2026-11-02 - City Council

Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Good evening. We're going to call the meeting for Akron City Council to order. At this time, our clerk will read the roll. Bolden. >> I. >> Boyes. >> I. >> Connor. >> I. >> Davis. >> I. >> Garrett. >> Present. >> Greer. >> I. >> Hanna. >> I. >> Khammar. >> I. >> Lombardo. >> I. >> McKitrick. >> I. >> Mobley. >> I. >> Somerville. >> I. >> Wilson. >> I. >> All members are present. >> Thank you. For those who voluntarily wish to do so, would you please stand at this time as we are led in prayer by Joe Tucker of South Street Ministries. Immediately following our prayer, I'm going to ask if Councilman Bolden will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. >> All right. I'm going to read a prayer from a book called Guerrillas of Grace and then pray afterwards. Eternal friend, grant me an ease to breathe deeply of this moment, this light, this miracle of now, beneath the din and fury of great movements and harsh news and urgent crises, make me attentive still to good news, to small occasions, and the grace of what is possible for me to be, to do, to give, to receive, that I may miss neither my neighbor's gift nor my enemy's need. Precious Lord, grant me a sense of humor that adds perspective to compassion, gratitude that adds persistence to courage, quietness of spirit that adds irrepressibility to hope, openness of mind that adds surprise to joy, that with gladness of heart I may link arm and aim with the one who saw signs of your kingdom in salt and yeast, pearls and seeds, travelers and tax collectors, sowers and harlots, foreigners and fishermen, and who opens my eyes with these signs and my ears with the summons to follow us to something more of justice and joy. Greater, we come from different places and perspectives, yet we all breathe. Let us breathe deeply in this moment that in justice and joy we may care for neighbor and enemy alike. Amen. >> Amen. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> The minutes from our previously held meeting have been provided. Are there any additions or corrections? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor, signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? The eyes have it. >> The motion to approve the minutes passes 13 to 0. >> We'll now move to our public comment period. I'm going to ask all those who signed up to participate, if you'll please stand at this time so that you may be sworn in by our clerk. Could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you give will be the truth? If so, please say I do. I do. Thank you. Thank you. Just going to ask when you hear your name, if you'll please approach the podium. This is a reminder, you will have 3 minutes to speak to this body, and we're going to begin with Kelly. Is Kelly here tonight? >> Thank you. My name is Kelly Sayre. I'm in Ward 10 in Goodyear Heights. I'm speaking tonight about the authorization to for the development or for the demolition funds for Firestone plant one. Instead of authorizing demolition funds, I seek to authorize community development funds. So, Akron, be your own hero. Firestone Plant One is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Yet, when I hear city officials and residents talk about the iconic factory, I am bombarded with negativity, pessimism, and anger. Yes, the property must be used for commercial purposes, so that rules out any housing options. That limitation just expands possibilities. What draws people and economic prosperity to a place? It is somewhere where people want to be, somewhere that is cool. And I think Firestone Plant One could be utterly, ridiculously cool if we put our minds to it. Watching the 2026 Winter Olympics earlier this year, I was inspired by the athletes, but lamented that in order to get to that level of professionalism, most start out quite young at a local facility, falling in love with a sport that they just happen to be exposed to. Akron has some great outdoor spaces, but what about indoor athletic spaces? You need a big building for that sort of thing. And Firestone Plant One is a big building. Stop thinking about money for a bit, and let's start dreaming about a huge draw, not only for Firestone Park, but for the entire city of Akron and surrounding communities. What if the bottom floor had a year-round indoor ice rink where residents can learn to figure skate, play ice hockey, go curling? What if another floor had an indoor putt-putt course? What if another floor had an indoor skate park? What if more floors had an indoor mountain bike track? What if you didn't have to haul your bike or ice skates to the facility, you could just rent a storage locker and keep them there? What if little repair shops and cafes and restaurants were inside the building, so you could just go for the day? What if Akron made a place where residents of all ages and abilities can come and have fun year-round? Where families can go to let let go of their worries and enjoy spending time with their loved ones. Where complete