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Votes and agenda status: Cleveland Heights Committee of the Whole, April 7, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal and informal actions taken or discussed at the April 7 Committee of the Whole meeting, including show-of-hands directions to staff and a formal roll-call to enter executive session.
At the April 7 Committee of the Whole meeting the council took the following formal or documented actions and recorded statuses on agenda items:
Votes and formal actions - Motion and roll-call to enter executive session: Motion to go into executive session to consider the lease or sale of city-owned real property and confidential economic-development information and related negotiations. Roll-call recorded as affirmative (aye) for all present. Outcome: approved to enter executive session (formal recorded roll-call vote).
Council directions (show-of-hands consensus; not formal ordinance votes) - Refer package to law director: Council used a show-of-hands to direct the law director to draft ordinances and policy language on limiting nonemployee key-card access, contract posting and transparency, requiring written contract modifications and reporting, and reviewing the contract-review threshold (current $50,000). Outcome: consensus/direction to staff; no ordinance adopted at meeting. - Request Burgess & Burgess deliverables: Council directed staff to obtain the Burgess & Burgess employee-survey deliverables and to determine whether those staff findings were presented on March 13; council authorized seeking permission to contact Burgess & Burgess. Outcome: staff asked to request documents and follow up with administration. - Wage and salary: Council prioritized prompt adoption of seasonal wage increases for parks and recreation and seasonal hires; full wage-and-salary ordinance remains on first reading. Outcome: seasonal items prioritized for action. - Road resurfacing funding: Council authorized preparation of draft legislation to increase resurfacing funding while also asking Public Works to confirm capacity to execute additional work in a single season. Outcome: draft legislation to be prepared; amount to be finalized after capacity assessment.
Agenda item statuses (selected) - Resolution authorizing extension with Millennium Strategies (grant-writing) — presented for consideration (first reading/adoption status: for adoption tonight noted in discussion). - Resolution authorizing extension with Gritics LLC (zoning software) — presented (first reading). - Resolution extending StateBuilt contract (Safe Built) — presented (first reading) with $50,000 amount discussed. - Resolution adopting Comprehensive Equitable Safety Action Plan (CSAP) — presented on second reading; staff asked council to adopt to support federal Safe Streets for All grant applications (no recorded adoption vote in transcript). - Zoning map amendment for Park Synagogue (fourth reading) — discussion and preparation for final action noted.
Notes: Show-of-hands directions represent council instruction to staff and the law director to draft language and gather information. Formal legislative actions remain subject to readings and recorded roll-call votes at subsequent meetings.
