One Government Center  
Toledo, OH 43604  
City of Toledo  
Formal Agenda  
City Council  
Tuesday, July 15, 2025  
4:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
RESOLUTIONS IN ATTENDANCE:  
COUNCILMEMBERS SARANTOU, HARTMAN, HOBBS & MORRIS  
PRESENT:  
Recognizing Bruce Baumhower, a pillar of Toledo’s labor  
movement, retired on July 1, 2025, after an exceptional  
32-year career as its longest-serving president with United  
Auto Workers (UAW) Local 12.  
COUNCILMEMEBERS MELDEN, HARTMAN, WILLIAMS & KOMIVES  
PRESENT:  
Recognizing Magic of the Old West End on Winning a  
Telly Award  
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR:  
Re-Appointments to the Human Relations Commission  
SECOND READING ITEMS:  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning and  
Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property located at  
4004 Angola Road, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
5/20/25  
6/3/25  
City Council  
First Reading  
held  
City Council  
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6/17/25  
City Council  
held  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11,  
Planning and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the  
property located at 0 S. Byrne Road, in the City of  
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
5/20/25  
6/3/25  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
First Reading  
held  
6/17/25  
held  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11,  
Planning and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the  
property located at 3920 Angola Road, in the City of  
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Attachments:  
Legislative History  
5/20/25  
6/3/25  
City Council  
City Council  
City Council  
First Reading  
held  
6/17/25  
held  
Amending Toledo Municipal Code section 929.04(b)to  
reinstate the Winter averaging billing for City of Toledo  
water and sewer customers.  
Legislative History  
6/17/25  
NEW ITEMS FROM COUNCIL:  
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARTMAN PRESENTS:  
City Council  
First Reading  
Approving a Petition For Special Assessments for Special  
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Energy Improvement Projects and a Project Plan for the  
Northwest Ohio Advanced Energy Improvement District  
under Chapter 1710 of the Ohio Revised Code for Happy  
Days Restaurant & Bar, LLC and 1396 W. Sylvania Avenue,  
Toledo, Ohio 43612; 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.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement with  
the University of Toledo Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center for  
the purpose of covering in part the cost of a legislative intern  
partnership; authorizing expenditure not exceed $15,000 from  
the General Fund to be paid to the University of Toledo Jack  
Ford Urban Affairs Center; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCIL MEMBERS MELDEN, DRISCOLL, GADUS, JONES &  
McPHERSON PRESENT:  
Declaring July as “Disability Pride Month” in the City of Toledo  
COUNCILMEMBERS GADUS & MARTINEZ PRESENT:  
Amending R-368-24 to extend the moratorium on the issuance  
of Demolition permits for buildings of Historical Community  
Importance to January 17, 2026; and include qualifying  
publicly owned buildings under the same moratorium and  
declaring an emergency.  
COUNCIL MEMBER GADUS PRESENTS:  
Authorizing the expenditure of $50,000 from the Capital  
Improvement Fund District Improvement Program for  
replacement of the playground at Collins Park; authorizing  
the Mayor to execute the necessary contracts; and declaring  
an emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of $75,000 from the  
Capital Improvement Fund District Improvement  
Program for replacement of the playground at Dale  
Stone Park; authorizing the Mayor to execute the  
necessary contracts; and declaring an emergency.  
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COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS PRESENTS:  
Authorizing the expenditure of $75,000 from the  
Capital Improvement Fund District Improvement  
Program for replacement of the playground at Mayfair  
Park; authorizing the Mayor to execute the necessary  
contracts; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBERS DRISCOLL, WILLIAMS & HARTMAN PRESENT:  
Submitting to the Toledo Plan Commission a Request to  
conduct a study of pre-existing zoning in the Vistula  
Neighborhood; changing Industrial Zoning to Mixed-Use and  
Parks and Open Space zoning where appropriate, and  
Regional Commercial on La Grange St to Neighborhood  
Commercial and Parks and Open Space zoning where  
appropriate, and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM  
TOLEDO MUNICIPAL COURT:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit an amount of  
$1,610,069 from a grant received from the State of Ohio,  
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Division of  
Parole and Community Services for the appropriation and  
expenditure of those funds from the Community Corrections  
Grant; authorizing the execution of any grant documents that  
may be required for the acceptance of the funds; and  
declaring and emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN McPHERSON PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM  
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with  
the The BAZ Group to assist with phase 2 of the  
telephony optimization and modernization project;  
authorizing the expenditure of $108,000 from the  
Information and Communications Technology Fund;  
waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC  
Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN SARANTOU PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 14 ITEMS FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE:  
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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 2024; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
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 2024; and declaring an emergency.  
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 2024; and declaring an  
emergency.  
