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Mayor outlines 2025 accomplishments, previews 2026 priorities including new Recreation & Wellness Center
Summary
In a brief State of the City at the Feb. 2 Euclid City Council meeting, the mayor highlighted large 2025 infrastructure investments, public-safety upgrades and economic-development gains and invited the public to fuller presentations later this month; the new 38,000 sq. ft. Recreation & Wellness Center remains on track for opening later in 2026.
The mayor delivered an abbreviated State of the City address at the Euclid City Council meeting on Feb. 2, saying the administration made “unprecedented investment in infrastructure” in 2025 and previewing projects for 2026, including the Rec and Wellness Center and renovations at the Euclid Public Library.
Among accomplishments the mayor highlighted were the repaving of East 200th Street, reconstruction of five water-line and street projects, and repaving of 29 side streets. He said the city also invested in parks and public spaces—naming Upland Sims/Hero Park and improvements at Russell Park—and added pedestrian medians at Lakeshore and Euclid Avenue.
On public safety, the mayor credited council for funding a “smart policing” strategy that installed new dash and body cameras, radios, tasers and an integrated FUSIS system. He said Euclid Police saw 39,552 calls for service in 2025, with a reported 5% decrease in the number of offenses compared with the prior year. The mayor also noted the fire department received a SAFER grant that allowed the city to hire four firefighters and place a fourth ambulance in service; the department responded to 13,081 calls for service last year, roughly 10,000 of which were EMS responses, the mayor said.
Economic-development highlights included new and expanding storefronts and high permit valuations: the mayor cited roughly $46,000,000 in commercial permit valuations and about $16,400,000 in residential permit valuations for 2025. He said the city spent about $350,000 on home opportunity grants through EDCOR and another $150,000 from the Community Development Block Grant program to support homeowners.
The mayor invited residents to two fuller State of the City presentations: a ticketed luncheon hosted by the Euclid Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 26 and a free community presentation on Feb. 28 at the Lakefront Community Center. He closed by thanking staff and partner organizations and noting upcoming redevelopment opportunities at the former St. Roberts site and the Lakeshore Chevy site on 185th.
The mayor’s remarks were an overview rather than a detailed presentation; he said packets from the streets manager and service director with storm-response data are available on request and that staff will present a full State of the City later this month.
