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Medina council unanimously approves package of contracts, grants and property purchases
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Summary
On Jan. 26, 2026 the Medina City Council unanimously approved a slate of ordinances and resolutions — including contracts for financial reporting and signal service, grant applications for police vests, property purchases on Foundry Street, a JEDD annexation and a $280,000 courthouse change order — most votes 7-0.
The Medina City Council voted unanimously on Jan. 26 to adopt a package of ordinances and resolutions that included contracts, grant applications, property transactions and a change order for the municipal courthouse renovation.
Council approved a three-year contract with Reine Associates, Inc., to prepare the city’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). Finance Director Durham pointed out a clerical error in the ordinance language, saying the contract years should read ’26, ’27 and ’28. The council approved the CAFR contract on a roll-call vote.
The council authorized up to $60,000 for emergency traffic-signal repairs to Signal Service Company and up to $70,000 to Lake County Sewer Cove for storm-sewer cleaning and grouting work that the street department cannot easily excavate.
Two resolutions will allow the police department to apply for and accept reimbursements from vest grant programs: one from the Patrick Leahy bulletproof vest reimbursement program (FY2024) and another application to the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s BVP program (FY2025).
Council authorized the purchase of a 2026 Ford F-250 pickup equipped with a snow plow for the cemetery department, and approved an update to the city’s codified ordinances to reflect membership and designee requirements for the Community University Education purchasing program (now operating as a Council of Governments/CALC member).
The council approved acceptance of appraisals and easement acquisitions tied to bridge projects (South Huntington Street and Prospect Street), adding emergency clauses where grant deadlines required immediate action. It also approved the tenth amendment to the City of Medina–Montville Township Joint Economic Development District (JEDD) and related annexation adding four parcels totaling about 59.4 acres (two parcels owned by Lakefront Ohio LLC and two by Cobblestone Crossings LLC).
The council accepted donor support and moved to acquire a vacant lot at 338 Foundry Street, approving two donations ($12,000 from Murray and Susan Van Apt and $20,500 from the Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation) and authorizing a purchase agreement with Richard Allen Anthony for that parcel.
Council also approved change order #1 to Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) #3 for the Medina Municipal Courthouse renovation, covering seven project-director changes totaling $280,000. City staff told council some of the change orders were unavoidable and noted the renovation has already exceeded early cost expectations by roughly $3 million.
All listed ordinances and resolutions on the Jan. 26 consent/action list were adopted by roll-call votes and recorded as unanimous where roll call shows all yes votes. Several ordinances included emergency clauses to meet grant or payment deadlines.
What happens next: where emergency clauses were added, staff said they will proceed with the required procurement or right-of-way steps immediately; other routine contracting and purchasing steps will proceed under existing administrative processes.