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  
2024; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor at his discretion to enter into  
amended contracts with existing vendors through the  
end of 2025 in order to account for verified  
tariff-related cost increases; waiving the competitive  
bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and  
declaring an emergency.  
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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 2025; 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 $1,260,000 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 bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $1,265,000 for the purpose of paying  
costs of acquiring equipment for use in carrying out  
functions of the City’s Hoffman Road Landfill, and declaring  
an emergency.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the  
maximum principal amount of $700,000 for the purpose of  
paying costs of acquiring motor vehicles and equipment for  
use in carrying out functions of the City’s Department of  
Transportation; and declaring an emergency.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $680,000 for the purpose of paying costs  
of acquiring motor vehicles and equipment for use in carrying  
out functions of the City’s Department of Public Service,  
including but not limited to its Divisions of Fleet and Facilities  
Operations, Solid Waste and Urban Beautification; 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 $18,645,000 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,  
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,  
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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.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $7,490,000 for the purpose of refunding  
for debt charges savings certain of the City’s outstanding  
Capital Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2015,  
dated October 15, 2015; and declaring an emergency.  
Providing for the issuance and sale of bonds in the maximum  
principal amount of $1,740,000 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; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND YOUTH SERVICES:  
Authorizing the expenditure of $15,400 from the  
General Fund for 11 movie nights at 11 different City  
of Toledo parks for the 2025 summer; authorizing the  
Mayor to enter into the necessary agreements for these  
initiatives; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 4 ITEMS FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES:  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an  
additional amount of $500,000 from the Sanitary Sewer  
Replacement Fund for the design and construction of the  
Ogontz Pump Station Project; authorizing the Mayor to  
amend the engineering contract with Tetra Tech, Engineer of  
Record, to provide additional professional engineering,  
metering and testing, inspection, construction management,  
and other services related to the construction of the Ogontz  
Pump Station Project; authorizing the Mayor to waive the  
competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187 for the  
continuation of Tetra Tech’s professional engineering,  
metering and testing, inspection, construction management  
and other services related to the construction of the Ogontz  
Pump Station Project; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of an amount  
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not to exceed $500,000 from the Sanitary Sewer Replacement  
Fund; authorizing an amendment to the existing contract with  
Denali Water Solutions, Inc. for the completion of the  
Digester Tank Cleaning Project; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$12,000 from the Sewer Operating Fund for fleet vehicle  
telematics services and monitoring; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a five-year  
contract for required cross-connection surveys for the  
Backflow Prevention Program; authorizing an annual  
expenditure from the Water Operating Fund in an  
amount not to exceed $440,000; and declaring an  
emergency.  
COUNCIL MEMBER GADUS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 9 ITEMS FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for  
case management, street interventions, outreach, and  
wraparound support for city’s Peace in Motion  
Community Safety Plan; authorizing the  
reappropriation and expenditure of funds in an  
amount not to exceed $36,400 from the General Fund;  
waiving the competitive bidding provisions of TMC  
Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with The  
Fair Housing Center for Source of Income Testing services;  
authorizing the General Fund expenditure of an amount not  
to exceed $25,000; waiving the competitive bidding  
requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$30,000 from the General Fund for the provision of a Source  
of Income (SOI) investigation training consultant; authorizing  
the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts; and declaring  
an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate, and  
expend the Emergency Solutions Grant in the amount of  
$627,043 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban  
Development to fund Emergency Solutions Grant Program  
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activities; authorizing submission of the 2025-2029  
Consolidated Plan and the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan to  
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate and  
expend the HOME Investment Partnership Program Grant  
in the amount of $1,965,724 from the U.S. Department of  
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the purpose of  
funding the 2025 HOME Investment Partnership Program;  
authorizing the expenditure of HOME Carryover funds from  
all years prior to program year 2024 (33rd) in the amount of  
$3,787,820.93; authorizing submission of the 2025-2029  
Consolidated plan and the 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan to  
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
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 $7,046,960; authorizing the expenditure of  
CDBG carryover funds from all years prior to program year  
2024 (50th) in the amount of $728,799; authorizing submission  
of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025-2026 Annual  
Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban  
Development; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement with  
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  
(HUD) for the purpose of accepting and depositing an  
additional $11,826 for the HOME Investment Partnerships  
Program American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (HOME-ARP)  
Grant; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of said  
funds; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with  
Bowling Green State University Center for Regional  
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Development to evaluate the City of Toledo’s community  
engagement efforts focused on use of boards and  
