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Votes at a glance: council approves equipment purchases, AV upgrade and utility easements; several items advanced
Summary
Mentor City Council approved four ordinances (equipment, AV system, and two utility easements), scheduled a shoreline engineering third reading and sent one easement to a second reading. Vote tallies were recorded by roll call and were unanimous among present members.
At its May 19 meeting, Mentor City Council recorded votes on several ordinances and related motions.
What passed - Ordinance 26-040 (revised appropriations/advance of funds): council amended the ordinance to remove Section 1 (the proposed immediate transfer/advance of funds to the nature preserve shoreline fund) and then approved the ordinance as amended; roll-call votes were recorded as yes by all present members. - Ordinance 26-041 (award for a wheel loader): council approved awarding the purchase and delivery contract to Southeastern Equipment Company, Inc.; staff reported the recommended award amount of $11,900; the measure passed by unanimous roll call. - Ordinance 26-042 (council-chamber audiovisual upgrade): council awarded the contract to Zenith Systems for $98,651 and approved the purchase by unanimous roll call. - Ordinance 26-043 (power-line relocation easements for Blackbrook Golf Course): council approved three 15-foot easements necessary to allow underground relocation of existing overhead lines; the ordinance passed by unanimous roll call.
Items advanced or continued - Ordinance 26-039 (Smith Group engineering agreement for Mentor Lagoon shoreline protection): received a second reading and was scheduled for a third reading in two weeks; no final contract was executed. - Ordinance 26-044 (utility easement for the civic center pool): staff flagged language to resolve with First Energy and placed the ordinance on first reading to return for second reading later.
Vote details: roll-call voting recorded the following present members voting "yes" on passed items — Mr. Pinkerman, Mr. Blake, Mr. Cook, Mr. Donovan, Mrs. Stalling, and Mr. Kger. For items moved to later readings, council set target dates or asked staff to return with clarified language.