strangers from different backgrounds just bump into each other and become friends. But money, you say, we have no money and no one will come save the building. What if Akron makes the money ourselves? What if residents who wanted to crowd crowd fund Firestone Plant One contributed their own money for a share of this community enterprise? The iconic Sydney Opera House in Australia was funded by holding lotteries. Bonds fund projects. GoFundMe and Kickstarter campaigns happen every day. Liability, you say the city cannot be held liable for the mess of an old rubber plant. Well, somehow the city needs to transfer ownership to a third party and that party would assume liability. I am not a legal expert expert, I'm just guessing but somebody like the Development Finance Authority of Summit County would be a helpful resource in how to go about something like this. In the end, I believe we can and should save the iconic front bay and clock tower of Firestone Plant One. We must literally rebuild the rubble of the rubber industry into something that will be a huge asset. Something that residents old and young can be proud of. Akron, save a symbol of our city and let's build a new one together. >> Thank you so much for sharing. Ryan Vaughn. >> Hello Akron City Council. My name is Ryan and I am the membership coordinator of the Akron Democratic Socialists of America as well as a member of our Haitian Solidarity Language Group. And I'm here today to talk about the use of automatic license plate readers within Akron's city limits. On September 1st of this year, Haitian student and migrant Pierre Damas Belle killed himself by jumping into oncoming traffic on Springfield Interstate 40. By all accounts from family and friends, the reason for his suicide was surveillance. After the unjust and obscene termination of temporary protected status for Haitians, Immigration and Customs Enforcement shackled Haitians in Springfield with ankle monitors to observe their every movement and prepare for their unnecessary and cruel deportation back to Haiti. This monitor made him feel despised and he couldn't bear the shame of living with it, so he chose to live not at all. On October 30th, after a week of forces accumulating, El Salvador invaded Port-au-Prince under orders of dictator Naib Bukele. This invasion is being done under the pretext of security and controlling the gangs, but we needn't be naive. The current and unelected Haitian head of state, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, in the manner of Bukele, has been signing contracts with US prison developers and private military contractors like Erik Prince, with some contracts lasting for over 50 years. Prince, a long-time ally and felon and Epstein associate Donald J. Trump, is the founder and owner of Blackwater, a private military contractor which contracts regularly with ICE for migrant capture and detention. So, what does this have to do with automatic license plate readers or ALPRs? Quote, "Search logs of Akron network obtained and analyzed by Signal Akron show that police agencies outside of Akron accessed its Flock information 33.4 million times in the 18 months between December 2024 and June 2026. During that time, at least 8,829 documented searches from that at least 369 different agencies were clearly labeled as being necessary to aid the work of federal immigration targets. Migrants, Haitian or otherwise, are being monitored by ICE using Akron's Flock cameras so as to generate profit for capitalists like Erik Prince and Garrett Langley, the owner of Flock. In their tedious and dishonest defense of these devices, the Fraternal Order of the Police and their allies on the so-called Police Oversight Board maintain that these devices are necessary for security of the city. Bite me. Pierre Damas Belle killed himself due to the surveillance, and these cameras are actively being used to find and deport migrants who are fleeing from violence and war. Yet, the people sworn to protect the people of Akron sit in this chamber hemming and hawing about Mike goods and wood shoulds rather than analyzing the actual material conditions. I simply don't think there's a more unserious way of approaching this. >> Thank you. Aisha Williams >> Good evening. Um last week uh Mr. Lusby stood here and said issues 11, 12, and 13 threaten public safety. That's a bold statement, especially coming from a department who is avoiding transparency, avoiding accountability, and avoiding answering even the simplest community questions. If they were Excuse me. If they were [clears throat] talking about threats to the public safety, let's talk about the real ones. You said the oversight already exists, internal investigations, criminal investigations, and grand juries. Well, thank you for that list. That looks good on paper, but the community doesn't live on paper. The oversight board does not work. If it did, we wouldn't have to put have an accountability on ballots. We get delayed Excuse me. I'm sorry. If it never If it ever worked, we wouldn't have to dress up we processes