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Parma Heights City Council awards North Church Drive contract, approves stormwater MOU and accepts NOPEC grant
Summary
On Feb. 14, 2022, the Parma Heights City Council unanimously awarded the North Church Drive reconstruction contract to Fabrizi Trucking, approved a 2022–2025 MOU with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for Phase 2 stormwater services and accepted a NOPEC Energize Community grant; council also introduced ordinances on photo enforcement and EMS charges and heard brief public comments on fireworks and speeding.
Parma Heights City Council met on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, and unanimously approved several procurement and intergovernmental actions, including awarding the North Church Drive reconstruction contract and authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for stormwater services through 2025.
The council voted to accept Fabrizi Trucking as the contractor for the North Church Drive Reconstruction Project after Council President Thomas Rounds asked for a motion; Councilman Stavole moved the award and Councilwoman Walsh seconded. The council then moved to release the bid bonds of other bidders in a separate motion.
Councilwoman Walsh introduced a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health to provide Phase 2 stormwater services for the city for 2022–2025 and declaring an emergency. Walsh moved to suspend the rules for immediate passage; Councilman Stavole seconded and the resolution passed on roll call.
Nora, the council clerk, read several ordinance items by title. Ordinance 2022-2 would amend Chapter 315 (Traffic Law Photo Monitoring) and was noted as a second reading. Ordinance 2022-3 would amend Section 153.12 on utilization charges for emergency medical services and was presented as a first reading. Ordinance 2022-4 would authorize an agreement with American Traffic Solutions, Inc., doing business as Verra Mobility, for photo red light and speed enforcement; it also received a first reading.
Councilwoman Walsh also brought Ordinance 2022-5, a grant-acceptance ordinance to take funds from the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) under the 2022 Energize Community Grant. Walsh moved to suspend the rules and pass the ordinance; the council approved it on roll call and declared an emergency.
During public comment, Ray Grassie made a brief remark about fireworks. Lenny Rock raised concerns about speeding near 9181 Ackley by Radlick Park. The mayor said the city engineer had determined that stop signs are not an appropriate tool to control speed and that the safety director could consider assigning a traffic detail to address speeders.
Councilman Haase moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 p.m.; Councilwoman Maruschak seconded and Council President Thomas Rounds adjourned the session.
Votes at a glance: all recorded roll-call motions in the transcript (including acceptance of minutes, award of the North Church Drive contract, release of bid bonds, removal of Item 6, passage of the stormwater MOU resolution and passage of the NOPEC grant ordinance) passed on recorded roll calls with the council members listed as Haase, Maruschak, Rounds, Stavole, Walsh, Durichko and DeSouza.
