One Government Center  
Toledo, OH 43604  
City of Toledo  
Formal Agenda  
City Council  
Wednesday, July 17, 2024  
4:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
RESOLUTIONS IN ATTENDANCE  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS:  
Recognizing Robert (Scott) Siewert for dedicating many years  
to serving others.  
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COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN PRESENTS:  
Recognizing the Leonard Rosenberg trust for their  
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contributions to the Toledo City Parks and TPD K9  
division  
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR:  
Municipal Golf Preservation & Engagement Committee  
A-310-24  
Re-Appointments  
Municipal Golf Preservation & Engagement Committee -  
A-311-24  
New Appointments  
Utility Appeals Board Re-appointments  
A-312-24  
A-313-24  
Toledo-Lucas County Health Board Re-Appointment  
SECOND READING ITEM  
Repealing Chapter 105 of the Toledo Municipal Code in its  
entirety, and enacting a new Chapter 105 of the Toledo  
Municipal Code, dividing the corporation territory of the City of  
Toledo into Wards; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments: Proposed Wards  
Proposed Wards with major streets  
Video: City Council 6/18/2024  
Video: Agenda Review 6/12/2024  
Legislative History  
6/18/24  
City Council  
First Reading  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS PRESENTS:  
Declaring a Moratorium until January 31, 2025, on the review  
and issuance of any zoning permits, building permits, certificates  
of occupancy, or other licenses or permits for storage units, in  
the City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency.  
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Declaring a Moratorium until January 31, 2025, on the review  
and issuance of any zoning permits, building permits, certificates  
of occupancy, or other licenses or permits for Car washes, in the  
City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS:  
DIP allocation for pilot program for flashing traffic  
signals in District 2 to reduce high speed crashes.  
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COUNCILMAN SARANTOU PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
FINANCE:  
Amending the Toledo Recovery Plan to adopt a revised  
schedule A; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments: ScheduleA.TRP.RevisedJuly2024  
Levying special assessments for controlling the blight  
and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way  
and planting, maintaining, trimming and removing shade  
trees in and along the streets of the City during the  
calendar year 2023; and declaring an emergency.  
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Levying special assessments for sprinkling, sweeping,  
cleaning and snow removal services for the municipal  
streets, alleys and public ways in the City during the  
calendar year 2023; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments: Comparison Charts 2022-2023 Actuals  
2020-2023 Actuals and 2020-2024 Estimates  
Levying special assessments for the improvement of  
certain streets, alleys and public ways outside of the  
downtown area of the City by providing street lighting  
during the calendar year 2023; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Levying special assessments for the improvement of  
certain streets and public ways in the downtown area of  
the City by providing street lighting during the calendar  
year 2023; and declaring an emergency.  
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Providing for the issuance and sale of $1,625,000 of notes, in  
anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of paying  
costs of constructing, reconstructing and rehabilitating  
sidewalks, including, where necessary, driveway approaches  
and curbs, in certain locations on designated streets; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of Notes for the purpose of  
paying, in anticipation of the levy and collection of special  
assessments, a portion of the cost of (i) lighting streets, alleys  
and other public ways of the City, (ii) sprinkling, sweeping,  
cleaning and removing snow from streets, alleys and other  
public ways of the City and (iii) controlling blight and disease of  
shade trees within rights of way and planting, maintaining,  
trimming and removing shade trees in and along streets of the  
City, all during the year 2024; authorizing the execution and  
delivery of a Trust Agreement securing the payment of the  
Notes; authorizing the execution and delivery of certain other  
documents in connection with the issuance of the Notes; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $8,520,000 for the purpose of refunding for  
debt charges savings certain of the City’s outstanding Capital  
Improvement and Equipment Bonds, Series 2014, dated  
October 2, 2014, and declaring an emergency.  
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Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $4,240,000 for the purpose of refunding for  
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debt charges savings certain of the City’s outstanding Street  
Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2013A  
(Tax-Exempt Bonds), dated September 12, 2013, repealing  
Ordinance No. 448-23, passed on September 12, 2023, and  
declaring an emergency.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $7,095,000 for the purpose of refunding for  
debt charges savings certain of the City’s outstanding Capital  
Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2012, dated  
October 9, 2012; repealing Ordinance No. 447-23, passed on  
September 12, 2023; and declaring an emergency.  
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Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $385,000 for the purpose of paying costs of  
acquiring motor vehicles and equipment for use in carrying out  
functions of, including but not limited to, the Departments of  
Public Service and Transportation, and declaring an emergency.  
