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Kent City Council approves consent agenda, appoints two residents to commissions and accepts NOPEC grants
Summary
Council suspended the three‑reading rule and adopted a consent agenda that included appointment ordinances for Adam Stevens (Planning Commission) and Mariah Taylor (Civil Service Commission), and acceptance of NOPEC grants including a $2,000 event sponsorship and a $49,965 Energized Community Grant.
The Kent City Council on March 18 suspended the three‑reading rule and adopted a broad consent agenda that included multiple ordinances and grant acceptances.
The council voted to appoint Adam Stevens to the Planning Commission (Draft 2026‑19) and Mariah Taylor to the Civil Service Commission (Draft 2026‑20) after motions to suspend the three readings and motions to adopt passed by roll call. Members also voted to accept a $2,000 Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) community event sponsorship and a $49,965 NOPEC Energized Community Grant; council directed staff to place the Energized Community Grant funds in escrow with NOPEC as required by grant terms.
Council approved amendments to the city’s appropriation ordinance to adjust accounts for the 2026 fiscal year and moved several other emergency ordinances as listed on the meeting agenda. The meeting record shows unanimous or near‑unanimous roll call votes on adoption of the consent agenda and the named appointment ordinances; no roll‑call vote anomalies were recorded in the transcript.
