The Toledo City Council on Sept. 23 confirmed mayoral appointments and adopted a package of ordinances and resolutions covering appointments, parks and recreation projects, public-safety equipment, municipal code updates and grant acceptances.

Clerk Kerry and multiple councilmembers processed items from the mayor's office and departments with votes recorded in sequence. Several measures were passed under the council's emergency procedure and approved by recorded ayes.

Highlights include reappointments and confirmations from the mayor's office; funding and appropriations for park renovations and youth programming; authorizations to accept grants for HV Savage Park; purchases for police radios; a subscription agreement for Leeds Online; a school resource officer agreement with Washington Local Schools; and a resolution declaring the city's intent to reimburse capital spending on the Dura Avenue project with proceeds of tax-exempt state debt.

Votes at a glance
- Appointment 443-25: Rob Voigt to the Comfort Heating, Cooling, and Refrigeration Board of Control (term to 10/07/2028) — confirmed.
- Appointment 444-25: Reappointments Craig Gable and William McKinney to the Comfort Heating, Cooling, and Refrigeration Board of Control (terms to 10/07/2028) — confirmed.
- Resolution 445-25: Declares October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month — adopted.
- Resolution 446-25: Adopts 2026 council calendar and declares an emergency — adopted.
- Ordinance 447-25: $35,000 from Capital Improvement Fund District 1 for Ottawa ice rink restroom access design and construction — passed.
- Ordinance 448-25: $28,000 for permanent blue light cameras (waives TMC competitive bidding provisions) — passed.
- Ordinance 449-25: $17,500 from District 4 for Englewood Historic District monument sign — passed.
- Ordinance 450-25: Amends TMC chapter 17.25 to require a dumpster/container for eviction set-outs — first reading (not adopted).
- Ordinance 451-25: Toledo Municipal Court code updates to chapter 21.34 — passed.
- Ordinance 452-25: Re-appropriation of $169,497.10 within local fiscal recovery fund for parks and youth programming — passed.
- Ordinance 453-25: Up to $25,000 from CIP to renovate Robinson Park athletic field — passed.
- Ordinance 454-25: Authorizes mayor to enter agreement with Arts Commission of Greater Toledo to implement 2025 municipal art plan and allocate the 1% for the arts CIP funding — passed.
- Ordinance 455-25: Accepts $100,000 for renovations at H.V. Savage Park and appropriates funds in the CIP — passed.
- Ordinance 456-25: Accepts a $25,000 grant from the Helping Hens Foundation for H.V. Savage Park renovations — passed.
- Ordinance 457-25: Authorizes settlement in Brandon Upchurch v. City of Toledo; $35,000 from Risk Management Fund — passed.
- Ordinance 458-25: Up to $81,000 from CIP for purchase of police radios — passed.
- Ordinance 459-25: Three-year Leeds Online subscription, not to exceed $174,598.76, waiving competitive bidding — passed.
- Ordinance 460-25: One-year School Resource Officer agreement with Washington Local Schools, accepting $45,232.29 — passed.
- Ordinance 461-25: Accepts Bureau of Justice Assistance grant (2022 PSPSN 439A) $4,418 for Toledo Police Department — passed.
- Resolution 462-25: Declares official intent to reimburse capital improvement fund for Dura Avenue project with proceeds of tax-exempt state debt — adopted.
- Ordinance 463-25: Authorizes annual expenditure up to $150,000 for renewal of public water system license (3040 York Street) — passed.
- Ordinance 464-25: (See separate item) Authorizes application for up to $75,000,000 in loan proceeds for distribution system improvements — passed.
- Resolution 465-25: Declares intent to vacate 25-foot alley behind 2024 Champlain Street — adopted.

Most items were presented by councilmembers on behalf of relevant departments (for example, Councilwoman Williams presented parks and youth services items; Councilman Hobbs presented Department of Law and Police Operations items). Several measures waived formal competitive bidding provisions as noted in ordinance texts.

Items that required only first reading were set aside for future action; no council-level adjustments to project contracts or bid awards were made at this meeting.

The meeting concluded after first-call remarks from multiple councilmembers and a short public invocation and national anthem earlier in the session.