Council moves to add Community Development Supplemental Grant application as emergency item

During the public works committee meeting, Seven Hills City Council members voted to add an agenda item as an emergency so the council could consider submittal of a Community Development Supplemental Grant administered by Cuyahoga County.

Director Berger told the committee that the grant is an annual federal program administered by the county and asked that the item be placed on an emergency calendar because the county has a November deadline. "If it could be put on emergency because the county has a deadline, a time frame of November so that we can pass it out of committee and get it on the agenda," Director Berger said.

Council President Costanzo moved to add the legislation as an emergency for the next meeting; a colleague seconded the motion. During the roll call on that motion, one recorded response was "Snitsky, yes" followed by "Costanzo, yes." The committee confirmed the motion and said it would present the item to the full council at the next meeting to meet the county's timeline. No funding amounts, grant project descriptions, or final application language were provided during the committee discussion in the recorded transcript.

The record shows the council's intent to pursue the annual submittal; the motion recorded on the committee floor was limited to adding the grant-related legislation to the upcoming agenda as an emergency so the council could consider it in time to meet the county deadline.

Speakers who addressed the grant item in committee included Director Berger and Council President Costanzo; other council members spoke during the committee but did not offer further details about project scope or dollar amounts.