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DIP Friendship Park Basketball Court Renovation
Toledo City Council
Councilmember Morris
Revised
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Authorizing the expenditure of $80,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund District Improvement Program to renovate the existing basketball court at Friendship Park; authorizing the Mayor to execute the necessary contracts; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
A District Improvement Program application for $80,000 has been submitted to renovate the existing basketball court at Friendship Park in City Council District #6. The Parks and Recreation Division has received multiple citizen requests to perform this work. The application has been reviewed and recommended for approval by the District Improvement Program Internal Committee on October 3, 2025.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $80,000 is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 5040-10100-8CP2318DNGPRO from the District Improvement Program to renovate the existing basketball court at Friendship Park.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and execute the necessary contracts for the purposes identified in Section 1, upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Director of Parks & Youth Services and the Director of Law.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in payment of the above authorized obligations in an amount not to exceed that authorized in Section 1 upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to begin timely planning and execution of the project.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: November 5, 2025, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Vanice S. Williams
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: November 6, 2025
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor