One Government Center  
Toledo, OH 43604  
City of Toledo  
Formal Agenda  
City Council  
Tuesday, May 26, 2026  
4:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS:  
Recognizing and Congratulating the 2025-2026 Toledo  
Area Class of United States Department of State High  
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School Foreign Exchange Students and Designating  
Them as Honorary City of Toledo Citizens  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILLIAMS PRESENTS:  
Commending the 58th Annual Debutante Cotillion Award  
Recipients.  
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SECOND READING ITEMS:  
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Repealing Ordinance No. 483-19, passed on October 1,  
2019; authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant  
agreement with the Toledo Warehouse District  
Association to support the purchase and installation of  
street furnishings in the Warehouse District  
Neighborhood; authorizing the expenditure of $25,000  
from the Capital Improvement Fund District  
Improvement Program for site furnishings in District  
4; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments: District Improvement Program Review Committee_Meeting Minu  
Legislative History  
5/12/26  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award a  
contract for a period of up to two (2) years with the  
option to renew for one year for the removal, hauling and  
beneficial reuse of spent lime produced by the Division of  
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Water Treatment; authorizing the expenditure of an  
amount not to exceed $5,500,000 annually over the term  
of the contract from the Water Operating Fund; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Legislative History  
5/12/26  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Toledo Police  
Impound Lot management services agreement for an  
initial term of 5-years with an option to renew for an  
additional 5-years; authorizing the annual expenditure of  
an amount not to exceed $2,471,617.35 from the  
Municipal Tow Lot Fund; waiving the competitive  
bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Legislative History  
5/12/26  
City Council  
First Reading  
Declaring the intent to vacate a portion of Bismark  
Street lying north of Swan Creek, located in the  
City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring  
an emergency.  
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Legislative History  
5/12/26  
City Council  
First Reading  
NEW ITEMS FROM COUNCIL:  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS:  
Dedicating Searles Road from Dorr Street to Nebraska  
Avenue in Honor of Dr. Crystal Ellis, and declaring an  
emergency.  
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COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILLIAMS PRESENTS:  
Dedicating Wilmot Street “Kei’Mani Latigue Way” and  
declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS:  
Dedicating the corner of Junction and Indiana as “Lee &  
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Vernon Liddell Way and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS PRESENTS:  
Amending Ord. 469-25 which authorized the  
expenditure of $80,000 from the Capital  
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Improvement Fund District Improvement Program  
to change the Account Code to renovate the  
existing basketball court at Friendship Park;  
authorizing the Mayor to execute the necessary  
contracts; and declaring an emergency.  
Amending Ord. 470-25 which authorized the  
expenditure of $175,000 from the Capital Improvement  
Fund District Improvement Program to change the  
Account Code for the installation of pickleball courts at  
Fort Meigs Sertoma Park; authorizing the Mayor to  
execute the necessary contracts; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS:  
Amending Ord. 178-26 which authorized the  
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expenditure of $77,440 from the Capital  
Improvement Fund District Improvement Program  
to change the Account Code for the purchase and  
installation of speed feedback signage in District 1;  
authorizing the Mayor to execute the necessary  
contract; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBERS DRISCOLL, SARANTOU & McPHERSON PRESENT:  
Declaring a Moratorium until November 30, 2026, on the  
issuance of any zoning permits, building permits,  
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certificates of occupancy, or other licenses or permits for  
gasoline and fuel sales, in the City of Toledo; requesting a  
Plan Commission study; and declaring an emergency.  
NEW ITEMS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION:  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE:  
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Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$26,000 from the General Fund for the collection,  
hauling, and processing of materials collected at the 2026  
Clean Toledo Recycling events and Clean Toledo Center;  
authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and enter into  
contracts for recycling and disposal services; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the expenditure of $75,000 from the  
General Fund to Keep Toledo Lucas County  
Beautiful (KTLCB) for neighborhood clean-ups,  
Litter League, and recycling programs;  
authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement  
for said purpose; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 6 ITEMS FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract for repairs  
to maintenance hole (MH) #31234 located near Sherwood  
and South Detroit; authorizing the expenditure not to  
exceed $99,000 from the Sanitary Sewer Replacement  
Fund to pay costs associated with the repairs; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the annual expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $20,000 from the Sewer Operating Fund and  
$20,000 from the Water Operating Fund to provide  
payment for annual membership fees to Ohio Utilities  
Protection Service (OUPS); and declaring an emergency.  
