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Recreation board moves to remove North Royalton Youth Football from city'recognized clubs after repeated absences
Summary
The Recreation Board told the Streets Committee Youth Football attended only 2 of 18 eligible meetings since June 2024; the committee requested legislation to update the list of city-recognized clubs and remove noncompliant organizations.
The Streets Committee on April 7 advanced a request from the Recreation Board to draft legislation updating the roster of city-recognized clubs after the North Royalton Youth Football program repeatedly failed to attend required Recreation Board meetings.
Recreation Board Chair Tony Santangelo told the committee that after becoming a city-recognized club in mid-2024, North Royalton Youth Football attended only two of 18 eligible Recreation Board meetings (June 25, 2024 through March 31, 2026). Santangelo and Recreation Director Michael Marx said letters, phone calls and mayoral outreach went unanswered and that the board's longstanding practice of notifying noncompliant clubs had not produced compliance.
Santangelo emphasized the board's preference to keep clubs engaged rather than remove them, but said continuing noncompliance undermines board procedures. Chair Paul Marnecheck said clubs can be reinstated through the same ordinance process if they return and meet attendance and operational requirements.
The committee voted to request legislation to update the list of recognized clubs (motion by Marnecheck, second Green; Yeas 3, Nays 0). The requested legislation would remove inactive or noncompliant organizations and add the North Royalton Community Garden as an officially recognized club; staff will draft the language for the next Streets Committee meeting.
Next steps: draft ordinance to amend Section 280.09 and list of recognized clubs will be prepared for committee review.
