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.  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN PRESENTS:  
Recognizing the Leonard Rosenberg Trust for Parks and the  
Toledo Police Department.  
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR:  
Municipal Golf Preservation & Engagement Committee  
Re-Appointments  
Municipal Golf Preservation & Engagement Committee -  
New Appointments  
Utility Appeals Board Re-appointments  
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:  
Legislative History  
6/18/24  
City Council  
First Reading  
COUNCILWOMAN PRESIDENT HARTMAN 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.  
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.  
COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS:  
DIP allocation for pilot program for flashing traffic  
signals in District 2 to reduce high speed crashes.  
COUNCILMAN SARANTOU PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
FINANCE:  
Amending the Toledo Recovery Plan to adopt a revised  
schedule A; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
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.  
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:  
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.  
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.  
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.  
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.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $4,240,000 for the purpose of refunding  
for debt charges savings certain of the City’s outstanding  
Street Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2013A  
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(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.  
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.  
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,  
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) improving bridges by constructing,  
reconstructing, replacing, rehabilitating, restoring and  
widening bridge decks, supporting piers, abutments, arches,  
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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.  
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, 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.  
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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.  
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:  
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.  
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.  
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  
Improvement Fund for the purchase of Motorola  
Solutions, Inc. police radios; waiving the competitive  
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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.  
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.  
Attachments:  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
TRANSPORTATION:  
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.  
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.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended agreement  
with and to accept a federal grant from the State of Ohio,  
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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.  
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.  
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  
agreement for professional engineering services with Arcadis  
to facilitate the Blue Ribbon Panel to recommend the optimal  
path 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  
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provisions of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
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:  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $25,000  
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.  
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  
miscellaneous project costs; authorizing a dedicated source  
for repayment of said loans; authorizing the Mayor to accept  
bids 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.  
COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  
HUMAN RESOURCES:  
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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.  
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.  
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.  
Attachments:  
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.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11,  
Planning and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the  
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property located at 3922 Haverhill Drive, in the City of  
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11,  
Planning and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the  
property located at 0 N. Michigan (Parcels 14-30143,  
14-30142, 14-30145), 1934-1945 Champlain St, 914-926  
Rex St. & proposed vacated alley, in the City of  
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11,  
Planning and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the  
property located at 538 W. Sylvania Avenue, in the  
City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11,  
Planning and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the  
property located at 3101, 3111, 3113 and 3115  
Lagrange Street, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County,  
Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
Granting a Special Use Permit for a School for a site  
located at 1501 N. Ontario Street, in the City of Toledo,  
Lucas County, Ohio; subject to certain conditions and  
declaring an emergency.  
Granting a Special Use Permit for a Tobacco Shop for a  
site located at 4103 Monroe Street, in the City of  
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; subject to certain  
conditions and declaring an emergency.  
Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part  
Eleven, Subsections 1103.0904 and 1103.1604,  
modifying the UpTown Urban Neighborhood Overlay  
District boundaries; and declaring an emergency.  
Approving the request for site plan review for a  
new  
Street, Toledo, Ohio;  
conditions; and declaring an emergency.  
commercial  
building  
4505 N.  
Summit  
certain  
subject  
to  
COUNCILMEMBERS GADUS, HOBBS, SARANTOU & DRISCOLL PRESENT  
FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION:  
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Declaring a One-Year Moratorium on the Issuance of  
Demolition Permits for Buildings of Historical Community  
Importance in the City of Toledo; and Declaring an  
Emergency.  
Any other matter that may properly come before the Committee  
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