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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 announced “The motion to approve the minutes passes 13 to 0.”
Other legislation: Multiple items introduced by council members were either referred or placed on the consent agenda for future approval. Examples recorded in the meeting included: - A conditional-use ordinance to permit used auto sales at 1475 Maslin Road (sponsored by Councilman Fusco) — referred. - Conditional-use ordinances for two-family dwellings at 480 Bell Street and 894 North Main Street (sponsored by Fusco) — referred. - A conditional-use ordinance to construct a commercial addition at 1477 Copley Road (Fusco) — referred. - A sale of city-owned property in Goodyear Heights/Ellet under the Welcome Home Akron program to Integrity New Construction LLC for construction of six homes (Fusco) — placed on the consent agenda. - Emergency site-preparation contracting for the temporary Lock 3 skating rink with Wingfoot Rental and Development Company (Kammer) — placed on the consent agenda. - Contracts without formal advertising for bids for software support with General Electric for water and wastewater bureaus (Kammer) — placed on the consent agenda. - A sponsorship agreement with The Nature Conservancy for a water-resource restoration sponsor project for the Kitty Todd Hauser Tract (Kammer) — placed on the consent agenda. - Application authority for WSRLA/OEPA/OWDA funding for a water-main extension project (Kammer) — placed on the consent agenda. - Authorization to contract for Octave 5 fire meters with Ferguson Enterprises (Kammer) — placed on the consent agenda. - Contracts with Summit County Public Defender Commission and County of Summit for indigent defense services (McKittrick) — placed on the consent agenda. - An intergovernmental agreement to use the Cuyahoga Falls training center and firing range for Akron Police Department training (McKittrick) — placed on the consent agenda.
Why it matters: The Creative Akron program expansion is a direct service for middle-school students and reflects a contractual commitment for the city’s summer programming. The consent-agenda items include public-safety and water-infrastructure contracts and intergovernmental training arrangements that may involve city procurement and budget implications when voted on.
Votes at a glance: The minutes approval passed 13–0. The Creative Akron partnership ordinance (Tom Todd Ideas Inc.) passed 13–0.
What’s next: Most of the referred items and those placed on the consent agenda will return for formal adoption under the consent agenda at a future meeting; the Creative Akron program will proceed under the approved contract terms for 2025.
