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Akron council passes consent agenda, adopts Arbor Day resolution
Summary
The Akron City Council placed multiple ordinances and resolutions on a consent agenda and approved them unanimously; a resolution declaring Arbor Day and Arbor Week was suspended and passed the same night.
Akron City Council voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda and adopted a resolution declaring April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day and April 28–May 2, 2025, as Arbor Week.
The consent agenda, approved 13–0, included ordinances authorizing contracts and other administrative actions and a water main planning application. Council members placed the items on consent and passed them together rather than taking separate votes.
The council also suspended the rules to consider the Arbor Day resolution immediately and passed it 13–0. Councilman Michael Kammer asked for suspension of the rules and described the committee report as favorable; the presiding officer called for the vote and the measure carried without opposition.
Details on individual items placed on the consent agenda were read into the record. They included an emergency authorization for the mayor or designee to enter into a contract with Wolper Inc. for production support and implementation services for CityWorks; removal of through-street designations on portions of East Archwood Avenue; repair contracts for in-ground service pits at the motor equipment facility; a 36-month lease agreement for two 11-yard packer trucks with Premier Truck Sales and Rental Inc.; an ordinance to file applications with the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account and the Ohio Water Development Authority for the 2024 water main replacement program; and a mutual-aid agreement with the city of Dayton. Item descriptions were summarized from the meeting agenda and read aloud during the meeting; funding amounts or contract prices were not specified on the record.
By adopting the consent agenda, the council approved each listed ordinance and the mutual-aid agreement as presented and adopted the Arbor Day resolution after suspending the rules. No separate recorded roll-call for each individual ordinance appeared in the meeting record; the clerk announced the consent vote totals.
The meeting record shows committee assignments and upcoming committee meeting times announced following the vote. No further debate on the consent items was recorded at the meeting.
