One Government Center  
Toledo, OH 43604  
City of Toledo  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
Wednesday, May 29, 2024  
2:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
RESOLUTIONS IN ATTENDANCE  
Recognize 2024 Cotillion Debutantes  
Celebrating Sunshine Communities 75th year anniversary.  
TMP-10213  
TMP-10218  
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR  
City Historic District Commission  
TMP-10221  
Attachments: Steve Shrake- CIty Historic District Commission  
Electrical Board of Control  
TMP-10220  
Attachments: Electrical BOC Elliot Metzger  
Electrical BOC Thomas Enright  
SECOND READING  
O-242-24  
Repealing Toledo Municipal Code Section 929.03; enacting a new  
Toledo Municipal Code Section 929.03 to establish new monthly  
billing for the sewer rates; repealing Toledo Municipal Code Section  
929.04(b)(4).  
Attachments: SewerRatesA(old rates)  
SewerRatesB(new rates)  
NEW ITEMS FROM COUNCIL  
Authorizing the expenditure of $16,369.00 from the General Fund to  
pay the National League of Cities (NLC) 2024 membership dues; and  
TMP-10217  
declaring an emergency.  
Sponsors:  
Hartman  
Res. - Review of Public Renewable Energy Projects for  
Federal Funding Opportunities.  
TMP-10215  
Sponsors:  
Komives  
Res. - Submitting to the Toledo City Plan Commission a request for a  
review of the current municipal planning and zoning code as related to  
the use of solar energy and its components; authorizing a public  
hearing on any proposed text amendments which may result from the  
review; publication of said hearing; and declaring an emergency.  
TMP-10216  
Sponsors:  
Komives  
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE  
Authorizing the expenditure of $18,352 from the General Fund for the  
01TMP-10208  
city of Toledo’s 2024 membership dues for the Ohio Municipal  
League (OML); and declaring an emergency.  
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT  
02TMP-10202  
Amending Ordinance 25-21 Schedule A to allow for  
expenditure of COVID-19 Community Development Block  
Grant (CDBG-CV) on additionally eligible uses; and declaring  
an emergency.  
Attachments: Schedule A - revised 05292024  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $200,000  
from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund for the City of Toledo  
Roof Tops Program; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids,  
award contracts and enter into necessary agreements for said  
program; and declaring an emergency.  
03TMP-10201  
Attachments: Schedule A ARPA Rooftops Additional $200,000  
Authorizing the disappropriation of $500,000 from the  
04TMP-10206  
Community Development Block Grant Fund; authorizing the  
re-appropriation and expenditure of $500,000 from the  
unappropriated balance of the Community Development  
Block Grant Fund for the Rooftops Program; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Attachments: Rooftops Reappropriation Schedule A  
MAYOR'S OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY & ENGAGEMENT  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the United  
Way of Greater Toledo (UWGT) to serve as the fiscal and  
administrative agent for the Healing & Compassion Fund pilot  
project; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$36,400 from the General Fund; waiving the competitive bidding  
provisions of TMC Ch.187; and declaring an emergency.  
05TMP-10204  
DEPARTMENT OF LAW  
Authorizing the partial settlement of claims brought in Pratt v.  
City of Toledo; authorizing the expenditure of $400,000 from  
the Risk Management Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
006TMP-10207  
DEPARTMENT OF FIRE OPERATIONS  
07TMP-10195  
Resolution Approving the Lucas County 911 Final Plan; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Attachments: 2024 Lucas County Final Plan - Signed  
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE OPERATIONS  
Authorizing the expenditure from the Ohio Peace Officer  
08TMP-10179  
Training Commission Grant in an amount not to exceed  
$50,000 for upgrading the Toledo Police Academy Information  
Technology; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award  
contracts; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement and  
accept $24,263.82 from the Office of Criminal Justice  
Services for an Ohio Drug Law Enforcement Fund Program;  
authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of said  
proceeds from the Operation Grants Fund; and declaring an  
emergency.  
09TMP-10180  
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
10TMP-10200  
$25,100 from the General Fund for the rental of an excavator  
for demolition operations; authorizing the Mayor to accept  
bids and enter into necessary contracts for said rental; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Amending Ord. 160-24 for the purchase of an excavator for  
the demolition program; and declaring an emergency.  
