Akron council suspends rules, passes HUD planning grant and multiple consent items 12–0
Summary
Council suspended rules to pass an approximately $400,000 HUD continuum-of-care planning grant and a package of consent and emergency ordinances (special assessments, DOI flow-measure agreement, emergency storm-sewer repairs, equipment leases and fire equipment purchase); recorded votes were 12–0 on several items.
After public comment and committee reports, council moved through a substantial slate of new legislation, using suspension of the rules to expedite several items and recording unanimous votes on many measures.
Item 11 authorized the mayor or designee to accept Continuum of Care planning grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administered via ESNAPS. Councilman Kammer said the committee report was favorable and described the grant as "a little over $400,000" and strictly a planning grant with no city funds required; the rules were suspended and the ordinance passed 12–0.
The council placed numerous technical and operational items on the consent agenda or suspended rules and passed them unanimously, including appointments to the Public Arts Commission (Item 12), special assessments for street improvements (Item 13), a joint funding agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior for streamflow gauges (Item 14), emergency storm-sewer repairs (Item 15), replacement of the Morley parking deck sprinkler system (Item 16), phase 6 of parking deck lighting upgrades (Item 17), repair of South Well No. 215 pumping equipment (Item 18), a three-year lease (with possible 50% buyback) for Elgin Pelican street sweepers (Item 19), and a contract with Atlantic Emergency Solutions Inc. for low-pressure fire hose and nozzles (Item 20). Several items were announced as "consent agenda" by sponsors and recorded as passing 12–0.
Where committees asked for public hearings or referrals (for conditional-use or redevelopment items), council scheduled those hearings (for example items referred to Sept. 21 and Sept. 28).
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