2026-10-05 - Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

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11:11Good afternoon. Today is Monday, October

11:13the 5th. This committee of finance,

11:15diversity, equity, and inclusion is

11:18called to order. Madame clerk, call the

11:20role.

11:22>> Here,

11:31>> thank you. Uh we'll start off with

11:36>> utilities

11:39and this is ordinance number

11:43758-2026

11:45by council members Kazy, Bishop, and

11:47Griffin by departmental request. An

11:49emergency ordinance determining the

11:52method of making the public improvement

11:54of renewing, repairing, and replacing

11:56various water manes in 2027 to 2028 and

12:01authorizing the director of public

12:02utilities to enter into one or more

12:04public improvement contracts for the

12:06making of the improvement. Director.

12:08>> Thank you, chairman. Members of the

12:10committee, the division of water

12:11typically does approximately $10 million

12:13worth of water mane replacement in the

12:15city of Cleveland. This is a

12:16continuation of that 5-year water main

12:19replacement uh program by which council

12:21is notified every January about the

12:245-year plan with maps specific to ward

12:26boundaries. We'd like to continue that

12:28work. It is publicly procured. We do go

12:30go out to bid for the work and uh like I

12:33said, we're looking to continue that for

12:35years 27 and 28.

12:37>> Thank you, Councilman Kazy.

12:39Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman,

12:40the only thing we ask is that all

12:42members of council receive their uh

12:44streets that have water man replacements

12:47planned if they could work with the

12:49division of streets uh for resurfacing

12:52purposes to make sure that we're not

12:54going to replace mains on streets that

12:57have uh just newly been repaved or that

13:01are are in the plan.

13:03>> Thank you. Uh, are there any questions

13:06regarding ordinance number 758-

13:082026?

13:10Seeing no questions, ordinance number

13:12758-2026

13:13stands approved. Thank you.

13:15>> Thank you.

13:16>> Next, we have public health.

13:28This is ordinance number 1166-2026

13:31by council members Conwell, Hudson, and

13:34Griffin by departmental request an

13:36emergency ordinance authorizing the

13:38director of public health to enter into

13:40one or more agreements with the Ohio

13:42State University, East 66th Street

13:45Services, Inc. and other entities to

13:47support the administration of the city

13:51of Cleveland's community gardening

13:53program known as the summer sprout

13:56community gardening program for a period

13:58of one year with an option to renew for

14:01an additional one-year term exercisable

14:03by the director of public health

14:05director.

14:06>> Thank you to the chair. Um, this is

14:08authorizing us to spend that uh $250,000

14:12that was negotiated during the budget

14:13hearings uh sponsored by Councilwoman

14:15Hudson to be able to bring the summer

14:17sprouts program into the general fund

14:19and be administered by the Department of

14:21Public Health. With me to my left to

14:23answer any questions is Zanab Pixler,

14:25who is a local food system strategies

14:27coordinator.

14:29>> Thank you. Uh, did you want to make any

14:31comments?

14:33Just to restate that this is a vital

14:35program and I'm excited to get it back

14:37on track.

14:38>> Thank you. So I literally just had

14:41somebody call me or somebody text me to

14:43ask me about the summer sprout program.

14:45Who are you our contact for it?

14:47>> Yes.

14:47>> So do you mind giving us what's your

14:50name and number again?

14:51>> Uh my name is Zanab. Z A I N A B Pixler

14:56P I X L E R. And the best way to reach

15:00me is my cell phone number which is

15:022168577472.

15:09>> Okay. The Pratt Street Garden Club

15:11probably be reaching out to you uh with

15:13a young lady by the name of Tamara

15:15Chappelle. And uh of course they got an

15:17earful about the summer sprout program.

15:20But if I'm understanding this is what we

15:23are now not waiting for it to be grant

15:26funded. We're actually moving it to the

15:27general fund. Right.

15:28>> Correct. Okay. And just out of

15:30curiosity, why did we just now execute

15:34the contract when we actually did this

15:37in reconciliation back in like February?