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Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $660,000 for the purpose of paying costs of  
acquiring fire apparatus and equipment for use by the City’s  
Department of Fire and Rescue Operations, and declaring an  
emergency.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $4,290,000 for the purpose of paying costs  
of acquiring motor vehicles and equipment for use in carrying  
out functions of the Department of Public Service, including but  
not limited to its Division of Urban Beautification, and declaring  
an emergency.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $13,420,000 for the purpose of paying  
costs of improving the City’s street system, in cooperation with  
the Department of Transportation of the State of Ohio and  
otherwise, by (i) improving streets by constructing,  
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reconstructing and rehabilitating the pavement base, bridges,  
curbs, drainage improvements, driveway approaches, pedestrian  
ramps, bicycle paths and sidewalks, widening, realigning,  
adjusting radius cutbacks, manholes and catch basins, preparing  
the surface and surfacing and resurfacing, and installing traffic  
signs, signals and signalization, where necessary, and (ii)  
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improving bridges by constructing, reconstructing, replacing,  
rehabilitating, restoring and widening bridge decks, supporting  
piers, abutments, arches, beams, columns and other structural  
steel components and bridge bearing systems and related  
embankments and drainage facilities, restoring and installing  
expansion joints, bridge railings and traffic barrier railings and  
constructing, reconstructing and rehabilitating the pavement  
base, curbs, drainage improvements, driveway approaches,  
bicycle paths and sidewalks and surfacing and resurfacing the  
roadway on those bridges and approaches to those bridges,  
where necessary, in each case as designated in the plans  
approved or to be approved by Council, and declaring an  
emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
PARKS AND YOUTH SERVICES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a professional  
services contract for the design of a new Savage Park  
splash pad; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not  
to exceed $150,000 from the Capital Improvement  
Fund for said purpose; waiving the competitive  
procurement process of TMC Chapter 187; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement  
with the Toledo Celtics, Inc. for the purpose of  
contributing $70,000 towards the cost acquisition of  
mini-pitch soccer fields at Schneider Park; authorizing  
the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $70,000  
from the Capital Improvement Fund; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Memorializing the life of Jason C. Thomas and naming  
the Dual Mini-Pitches at Schneider Park the “Jason C.  
Thomas Memorial Pitches.”  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE  
OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept a $26,800 smoke  
detector purchase grant from Safe Kids Greater Toledo  
for local community distribution; authorizing the deposit,  
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appropriation, and expenditure of said funds in the  
Operation Grants Fund; authorizing the Mayor to  
accept bids and award contracts for the same; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the Lucas  
County Board of Commissioners to temporarily provide staffing  
for Life Squad 7 to operate as an additional advanced life  
support emergency vehicle in Lucas County, Ohio; authorizing  
the acceptance of reimbursement for costs from Lucas County;  
and declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a real estate  
purchase agreement and execute and deliver all other  
needed instruments, including but not limited to an  
easement and reciprocal parking lot agreement with the  
Lucas County Board of Commissioners for the  
acquisition of the real property commonly known as the  
Lucas County EMS Annex Building located at 129 21st  
Street Toledo Ohio; authorizing the acceptance of any  
related personal property including, but not limited to  
emergency vehicles, office equipment, and any medical  
supplies and necessities related thereto; making certain  
findings with respect thereto; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Attachments: Exhibit A - 129 21 St. description  
Exhibit B Easement Description  
Authorizing the Mayor to execute a medical supply  
purchase agreement with Bound Tree Medical, LLC.  
(Bound Tree); authorizing General Fund expenditure  
for the same; waiving the competitive bidding  
requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE  
OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept a conditional transfer of a  
vehicle from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency through The  
Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO); and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with  
Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the purchase of Motorola  
police radios; authorizing the expenditure in an amount  
not to exceed $128,473.52 from the Capital  
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Improvement Fund for the purchase of Motorola  
Solutions, Inc. police radios; waiving the competitive bid  
requirements of Chapter 187 of the Toledo Municipal  
Code; and declaring an emergency and declaring an  
emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW:  
Authorizing the settlement of claims brought in Smart v.  
