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Votes at a glance: Solon City Council actions include police protection agreement, liquor permit transfer, and multiple emergency ordinances
Summary
The council approved a police protection agreement for Bainbridge Township, a liquor-permit transfer, multiple emergency ordinances and consent items including a $20,000 donation for trees and a Verizon lease amendment; most actions passed unanimously under suspension or on first reading as recorded in roll calls.
The Solon City Council on Oct. 20 took a series of formal actions including passing an ordinance to authorize Solon police protection in Bainbridge Township, approving a liquor-permit transfer for Lee’s Seafood Boyle, and adopting several emergency and consent ordinances. Most items were approved unanimously on roll call under suspension of rules or as consent items.
Key outcomes (selected): - Ordinance 2025195 — Authorized the Solon Police Department to provide police protection in Bainbridge Township pursuant to its security agreement with Solon Schools; passed under suspension and emergency, final passage unanimous on roll call.
- Liquor permit transfer — Application from Lee’s Seafood Boyle, 28500 Miles Road, Suite A: motion to approve passed unanimously after no objections were received from reporting directors.
- Ordinance 2025196 — Accepted a $20,000 donation from Akron Community Foundation (Peter and Marilyn Savitsy) for tree installation on Clearwater Court; approved as emergency measure.
- Ordinance 2025197 — First amendment to tower and building lease agreement with Cellco Partnership (Verizon Wireless) for the communications tower adjacent to the police station; amended lease reduced monthly rent to $1,800 with a 10% annual increase; approved under consent.
- Ordinance 2025198 (as recorded) — Waived competitive bidding and accepted a quote to authorize 2028 maintenance/purchase of dash and body cameras from Motorola Solutions Inc., $106,272.60; approved under emergency (discussion credited to safety committee).
- Ordinance 2025199 — Waived competitive bidding and accepted procurement of 2026 portable radios through Chagrin Valley Dispatch with grant funding from the Ohio State Fire Marshal’s office; approved as emergency.
- Ordinances 2025200, 2025201, 2025202 — Series of "then and now" certificates authorizing payment for various purchase orders; approved at finance committee and passed under emergency.
- Ordinance 2025203 — Amendment to 2025 annual appropriations transferring $20,000 between line items for planning commission expenditures; approved as emergency and described as budget neutral.
Several planning consent items were also acted on earlier in the meeting. The council acknowledged the planning commission approval for a lot split and consolidation for parcels at 5411 Harper Road and 5400 Brookside Trail (applicant Paul Singerman and Kimberly Singerman, trustees); council action cleared the project to start contingent on planning and engineering requirements. The council also approved a 25% fence aggregate opening variance at 5416 Stone Creek Drive (applicant Matthew and Laura Cogan) after the planning commission had approved the variance 4-1 and the applicant agreed to materials and screening requirements.
Most consent and emergency ordinances were adopted by unanimous roll calls recorded in the transcript; where committee chairs noted prior committee approval (safety, finance), council remarks referenced those committee actions.
A complete list of formal actions and roll-call tallies follows in the actions array for audit and record-keeping.
