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A councilor said the council supports the street‑naming request “100%” and described the resolution as part of a longer process. Joe Barry, First Assistant Corporation Counsel, explained the county has a local law requiring municipalities to submit proposed street names to Onondaga County Department of Planning to ensure consistency for 9‑1‑1 emergency response purposes. Barry said after the county process is complete the city planning commission would review the overall development and the council would handle a street dedication under the city charter.

Councilors asked whether the planning commission had provided additional names for the other proposed streets; Barry said that question should be directed to the planning commission staff. The resolutions were placed on the agenda for future action; no final street dedication occurred during the study session.

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Kimon Jordan, director of housing and neighborhood planning, told councilors staff could answer questions about items 45–51 but that additional outreach was needed so families are aware of proposed actions. A councilor said the items would be withdrawn to allow more time for outreach and conversation with affected households.

The items were withdrawn in the study session; staff and councilors said they would return the items to the agenda after further outreach.

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A councilor reminded colleagues that the proposal is “at no cost to the city” and that the vendor was the only responder to the city's request for proposals. City staff and the chief said the council’s questions were too lengthy to resolve in the study session and that a committee meeting would be scheduled so councilors could get answers.

No formal action was taken in the study session beyond the decision to hold the item for committee review; staff said they would arrange the committee meeting and provide the information requested by councilors.

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Saisha Burke, Commissioner of Parks, said the Hanover Square vault “collapsed” and described the repair as an emergency. Burke told councilors the department has “only cash capital for $35,000 for art” and not enough unallocated cash capital to cover the vault repair, which is why the department was requesting the additional funding.

A councilor pressed whether the department sought local vendors to do the work. Burke said she could provide that information and that crews have been working on the site. Councilors said they would schedule a committee meeting for further discussion of parks capital priorities and vendor sourcing.

The council agreed to set a committee meeting for follow up; no formal appropriation was made in the study session.

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The council discussed whether to approve the renewals as drafted or hold them to seek a shorter term. Councilor Williams's bundled set of items (36–41) was presented as ready unless there were objections; councilors pushed staff for more information about prior procurement and about limiting future renewals to one year without automatic options.

Joe Barry, First Assistant Corporation Counsel, told the council the contract before them had been proposed and approved by the mayor “in the form that it's before you,” and that the council could not unilaterally change contract terms without the mayor's consent. Barry also confirmed the mayor had waived the RFP process for the agreements as presented.

Councilors sought two kinds of assurances: confirmation that the contracts had appropriate prior review and the option to limit renewal length so other vendors could compete sooner. One councilor described item 39, the IPS contract, as critical, saying it is “used by codes on a daily basis” and that operations could be disrupted without renewal.

Barry noted that, as drafted, each renewal would come back to the council, allowing the council to deny a later renewal even if it approved the initial term. Councilors asked whether the council could instead approve only a one‑year term without the two one‑year renewal options; Barry said that would require a new mayoral letter consenting to revised terms and was unlikely to be available before the noon deadline the council set for finalizing readiness.

The council left the matter unresolved in the study session. Some members supported holding the items until they could confirm whether the mayor would sign an amended approval letter; others indicated they would be comfortable approving the items with the understanding that renewals would return to the council for later approval.

For now, staff said they would follow up and report back by the council’s deadline.

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