&end=4049","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5530096-c00b442cf1ea526b1ccaf346ac80e721/thumbnail_597000.jpg","/articles/6145872/Ohio/Mayfield-Heights-Council-Authorizes-Agreements-to-Join-Cleveland-Water-suburban-main-renewal-program","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6145872-db708425db228502d8263e7c9e476df6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770537162&Signature=CtpdKjQbnRJTUSEtF4ewQHqI1lUJOcwRPr5RC14UMUhIOk0uKVFB7WspxO9NraROiPllXsPpc5Tx4svNaqZyx8sOCNb-hWaR1WkrRdZN9I7KU17S71qvh50cZwAULVIlTyju2CHV-U1LxKaoMHFVDTBSV9eD1NWcUXYQ-2j4QsI45Y5zx3Wlz4wGkjrA39pOnDrhSVLjyRSgkX2c4~L0q91Wgs7eNuMhfWGdE9o7hgpDC61yfGrbhtI5q0zY8Kpb0JVI3q8KeA1rkolBvNqHF-aVPP-XISZjIPe0QbTespKGI0MfClPF~tTJaOxNREW2cLSzGK38DvOCTxv1Za0QUg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mayfield Heights on Aug. 4 approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute three agreements with Cleveland Water that would make the city eligible for the utility’s suburban water main renewal program. The agreements include a restated water service agreement, an economic development (municipal utility district) agreement, and an asset transfer agreement transferring ownership of local distribution mains (16-inch and smaller) to Cleveland Water.

The vote follows a presentation by Alex Margavicious, identified in the meeting as Cleveland Water Division commissioner, who described the program’s structure and scoring criteria. Margavicious said the restated agreement has a minimum 20-year term and automatically renews thereafter; a municipality may revert to its prior agreement if it gives Cleveland five years’ advance notice, but must reimburse Cleveland on a prorated basis for any capital reinvestment the utility made in the intervening period. “If you execute, you will sign a new agreement called the restated agreement. It is for a minimum of 20 years,” Margavicious told council members.

Why it matters: Cleveland Water says the program has funded nearly 500 projects and reinvested roughly $243 million in suburban mains to date; proponents at the meeting said the program allows Cleveland to undertake capital replacement on smaller suburban mains it previously could only repair. Members of council and city staff pressed Cleveland and the city’s engineer about selection criteria, timing, cost exposure and the effect the agreement would have on local economic-development incentives.

Most important facts
- Program elements: restated water service agreement, municipal utility (economic development) agreement, asset transfer agreement, suburban water main replacement and reimbursement agreements. The restated water service agreement runs at least 20 years; reversion requires five years’ notice and prorated repayment for Cleveland’s capital investment.
- Scoring criteria: Cleveland uses seven technical criteria to prioritize projects, led by main-break rate and recent break trends, plus fire-flow deficit, recurring water-quality problems, coordination with pavement work, transmission-main (spillover) benefits and lead-service-line removal. Applications are scored twice yearly (fall and spring).
- Funding and scale: Cleveland reports 497 projects and $243 million committed to date. Cleveland’s legal minimum annual contribution in the agreement is $10 million; the utility has voluntarily increased its annual program spending and discussed rising its commitment to roughly $16–17 million this year with the possibility of further increases.
- Local scale and cost: Mayfield Heights has about 49 miles of water pipe; meeting testimony said roughly 22 miles were installed before 1930. At an estimated $2 million per mile for full main replacement, the city faces roughly $43 million in replacement cost if done independently, according to Cleveland Water’s presentation.
- Application examples: City engineer Nick (presenting the city’s submissions) said Mayfield Heights submitted two applications: Marnell Street — $815,001.15 (construction and administration) — and Washington Street — approximately $1,000,004.62 (design, construction estimate and administration). Funding is competitive and numerically scored; Cleveland will post funding decisions in early September for the fall cycle if applications are complete.

Questions and caveats discussed at the meeting
Council members asked how coordinated street projects affect scoring, whether the scoring can be appealed, and how the agreement would restrict local incentives. Margavicious said the scoring is intended to be technical and that there is no formal applicant appeal process; he said Cleveland and a suburban council of governments jointly developed the technical criteria.

Economic-development limits in the companion agreement drew sustained attention. The agreement limits certain incentives between signatory communities: real-estate tax abatements are limited to 75 percent or less and no more than 10 years; income-tax abatements are prohibited. Margavicious described a five-year tax-sharing remedy if a business relocates between signatories: “If that occurs, whichever way it goes, the agreement says for the next five years that the gaining community remits half of the new income taxes back to the losing community,” he said. City economic-development staff and council members voiced concern that the income-tax restriction could complicate the city’s existing pre-1994 CRA (100% real-estate tax abatement for new construction) and a local job-creation grant program.

Public-safety and implementation concerns
Fire Chief Elliott, speaking from the council dais, pressed the council to weigh public-safety risks of deferred capital replacement. “We have areas in this city that have reduced fire flows… we're sending guys in burning buildings for a street that could pop a hydrant, pop a main,” he said, urging action either through the Cleveland program or by budgeting for local replacement.

Council action and next steps
Council passed Resolution 2025-40 authorizing the mayor to execute the three agreements. The motion to approve was moved and seconded at the special meeting; the roll call vote recorded the mayor and councilmembers voting to adopt the resolution. If the city executes the agreements, staff may nominate streets for the fall or spring scoring cycles; design and construction remain under municipal control if the city elects to lead the contract, and Cleveland will reimburse approved costs after bid review and verification of a competitive procurement.

What remains unclear or contingent
- Funding is competitive: submission does not guarantee award; Cleveland’s scoring and the pool of applicants determine which projects are funded each cycle.
- Local incentive effects: council and economic-development staff flagged potential future conflicts between the agreement’s incentive limits and the city’s existing programs; the transcript records discussion but no amendment to local incentive policies.
- Lead-service-line removal: Cleveland referenced a federal target that all lead service lines be removed by 2037; the transcript notes lead removal is a scoring criterion but Cleveland cautioned meeting attendees that complete removal across large areas is constrained by deadlines and funding.

Ending
Councilmembers and staff said they would continue to evaluate the trade-offs—competitive funding of main replacement and reduced municipal capital burden versus limits on local economic incentives and a long minimum contract term—before selecting which streets to nominate in future cycles. The city’s engineer and Cleveland Water encouraged municipalities to coordinate street resurfacing and mains replacement to maximize scoring and reduce restoration costs.","After a presentation by Cleveland Water officials, Mayfield Heights approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign three agreements that would transfer ownership of local distribution mains to the City of Cleveland and make the city eligible to participate in Cleveland Water’s suburban water main renewal program.","actionData","errors"]

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