11TMP-10194  
12TMP-10193  
Amending Ord. 393-23 for improvements to streetlights along  
various streets and public rights-of-way in the City of Toledo;  
and declaring an emergency.  
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an amount  
13TMP-10181  
not to exceed $2,700,000 from the Local Fiscal Recovery  
Fund for a water main replacement and sewer installation  
project; authorizing the Mayor to prepare plans and  
specifications, acquire needed rights-of-way and easements as  
necessary, accept bids and enter into contracts; and declaring  
an emergency.  
Attachments: ARPA.FInalRule.2022-00292.WaterInfrastructure  
Copy of SMART analysis - Watermain and Sewermain  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $3,000,000  
from the Tax Roadway Improvement Fund for the 2024  
General Resurfacing Program; authorizing the Mayor to  
prepare plans and specifications, acquire required  
14TMP-10182  
rights-of-way as appropriate, utilize professional services  
necessary for planning, design, project management, and  
construction inspection, and enter into contracts for these  
projects within the Division of Engineering and Construction  
Management; and declaring an emergency.  
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to  
exceed $1,000,000 from the Sewer Replacement Fund for the  
purchase and installation of draft tube mixers at the Bay View Water  
Reclamation Plant; waiving the competitive procurement provisions  
of TMC Chapter 187 for this purchase; authorizing the Mayor to  
accept bids and award contracts for the installation of draft tube  
mixers; and declaring an emergency.  
15TMP-10132  
16TMP-10141  
17TMP-10210  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $325,000  
from the Sewer Replacement Fund for emergency  
replacement of a roll off truck to service the Bay View Water  
Reclamation Plant; authorizing the Mayor to enter into a  
contract with the Jack Doheny Company; waiving the  
competitive provisions of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract for the  
configuration and installation of necessary information  
technology and security components; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure of up to $325,000 from the  
Water Replacement Fund; waiving the competitive bidding  
requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency  
Meeting went into Recess  
Meeting Reconvened  
Enter Executive Session  
Yea: 12 - Hartman, Driscoll, Gadus, Hobbs III, Jones, Komives,  
Martinez, McPherson, Melden, Morris, Sarantou and  
Williams  
Meeting Adjourned  
Yea: 12 - Hartman, Driscoll, Gadus, Hobbs III, Jones, Komives,  
Martinez, McPherson, Melden, Morris, Sarantou and  
Williams  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed 214,230 from the unappropriated balances of multiple water  
and sewer funds, and operating transfer of the same for software for  
the design and construction of water mains, as well as operating  
expenses; and declaring an emergency.  
18TMP-10196  
19TMP-10197  
20TMP-10199  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for  
the Hydrant Replacement Program; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to exceed  
$300,000 from the Water Replacement Fund; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the additional appropriation and expenditure of an  
amount not to exceed $30,000 from the Water Replacement  
Fund for the purchase of a meter test bench; authorizing the  
Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said purchase;  
and declaring an emergency.  
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES  
Authorizing an expenditure not to exceed $32,000 from the  
21TMP-10203  
General Fund (Employee Engagement Committee) for the  
provision of an employee engagement activity with the Toledo  
Mud Hens Baseball Club, Inc; and declaring an emergency.  
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended Eugene F.  
22TMP-10187  
Kranz Toledo Express Airport Joint Economic Development  
District (“JEDD”) contract with the Board of Trustees of  
Swanton Township, Lucas County, Ohio, and Monclova  
Township, Lucas County, Ohio, for the purpose of expanding  
the JEDD territory; making certain findings with respect  
thereto; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments: Third Amendment TEA JEDD  
THE CLERK REPORTS  
Declaring the intent to vacate the 16-foot wide alley lying between  
Lots 348 and 313 in Port Lawrence Division, located in the city of  
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
TMP-10209  
Any other matter that may properly come before the Committee  
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Rollcall  
Rollcall  
Present: 12 - Hartman, Driscoll, Gadus, Hobbs III, Jones, Komives,  
Martinez, McPherson, Melden, Morris, Sarantou and  
Williams  
R-1527-14  
return from Exec session