15:40>> Through the chair, the money you all

15:41allocated went into uh the budget that

15:43went active April 1st. And so the CDBG

15:46funds were already set aside for the

15:48last growing season, 2026. And over the

15:51last six months, Anna Pixler has been

15:53doing a a full assessment of what's

15:55needed, what's the best plan, speaking

15:57to different stakeholders and the

15:59farmers and the gardeners. Um, and so

16:01we're able to now get this authorization

16:03from you and enter in a contract that

16:05will start January 1 for the 27 growing

16:07season. So it'll be the first time that

16:08we're ahead of this going forward.

16:10>> Great. Thank you, Councilman Conwell.

16:12This is heard in public health.

16:13>> Oh, yes. Yes. Yes.

16:18to approve it. Thank you very much.

16:20>> Thank you. Any other questions regarding

16:23ordinance 1166-2026?

16:26Seeing no other questions, ordinance

16:27number 1166-2026

16:30stands approved. Please sign on. Thank

16:32you.

16:32>> Thank you.

16:38>> All right. Public safety

16:47This is ordinance number 1035-2026

16:50by council members Palencic and Griffin

16:52by departmental request an emergency

16:54ordinance authorizing the director of

16:55public safety to cause payment to Kyhoga

16:59County for services rendered through the

17:00K the county medical examiner's office

17:02to reimburse the county for the city

17:05share of cost for maintaining and use of

17:08automated fingerprint identification

17:11system. Director

17:18Uh good afternoon uh council president

17:21and committee members. Yes, this

17:23ordinance as you stated which is uh

17:2410352026

17:27and a summary of this legislation will

17:29authorize the city to reimburse Ka

17:31County for the city's share of costs for

17:33maintaining and use of the automated

17:35fingerprint identification system.

17:37Before I go any further, I have

17:38Lieutenant Rasher to my right. um he's

17:42in charge of the scientific

17:44investigation unit or SIU and he'll have

17:46can answer any questions relative to

17:48this legislation.

17:49>> This was

17:50>> the APHUS machine is maintained by the

17:52original forensic science laboratory of

17:54the Kyogre County Medical Examiner's

17:56Office. This legislation would authorize

17:58the city to reimburse the medical

18:00examiner's office for approximately our

18:02share of it which is approximately

18:03$81,277.39

18:06and that's for um the years of 2025 and

18:10this year. and will be paid from the

18:12division of police operating budget.

18:15[clears throat]

18:16>> Thank you. Uh Councilman, uh Mike Pinsk,

18:19this was heard in public safety.

18:20>> Yes, it was, Mr. Chairman. We vetted it,

18:22we heard it, and then we passed it

18:24unanimously.

18:25>> Thank you. Do we have any questions

18:27regarding 1035-2026?

18:31All right, seeing no other questions,

18:32ordinance number 1035-2026

18:35stands approved. Please sign on.

18:39Okay. Thank you, sir.

18:46Next we have ordinance number 9002-2026

18:49by council member Slif and Griffin by

18:51departmental request an emergency

18:53ordinance authorizing the director of

18:54port control to exercise the second

18:57option to renew contract number PS

19:012023-0298

19:04with PMG Executive Program Management

19:08LLC to provide executive airport

19:11development programming ing financing,

19:14planning, design, and related services

19:16director.

19:19>> Good afternoon, council president,

19:21members of the committee. Uh the Pasley

19:24management group has been supporting our

19:26efforts around the terminal

19:28modernization development program,

19:30now dubbed Clevolution, since fall of

19:332023. Um, in that time we've made

19:36considerable progress in the planning

19:38effort and have begun physical

19:39construction on the gold lot, the first

19:41new project representing this program.

19:45The scope of Pasley's work is critical

19:47and will only intensify as we enter the

19:48advanced planning phase for the new head

19:50house and other landside elements while

19:53breaking ground on the new parking

19:54garage all in 2027. The funds to support

19:57this contract were approved by our

19:59airline partners as a terminal program

20:01cost and will continue to be viewed as

20:03such. These funds are not being covered

20:05by our enterprise fund budget. They are

20:06instead incorporated into the $476

20:09million of airline approved program

20:11funding. Thus far, our airline partners

20:14have strongly supported these executive

20:16program management services, which have

20:19been incredibly beneficial to

20:20communication and collaboration with the

20:22airlines own representative agency. This

20:24partnership has fostered the building of

20:26trust and confidence in the planning and

20:28execution of the terminal program by our

20:30airline partners as it is the largest

20:32capital program undertaken in the

20:34history of CL.