we wouldn't have to accept delays dressed up as procedures. We wouldn't have to get silences dressed up as ongoing investigations. So, forgive me if I say screw your oversight committee. You also said activists push these ballots and issues on the existing oversight that actually functioned. Maybe if it did, we wouldn't have the issues that we have going on. Let's talk about the tough questions that you refuse to answer, Mr. Lusby. Where are the tough questions for the officers who mis- who misuse Flock cameras? Where are the tough questions for the officers who invade privacy? And where are the tough questions for the corruption inside your police department. You want accountability for everyone except yourself. That's not leadership, that's selective enforcement. And you said someone owes your officer an apology because some comments that were made. Well, I believe you owe a grieving mother an apology for using her son as the butt of one of your jokes. And speaking of corruption because the Akron Police Department has a long well-documented pattern of hiding information, burying complaints, and and shutting down transparency. Well, I'm here to tell you it stops today. So, tonight I'm here not in no soft tone, but I'm here to make anyone uncomfortable that thinks corruption is going to stand in Akron. I'm here to tell you that we have a committee and we are out for your ass if you don't get it together. >> Thank you, Aisha. Quita Macklin. Is Quita here? Jerome McClendon. >> [cough] >> Jordan Carson. >> [clears throat] >> Good evening. My name is Jordan. I'm also a member of the Akron DSA and I'm here to voice my opposition to the use of Flock AI-powered ALPR cameras in Akron. Today, the deployed ALPR cameras surveil the citizens of Akron and infringe upon our Fourth Amendment rights. To answer the constitutionality of this surveillance further, refuting the position that the right to privacy is annulled simply by a citizen utilizing a publicly owned roadway, I would substitute the opinions of US Supreme Court Justices for my own. I would point to Chief Justice Roberts, who was clear in his opinion in United States v. Carpenter, as technology has enhanced the government's capacity to encroach upon areas normally guarded from inquisitive eyes, this court has sought to ensure preservation of that degree of privacy against government that existed when the Fourth Amendment was adopted. If that does not make my case clearly, then I would offer an excerpt from United States v. Knotts, which states different constitutionality principles may be applicable if 24-hour surveillance of any citizen of this country were possible. There are further those who might argue that people with nothing to hide would not reasonably object to Flock cameras. Yet, polls continue to show them as unpopular with their unpopularity growing by the week among voters. Recent polls conducted by Bowling Green State University on October 9th indicate 70% of Ohioans disapprove of Flock surveillance cameras. This unpopularity is bipartisan as few issues are with growing negative voter margin shared among Democrat, Republican, and independent voters. National polls reflect unfavorable opinions with 58% of polled Americans wanting the cameras removed while only 6% want them to stay under current Flock safety rules. This is not a 50/50 issue. The only issue that's more unpopular than Flock cameras might be the data centers being built to support them and the support the technology such as Flock and the billionaires robbing us to build them. Surveillance, especially in mass, is a pillar of of authoritarianism and we see jurisdictions throughout Ohio suspending the use of their cameras and canceling their contracts, which begs the question, why would Akron, with our position of welcoming inclusivity, wish to keep using them? Cases of misuse and misidentification have surfaced in numerous jurisdictions across the United States and this potential exists even in the most well-regulated system which utilizes Flock AI-powered ALPR cameras. I would ask you as our elected representatives to protect our rights and safety within Akron. I would ask City Council to recommend the suspension of the use of Flock data by Akron Police Department and cover existing cameras until such time as these results of audits are available and we of the public have had the chance to be heard. Further, I would ask that you not renew our contract with Flock Safety and commit to not replace it with any other technology which violates our rights in the same way. