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Medina City Council adopts 2026 tax budget, approves police software contract and sanitation truck
Summary
On June 23, 2025, the Medina City Council voted unanimously to adopt the tax budget for the 2026 fiscal year and approved ordinances for an annual police CAD/RMS maintenance contract, purchase of a high-compaction sanitation truck, and budget amendments.
Medina City Council on June 23, 2025, voted 7-0 to adopt a tax budget for the fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and passed ordinances to fund an annual maintenance contract for the police department’s computer-aided dispatch and records management system and to purchase a 25-yard high-compaction sanitation truck.
Council first voted 7-0 to suspend the three-reading rule so the four items could be considered and voted that evening. "I move to suspend the rules requiring 3 readings of tonight's ordinances and resolutions," Councilman Shields said; the motion passed on a roll call vote with all seven members voting yes.
The council approved Ordinance 1-17-25 to pay Central Square Technologies for the city’s CAD/RMS annual subscription and maintenance. "This is our annual maintenance contract for our CAD RMS software by Central Square Technologies," Police Chief Kenny said during discussion. The ordinance passed 7-0 on a roll call vote.
Council also approved Ordinance 1-18-25 to buy a new sanitation vehicle through the HGACBuy cooperative purchasing program. Service Director Piccoli said using HGACBuy produced a saving "of about $50,000 on a 25 yard high compaction unit, with some thicker steel," and said the department hoped the truck would perform better than previous purchases after experiencing "hoppers failing at 7, 8 years into the use." The ordinance passed 7-0.
Ordinance 1-19-25, amending the 2025 budget primarily to cover advances discussed at the finance committee, was introduced and approved. "These are mostly to cover advances as we discussed at finance," Finance Director Durham said; the ordinance passed 7-0.
Resolution 1-20-25 adopted the city's tax budget for submission to the Medina County Auditor. Durham told council that state legislation was unlikely to move forward on reducing the "inside millage," so the city's figures were expected to remain unchanged. "We were informed, [the state legislature] is probably not gonna move forward on dropping inside millage, so everything should stay the way it was," Durham said. The resolution passed 7-0.
Decisions made June 23 will be reflected in the city’s records and the tax budget will be submitted to the Medina County Auditor as required. The purchased truck and the police software maintenance agreement will proceed under the contracts authorized by the council votes.