20:36Our collective teams have been working

20:38diligently over the last 18 months and

20:40we'll share the results of those efforts

20:42at what we are calling industry day 2.0

20:45to be held on October 13th at the

20:47Hilton. This is following a highly

20:49popular and successful industry day 1.0

20:51which was held in June of last year. and

20:53each of you should have received an

20:55invitation to the event and we hope that

20:57you're able to attend. This will be

20:59Pasley's second of up to four two-year

21:02options. We have been very satisfied

21:04with their performance thus far and ask

21:06for your support today and continuing

21:07our partnership. Thank you.

21:09>> Thank you. Uh

21:12Councilman Slight, this was heard at

21:14Transportation Mobility.

21:15>> Yes. Recommended for passage.

21:17>> All right. Thank you. Just a quick

21:19question. And I did watch some of the

21:20hearing that you guys had and I see

21:22director Tyson Mitchell there. Yes, sir.

21:25>> Um and I've had conversations with the

21:27mayor. How are we going to make sure

21:28that we diversify the workforce and

21:31diversify the opportunities on on this

21:33project? I mean, this is a lot of money

21:35coming through the airport and we want

21:37to make sure we see some demonstrable

21:39efforts in order to try to make sure

21:41that men, women, uh people of color, and

21:44everybody else has an opportunity to

21:46participate. Do you have a plan or are

21:48you working with Director Mitchell to

21:50support a plan?

21:51>> Uh yes sir, thank you for the for the

21:52question on that. Um the answer is we

21:54are working with Director Mitchell and

21:57his team. Um we're taking this as a

22:00project by project effort. Um working

22:02right now on the the gold lot and and

22:04that um that team that'll be

22:06constructing the gold lot. uh actually

22:08had a very productive meeting earlier

22:10today uh on what I think people are

22:13feeling quite good about in terms of uh

22:16the the types of uh community

22:18involvement that will be had in that

22:20project and we'll keep rolling forward

22:22in that same manner. The next would be

22:24the conversation with the the team for

22:26the parking garage. Uh and just so you

22:29know the the passive group themselves in

22:31the first couple of years they were at

22:33um uh 10% in terms of their investment

22:35in uh local services. In the upcoming

22:38year uh they are projecting that to be

22:3920%. So certainly believe we're going in

22:42very much the right direction and we too

22:44want to ensure that there is um there is

22:46is value uh in this program and that

22:48there is participation uh by the the uh

22:50the residents and the business in this

22:52area as well and the success of the

22:53program.

22:54>> Okay. Thank you.

22:55>> Thank you. Are there any other questions

22:57regarding ordinance number 902-2026?

23:00Councilman Joe Jones.

23:01>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you also,

23:03Mr. Chairman, for um bringing out um the

23:07the thought of making sure that

23:09Clevelanders have an opportunity to also

23:13uh benefit in the boon that's going to

23:15be here at this airport. And Mr.

23:17Chairman, the issue of making sure that

23:20we have Clevelanders on the job and

23:22making sure that we have Clevelander

23:25corporations and companies and and the

23:28like on the job is really important. And

23:31Mr. Chairman, I just want to ask the

23:33anticipated cost of this particular

23:35piece is can you tell me exactly how

23:37much?

23:39>> So, uh, through the chair to the

23:41councilman, this particular contract

23:44with the Passley management group is for

23:47an amount up to $10 million annually. So

23:51um that would be over the course of up

23:52to up to nine years in total. So they

23:56could be with us through nearly the full

23:59life of of the program uh in supporting

24:02the services from an executive program

24:04management level.

24:05>> And Mr. Chairman, um the group PMG

24:08Executive Program Management LLC, have

24:10they done work with us previously in the

24:12past at the airport?

24:14>> Through the chair, to the councilman,

24:16that is a negative. their work really

24:18focuses primarily around terminal

24:20development. So, we wouldn't have had

24:22the opportunity to work with them

24:23previously, but I can tell you that they

24:25have a a proven track record in working

24:27with other airports around the country.

