Akron City Council approves consent agenda including ambulances, demolition, resurfacing and environmental sponsorships
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Summary
Council suspended rules where requested and recorded unanimous (13–0) votes to place several items on the consent agenda and to pass emergency ordinances authorizing demolition, ambulance purchases, road resurfacing agreements and a sponsorship with Fairlawn for a dam removal project.
Akron City Council approved a package of consent and emergency items, recorded by the clerk as passing 13–0, including contracts and agreements the administration said are needed for public safety and infrastructure.
Councilman McKittrick presented several items that the committee recommended for the consent agenda. Among them: an agreement to enter a sponsorship with the city of Fairlawn for a water-resources restoration sponsor program related to removing a dam on Shaka Log Run; participatory agreements with the Ohio Department of Transportation for resurfacing work on Tallmadge Avenue; authorization to pay for the emergency demolition of a condemned residential property; and emergency purchases to replace aging med units.
On the emergency purchase items, the council authorized the mayor or designee to enter into a contract with Penn Care Incorporated for two ambulances, two power-load systems and required standard equipment; meeting remarks said the replaced units were at or near 100,000 miles and nine years old. The council also approved an emergency purchase from Stryker Sales LLC for three Lifepak 35 cardiac monitors with a four-year service plan.
Council members moved to suspend the rules where requested; in each instance the presiding officer noted no objections and the suspensions and votes were approved. The clerk recorded house tallies of 13–0 for the ordinances where the record shows formal passage.
No separate discussion or amendments were recorded on the floor for these consent items beyond committee explanations and the routine suspension of rules. Committee and scheduling announcements followed, and the meeting then moved on to other business before adjourning.
