One Government Center  
Toledo, OH 43604  
City of Toledo  
Formal Agenda  
City Council  
Tuesday, October 21, 2025  
4:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
RESOLUTIONS IN ATTENDANCE:  
COUNCLMEMBERS GADUS AND McPHERSON PRESENT THE FOLLOWNG 2  
ITEMS  
Celebrating the Techledo Music Festival.  
Celebrating the Strictly R&B Park Jam.  
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR:  
Lucas Metropolitan Housing Board  
SECOND READING ITEM:  
Amending Chapter 1725 of the Toledo Municipal Code  
(TMC) to Require a Dumpster or Container for Eviction  
Setouts.  
Legislative History  
10/7/25  
NEW ITEMS FROM COUNCIL:  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS:  
City Council  
First Reading  
Authorizing the expenditure of $80,000 from the Capital  
Improvement Fund District Improvement Program to  
renovate the existing basketball court at Friendship  
Park; authorizing the Mayor to execute the necessary  
contracts; and declaring an emergency.  
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Authorizing the expenditure of $175,000 from the Capital  
Improvement Fund District Improvement Program for  
the installation of pickleball courts at Fort Meigs  
Sertoma Park; authorizing the Mayor to execute the  
necessary contracts; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCIL MEMBER GADUS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM:  
Submitting to the Toledo Plan Commission a Request to Study  
Demolition by Neglect; and Declaring an Emergency  
COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM:  
Determining to proceed with an improvement of the  
alley bounded by Columbia St., Ashland Ave., Fulton St.  
& W. Bancroft St, by installing six (6) street lights;  
authorizing the annual cost of $834.30 for said  
improvement from the General Fund utilities account;  
authorizing the payment of $5,500.00 from the General  
Fund utilities account to Toledo Edison for a one-time  
installation cost; and declaring an emergency.  
NEW ITEMS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION:  
COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS FROM  
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND YOUTH SERVICES:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept a grant from the  
ServeOhio Service Learning Institute in the amount of  
$5,000 to support youth engagement; authorizing the  
deposit, appropriation and expenditure of $5,000 in the  
Operation Grants Fund for the program; declaring an  
emergency.  
Amending Ordinance 043-25 to accept an additional $22,838.97  
from FEMA for subrecipient management costs associated with  
the City of Toledo’s BRIC grant award for the Wright Avenue  
Embankment Stabilization Project; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN SARANTOU PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM THE  
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR:  
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Reconnecting  
Communities Pilot Program Grant agreement with the  
U.S. Department of Transportation; authorizing the  
acceptance and deposit of $1,107,700 for the purpose of  
supporting the planning, design, and community  
engagement activities for a multi-use trail along Swan  
Creek; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of  
said funds; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and  
award contracts for the purpose of the grant; authorizing  
a community engagement subaward to the Junction  
Coalition for $176,400; waiving the competitive bidding  
provisions of TMC Chapter 187 for the subaward; and  
declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ITEM FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF LAW:  
Authorizing the settlement of personal injury claims of James  
Munsel for the total sum of $35,000 to be paid from the Risk  
Management Fund; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 4 ITEMS FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a three-year agreement  
with the Toledo Lucas County Board of Commissioners for  
services provided by Lucas County Canine Care and Control;  
authorizing the General Fund expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $120,000 annually from the General Fund; waiving the  
competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit a grant in  
the amount of $52,376.20 from the State of Ohio  
Department of Public Safety to conduct a Selective  
Traffic Enforcement Program; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure from the unappropriated  
grant proceeds of the Operation Grants Fund; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit a grant in  
the amount of $49,876.20 from the State of Ohio  
Department of Public Safety to conduct an Impaired  
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Driving Enforcement Program; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure from the unappropriated  
grant proceeds of the Operation Grants Fund; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a three-year  
subscription agreement with PowerDMS, Inc. for  
software; authorizing the General Fund expenditure of  
an amount not to exceed $35,000; waiving the  
competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187; and  
declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN HOBBS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 3 ITEMS FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF FIRE & RESCUE OPERATIONS:  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept a grant from the  
Department of Homeland Security Port Security Grant  
Program in an amount not to exceed $23,500 for the City  
of Toledo, Department of Fire & Rescue Operations;  
authorizing the deposit, appropriation, and expenditure  
of said amount from the Operation Grant Fund;  
authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award  
contracts for the same; and declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to award contracts to purchase  
used medic units and related equipment for the Fire and  
Rescue Department; authorizing the appropriation and  
expenditure of $120,000 from the Capital Improvement  
Fund for the used medic units and related equipment  
purchases; authorizing the Mayor to waive the formal  
