One Government Center  
Toledo, OH 43604  
City of Toledo  
Formal Agenda  
City Council  
Wednesday, May 22, 2024  
4:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
RESOLUTIONS IN ATTENDANCE  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN & COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON  
PRESENT:  
Welcoming visitors from Londrina, Brazil and  
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of  
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Toledo-Londrina Sister City Relationship.  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS PRESENTS:  
Celebrating and Recognizing the 100th Running of  
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the Mills Trophy Race hosted by the Toledo Yacht  
Club  
NEW ITEMS FROM COUNCIL:  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS:  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $50,000  
from the General Fund for the Affirmative and Inclusive  
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LGBTQ+ Health Care; authorizing the Mayor to enter  
into a grant agreement with Solace Health and Social  
Outreach; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments: Proposed Action Plan  
COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS:  
Authorizing the appropriation of $5,000 in the  
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Capital Improvement Fund to complete the  
purchase and installation of work stations; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCIL MEMBER McPHERSON PRESENTS:  
Recognizing May 2024 as National Cities, Towns,  
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and Villages Month in celebration of America’s  
local governments and the National League of  
Cities’ historic centennial anniversary; and  
declaring and emergency.  
PRESIDENT HARTMAN PRESENTS:  
Authorizing the additional expenditure of $5,640 from the  
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Capital Improvement Fund for the purchase and  
installation of audio visual upgrades to City Council  
Chambers; and declaring an emergency.  
NEW ITEMS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION  
COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
HUMAN RESOURCES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into successor  
parking lot agreements for the continued provision  
of parking spaces for City of Toledo employees;  
authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $450,000 from the General Fund; waiving  
the competitive procurement requirements of  
TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
O-230-24  
Authorizing a one-year renewal of the City’s  
professional services agreement with McGohan  
Brabender; authorizing the expenditure of funds  
from the Healthcare Internal Service Fund; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with  
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield for the provision of  
specific stop loss insurance services for a term of one (1)  
year; authorizing the expenditure of funds from the  
Healthcare Internal Service Fund; and declaring an  
emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for a  
Gender Equity Analysis; authorizing the expenditure of  
an amount not to exceed $100,000 from the General  
Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
O-233-24  
Attachments: Legislation Background Summary-Gender Equity Analysis 5.7.20  
Amending City of Toledo Municipal Code 184,  
CEDAW; and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
PARKS AND YOUTH SERVICES:  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$130,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for  
installation of parking lot lighting at Schneider Park;  
authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts  
for said purpose; and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN PRESENTS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE  
OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY & ENGAGEMENT:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept grant funds from the  
Bloomberg American Health Initiative (BAHI) at the  
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to  
receive the Network of Practice Grant in the amount of  
$25,000; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure  
of said funds; and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW:  
Authorizing the Mayor to purchase a boat  
insurance policy for the City’s FireStorm 36  
Rescue Vessel for one year with an option to renew  
for three additional one-year periods subject to  
available annual appropriation; authorizing the  
expenditure from the Risk Management Fund;  
waiving competitive procurement requirements of  
TMC 187; and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE  
OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept a grant in the  
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amount of $241,294.34 from the State of Ohio for  
police officer training; authorizing the deposit,  
appropriation, and expenditure of said funds; and  
declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
PUBLIC SERVICES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a 2024  
Community and Litter Grant Agreement with the  
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio  
EPA); authorizing the acceptance, deposit,  
appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds in  
the amount of $100,000 into the Operation Grants  
Fund; authorizing the appropriation of $25,000  
from the unappropriated balance of the Storm  
Water Utility Improvement Fund for  
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grant-matching obligations; authorizing the  
acceptance, deposit and appropriation of fees  
collected; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and  
award contracts for the purchase of services and  
other necessary items to carry out the terms of this  
grant; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC  
UTILITIES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a one-year contract  
with Benevate, Inc. dba Neighborly Software for the  
development of an online portal for the customer  
assistance affordability certification and for operation of  
the portal; authorizing the expenditure in an amount not  
to exceed $25,000 from the Utility Administrative  
Services Fund; waiving the competitive bidding  
requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of  
$100,000 to fund the customer assistance grant program  
for water, sewer and storm water customers; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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Repealing Toledo Municipal Code Section 929.03;  
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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)  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $15,611 for the payment of the City of  
Toledo's 2024 Dues to the WateReuse Association;  
and declaring an emergency.  
