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Broadview Heights council adopts package of emergency resolutions and charter amendments
Summary
At its May 26 meeting the Broadview Heights City Council adopted a series of emergency resolutions authorizing city contracts and submitted five charter amendments to the ballot; the council also approved a tax-levy renewal submission to the county fiscal officer.
The Broadview Heights City Council on May 26 adopted a package of emergency resolutions authorizing city contracts for police equipment, landscaping and construction testing, and submitted five charter amendments to the ballot for voter approval.
The meeting record shows unanimous roll-call votes for numerous emergency resolutions, including Resolution 2026-70 (agreement with TAC Computer, Inc.), 2026-71 (agreement with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for holster sensors), 2026-72 (a memorandum of understanding with the Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District for a School Resource Officer program), and 2026-73 (authorization to dispose of certain items by internet auction). All of those resolutions were moved and adopted by a 7–0 roll call vote.
The council also approved Resolution 2026-74 to complete the Fire Department’s DEA registration application and adopted multiple building-department contracts: Resolution 2026-75 (Bear Landscaping and Design, L.L.C.), Resolution 2026-76 (Cleary Brothers Landscaping — passed with one abstention by Mr. Wolf), and Resolution 2026-77 (Summit Testing and Inspection Company). The Cleary Brothers landscaping resolution recorded one abstention (Councilor Brian Wolf); other votes on the presented resolutions were unanimous.
Council adopted Resolution 2026-78 declaring the necessity of renewing a municipal tax levy pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5705.19(A) and directed submission of the second piece of levy paperwork to the Cuyahoga County fiscal officer after Board of Elections review. Law Director Vince Ruffa told council the filing is a resubmission to meet county and Board of Elections requirements; council adopted the measure by roll call.
On the ordinance calendar, the council approved five third-reading charter-related ordinances to be placed on the ballot: Ordinance 07-2026 (term limits for councilmembers), Ordinance 08-2026 and 09-2026 (authorizing mayoral contracting and purchasing up to a $25,000 threshold with a 3% annual increase beginning Jan. 1, 2028), Ordinance 10-2026 (limiting municipal tax-levy ballot placements to November elections), and Ordinance 11-2026 (updating gender-specific language to gender-neutral terms upon charter reprinting). Council members repeatedly clarified that submission to the ballot is a procedural obligation when the Charter Review Commission proposes amendments and does not reflect the council’s endorsement of the measures.
What happens next: the charter amendments and the tax-levy renewal paperwork will proceed to the appropriate county and election authorities for certification and placement on the ballot as required. No further action on these measures was recorded at the May 26 meeting.
