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Council adopts $70,000 community cost-share agreement with Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Summary
Council passed an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into a community cost-share agreement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to use $70,000 for annual street-sweeper operations, drawing from a recurring community cost-share fund.
The Brook Park City Council on April 1 adopted Ordinance No. 1146O-2025, authorizing the mayor to enter into a community cost-share agreement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and declaring an emergency so the administration can draw $70,000 from the city’s community cost-share funds to cover annual street-sweeper operations and related disposal costs.
Mayor Orcutt described the measure as a routine, annual housekeeping item the city uses to recover stormwater/street-sweeping costs. “This is just giving the administration, the service director, authorization to be able to pull $70,000 out of our community cost sharing, which we put about a little over $300,000 a year into that,” Mayor Orcutt said during the service-committee report. He and service director Brian (Bridal) Byers explained the money offsets the testing and disposal costs for material collected by street sweepers and catch-basin cleanouts.
Councilman Sharp asked for clarification about where the money originates. Service committee members and the mayor clarified the funds derive from a stormwater fee on sewer bills; the city applies to the regional district for roughly a 25% rebate on eligible expenditures and the remainder is available for larger stormwater projects.
The council voted to suspend the rules and adopt the ordinance on the same night. The ordinance was introduced by the mayor through the service committee and council members voted to adopt following the required roll call. The legislation was described as an emergency measure to enable timely payment for annual street-sweeper and catch-basin disposal costs.
What this means: The city will pay $70,000 from the community cost-share fund to support street-sweeper operations and associated disposal/testing costs for the year; council and staff indicated the city currently contributes just over $300,000 a year to the program and that roughly $200,000 per year is currently committed to other multi-year retention-basin work.
No other financial appropriations or new long-term commitments were approved tonight; the ordinance authorizes the mayor to sign the standard agreement and draw the previously allocated funds.
