One Government Center  
Toledo, OH 43604  
City of Toledo  
Formal Agenda  
City Council  
Tuesday, March 25, 2025  
4:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
RESOLUTIONS IN ATTENDANCE  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS PRESENTS:  
Recognizing Kristin Cousino for retiring and 35 years of  
dedication, and hard work with the City of Toledo.  
COUNCILMEMBERS WILLIAMS, HOBBS & McPHERSON PRESENT:  
Recognizing Alfred Dailey on the occasion of Fifty  
Years as Owner and Operator of “Dailey’s Dis ‘N’ Dat  
Variety Store.”  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN & THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL  
PRESENT:  
Recognizing Karen Poore on the occasion of her retirement.  
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR:  
Toledo City Plan Commission Re-appointment  
Attachments:  
SECOND READING ITEMS:  
Authorizing the expenditure of $16,860 from the General  
Fund to pay the National League of Cities 2025 membership  
dues.  
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Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/11/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $500,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund  
for the replacement of vehicles and equipment for the  
Police Department; authorizing the Mayor to accept  
bids and award contracts for purchase(s), materials  
and professional services necessary to place the  
vehicles into service; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/11/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
Endorsing and Supporting the Toledo Public School District  
Safe Routes to School “School Travel Plan Update”; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/11/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute cooperative  
agreements and to accept financial assistance from the  
Washington Local School District for the Whitmer Drive  
construction project; authorizing the acceptance, deposit,  
appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds into the  
Capital Improvement Fund in an amount not to exceed  
$1,750,000; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award  
contracts for said project; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
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City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute cooperative  
agreements with the State of Ohio, Department of  
Transportation (ODOT) and granting consent to ODOT to  
repair a bridge within the City of Toledo limits on the  
Anthony Wayne Trail over Swan Creek; and declaring an  
emergency  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/11/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts utilizing  
cooperative purchasing agreements for the purchase of one (1)  
Tandem Axle Plow Truck; authorizing the expenditure of an  
amount not to exceed $375,000 from the Capital Improvement  
Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/11/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the Mayor to apply for, enter into agreements, accept  
and deposit loan proceeds from the Ohio EPA Water Pollution  
Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) and the Ohio Water Development  
Authority (OWDA) into the Sanitary Sewer Loan Replacement  
Fund for Bay View Water Reclamation Plant Improvements  
Program Management; authorizing the appropriation and  
expenditure of the loan proceeds from the Sanitary Sewer  
Replacement Fund in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000;  
authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $1,000,000  
from the Sanitary Sewer Replacement Fund for the payment of  
loan administration fees and miscellaneous non-loan funded  
project costs; authorizing a dedicated source for repayment of  
said loan; authorizing the Mayor to accept proposals and bids  
and execute necessary agreements and contracts related to the  
project; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/11/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the expenditure of $1,197,000 from the  
General Fund for youth engagement, mentoring, and  
development initiatives; authorizing the Mayor to  
enter into necessary agreements for these initiatives;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
3/11/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN PRESENTS:  
Approving a Petition For Special Assessments for Special  
Energy Improvement Projects and a Project Plan for the  
Northwest Ohio Advanced Energy Improvement District  
under Chapter 1710 of the Ohio Revised Code for AvCap  
Medical I, LLC and 3740 Sylvania Avenue,Toledo, Ohio  
43623; to authorize and levy special assessments for the  
purpose of acquiring, constructing, and improving certain  
public improvements in the City of Toledo in cooperation with  
the Northwest Ohio Advanced Energy Improvement District;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS:  
Amending Ordinance 585-24 for Blue Light cameras,  
waiving the competitive bidding requirements of  
Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 187, and declaring an  
emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS:  
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Granting a waiver of Toledo Municipal Code Sections  
1103.1510 and 1107.0203 to allow a new off-street  
parking lot in the Warehouse District at 27-29 N.  
