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Garfield Heights Council adopts cybersecurity policy, equipment purchases, property sale and extends vape-shop moratorium
Summary
At its November meeting the Garfield Heights City Council unanimously approved a cybersecurity ordinance required under state law, a scheduled equipment contract, the sale of a parcel adjacent to the Infinity site, and an extension of a moratorium on vaping shops; Resolution 39 adopting a transit‑oriented development study also passed.
The Garfield Heights City Council on Nov. 0 adopted a package of emergency ordinances and a resolution, each approved on unanimous recorded or voice votes, including a cybersecurity program the city says complies with a new state requirement.
The mayor and the city law director told council the state amended Ohio law to require public entities to adopt a cybersecurity program; the law director said the program text is not public record but must be enacted. "We have to do so according to the outer state by January 1," the law director said, urging council to act sooner rather than later. Council then…
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