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Jordan. William Reynolds. >> One sec. I'm sorry. Hello Council. Tonight I stand here proud of my civic and community involvement for most of my life. That has a lot to do with the reason of why I am running for one of the at-large seats on Akron City Council in 2027. One of the things that I am proud of is my prioritizing of protecting and encouraging one of our most important duties, voting. For quite a few years, I have been a part of the Ohio Voters Rights Coalition's voter protection program. They are part of the national organization named Common Cause. Every election year, they recruit, train, and deploy thousands of election protection volunteers across the nation. These trained non-partisan volunteers serve as voters' first lines of defense against confusing voting rules, outdated infrastructure, rampant misinformation, and needless obstacles to the ballot box. I am one of the regional leads. If anyone has or hears of any issues at or near any polling place, we need to know. They can report these to the election protection hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE. This is the number to call to report any issues including inappropriate federal involvement, polls not doing what they should, or anything else to do with vote voting. On to my next topic. I am proud of my organizational involvement. I have dedicated my life to trying to make the world a better place. There are two people that I am frustrated and angry with. First, to Serve and Protect FOP President Brian Lucy. At this point, I am disgusted by him. I don't know if he's sexist, racist, or just plain old bully. Last week, the way he spoke of Councilwoman Jan Davis was disgusting. It was almost as disgusting as the commercial put out by the governor candidate that his organization endorsed. You are doing nothing to try to make this city better. You don't even live here. You just do everything that you can to block good organizations from trying to improve the city. You never come to the table to help solve our city's problems. You just whine. Lastly, [snorts] the person I want to speak about is our lovely mayor, Shammas Malik. He has lied to many people in order to get into that seat. I'm embarrassed to be one of the folks that got fooled. We get enough oppression from carrot face in Washington. You kind of remind me of him. You do next to nothing effective to help improve things. You just complain and refuse to come to the table. What's next? Are you going to build a huge ridiculous ballroom on the back of City Hall just like your hero? Thank you, everyone. And if you haven't done so yet, vote tomorrow. And remember to vote yes for issues 11, 12, and 13. This will help a lot of Akronites uh improve their life. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Reynolds. Mr. Pollard? >> You know how I like to see y'all smile. How y'all doing? Well, it seems like we've covered most of the issues about flock cameras. Y'all know the people don't want them. Just give us what we want. Make it simple for us. But overall, at this point, my new assignment is to make sure we get the right people in these right seats. I've been doing this for a little while now, and I pretty much questioned all of y'all. Just to see what was going on in your wards, to make sure things were going right. But, I have some other questions right now for you, Ms. Mobley. You've been on this seat for 16 years. As I've done my research, I haven't seen you present not one piece of legislature to this body that could help not only us black folks, but anybody. I've also seen you sit here and at the last ward meeting with Mr. Hannah, and you were giving out talking about what your job was in every ward. You never gave what your job was. You gave a description of the demographics of the people who lived in those wards. And when it came down to your ward specifically, which is ward eight if I'm not mistaken, you said, "I live in ward eight." I remember at the end of the meeting they said, "What ward do you stay in? What ward is that? What street is that?" When it came down to ward three, you said that was the valley. That's Vernon Odom area. When it came down to James' ward, ward four, you said that was Copley Road area. When it came down to your ward, you didn't give the name of that street where you reside at. And what did the friend say in the background? "Oh, she stay where all the rich white people stay at." She don't come down here and kick it with the homies. Cuz I don't see you on Copley Road. Let's just like I remember you asked back in the I think it had something to do with something about the police. I can't remember exactly. But, I remember you asked were us black men profiled because of tint. You wanted the information on that. Did you ever get it? Are you waiting on the statistics, or are you watching what's going on in front of your face? Cuz it's clear to everybody. Racism is alive. We just live with it. So, for 16 years I've watched. You have a nice resume, too. But, I see you stand on no substance. Just pay attention to what you're doing. Like I said, people are coming for those seats. I'm not worried about nobody else. All y'all. See y'all later. >> Thank you, Mr. Poler. Kristen Buzzer. Hello, I'm Kristen. I'm also with Akron DSA. Thank you for allowing me to speak tonight. So, what is authority? According to a Merriam-Webster's definition of authority, it's the power or right to give orders, make decisions, or enforce obedience. So, what makes authority legitimate? Legitimacy