Council approves emergency generator deal and lot consolidation for Myers store on Broadview Road

Seven Hills City Council on the evening of Jan. 27 approved an emergency ordinance authorizing a memorandum of understanding with Myers Stores Limited Partnership for the purchase and installation of an emergency generator at the Myers gas station at 7701 Broadview Road, and adopted a related lot‑consolidation resolution for the property.

Councilperson Kelly moved to suspend the rules and read amended Ordinance 8‑20‑26 by title only; the ordinance authorizes the mayor to execute the agreement with Myers Stores Limited Partnership and appropriates a municipal contribution toward the generator. The council approved the emergency clause and passed the ordinance as an emergency measure. Council Pro Tem Castanza later moved and the council adopted Resolution 2‑20‑26, approving the lot consolidation of land owned by Myers Stores Limited Partnership (permanent parcel number 55223094) and declaring an emergency.

Mayor Piaciano thanked council and the law director, Eric Moore, for work on the measure and said the generator will serve city vehicles in the event of emergency or power loss. The mayor also told the council that the administration worked through details with the store operator to make the project happen.

The ordinance text in the record refers to a municipal contribution figure of $225,000 and language indicating the contribution is less than 50% of the generator's total cost; the transcript of the meeting is garbled in places on exact phrasing. The council did not provide a detailed funding breakdown on the record beyond the appropriation amount cited in the ordinance text. The ordinance and resolution were passed by voice votes; the clerk recorded no roll‑call tallies in the transcript.

Next steps identified in the meeting: the law director and administration will finalize the memorandum of understanding with Myers Stores Limited Partnership and proceed with implementing the generator purchase under the terms approved. The council scheduled any further ordinance amendments for the rules committee as needed.