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Akron City Council approves budget amendment, property disposition, housing and land‑use ordinances and a resolution urging alternatives for Firestone clock-tow
Summary
Council suspended rules and passed a substitute budget-appropriation amendment, ordinances on vacant-building and housing-code amendments, a property disposition for a Hickory development parcel, and a resolution urging the administration to explore ways to save the Firestone Plant 1 clock tower; multiple items passed unanimously or by recorded roll calls.
Akron City Council approved a series of ordinances and resolutions after committee reports and suspension of rules, including an emergency budget amendment, land-use and housing-code changes, a property disposition for development and a resolution urging alternatives to preserve the clock tower at the former Firestone Plant 1.
Budget and finance: Councilman Lombardo introduced a substitute amendment to Ordinance No. 11072025 (the annual appropriation ordinance for fiscal year ending 12/31/2025). The committee reported favorably, council suspended the rules and the ordinance passed 13 to 0 as an emergency measure.
Planning and economic development: An ordinance amending Title 15…
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