comes from the people being governed, accepting, and consenting to the right of an institution to exercise that power of authority. If there's no consent or legitimacy, then this is power by force and coercion. So, the authority that people who live in Akron give to the police department to enforce obedience is the only is only legitimate if it's based on our consent and acceptance. With the use of the 146 AI-powered ALPR cameras in our city, not only does the use of these cameras violate our constitutional Fourth Amendment rights because our data is being collected, tracked, and accessed without probable cause or a warrant, but the people of Akron do not consent or accept to this technology. According to a recent BGSU YouGov poll in Ohio done in September of this year, 40% of voters polled reportedly a strong negative opinion of Flock cameras with only six having a strongly favorable opinion. Another poll done by Data for Progress done nationwide also September of this year showed increasing unfavorable attitude attitudes towards Flock cameras. This attitude held across party lines with voters overall having a negative view of the technology. Democrats with a negative 42-point margin, independents with a negative 35-point margin, and Republicans with a net negative of -2 points. So, I ask of you, being the elected representatives of the people of Akron, do not renew our contract with Flock Safety. Do not replace Flock with a different company that offers the same rights-violating technology, and bag these cameras while we wait for the independent audit, um so we can see how our data has been accessed and used in the past year by this technology. To quote Benjamin Franklin, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or nor safety." Thank you. >> Thank you, Kristen. Thank you. >> [applause] >> I do believe we have Laura joining us virtually. Can you hear us? >> Hi, yes. Can you hear me? >> We can. >> All right. Hi, my name's Lauren Well. I'm from Ward 1, and I'm a landscape architect with background in urban planning as well. Um I'm also a member of Progress Through Preservation. And I'm here tonight to ask you to defer the vote on item seven, which would authorize up to 2 million for economic development projects, and includes funding for the demolition of Firestone. So, I'm asking you to pause for four main reasons. First, Firestone Plant 1 has reportedly been included in the 2 million bond, but the ordinance does not name the building or say whether how much of the borrowing would fund its demolition. And the public really needs to know this number. Secondly, there's not been enough accurate analysis done to prove demolition, in fact, is the best use for the building. One example of this is that the only publicly available building feasibility study that I found was prepared by Hasenstab Architects, and it only examines demolition and salvage scenarios. It does not analyze market demand, reconsideration of flawed scopes of work, potential reuse programs, or the economics of adaptive reuse. Thirdly, there has been no community engagement to inform the decision of demolition. The community meetings came after demolition was the city's chosen direction. They did not give residents a chance to shape or discuss alternatives. The meetings did not take place when decisions were at a crossroads, but instead they were held as an exit interview for the landmark. Fourth, demolition approval from SHPO is still pending to my knowledge, because the revised MOU has still not been signed. Taken together, this is quintessential top-down planning. Demolition has been pushed forward without accurate research to fairly compare the options, without community engagement, and without transparency about how the decision was reached. In Bent Flyvbjerg's book, How Things Get Done, he describes how top-down planning projects can get locked into paths as funding commitments accumulate, making alternatives seem impossible before they have even been fairly assessed. I see that dynamic happening at Firestone right now. The demolition path advanced, and then it's hardened, even though the decision is not beyond reconsideration. Council still has a choice, and it can press for a data-driven community planning approach instead. Ultimately, voting yes on this bill means endorsing the top-down planning approach that it brought us here. But community members want to preserve it, they want to get it cleaned up, and more than 1,600 people have signed the Progress Through Preservation's petition calling for a pause on demolition until proper analysis has been done. I ask Council to to defer this borrowing and push for analysis and public discussion so an informed decision can be made. It's not too late >> much, Laura. I'm so sorry. Thank you. >> Mhm. Thank you. >> You're welcome. This does conclude our public comment period. We do want to thank everyone who took the time to come down and participate. Council, before you, you have the consent agenda. Uh before we vote on the consent agenda, just want to make sure