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Votes at a glance: Council adopts multiple ordinances including inspection, contract and budget items
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Independence City Council adopted several ordinances and resolutions covering inspection-services change orders, right-of-way inspection contracts, ambulance remounting, hydrant fees, a FHWA Safe Streets grant contract, an IAFF agreement and temporary-appropriation amendments; several large capital and TIF items were left on first reading.
The Independence City Council completed a series of routine and substantive votes at its Jan. 13 meeting. Key outcomes:
- Ordinance 20-26-1: Authorized change order #1 to ACM Construction Management LLC for Concordia Oaks inspection services (additional deposit requested $30,000); adopted by roll call (six yes, one no).
- Ordinance 20-26-2: Retained Mannick and Smith Group Inc for general engineering and inspection services in the city right-of-way (100% reimbursable); adopted by roll call.
- Ordinance 20-26-4: Accepted Penn Care Inc's proposal to remount a 2019 Braun ambulance (estimated remount cost roughly $250,000 with contingency); adopted by roll call.
- Ordinance 20-26-5: Authorized annual payment to the water division for hydrant fees (city listed 867 hydrants); adopted by roll call.
- Ordinance 20-26-6: Accepted a contract with Verdantus LLC to prepare a comprehensive transportation plan under an FHWA Safe Streets for All grant (project $232,000; FHWA funded $185,600; city share ~$46,400); adopted by roll call.
- Ordinance 20-26-8: Amended employee benefits (maternity leave) and was adopted.
- Ordinance 20-26-12: Authorized mayor to execute agreement with IAFF Local 2375 (2025–2027); adopted.
- Ordinance 20-26-13: Amended 2026 temporary annual appropriations to adjust a transfer so the municipal income tax fund shows a positive year-end balance; adopted by roll call (vote recorded 5–2 on the appropriation amendment).
Several larger or more complex items were left on first reading for additional committee review, including Ordinance 20-26-3 (Brecksville Road waterline/streetscape) and Ordinance 20-26-9 (Concordia Homes Incentive District TIF). Council removed Ordinances 20-26-10 and 20-26-11 from the agenda to obtain vendor clarifications.
The meeting record shows roll-call votes for many adopted items; where individual roll-call tallies were recorded, those names and votes are included in the meeting minutes. Staff noted most inspection and utility-contract costs are 100% reimbursable by permittees and utilities, but several capital projects require finance-committee review before final appropriation.
