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Council approves Creative Akron summer program; multiple ordinances referred or placed on consent
Summary
Akron City Council approved a partnership with Tom Todd Ideas Inc. for the 2025 Creative Akron summer program and placed a series of ordinances and contracts on the consent agenda or referred them for later action; the minutes from the previous meeting were also approved 13–0.
Akron City Council voted unanimously to approve a 2025 Creative Akron summer program partnership and approved minutes from its previous meeting, while placing multiple other ordinances and contracts on the consent agenda or referring them for future consideration.
The council approved an ordinance sponsored by Councilwoman Elaina Connor to authorize a contract with Tom Todd Ideas Inc. for the Creative Akron summer program. Councilwoman Connor said the program is expanding from two parks to four — Summit Lake, Firestone Park, Ellet Community Center and Patterson Park — with each group able to take 25 middle-school students. The council suspended the rules and passed the ordinance by a voice vote; the clerk recorded the ordinance as passing 13–0.
Earlier in the meeting the council adopted the minutes from its previously held meeting by voice vote; the clerk…
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