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Toledo City Council adopts code changes, community safety plan and multiple infrastructure and equipment appropriations
Summary
At its May 6 meeting, the council unanimously passed a series of ordinances and resolutions including code revisions on lots and burials, adoption of the "Peace in Motion" community safety plan, and a set of capital and operating expenditures for public works, water operations and public safety equipment.
The Toledo City Council on May 6 approved a package of ordinances and resolutions covering municipal code amendments, a five-year community safety plan and several infrastructure and equipment expenditures. Most items were adopted after suspension of rules and the council's roll-call votes indicated unanimous passage on those items recorded in the transcript.
Key items adopted (selected):
- Ordinance 162-25: Repealed portions of Chapter 959 (Lots and Burials) of the Toledo Municipal Code and enacted new sections for lots and burials; declared an emergency. Ordinance passed by council vote.
- Ordinance 165-25: Adopted "Peace in Motion," Toledo's five-year community safety plan, declared an emergency. Ordinance passed by council vote.
- Resolution recognizing National Small Business Week (date range cited during meeting: May 4'10) was adopted; Deputy Director Welsh noted that roughly 75% of Toledo small businesses employ fewer than 10 people.
- Ordinance 184-25: Declared it necessary to improve portions of Hafner Road (street lighting installation), declared an emergency; adopted.
- Ordinance 185-25: Authorized expenditure not to exceed $53,100 from the Street Construction, Maintenance & Repair Fund for a three-year software maintenance agreement (SendTrax traffic signal software); waived competitive bidding and declared an emergency; adopted.
- Water and utilities items: A SCADA system support agreement (annual authorization not to exceed $50,000; up to three-year initial term with option to renew) was authorized; a flocculator replacement at Collins Park Water Treatment Plant was authorized (amount not to exceed $60,000, declared an emergency); and a reappropriation/operating transfer of $300,000 in the water replacement fund to the water operating fund for cross-connection control surveys was authorized and declared an emergency.
- Fleet and equipment: An item authorizing up to $24,000 from the special assessment fund for vehicle leases for urban beautification was introduced (first reading noted). Fire and rescue equipment and vehicles expenditures (up to $850,000) and fire station improvements (up to $250,000) were authorized and declared an emergency. A maintenance/settlement and equipment appropriations package related to heavy equipment repair and an amended repair agreement were adopted (settlement and reappropriation described in transcript, $150,000 noted).
- Insurance, technology, and other operating items: A one-year stop-loss insurance agreement with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield was authorized; a Windows 10 computer replacement purchase of $250,000 from the capital improvement fund was authorized (waiver of competitive bidding noted); an appropriation of $25,000 for printing and mailing the annual youth program guide was adopted; a final insurance settlement deposit of $638,273 related to frozen/burst water lines at the Water Reclamation Facility was accepted; a maintenance agreement for cardiac monitors and related emergency medical equipment (up to $360,000) was authorized.
Most of the measures were adopted under suspension of the council's normal rules and declared emergency ordinances, as recorded in the meeting transcript. The meeting record shows roll-call "yes" votes for the listed items and "Ordinance passed" or "Resolution adopted" for each measure noted below.
Votes at a glance (selected items): - Ordinance 162-25 (Lots and burials code revisions): Adopted (vote recorded in transcript; unanimous as read). - Ordinance 165-25 (Peace in Motion plan): Adopted (unanimous as read). - Ordinance 184-25 (Hafner Road street lighting): Adopted (unanimous as read). - Ordinance 185-25 (SendTrax software, up to $53,100): Adopted (unanimous as read). - Ordinance 188-25 (Flocculator replacement, up to $60,000): Adopted (unanimous as read). - Ordinance 189-25 (Cross connection control surveys, transfer/appropriation $300,000): Adopted (unanimous as read). - Ordinance for fire and rescue vehicles (up to $850,000) and fire station improvements ($250,000): Adopted (unanimous as read). - Ordinance (LifePak 15 maintenance and related EMS equipment, up to $360,000): Adopted (unanimous as read).
No formal recorded "no" votes or abstentions were documented in the portions of the transcript showing passage statements; where counts were spoken the transcript records the roll calls with affirmative responses.
Council members did not engage in extended debate on these items in the portions of the transcript where they were presented; most were introduced by city departments, followed by suspension motions, emergency declarations and roll-call passage.