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Approving the use of the Water Infrastructure  
Development Fund (2% Water Fund) to pay the cost of  
installing water infrastructure for community garden  
locations inside the City of Toledo upon the  
recommendation of the Director of Public Utilities;  
appropriating and expending $50,000 from the  
unappropriated balance of the Water Infrastructure  
Development Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the reappropriation of $183,806 in the Water  
Bond Fund for real estate acquisition and associated costs  
for the Raw Water Main Project; authorizing the  
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expenditure of same; authorizing the Mayor to accept  
bids for services and execute agreements as necessary and  
appropriate for real estate acquisition and associated cost  
for the Raw Water Main Project; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of  
$873,605 from the Water Replacement Fund for  
real estate acquisition and associated cost related  
thereto, including but not limited to the purchase  
of real property interests, easements and easement  
updates, crop damages, property restoration costs,  
surveys, testing, title work, appraisals, closing  
costs, environmental assessments, and other  
incidental fees and expenses for the Raw Water  
Main Project; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids  
for services and execute agreements as necessary  
and appropriate for real estate acquisition and  
associated cost for the Raw Water Main Project;  
and declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into necessary  
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agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection  
Agency for a Source Water Protective Strategies Grant;  
authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and  
expenditure of additional grant proceeds in the amount of  
$4,841 in the Water Replacement Fund for the purposes  
of the Source Water Protective Strategies Grant;  
authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with  
The Ohio State University for outreach and education;  
waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC  
Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILLIAMS PRESENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE  
MAYOR:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into cooperative grant  
agreements with and accept financial assistance from the  
Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) for the  
Point Place Railroad Grade Separation project;  
authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and  
expenditure of grant proceeds into the Capital  
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Improvement Fund in an amount not to exceed  
$5,500,000; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and  
award contracts related to the design and engineering;  
and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:  
Supporting City of Toledo applications to the Lake Erie  
West Regional Council (formerly TMACOG)  
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the  
purpose of obtaining financial assistance for  
transportation infrastructure projects; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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COUNCILWOMAN JONES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of  
$145,899 from the unappropriated balance General Fund  
to provide funding support for the remaining balance of  
acquisition and transition costs of a merger between  
Beach House, Inc. dba Leading Families Home (LFH) and  
Family House; authorizing the Mayor to enter into an  
agreement with Leading Families Home; and declaring  
an emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ CHAIR OF THE WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE  
PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM LIKELY TO BE RELIEVED OF  
COMMITTEE:  
Authorizing the appropriation of $100,000 from the  
Water, Sewer and Storm Water Replacement Funds and  
the operating transfer of same to the Water, Sewer and  
Storm Water Operating Funds; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure of $100,000 from the  
Water, Sewer and Storm Water Operating Funds for the  
customer assistance grant program; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Legislative History  
3/3/26  
City Council  
First Reading  
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3/17/26  
3/31/26  
City Council  
City Council  
held  
Referred To: to the  
Water Quality  
Committee  
COUNCILWOMAN JONES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 3 ITEMS LIKELY TO  
BE RELIEVED OF THE HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PUBLIC  
HEALTH COMMITTEE:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate,  
and expend the Emergency Solutions Grant in the amount  
of $619,354 from the U.S. Department of Housing and  
Urban Development to fund Emergency Solutions Grant  
Program activities; authorizing submission to the U.S.  
Department of Housing and Urban Development of the  
2026-2027 Annual Action Plan; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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Attachments: ESG 2026 proposed schedule a 04132026  
Legislative History  
5/12/26  
City Council  
Referred To: to the  
Housing, Community  
Development & Public  
Health Committee  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate and  
expend the HOME Investment Partnership Program  
Grant in the amount of $1,971,147.86 from the U.S.  
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)  
for the purpose of funding the 2026 HOME Investment  
Partnership Program; authorizing the expenditure of  
HOME Carryover funds from all years prior to program  
year 2025 (34th) in the amount of $5,759,943; and  
authorizing submission to the U.S. Department of  
Housing and Urban Development the 2026-2027 Annual  
Action Plan; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments: HOME 2026 PY 35 proposed schedule a 04132026  
Slides for Agenda Review final04152026  
Legislative History  
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5/12/26  
City Council  
Referred To: to the  
Housing, Community  
Development & Public  
Health Committee  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate and  
expend the Community Development Block Grant from  
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  
(HUD) in the amount of $7,026,026; authorizing the  
expenditure of CDBG carryover funds from all years  
prior to program year 2025 (51st) in the amount of  
$985,000; authorizing submission to the U.S. Department  
of Housing and Urban Development of the 2026-2027  
Annual Action Plan; and declaring an emergency.  
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Attachments: Copy of CDBG 2026 proposed schedule a and b 04282026  
Legislative History  
5/12/26  
City Council  
Referred To: to the  
Housing, Community  
Development & Public  
Health Committee  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES CHAIR OF THE SUSTAINABILItY &  
BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS  
LIKELY TO BE RELIEVED OF COMMITTEE:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a five-year  
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agreement with the option for five one-year renewals  
with Republic Services for curbside refuse and recycling  
collection services; authorizing the annual expenditure of  
an amount not to exceed $13,200,000 plus any additional  
fuel charges from the General Fund for said services;  
waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC  
Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
Repealing Section 963.03(b) of the Toledo  
Municipal Code and enacting a new Section  
963.03(b) to revise the monthly municipal solid  
waste fees; and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILMAN DRISCOLL CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE  
PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM LIKELY TO BE RELIEVED OF  
COMMITTEE  
Authorizing the Mayor to enact an annual license  
fee upon the operation of motor vehicles on public  
roads and highways; authorizing the acceptance  
and deposit all license fee revenues into the Street  
Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund.  
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Legislative History  
5/12/26  
City Council  
Referred To:  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS CHAIR OF THE ZONING & PLANNING  
COMMITTEE PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM LIKELY TO BE RELIEVED  
OF COMMITTEE:  
Granting a Special Use Permit of major public  
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utility-water towers for a site located at 1910 Northover  
Road, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; subject  
to certain conditions; declaring an emergency.  
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