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Committee approves $22.25M estimate for public-facilities capital plan including police, fire and EMS projects

Cleveland City Council Public Safety Committee ยท April 9, 2026

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Summary

Council'staff and administration presented Ordinance 232-2026 to fund public facilities projects (estimated $22,254,400). The committee approved the ordinance as amended, removing gunshot-detection funding and adding vehicular intrusion prevention equipment; projects highlighted included design for 2001 Payne Ave. ($715,000) and fire-station modernization.

The Public Safety Committee approved Ordinance 232-2026 as amended, which sets an estimated sum of $22,254,400 for a package of public-facilities capital projects tied to the city's 2026 capital-improvement plan.

Jamie DeRosa, director of capital projects, described the package as the city's facility bond slate and highlighted several items that affect public safety: design funding for renovating 2001 Payne Ave. (design request $715,000; estimated renovation $18 million), a fire-station and EMS modernization program driven by an energy-audit process, replacements and upgrades at individual fire stations (including Station 28 roof and exterior work), SWAT headquarters furniture and equipment, ballistic-vest replacements for police, a walking path and pod repairs at the city kennel, and vehicular-traffic intrusion prevention equipment (barriers and attenuators) in place of a $190,000 gunshot-detection line that the committee removed for separate consideration.

Mark Dulick (division of architecture and site development) noted the new Police Headquarters construction is on schedule and that the city is planning to transition staff from leased space into city-owned facilities where feasible. Council members asked for additional written cost and lease-termination details for Erieview Plaza and requested more precise breakdowns of certain line items (for example, the walking-path length and the kennel pod-replacement scope). The committee approved the ordinance with the discussed amendments and with direction that staff provide requested cost and square-footage information in writing.