Huron Street, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County,  
Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS:  
Authorizing the expenditure of $60,000 from the Capital  
Improvement Fund for the design and construction of public  
access to the Ottawa Park Ice Rink restrooms; authorizing the  
Mayor to accept bids and award contract for said purpose;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS:  
Authorizing the expenditure of $25,000 from the Capital  
Improvement Fund for construction of an entrance arch at  
Detwiler Baseball Complex; authorizing the Mayor to amend  
an existing Detwiler Baseball Complex Improvement contract  
with Midwest Contracting, Inc. for said purpose; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM THE  
TOLEDO MUNICIPAL COURT:  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of court  
computerization fees estimated to be $400,000 for the cost of  
procuring and maintaining computer systems for the office of  
the Clerk of the Municipal Court; declaring an emergency.  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING NEW  
ITEM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR:  
Authorizing the expenditure of $25,000 from the General Fund to  
support the 2025 Toledo Jeep Fest as a Collaborative Sponsor;  
authorizing the Mayor to enter into a sponsorship agreement with  
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Toledo Jeep Fest LLC; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 3 ITEMS FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF LAW:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a professional service  
agreement with Brookshire Barrett, LLC for expert witness  
services in the case captioned Robinson v. Reditt and City of  
Toledo, Case No. 24-2120 pending in the Lucas County  
Common Pleas Court; authorizing the expenditure not to  
exceed $30,000; waiving the competitive bidding provisions of  
TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the settlement of flood damage claims for the  
Division of Water Treatment; authorizing the acceptance and  
deposit of $77,852 from Travelers Insurance; and declaring  
an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended lease  
agreement with the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority for  
additional municipal office space in One Government Center  
3rd Floor; authorizing the expenditure for additional rent and  
renovation costs; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and enter into a  
four-year police radio maintenance agreement;  
authorizing the General Fund expenditure of an  
amount not to exceed $25,880 annually over the term  
of said agreement; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 4 ITEMS  
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended cooperative  
grant agreement with and accept additional financial  
assistance from the State of Ohio Department of  
Transportation (ODOT) for the 2025 Safe Routes to School  
project; authorizing the deposit, appropriation and  
expenditure of grant proceeds into the Capital Improvement  
Fund in an additional amount of $89,271; authorizing the  
Mayor to accept bids and award contracts related to project  
construction; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended agreement  
with and to accept additional grant funding from the State of  
Ohio, Department of Transportation (ODOT) for an amount  
not to exceed $896,148 for the construction of a multi-use path  
across the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) bridge; authorizing  
the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and expenditure of  
grant proceeds into the Capital Improvement Fund for said  
project; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award  
contracts related to the construction of said project; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$1,950,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the  
Bridge Matches and Planning Program; authorizing the  
Mayor to prepare plans and specifications, acquire required  
rights-of-way as appropriate, accept bids, award contracts,  
and enter into agreements for these projects; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$800,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the Martin  
Luther King Jr. (MLK) Bridge project; authorizing the  
Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said project;  
and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 3 ITEMS  
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE:  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $20,000 from the Special Assessment Services  
Fund to replace the electrical line and gate operating  
motor at 221 Elmdale; authorizing the Mayor to accept  
bids and award contracts for said gate operator  
installation and electrical line repair; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of $158,500 from the General  
Fund for the collection, hauling, and processing of  
materials collected through the 2025 Clean Toledo  
Recycling events; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and  
enter into necessary contracts for recycling and disposal  
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services; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$275,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the  
improvement and/or replacement of major mechanical  
systems and general building and facility improvements;  
authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for  
purchase(s), materials and professional services necessary to  
complete said improvements; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 5 ITEMS FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES:  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of  
$694,000 from the unappropriated balance of the  
Water Replacement Fund for the Raw Water Main  
Real Estate Services; authorizing the Mayor to accept  
bids for services and execute necessary agreements  
related to the project; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of $15,800 from the Water  
Operating Fund to provide payment of the City of Toledo  
Department of Public Utilities’ membership dues for 2025 to  
the American Water Works Association (AWWA); and  
declaring an emergency.  
Amending Ordinance 29-25 for the purpose of increasing the  
Department of Public Utilities’ annual expenditure for AMS  
consulting; declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into contract with  
Westatlantic Tech Corp. for the purchase of a Split Barrel  
Repair Clamp; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not  
to exceed $18,000 from the Water Replacement Fund; waiving  
the competitive bidding provisions of the TMC Chapter 187;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of $36,000 from the Water  
Operating Fund and $42,000 from the Sewer Operating Fund  
for Commercial Driver License (CDL) training pursuant to  
the existing contract with TRAINCO Truck Driving Schools,  
Inc. and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM  
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a one-year  
software-as-a-service agreement with the option to renew for  
up to four consecutive one-year terms for Office 365;  
authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of funds for  
Office 365 and related data migration from the Information  
and Communications Technology Fund; waiving the  
competitive bidding requirements of Toledo Municipal Code  
Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
COUNCIL MEMBER GADUS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement and to  
accept, deposit, appropriate and expend the 2024 Section  
319(h)Nonpoint Source Program Grant in the amount of  
$315,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency  
(OHEPA) to install Swayne Field Green Infrastructure;  
authorizing the Mayor to enter into or amend existing project  
agreements; waiving the competitive bidding provisions of  
Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Attachments:  
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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