Brecksville City Council approves promotions, maintenance contracts, roadwork and land-use actions

Brecksville City Council on Feb. 18 approved a package of personnel moves, vendor contracts, roadwork agreements and land-use actions, voting unanimously or by recorded roll call on each item.

The most visible votes were the promotion of John Chrysopoulous to lieutenant and Kenneth Septarek to sergeant in the Brecksville Police Department. Both were approved by council under separate resolutions and were sworn into their new posts during the meeting.

Council also approved several procurement and contract items recommended earlier by committees: a $27,500 annual membership dues payment to the Southwest Council of Governments (split $15,000 from the police budget and $12,500 from the fire budget) for shared enforcement and emergency-response equipment and training; an increase of $21,000 to purchase order #2500098 for supplemental snow plowing by Matt’s Landscaping; and multiple facilities contracts approved on Buildings and Grounds (see related article).

On streets work, council authorized a joint cooperative agreement with the city of Independence for resurfacing Brecksville Road from Sprague Road to State Route 82. The agreement covers a small portion of the work in Independence and was modeled on prior intercity agreements.

Land-use and permitting actions included council approvals related to Miller Road widening: three separate…