Votes at a glance: Cuyahoga County Council adopts budget amendments, contracts and development measures on July 8
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Summary
At its July 8 meeting Cuyahoga County Council adopted a budget amendment, multiple contract amendments and awards, and a five-year economic development plan; the council also introduced an ordinance to ban conversion therapy and referred several items to committee.
Cuyahoga County Council on July 8 adopted a range of resolutions that included a biennial budget amendment, contract amendments for infrastructure and technology, a large bridge contract award, and a five-year economic development plan. Council also introduced Ordinance 20250003 to prohibit conversion therapy on minors and vulnerable adults and referred it to the Health, Human Services and Aging Committee.
Key actions adopted or advanced at the meeting included:
- Resolution 20250233 — Amended the 2024–2025 biennial operating budget to provide additional appropriations, transfers and cash transfers. The clerk noted two items of note in the amendment: a $400,000 repayment to the National Guard for a pay-for-success program (funding source: Social Impact Fund) and $180,000 for new surveillance cameras at the jail (funding source: commissary fund; balance cited at $2,100,000). The resolution was moved, seconded and adopted.
- Resolution 20250224 — Awarded a contract for rehabilitation and bridge replacement on Rockside Road (bridge numbers 03.23 and 3.32) to the ruling company in an amount not to exceed $22,456,737.47. County staff explained the bridges had been rated 5 (on a 9-to-0 scale, with 4 requiring closure) and that the funding split for the project was approximately 64% federal, 20% issue, and 16% county dollars; federal DBE goals set by ODOT were met. A substitute preamble was accepted and the resolution as substituted was adopted.
- Resolution 20250225 — Granted project feasibility approval and authorized agreements necessary to implement the Euclid co-developed microgrid project and authorized an amendment to a contract with Compass Energy Partners with additional funds in an amount not to exceed $10,000,640. The measure was adopted.
- Resolution 20250227 — Authorized an amendment to a contract with AT&T Enterprises LLC for session initiation protocol services and replacement of two circuits on the Cisco infrastructure, extending the contract term to June 30, 2030 and adding funds not to exceed $1,347,286.80. The resolution was adopted.
- Resolution 20250201 and related items — The council adopted an amendment to prior resurfacing resolutions, adding and removing specific road segments to reflect current project plans. Several other road and sewer district resolutions were read into the record and referred to the Public Works Procurement and Contracting Committee or adopted where noted on the agenda.
- Resolution 20250212 — Adopted the county's 2025 economic development plan (five-year plan) after accepting a substitute that added an appendix and progress assessment requested by members of council.
- Resolution 20250213 — Authorized a date-extension amendment to a county mixed-use loan for the Beacon Project (515 Euclid Ave) to align the county loan maturity with the primary lender's loan maturity; the sponsor said the project is anticipated to create 92 permanent jobs and provide rental housing for 150 residents in downtown Cleveland. The measure was adopted.
- Resolution 20250214 — Authorized an amendment to a master contract for a summer youth employment program for low-income TANF-eligible youths and added $857,746 in funding for contracts with Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Verge Inc.; the resolution was adopted.
- Resolution 20250234 — Accepted a fact-finder report regarding a successor collective bargaining agreement between the county and International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18; the resolution was adopted after an executive-session discussion earlier in the day.
Several other resolutions and contract amendments were introduced and referred to committees for further review, including an ordinance to ban conversion therapy (Ordinance 20250003) which was referred to the Health, Human Services and Aging Committee with Council President Miller added as a cosponsor. Council also scheduled a Committee of the Whole meeting for July 22 that will include a public presentation and possible vote on an amendment to the jail agreement with the city of Cleveland and a confirmation hearing for Anthony W. Scott as director of housing and community development.
How council voted: For many items the meeting transcript records the procedural "aye" vote and that the resolution was adopted; roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript for each vote.
