Parma Heights council approves vehicle sale, compensation ordinance and Hertz permit; extends marijuana moratorium
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At its May 28 meeting, Parma Heights City Council unanimously passed a package of measures including disposal of obsolete vehicles, an employee compensation ordinance, a conditional-use permit for Hertz and a six-month extension of the marijuana moratorium; council also backed a county tree-canopy grant application.
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio — The Parma Heights City Council on May 28 unanimously approved several measures affecting city operations, employee pay and land use.
On a 7-0 roll call the council passed Resolution No. 2024-33 authorizing the administration to dispose of obsolete city vehicles and equipment through public-sale platforms GovPlanet/IronPlanet. Councilman Jeff Kolezynski moved for passage; Councilwoman DeSouza seconded.
Also on its third reading the council approved Ordinance No. 2024-37, which sets compensation paid to various city employees and repeals Ordinance No. 2024-8. Councilwoman DeSouza and the Finance Committee were thanked for preparing the ordinance; the motion to adopt passed 7-0.
The council granted a conditional-use permit (Resolution No. 2024-42) to The Hertz Corporation to operate an automobile rental facility, citing Chapter 1135 of the Parma Heights Codified Ordinances. Councilman Haase moved, Councilwoman DeSouza seconded, and council suspended the rules and approved the resolution by unanimous vote.
Council members also approved Resolution No. 2024-43 supporting the city's application for a Cuyahoga County Healthy Urban Tree Canopy grant; Councilwoman Palmisano moved for passage. On the same evening the council passed Resolution No. 2024-44 to extend by six months the temporary moratorium enacted by Resolution 2023-87 related to the effective date of State Issue 2 (recreational marijuana); that resolution was adopted as an emergency measure after suspension of the rules.
Ordinance No. 2024-45, an amendment to Chapter 1193 ("Yard Structures and Landscape Features"), was read by title as a first reading and will return for further consideration.
Finance Director Iaconis provided context on city finances earlier in the meeting, reporting year-to-date collections of $12,593,000 and expenditures of just over $10 million and noting that debt pricing is scheduled for June 12. The council did not amend the measures based on the finance report.
All recorded roll-call votes for the passed measures were unanimous (aye votes recorded from Councilmembers Durichko, Palmisano, DeSouza, Kolezynski, Maruschak, Haase and Council President Rounds). The meeting adjourned at 7:39 p.m.