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Council approves package of ordinances including grant agreements, appropriations and equipment purchase
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting, the Mentor City Council approved a group of ordinances that update the codified ordinances, authorize short-term cash advances and appropriation revisions, authorize a radio purchase for the police department, accept a NOPEC energy grant, and approve agreements tied to a $6 million channel/harbor restoration project.
Mentor City Council on Feb. 4 approved a package of ordinances covering housekeeping updates to the city code, a temporary cash advance and appropriation revisions, a police radio purchase, a NOPEC energy grant, and agreements tied to the Mentor harbor erosion mitigation project.
The ordinances were presented as routine and emergency measures and were adopted after brief staff presentations. Council suspended the rules and approved each ordinance by roll call during the meeting; no dissenting votes were recorded in the meeting transcript for these items.
The ordinance updating the codified ordinances was described by the city attorney as a routine housekeeping item to publish replacement pages in the code.
A separate ordinance authorizes a temporary cash advance of $16,665.48 from the general fund into two grant funds and makes several appropriation revisions, including an approximately $1.3 million increase related to a water-park slide installation. The presenting staff member described the ordinance as both authorizing the advance and making the necessary appropriation increases.
Police Chief Gunsche told council the department needs to replace portable radios that are out of support and failing. He said the department plans to buy 25 Motorola APX N70 radios and that the radios and accessories are available through state contract pricing; he added the final quote for the 25 radios was given to the city as $173,671.25 and recommended approval.
Council also approved an ordinance to accept a NOPEC (Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council) Energized Community grant for $106,398 to fund parking-lot lighting and HVAC upgrades.
Two related ordinances concern the Mentor channel/harbor restoration: one authorizes the city manager to enter a pass-through grant agreement with the Lake Development Authority so that the Lake Development Authority, as lead agency, can expend funds for the Mentor Erosion Mitigation Project; staff said the city received a $3,000,000 Ohio capital budget grant for restoration of channel walls, and the Lake Development Authority received a companion $3,000,000, for a total project cost of $6,000,000.
A companion agreement authorizes the city manager to enter into a cost-sharing agreement with the Lake Development Authority and the Mentor Harbor Yacht Club for the project’s required local match. Staff said the grant includes a $500,000 local match requirement, that $300,000 in in‑kind costs was already credited, and that the remaining $200,000 local match would be split among three beneficiaries; the city’s share was described in the meeting as roughly one third (about $66,000).
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 25-O-010 — Revise codified ordinances (housekeeping). Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25-O-011 — Authorize temporary cash advance of $16,665.48 and appropriation revisions (includes approximately $1,300,000 for water‑park slide). Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25-O-012 — Authorize purchase contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. for 25 mobile radios. Final quoted amount presented: $173,671.25. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25-O-013 — Accept NOPEC Energized Community grant, $106,398. Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25-O-014 — Enter pass-through grant agreement with Lake Development Authority for Mentor Erosion Mitigation Project (city received $3,000,000; Lake Development Authority also received $3,000,000; total project cost $6,000,000). Outcome: approved. - Ordinance 25-O-015 — Agreement with Lake Development Authority and Mentor Harbor Yacht Club to share costs of channel/revetment restoration and local match split (city share ≈ $66,000). Outcome: approved.
Council actions on these ordinances were recorded in roll call votes during the meeting; the transcript records council members responding “Yes” on the roll calls for the above items.
Ending
Council moved from these approvals to consideration of a second-reading ordinance on nepotism and other agenda business; the meeting then continued with public comment and additional new-business items.
