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Solon City Council approves multiple emergency ordinances, contracts and permits in omnibus vote
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Solon City Council approved a long consent agenda and several separately noted ordinances — including zoning variances, sewer-rate legislation and multiple procurement contracts — all passed under suspension as emergency measures or on final passage.
The Solon City Council on Feb. 18 approved a large omnibus consent agenda and multiple individually called items, passing each ordinance or permit by roll call, typically as emergency legislation.
Council approved the minutes for the Jan. 21, 2025 meeting on a motion by Councilman Bentley, seconded by Councilman Khan. The council then approved Planning Commission consent item No. 1: a front-yard parking setback variance and a curbing requirement variance for Argos Capital (30501 Carter Street), with the planning commission’s recommendation that the site plan comply with an engineering memo dated Feb. 5, 2025.
Multiple liquor-permit applications were approved without objection, including permits for Mishmosh (5020 Brannon Road), Butcher’s Pantry (33475 Station Street) and Ohio Springs d/b/a Sheetz (5950 Cochran Road).
Separately called ordinances included (excerpted; all listed items were approved under roll call as recorded): - Ordinance 2025-20 — authorizing A and K Railroad Material, Inc., to remove brush and trees from Harper Road to the Norfolk Southern line (passed under suspension). - Ordinance 2025-21 — amending the streets, utilities and public services code to establish sewer rates (passed under suspension; council stated sewer rates remain the same for the year).
The consent portion of the agenda, adopted under suspension as a group, included ordinances to create three new non-bargaining employee classifications (2025-22), appointments to the board of tax review (2025-23), final contract adjustments and closeouts for street-striping and tree-replacement projects (2025-24, 2025-25), renewal and award of multiple service and procurement contracts for traffic signals, roadway repair, sanitary and storm repairs, equipment purchases, and emergency purchases including a retroactive road-salt buy (noted amounts and vendors are recorded in the meeting file and in individual ordinance texts).
Council also approved purchases for fleet and service equipment (including Police Interceptors, a 33-cubic-yard automated side-loader, and automated carts), waived some competitive-bid requirements where noted in ordinance language, and accepted a NOPEC energize community grant (2025-47) for $60,444.09 to fund qualifying projects in 2025.
All recorded roll-call votes on ordinances and consent items show affirmative votes from the attending council members: Councilman Bentley, Councilman Khan, Mr. Lobscher, Vice Mayor Meaney, Councilman Palunas, Councilman Schmitz and Mayor Krauss (recorded as “yes” for each item). Where individual ordinance texts referenced specific amounts, contract numbers or completion dates, those figures were recited by staff at the meeting and are recorded in the official ordinance language.
Votes at a glance (selected items; full list in meeting packet): - Minutes (1/21/2025) — Motion: approve; Mover: Bentley; Second: Khan; Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Planning Commission consent — 30501 Carter Street (Argos Capital) variances — Outcome: approved (unanimous); site plan approval contingent on engineering memo 02/05/2025. - Liquor permits — Mishmosh (5020 Brannon Rd), Butcher’s Pantry (33475 Station St), Sheetz (5950 Cochran Rd) — Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Ordinance 2025-20 (railroad brush/tree removal) — Outcome: approved (final passage under suspension, unanimous). - Ordinance 2025-21 (sewer-rate amendments) — Outcome: approved (final passage under suspension, unanimous). - Consent omnibus (ordinance numbers 2025-22 through 2025-49, selected) — Outcome: approved (final passage under suspension, unanimous). See meeting packet for full ordinance-by-ordinance language, contract amounts and vendor names.
Council moved, seconded and adopted the consent agenda under suspension; staff and council members repeatedly stated the items had been vetted in committee where applicable. No recorded roll-call “no” votes were recorded in the transcript excerpt; where staff gave dollar amounts or completion dates, those figures were read into the record and appear in the official ordinance texts.
