Seven Hills council approves sports contract, accepts NOPEC grant and OKs engineering contract; adopts two emergency resolutions
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At its Feb. 24 meeting the Seven Hills City Council approved three emergency ordinances — a $130,000 youth sports contract, a $26,145 NOPEC grant acceptance and an up-to-$85,000 engineering agreement — and adopted resolutions objecting to a FirstEnergy outage-duration request and supporting the state’s US250 commemoration.
Seven Hills City Council voted on multiple ordinances and resolutions during a brief meeting on Feb. 24, approving three emergency ordinances and adopting two emergency resolutions.
Councilman Morrow moved to adopt Ordinance 11-20-26 authorizing the mayor to enter an annual professional services contract with Rookie Athletics to provide sports programs at the Seven Hills Recreation Complex for the period Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026, with appropriations not to exceed $130,000. Council suspended the rules, approved the emergency clause and passed the ordinance as an emergency measure on voice votes.
Councilman Elliott led the council in approving Ordinance 12-20-26 to accept a Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) Energized Community grant award in the amount of $26,145; the council suspended the rules, approved the emergency clause and passed the ordinance as an emergency measure. Councilperson Kelly moved and the council passed Ordinance 13-20-26 to contract with Osborne Engineering of Cleveland, Ohio, for design, bid documents and limited construction administration for the grama and waterline replacement project, not to exceed $85,000 plus reimbursable expenses; that ordinance also passed with its emergency clause approved.
On resolutions, Councilman Snitsky moved adoption of Resolution 3-20-26, described in the reading as “a resolution objecting to FirstEnergy’s request to let power outages last longer,” and the council adopted it as an emergency measure. Councilman Morrow moved and the council adopted Resolution 04-20-26 to have the city support the Ohio commission’s activities tied to the United States Semiquincentennial (US250); the resolution was adopted as an emergency measure.
All actions were taken by voice vote after motions to suspend rules and approve emergency clauses; the meeting record shows approval on each voice vote but does not list roll-call tallies for individual members. The council opened the meeting at 6:18 p.m., handled the ordinance and resolution readings and adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
The electric-bicycle ordinance (listed as the second reading of Ordinance 9-20-26 to amend Chapter 373 on electric bicycle rules) was read by title during the meeting; no final action on that ordinance was recorded during the session.