City of Toledo; authorizing the expenditure of $50,000  
from the Risk Management Fund; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to execute and deliver needed  
instruments with the Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. for the  
acceptance and deposit of annual distributions of funds from the  
Leonard H. Rosenberg Trust for the benefit of the Toledo  
Police Department Canine Unit and the Department of Parks  
and Youth Services municipal swimming pools; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure of these fund proceeds consistent  
with and in compliance with the Leonard H. Rosenberg Fund;  
and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments: Rosenberg Exhibits A, B, C, D  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
TRANSPORTATION:  
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Declaring it necessary to improve portions of Locust Street  
(bounded by Superior Street and Summit Street) and Ostrich  
Lane (bounded by West Dead End and Locust Street), by  
installing street lighting; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the acceptance and deposit of an amount not to  
exceed $25,592 from Lucas County into the Capital  
Improvement Fund as reimbursement for waterline relocations  
in conjunction with the Secor Road over Ottawa River bridge  
construction; and declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the disappropriation, appropriation, and expenditure  
of $125,000 from various funds to purchase a remote-control  
snow blower and flail head equipment; authorizing the Mayor to  
accept bids and enter into contracts; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended agreement with  
and to accept a federal grant from the State of Ohio,  
Department of Transportation (ODOT) in an amount not to  
exceed $500,000 for the construction of a multi-use path across  
the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) bridge; authorizing the  
deposit, appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds into  
the Capital Improvement Fund for said project; authorizing the  
Mayor to execute all necessary documentation for said grant;  
authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts  
related to the construction of said project; and declaring an  
emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
PUBLIC SERVICES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to amend and extend the City’s  
agreement with Browning-Ferris Industries of Ohio, Inc.  
to continue processing single-stream recycling  
materials; waiving the competitive bidding provisions of  
TMC 187; authorizing expenditures; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC  
UTILITIES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into necessary agreements with  
The Junction Coalition for the application and development of  
the US EPA Community Change Grant; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure in an amount not  
to exceed $124,500 from the unappropriated balance of the  
Sewer Replacement Fund for continued professional services  
related to the Bay View Water Reclamation Plant Wide  
Facilities Plan; authorizing the Mayor to enter into an  
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agreement for professional engineering services with Arcadis to  
facilitate the Blue Ribbon Panel to recommend the optimal path  
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forward and finalize the Facilities Plan; waiving the competitive  
procurement provisions of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an amount not  
to exceed $400,000 from the Sewer Replacement Fund for  
emergency services to repair the variable frequency drives that  
power pumps 1 and 3 at the Reynolds Area Pumping Station;  
authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract for said  
emergency repair services; waiving the competitive provisions  
of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the expenditure of $26,000 from the Sewer  
Operating Fund for the purchase of bar screen parts from the  
original equipment manufacturer for the Bay View Pump  
Station; waiving the competitive procurement provisions of  
TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments: DPU071724BAYVIEWHeadworks Sole Source Letter Toledo BL  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $25,000  
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from the Water Operating Fund for emergency repair services to  
the Low Service Pumping Station air conditioners; authorizing  
the Mayor to enter into a contract for said purpose; and declaring  
an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a three (3) year  
security system maintenance agreement with an option  
to renew for two (2) years for the Collins Park Water  
Treatment Plant; authorizing the expenditure of an  
amount not to exceed $79,326 annually from the Water  
Operating Fund for said purpose; waiving the  
competitive procurement provisions of TMC Chapter  
187; and declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to apply for and enter into loan  
agreements with the Ohio Water Development Authority  
(OWDA), and to accept, deposit, appropriate, and expend loan  
proceeds in an amount not to exceed $7,300,000 into the  
Water Replacement Fund for the Alum System Improvements  
Project; appropriating $30,000 from the Water Replacement  
Fund for the payment of loan administrative fees and  
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miscellaneous project costs; authorizing a dedicated source for  
repayment of said loans; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids  
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and execute necessary agreements related to the project; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $214,607  
from the Water Replacement Fund for the Winter Street  
Culvert Replacements; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids  
and award contracts for the Winter Street Culvert Replacement  
at the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant Lagoon Site; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
HUMAN RESOURCES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for  
third-party administration (TPA) services for the City of  
Toledo’s Workers’ Compensation Program; authorizing the  
expenditure of an amount not to exceed $99,900 annually for  
said purpose from the Workers’ Compensation Fund; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement for the  
provision of dental insurance services for covered employees,  
for a term of three (3) years with one (1) year optional renewal;  
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 for vision  
insurance services for covered employees and their dependents,  
for a term of three (3) years with one (1) year optional renewal;  
authorizing the expenditure of funds from the Healthcare  
Internal Service Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a one-year  
software-as-a-service agreement for public record  
requests (PRR) software with the option to renew for  
four additional one-year terms; authorizing the  
expenditure of an amount not to exceed $25,000  
annually from the Information and Communications  
Technology Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments: Public Records Request Justification  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS CHAIR OF ZONING & PLANNING COMMITTEE  
REPORTS AS APPROVED:  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 3247 E. Manhattan Boulevard, 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  
The Clerk of Council’s Office supports the provisions of the Americans’ with Disabilities  
Act. If you need special accommodations, please call 48 hours prior to meeting time at  
419-245-1060 for arrangements.  
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