everyone is aware that items number one and seven have been pulled. So, as we vote on the consent agenda, we will be voting on everything minus items one and item number seven. Is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor, signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? The eyes have it. >> The consent agenda passes 13 to zero. >> Okay. We'll now move to our old business starting with budget and finance. Items number one and seven fall under budget and finance. So, we're going to have our clerk read in item number one. >> Yes, the item that was pulled from the consent agenda, item number one, you'll find a substitute offered as an amendment under new legislation, item number one. It's again, that's a substitute offered as an amendment offered by Mayor Malloy and Councilman Lombardo. It's an ordinance authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into a contract or contracts without the formality of advertising for bids with Carahsoft Technology Corporation for the licensing and implementation of Salesforce for a holistic constituent response system and declaring an emergency. >> Councilman Lombardo. >> Committee's report is favorable and we're asking for suspension of the rules. >> Are there any objections to suspension of the rules? Seeing and hearing none, the rules have been suspended. >> Thank you, Madam President. This software, so to speak, it's going to pull a lot of notes and items from different resources to hopefully into one house. So, it's better for administration and council members to view when constituents have questions. >> Thank you so much. Any further comments from any other council members? Okay. Thank you. The rules have been suspended. The committee's report is favorable. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? The eyes have it. >> This ordinance passes 13 to 0. Would you like me to read in item number seven? >> Yeah, this is >> Sure. Again, this is was also pulled from the consent agenda. It's item number seven. It's an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of notes in a maximum principal amount of $2 million in anticipation of the issuance of bonds to pay the costs of certain economic development projects in the city and declaring an emergency. >> Councilman Lombardo? >> Yeah, again, this was pulled from the consent agenda. So, I'd like to pull my committee for a favorable vote. Favorable vote with suspension of the rules. And the committee would be Councilwoman Linda Amobian. >> I. >> Tina Boys. >> I. >> And then we have um Fran Councilwoman Fran Wilson. >> Nay. >> Councilman Bruce Bolden. >> I. >> And then myself, I. So, the committee's report is favorable. We're asking for a suspension of the rules. >> Are there any objections to suspension of the rules? Are there any further comments, uh Councilman Lombardo? >> Nothing. >> Any further comments from any council members? Councilperson Wilson? >> If I may, I think, you know, we've heard a lot about the Fire Zone demolition. Um I didn't want to vote no completely on all the items on the consent agenda. So, I uh pulled it and sent notice to, you know, the several people in the administration and council just to let them know. So, I'm not going to be supporting this because of that specific carve-out. I do support a lot of the other projects involved, but thank you. >> Thank you so much. Any other comments at this time? The committee's report is favorable. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> And we'll do a roll call. >> Bolden. >> I. >> Boys. >> I. >> Connor. >> I. >> Davis. >> I. >> Garrett. >> Nay. >> Greer. >> Nay. >> Hanna. >> I. >> Kramer. >> Nay. >> Lombardo? >> Aye. >> McKitrick? >> Aye. >> Amobian? >> Aye. >> Somerville? >> Aye. >> And Wilson? >> Nay. >> This ordinance passes 9 to 4. >> We'll now move to planning and economic development. Councilman Kramer? >> Continue time, please. >> Thank you. Time will be granted. Public service. Councilman Kramer? >> Yes, Madam President. I'd like to place number item number one on the consent agenda. >> Thank you. This item will be placed on the consent agenda. Public safety. Councilman McKitrick? >> Continue time, please. >> Thank you. Time will be granted. That concludes our old business. We'll now move into new legislation. >> Item number one was the substitute offered as amendment that was already voted on. Item number two offered by Mayor Mallick and Councilman Lombardo. Ordinance amending ordinance numbers 362-2025, 367-2025, and 410-2025 to correct a typographical error in the effective date for healthcare premiums for the year 2027 and declaring an emergency. >> Councilman Lombardo? >> Consent agenda, please. >> This item will be placed on the consent agenda. >> Item number three offered by Mayor Mallick and Councilman Kramer. Ordinance authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into a job creation grant agreement with Millennium Capital and Recovery Corporation and declaring an emergency. >> Councilman Kramer? >> Consent agenda, please. >> This item will be placed on the