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Council approves $3.4M notes to fund street improvements
Summary
Richmond Heights council approved Ordinance 55-2026 to issue up to $3.4 million in short-term notes for street and paving improvements; staff said notes must be issued before the end of July and a NOPC energy grant will be applied to the project.
Richmond Heights Mayor Thomas and the city council on July 9 approved Ordinance 55-2026 authorizing the sale of notes not to exceed $3.4 million to pay for planned street and paving improvements across the city.
Mayor Thomas introduced the ordinance and said staff circulated the legislation in advance. A staff member told council that the notes must be issued before the end of July to meet financing timelines.
The ordinance language includes financing to cover recurring paving improvements and related work approved by council. Council members indicated they had reviewed the materials; no substantive questions were raised during the Committee of the Whole discussion.
Council also approved Resolution 56-2026 to accept a Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPC) Energized Community grant, which staff said is about $22,000 and will be used for an energy-related element of the street project. The grant acceptance was presented alongside the financing discussion.
The council voted to pass the ordinance during the city council session later in the evening. The transcript records individual affirmative votes by council members but does not provide a numeric roll-call tally in the record provided.
Next steps: staff indicated the clerk will circulate finalized meeting dates for July/August, and the finance/administration team will complete note issuance paperwork before the end of July.
