Strongsville council adopts stormwater rules, approves public-safety equipment contract and multiple street-maintenance bids

Strongsville City Council on Feb. 18 approved a package of ordinances and resolutions affecting stormwater rules, public-safety equipment procurement and routine street-maintenance contracts, and filed conditional objections to two pending liquor-permit applications. Council voted unanimously on each measure.

Council members suspended the rules and adopted two stormwater-related ordinances that amend the city code to update prohibitions on certain discharges and to revise stormwater management design criteria. Council also voted to place a separate planning-related ordinance (amending the composition of the Architectural Review Board) on third reading and set a public hearing for April 7.

In routine service-department business the council authorized the mayor to advertise for bids for ready-mixed concrete and to advertise for bids for paint striping and street-sweeping services for 2025–2026. Each of those resolutions was approved unanimously after motions to suspend the rules and adopt.

On public safety the council approved a contract with Utility Associates Inc. to replace obsolete body-worn cameras, in-car video systems and related software and equipment without public bidding under a state-term exception; the administration reported the cost at about $110,000 per year for five years. Council also approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to file an application for financial assistance through the Ohio Department of…