competitive bid requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit a  
$1,117,196.29 grant from the U.S. Department of  
Homeland Security FEMA Assistance to Firefighters;  
authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of the  
same for the purchase of awarded emergency medical  
and training equipment, related supplies, and services;  
authorizing the General Fund expenditure of $111,719.63  
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as a grant matching condition; authorizing the Mayor to  
enter into contracts and amended contracts for said  
purchases; waiving the competitive bidding requirements  
of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute cooperative  
agreements between the City of Toledo and the State of Ohio,  
Department of Transportation (ODOT) and giving consent to  
ODOT to repair a bridge within the City of Toledo limits on  
Detroit Avenue over I-75 - PID No. 124242; and declaring an  
emergency  
Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$140,000 from the Street, Construction, Maintenance and  
Repair Fund for the replacement and repair of decorative  
lighting and controls on the Anthony Wayne Bridge; authorizing  
the Mayor to accept bids and enter into contracts for said  
purpose; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMEMBER KOMIVES PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS FROM  
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE:  
Authorizing the annual expenditure of an amount not to  
exceed $40,000 from the General Fund to purchase and  
replenish menstruation products in city facilities and  
other community-partnered locations; authorizing the  
Mayor to enter into a contract with Aunt Flow for one (1)  
year with an option of up to three (3) one-year renewals;  
waiving the competitive bidding provisions of TMC  
Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.  
Repealing and replacing Ord. 340-25; authorizing the  
Mayor to enter into agreements with Toledo Renewable  
Energy, LLC for a Renewable Natural Gas project  
utilizing Hoffman Road Landfill Gas and Bay View  
Waste Water Treatment Plant digester gas; authorizing  
the acceptance and deposit of incentive payments and  
revenue from sale of landfill gas and digester gas;  
authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of Landfill  
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funds; and declaring an emergency.  
COUNCILMAN MELDEN PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING 2 ITEMS FROM THE  
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT:  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Loan Agreement and  
other needed instruments with the Toledo-Lucas County  
Regional Board of Health to facilitate the acquisition,  
renovation, and relocation of its offices; authorizing the  
appropriation and expenditure of an amount not to exceed  
$5,000,000 from the General Fund; authorizing the Mayor to  
accept and deposit loan payments into the General Fund; and  
declaring an emergency.  
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Amended  
Agreement and other needed instruments with the Lucas  
County Board of Commissioners and other participating  
jurisdictions for the continued operations of the  
established Regional Combined Health District, known  
as the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department;  
authorizing the expenditure of funds; and declaring an  
emergency.  
COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS CHAIR OF ZONING & PLANNING COMMITTEE  
REPORTS THE FOLLOWING 13 ITEMS:  
Granting an amendment to the Special Use Permit for a Cultural  
Exhibit originally granted by Ord. 143-24, for the property  
located at 1600 Mott Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas  
County, Ohio; subject to certain conditions; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Granting a Special Use Permit for Major Urban  
Agriculture for the property located at 1205 and 1207 N.  
Huron Street, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio;  
subject to certain conditions; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 1936 Airport Highway, in the City of Toledo,  
Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
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and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 4140 Fitch Road, in the City of Toledo, Lucas  
County, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
Granting a Special Use Permit for Major Urban  
Agriculture for the property located at 1320 Broadway  
Street, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio;  
subject to certain conditions; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 742 Oak Street, 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 2323 W. Bancroft Street, in the City of  
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Approve Institutional Campus Master Plan for the  
property located at 2323 W. Bancroft Street, in the City  
of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, subject to certain  
conditions; and declaring an emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 3801 Dorr Street, in the City of Toledo, Lucas  
County, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
Granting a Special Use Permit for Community  
Recreation - Active for the property located at 6048  
Deer Park Court, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County,  
Ohio; subject to certain conditions; and declaring an  
emergency.  
Changing the zoning maps attached to Part 11, Planning  
and Zoning, Toledo Municipal Code, for the property  
located at 0 S. Detroit Avenue, in the City of Toledo,  
Lucas County, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.  
Granting a Planned Unit Development for multiple  
commercial buildings for a site located at 3450 W.  
Central Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County,  
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Ohio; subject to certain conditions and three (3) waivers;  
and declaring an emergency.  
Granting a Special Use Permit for Used auto sales for  
the property located at 3952 Jackman Road, in the City  
of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, subject to certain  
conditions; and declaring an emergency.  
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