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Parma Council amends sewer-grant language, adopts post-certification resolution and temporary appropriations update
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Parma City Council amended two sewer grant ordinances to remove a county department, referred several insurance and surplus-asset measures back to finance, adopted a post-certification resolution to permit vendor payment, and approved an amendment to 2025 temporary appropriations.
Parma City Council members on Jan. 21 amended two ordinances connected to a septic-abatement grant, referred several other finance measures back to committee, adopted a resolution to allow post-certification payments to vendors and approved a revised temporary appropriations ordinance.
On second reading the council amended Ordinance 210-24 and Ordinance 211-24 — both tied to the North and West Linden Lane septic abatement projects — to remove “and the Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works” from the heading and section 1. Council members said the county department was included in the text in error and is not part of the grant application; the amendments passed and both ordinances were referred back to the Finance Committee as amended.
Several other finance measures were referred back to committee without substantive debate. Resolution 213-24 (authorization to use internet auction for surplus property in 2025) and Ordinances 214-24 and 215-24 (contracts for municipal excess liability insurance and special multi-peril insurance, respectively) were all referred back to the Finance Committee for further action.
Under suspension of the rules, the council adopted Resolution 6-25, which approves the city auditor’s post certification of requisitions to permit payment to vendors when purchase orders were not obtained in advance. Auditor Day explained that post certifications occur when expenditures exceed $1,000 but a purchase order was not obtained; the funds were available but not previously appropriated. The resolution passed on a roll-call vote with all eight voting members recorded as “yes.”
The council also passed Ordinance 8-25 under suspension of the rules to amend the city’s 2025 temporary appropriations by accepting a revised Exhibit A. Council members were told the funds being appropriated are available but required formal appropriation because they were not included in the temporary budget adopted at year-end. The ordinance was adopted on roll call.
The council confirmed two reappointments recommended by the mayor: a five-year reappointment to the Board of Zoning Appeals for John (spelling varies in the transcript) with a term ending Sept. 21, 2029, and a five-year reappointment for George Zeiffel to the same board with the same term end date. The appointments had been approved earlier by the Appointment Scanning Committee and were confirmed by the full council.
Why it matters: The amendments to the sewer-grant ordinances remove an incorrect reference to a county department, which clarifies the city’s grant partners. Adopting Resolution 6-25 allows the city to pay vendors where procedural purchase orders were not obtained, and the appropriations amendment gives departments access to funds already available but not previously appropriated for 2025 operations.
