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Parma Heights council adopts amended 2023 appropriation, greenlights sewer-design applications
Summary
Council voted March 27 to pass an amended 2023 appropriation ordinance and approved resolutions authorizing design work and a Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) application for the Blossom & Sutherland sewer improvement project.
Parma Heights City Council voted March 27 to approve an amended appropriation ordinance and to authorize pursuing professional design services and loan-forgiveness funding for a neighborhood sewer project.
The council passed Ordinance No. 2023-18 — finalizing adjustments to the city’s 2023 appropriations — after suspending the rules; the roll call recorded seven votes in favor (Durichko, Walsh, Stavole, Haase, Maruschak, DeSouza, Rounds) and none opposed. Clerk Allen read the ordinance by title before the vote.
Council also approved Resolution No. 2023-20, authorizing the administration to enter a project agreement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) to obtain professional engineering design services and to receive WPCLF principal forgiveness funds for the Blossom and Sutherland Avenues Sewer Improvement Project. Council then passed Resolution No. 2023-21, authorizing the administration to apply for and enter into a WPCLF agreement on the city’s behalf for the design services and related documents. Both resolutions were read, the rules were suspended, and each passed unanimously.
According to Finance Director Iaconis, the administration plans to combine NEORSD cost-share opportunities with other funding sources to support capital projects; she said earlier in the meeting she is preparing a Community Cost Share application to NEORSD that could help cover portions of park and stormwater projects.
No formal vote record for Resolution 2023-19 (authorizing public sale of obsolete vehicles and equipment through GovPlanet/IronPlanet) is shown in the transcript; the resolution was read by title during the legislative portion.
What happens next: the administration will proceed with the NEORSD project agreement and WPCLF application processes; details on project timelines, grant amounts and construction schedules were not specified during the meeting.