consent agenda. >> Item number four offered by Mayor Mallick and Councilman Kramer. Ordinance approving the sale of an interest in real property of city-owned land in the form of a right of first refusal and authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into an agreement regarding the same. Determining said property interest is not needed for public use and declaring an emergency. >> Councilman Kramer? >> Consent agenda. >> This item will be placed on the consent agenda. >> Item number five offered by Mayor Malik and Councilman Kemer. Ordinance authorizing the mayor or his designee to enter into an intergovernmental agreement or agreements with the city of Stow amending the existing water supply agreement between Akron and Stow for the expansion of water transmission rights through the Stow water system and declaring an emergency. >> Councilman Kemer? >> Consent agenda. >> This item will also be placed on the consent agenda. That does conclude our new legislation for this evening. We'll now move into committee assignments. Rules, Councilman McKittrick? >> 2:00 p.m. >> Budget and finance, Councilman Lombardo? >> 3:00 p.m. >> Planning and economic development, Councilman Kemer? >> 1:00 p.m. >> Public service, Councilman Kemer? >> 2:00 p.m. >> Public safety, Councilman McKittrick? >> 2:15 and a special meeting at 3:30. >> Thank you. Parks and recreation, Councilwoman Connor? Housing and neighborhood assistance, Councilman Golden? >> 3:30. >> Health and social services, Councilwoman Davis? >> 2:30. >> Is there anything else coming before Council at this time? Councilperson Wilson, do I see your hand? >> Yes, Madam President. Thank you so much. Um I know you many of you have heard me uh screaming to the void and blue in the face about Flock. Um I have gone ahead and put a lot of materials and public records uh regarding Akron's Flock network, um our contract, MOU about data sharing, um all the data that I've been able to get publicly. These are all public information and records. Uh it's Akron uh akronward1.com/flock. You can look it up. Um I we are going to have a special meeting uh for the public safety committee at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Um a professor and then a legal expert um that know a lot about Flock and the Fourth Amendment rights and and technology for the police are going to come and do a Q&A session. I'm very excited. Thank you for allowing this to happen. Um I would also encourage my colleagues to really read the Flock contract. If you haven't done so already, spend a couple minutes. It's I think somewhere between 7 and 10 pages. Section 4 is where data sharing is and section 6 is where the termination clauses are. Thank you, Madam President. >> Thank you so much, Councilperson Wilson, for sharing. Anything else coming before Council at this time? Councilman McEachin, >> Thank you, Madam President. I spoke earlier today in our meeting for leadership. Just a few weeks back we had a special cleanup with River Guardians in Ward 6. River Guardians is looking to do work throughout the entire city anyway there anywhere there's waterways. When we worked behind Higher, we had a 20-yard dumpster and took out 2,870 lb of trash in one day, which was pretty incredible what a group of people could do in one day. I know that he's looking that the group is looking to work some more in my ward, Ward 9, and in Ward Ward 4 for with Councilwoman Davis. Also, on another another point, I was going through Ward 9 over the weekend. They had Boo on the Boulevard and it was absolutely fabulous. I kudos to Councilwoman Boyd and all the other folks that were involved in this to have get this done. I stopped. The kids were having a great time. The businesses is just the community had come together. It was just a beautiful thing and just wanted to make remarks to that. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Councilperson for sharing. Councilwoman Boyd, >> Thank you, Madam President. Thank you for the kind words for my colleague. Just wanted to set the record straight. This was not my doing on Saturday. This was the hard work of the Better Kenmore CDC, of which I served as its first executive director before serving in this seat. want to really shout them out. They work hard throughout the year to decorate Kenmore Boulevard, to engage residents in volunteer cleanups, much like the things that River Guardians is doing. River Guardians, James Carnahan is also a resident of Ward 9, has been just really pivotal in helping to activate the former Young's restaurant site, looking at how we can do more cleanups related to that area, the Tuscarawas River, as well as the canal. Really just excited about the hard work that's going on in Ward 9, and I appreciate it all. Thanks. >> Thank you so much for sharing. Anything else coming before council at this time? >> Motion to adjourn. >> We have a motion to adjourn. If there are no objections, meeting adjourned. >> This concludes the live broadcast of Akron City Council. Margo Somerville, President of Council, presiding.