commissions; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not  
to exceed $51,000 from the General Fund; waiving the  
formal bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and  
declaring an emergency  
Authorizing the settlement of claims brought in  
Elizabeth Harris v. City of Toledo et al.; authorizing  
the expenditure of $30,000 from the Risk Management  
Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF LAW:  
Authorizing the settlement of claims brought in Keith  
v. Pluff, et al.; authorizing the expenditure of $50,000  
from the Risk Management Fund; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of $15,000 from the Risk  
Management Fund for the representation of a former city  
employee by the Spengler Nathanson law firm related to  
litigation pending in the Lucas County Court of Common  
Pleas; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 6 ITEMS FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$25,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the  
purchase of speed trailer(s) for Toledo Police; authorizing  
the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the  
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the Office of  
Criminal Justice services (OCJS) and to accept and deposit a  
2024 Project Safe Neighborhood grant in the amount of  
$20,564.80 for the Toledo Police Department; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure of funds from the Operation  
Grants fund; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement and  
accept and deposit $37,622.64 from the Office of Criminal  
Justice Services for Violent Crime Reduction Program grant  
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for the Toledo Police Department; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure of funds from the Operation  
Grants Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $65,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund  
for the purchase of mobile data terminals for police  
vehicles; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and  
award contracts; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept a donation from Our  
Rescue for an investigative software license valued at  
$11,843; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a lease agreement with  
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center LLC for 2527  
Cherry St., Toledo OH 43608, to operate as a Toledo Police  
substation; authorizing the expenditure for rent and  
operating costs; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF FIRE & RESCUE OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the Mayor to supplement the existing  
Occupational Health Services contract with Mercy Health for  
the provision of employee medical services and evaluations for  
the Fire and Rescue Department; authorizing the expenditure  
of funds; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 4 ITEMS  
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and enter into a one  
(1) year contract with an option for an additional two (2)  
one-year renewals for the Green Infrastructure Landscape  
Maintenance Project; authorizing expenditures in an  
amount not to exceed $58,025 annually from the Storm  
Water Operating Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and enter into a one (1)  
year contract with an option for an additional two (2)  
one-year renewals for the Green Infrastructure Invasives  
Control Project; authorizing expenditures in an amount not to  
exceed $33,100 annually from the Storm Water Operating  
Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the expenditure of $36,000 from the Special  
Assessments Services Fund for the purchase of flower  
containers/pots for Streetscape Beautification Projects in the  
public right-of-way; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids  
and award contracts for said purpose; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into agreements with NW  
Natural Renewables, LLC for a Renewable Natural Gas  
project utilizing Hoffman Road Landfill Gas and Bay View  
Waste Water Treatment Plant digester gas; authorizing the  
acceptance of incentive payments and revenue; and declaring  
an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:  
Declaring it necessary to improve the intersection at  
Matzinger Road & Stickney Avenue by installing street lights;  
and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 3 ITEMS FROM  
ZONING & PLANNING COMMITTEE:  
Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Chapters 743,  
1103, 1104, 1107 and 1116 relating to the Downtown Parking  
Lot Review and Improvement Advisory Committee  
(DPLRIAC) and surface parking lots in the Downtown and  
Warehouse Districts; and declaring an emergency.  
Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part 11,  
Chapters 1104.0400 Use Table, 1104.1700 adding  
locational criteria, and 1116 Terminology for Tobacco  
Shops; and declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Amending Various Sections of Toledo Municipal Code  
(TMC), Chapter 11, Changing Commissioner of  
Building Inspections to Planning Director; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Attachments:  
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ITEMS LIKELY TO RECEIVE IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION:  
Authorizing the appropriation of $45,000 from the  
unappropriated balance of the Water Replacement  
Fund and operating transfer of same into the Water  
Operating Fund; authorizing the appropriation of  
$50,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Sewer  
Replacement Fund and operating transfer of same into  
the Sewer Operating Fund; authorizing the  
appropriation of $5,000 from the unappropriated  
balance of the Storm Water Replacement Fund and  
operating transfer of same into the Storm Water  
Operating Fund; authorizing the appropriation and  
expenditure of an amount not to exceed $45,000 from  
the Water Operating Fund, the appropriation and  
expenditure of an amount not to exceed $50,000 from  
the Sewer Operating Fund, and the appropriation and  
expenditure of an amount not to exceed $5,000 from  
the Storm Water Operating Fund to fund the customer  
assistance grant program; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Approving the revision of the current Collective Bargaining  
Agreement between the City of Toledo and the Toledo Police  
Command Officers’ Association for a successor agreement,  
consistent with the bargained understandings; and declaring  
an emergency.  
Attachments:  
Accepting the recommendations set forth in the Fact  
Finding Report in the matter of the City of Toledo and  
the Toledo Firefighters, IAFF Local 92; approving the  
revision of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement  
between the parties for a successor agreement, consistent  
with the bargained understandings; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Attachments:  
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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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