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Seven Hills council confirms mayor’s-court magistrate, approves emergency engineering contracts
Summary
At a 13-minute meeting Oct. 14, the Seven Hills City Council reconfirmed Corey Flowers as mayor’s-court magistrate and passed two emergency ordinances to hire engineering firms for a road intersection project and a waterline design update; council also heard first readings on drone rules and a public-health agreement.
Seven Hills City Council on Oct. 14 confirmed Corey Flowers as magistrate for the city’s mayor’s court and approved two emergency engineering contracts for road and waterline projects.
The council, meeting at 6:12 p.m., voted unanimously to reconfirm Corey Flowers to the magistrate post. Mayor Villasciaga introduced the reconfirmation, saying, “Corey has been in the role for 3 years. He's doing a good job.” The motion to confirm was moved and received a second; the roll call produced all votes in favor and Flowers was confirmed.
The council also passed two ordinances as emergency measures to hire outside engineers. Ordinance 48-2025 authorizes the mayor to enter into an agreement with Osborne Engineering of Cleveland for an amount not to exceed $51,200 plus reimbursable expenses to provide survey, design, bid documents and limited construction-administration services for the Crossview Rockside Road intersection improvements project. Councilman Elliott moved both the suspension of the rules and final passage; roll calls recorded unanimous “yes” votes on the suspension, the emergency clause and final passage.
Ordinance 49-2025 authorizes the mayor to enter into an agreement with Osborne Engineering of Cleveland for an amount not to exceed $20,500 plus reimbursable expenses to provide design update services for the Skyview Waterline Replacement Project. Council passed ordinance 49-2025 as an emergency measure after unanimous roll-call votes to suspend the rules, adopt the emergency clause and pass the ordinance.
Council heard other items that did not result in final action. Council introduced (first reading) Ordinance 44-2025, a draft amendment to the planning and zoning code to add a supplemental regulation and a definition for unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAVs, or drones). The text was presented by title; no vote was taken on the substance at this meeting.
On second reading, council reviewed Ordinance 45-2025, authorizing the mayor to enter into a public-health service agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for 2026–2027. The ordinance text included appropriations for calendar year 2027 of $117,669; the transcript recording for the 2026 appropriation was unclear and the amount was not specified in the record provided. Ordinance 46-2025 (amending council compensation language in the codified administrative code) was listed for second reading; no final vote on that ordinance was recorded in this session.
Council introduced Resolution 13-2025, authorizing the city to adopt a cybersecurity program “in compliance with Ohio Revised Code section 9.64 in House Bill 96.” That resolution was read by title and opened for record; no final vote was recorded at the Oct. 14 meeting.
Other business and departmental notes: Director of Public Service and Properties Bridal reported that “leaf pickup begins this week.” Councilperson Kelly said the zoning board of appeals meeting scheduled for the next day was canceled “due to no submissions.” Councilman Snitsky reported that planning-board items on Rockside Road are proceeding and said, “Everything is going swimmingly well on Rockside Road, with Cooper's Hawk, and the Burger King is going to be getting torn down here very soon while [they’ve] acquired the property, enlarging their parking lot.” The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
Votes at a glance: Ordinance 48-2025 (Osborne Engineering, Crossview Rockside Road intersection improvements) — passed as an emergency measure; roll-call votes on suspension, emergency clause and final passage recorded unanimous yeses. Ordinance 49-2025 (Osborne Engineering, Skyview Waterline design update) — passed as an emergency measure; roll-call votes recorded unanimous yeses. Confirmation of Corey Flowers as mayor’s-court magistrate — confirmed by unanimous roll call. Approval of council minutes for Sept. 30, 2025 — motion carried; Councilwoman Kelly abstained because she was not present at that earlier meeting.
The meeting record shows no items sent to committee, no resolutions adopted that evening, and no contested roll-call outcomes.