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THE CLERK REPORTS  
Declaring the intent to vacate the parcel of land being  
part of lot 290 & lot 291 of the Stickney’s 3rd Addition,  
and part of Stickney’s Addition of Lot 290, constituting  
.3801-acre alley vacation, located in the city of Toledo,  
Lucas County, Ohio and declaring an emergency.  
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ITEM FROM MOBILITY SUSTAINABILITY & BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute  
agreements with VEO Ride, Inc. and giving consent  
to use the public rights-of-way for the dock-less,  
shared micro-mobility service that includes both  
stand up and sit-down devices; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Legislative History  
3/27/24  
City Council  
Referred To: to the  
Mobility, Sustainability  
& Beautification  
Committee  
ITEMS FROM FINANCE, DEBT AND BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE  
[O-640-23]Amending Sections 1905.01 and 1905.14  
of the Toledo Municipal Code to provide, among  
other matters, for the continuation of the City’s  
existing temporary three-quarters (¾%) municipal  
income tax for a period commencing January 1,  
2025 and ending December 31, 2028, to continue to  
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provide additional funds for Police, Fire, and other  
Safety Department responsibilities, for the  
General Fund, and for the Capital Improvements  
Fund, and for the allocation of those funds.  
Attachments: Video: Agenda Review 11/28/2023  
Video: City Council 12/5/2023  
Legislative History  
12/5/23  
City Council  
Referred To: to the  
Finance, Debt &  
Budget Oversight  
Committee  
[O-642-23]Amending Section 1905.011 of the  
Toledo Municipal Code to provide, among other  
matters, for the continuation of the City’s existing  
temporary one-quarter percent (¼%) municipal  
income tax for a period commencing January 1,  
2025 and ending December 31, 2028, to continue to  
provide funds to pay costs of improving the City’s  
system of roads, streets and bridges and to continue  
to provide for all of the proceeds of that tax to be  
credited to a separate Road Improvements Fund  
and dedicated and applied solely for that purpose  
after provision for the costs of collection,  
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administration and enforcement of the tax.  
Attachments: Video: Agenda Review 11/28/2023  
Video: City Council 12/5/2023  
Legislative History  
12/5/23  
City Council  
Referred To: to the  
Finance, Debt &  
Budget Oversight  
Committee  
ITEMS FROM THE WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE  
[O-610-23] Authorizing the disappropriation,  
appropriation and expenditure of $900,000 from  
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the Water Replacement Fund for the construction  
of a boardwalk for water resource education at  
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1936 Northover Road as part of the Water  
Distribution System Improvements; authorizing  
mayor to accept bids and execute necessary  
agreements related to the project; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Attachments: Video: Agenda Review 11/14/2023  
Video: Agenda Review 11/28/2023  
Video: City Council 12/5/2023  
Video: City Council 11/21/2023  
Legislative History  
11/21/23  
12/5/23  
City Council  
City Council  
First Reading  
Referred To: to the  
Water Quality  
Committee  
ITEMS APPROVED FROM THE ZONING & PLANNING COMMITTEE  
Declaring the vacation of a 14 foot by 120 foot alley lying  
adjacent to Lots 384 through 387 and Lot 802 within the  
“Extension of Norwood Plat” within the City of Toledo,  
Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
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Declaring the vacation of a 16 foot alley lying south of  
Western Avenue and along the easterly lot line of Lot 17  
for a distance of 110 feet together with a portion of a 14  
foot alley running east and west along the northerly lot  
lines of Lots 40 and 41 for a distance of 160 feet, all  
within a plat recorded as "Swan Creek Addition" within  
the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 402-404 Williams Street and 232 Oliver Street,  
in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring  
an emergency.  
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Granting a Special Use Permit for Community  
Recreation-Active for a site located at 2820 Lagrange  
Street, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; subject  
to certain conditions; and declaring an emergency.  
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Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 3950 Burnham Avenue, in the City of Toledo,  
Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
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Any other matter that may properly come before the Committee  
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