2026-04-06 - City Council
Summary
Built from the official minutes of April 6, 2026, the oldest of the three sets of minutes on file. Every Council meeting after May 18 has an agenda only. No video or transcript is on file for this meeting.
- Called to order 7:01 p.m.; all 15 members present (the minutes do not name the presiding officer). Adjourned 8:09 p.m.
- Five people spoke in public comment; the minutes list names but not topics.
- All nine roll call votes were 15-0, moved by Shah and seconded by Gray.
- Harsh gave a presentation on April 18 as an annual Superman Day, and Council adopted a resolution designating it.
- Passed: a pay-band amendment, a Care Alliance health screening payment, an Amtrak ADA license, a reciprocal easement exchange, an airport lobbying contract renewal, two City Hall food service concessions (as amended), and resolutions supporting AMERICA250-OH and Superman Day.
- Referred: Mill Creek easements, a County sewer repair agreement, a Playhouse Square parking lot lease, 50 percent of marijuana revenue to the Neighborhood Equity Fund, Fire Station 23 site appropriation and a Child Abuse Prevention Month resolution.
Employee Pay Band Changes
- Ordinance 452-2026 (Sections 8, 30, 35, 37, 38 and 39 of Ordinance 194-2021) passed 15-0.
City Hall Concessions
- Cafeteria (281-2026) and Rotunda catering (282-2026) concessions passed as amended, 15-0.
Neighborhood Equity Fund
- Ordinance 460-2026 (marijuana revenue) referred; Ordinance 458-2026 (Care Alliance payment, attachment names Starr) passed 15-0.
Playhouse Square Chester Avenue Parking Lot
- Ordinance 456-2026 referred.
Fire Station 23 Site Acquisition
- Resolution 457-2026 referred.
Mill Creek Restoration Easements
- Ordinance 453-2026 referred; it passed May 11.
Other business
- Communications received: three liquor license applications (Wards 13 and 15) and Council President Griffin's recommendation of Shah (Ward 12) for appointment to the Fair Employment Wage Board.
- Passed 15-0: an Amtrak license to complete ADA improvements at the rail passenger station (34-2026), a reciprocal easement exchange with Urban Bridges (89-2026) and renewal of the Port Control lobbying contract (230-2026).
- Resolutions: support for the Ohio Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial (AMERICA250-OH) and Superman Day on April 18, both adopted 15-0; April as Child Abuse Prevention Month referred.
- Condolence and recognition resolutions were read into the record.