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Council adopts five measures including summer meals contract, NeoGov HR contract and America250 resolution
Summary
Akron City Council passed a resolution supporting Ohio’s America250 observance and approved several emergency ordinances and contracts, including a $6 million state grant mention for a street project and a summer meals contract with Akron Public Schools.
Akron City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a package of measures including a resolution supporting Ohio’s participation in the United States Semiquincentennial observance and several emergency ordinances authorizing contracts and construction agreements.
The council recorded unanimous outcomes on five new legislative items. The measures included:
- A resolution supporting the Ohio Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial, "America250OH," declaring an emergency. The measure passed 13 to 0.
- An ordinance authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into contracts without the formality of advertising for bids with GovernmentJobs.com Inc. for NeoGov human resources software for the Department of Human Resources; the committee reported favorably and the ordinance passed 13 to 0. Council members said the item represents an annual contract that will return in future budgets.
- An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to advertise for bids and enter into a contract for the sodium hypochlorite feed system replacement project; this item was placed on the consent agenda and approved as part of the consent vote.
- An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to contract with Raftelus Financial Consultants Inc. for customer-information-system implementation support; this item was also placed on the consent agenda and approved.
- An ordinance authorizing the mayor or his designee to contract with Akron Public Schools to provide meal preparation and delivery services as part of the city's annual summer food-service program; council discussed that last year the program served 27,000 meals at 16 locations and passed the ordinance 13 to 0.
Council suspended the rules for several items to vote on them at the same meeting. Where recorded, votes were taken by voice and the clerk reported the final tallies as 13 to 0 for the listed items.
No ordinance numbers or contract dollar amounts (except the summer meals participation figure and the NeoGov renewal description) were provided in the meeting transcript; where the transcript omitted details, the meeting record lists them as not specified. The council placed multiple items on the consent agenda; the consent agenda passed 13 to 0 earlier in the meeting, advancing those items without separate debate.