24:30Uh, and I know of many directors who

24:32have been very satisfied with the

24:33outcome of uh of the energy that they

24:36put into their projects. And thus far,

24:37we've seen much the same here in

24:39Cleveland. I expect more of that to

24:40come.

24:41>> I see. And so, what I guess, Mr.

24:43chairman and when it relates to this

24:45particular piece knowing that this going

24:47to be nine years and we're looking at at

24:48least 90 million maybe 100 million at

24:51the end of the day um is to make sure

24:54Mr. Chairman that this group also is

24:56under the same scrutiny um where we are

24:59looking at nine years um they have I

25:02think zero employees from the city of

25:05Cleveland is that correct Mr. chairman

25:06to the director

25:07>> through the chair to the councilman.

25:10They have less than 10 employees in

25:12Cleveland um overseeing the services

25:15they're providing for us and two of

25:17those do reside in Cleveland.

25:18>> So we have two employees in the city of

25:20Cleveland.

25:20>> Two of six. Yes, sir.

25:21>> Two of six. So So Mr. Chairman, it would

25:24be and I'm quite sure that through this

25:26they're going to be um ramping up. Would

25:29that be safe to say that would have to

25:30bring on more employees with this

25:32particular contract? Mr. chairman to the

25:34director

25:34>> through the chair to the councilman that

25:36is possible. Um it really depends on the

25:39roles that these individuals are going

25:40to be expected to um to undertake and so

25:45that may be uh coming from outside of

25:47the community but I at this point don't

25:50know that they will definitely uh

25:51increase their staffing but it's

25:53entirely possible over the the course of

25:55the uh the contract.

25:56>> And Mr. Chairman, just for clarification

25:58of understanding the big package, the

26:00biggest picture here. How much is the

26:02total investment you you foresee

26:04happening here at the airport that this

26:06here PMG lays the foundation for

26:08managing the whole proposition? Is that

26:10correct, Mr. Chairman, to director? And

26:12what is that total totality of of amount

26:14>> through the chair uh to the councilman?

26:16Yes. The the current value um of the

26:19LANCAI program is approximately $1.6

26:22billion. So, this will be up to about 5%

26:25of that amount. I see. And and and Mr.

26:28Chairman, do we do we have the staff to

26:30be able to to to monitor such a big

26:33package? And and that's the question

26:36right now because Mr. Chairman, I sit

26:38here at the table to ask the question a

26:40a lot of the times. Why aren't we like

26:43ahead of time uh sending out the signal

26:46to uh the various different businesses?

26:49You know, maybe if you're right across

26:51the border, maybe you should move into

26:53the city of Cleveland. uh get them

26:55incentives like come back to our city.

26:58Uh we just got through talking about how

27:00depleted downtown is at one of our

27:02caucus meetings. And so the issue would

27:04be how do we bring businesses back to

27:06the city of Cleveland? How do we make

27:08sure that we hire minorities and how we

27:10hire citizens in general who live in the

27:12city of Cleveland to participate in this

27:15uh $1.6 billion boom? So through the

27:18chair, the council person that is one of

27:20the things that the PAS group will be

27:22doing, but more importantly, we will

27:24have many projects to come um that have

27:27not yet been let in terms of the

27:29procurement efforts. And so that is

27:31where the larger opportunity is going to

27:33be um when it comes to those uh larger

27:37amounts of work around the terminal

27:39program where we can have much greater

27:41participation from the local community.

27:43>> Um Mr. Chairman, thank you to the

27:45director. Um, I'll be um paying close

27:47attention. Thank you, sir.

27:49>> Thank you.

27:49>> Thank you. Do we have any other

27:50questions regarding ordinance number

27:529002-2026?

27:55Seeing no further questions, ordinance

27:58number 902-2026

28:00stands approved.

28:09Next we have ordinance number 924-2026

28:13as amended by council members life and

28:15Griffin by departmental request an

28:17emergency ordinance determining the

28:19method of making the public improvement

28:21of designing and constructing an upgrade

28:23and improvement to the inline baggage

28:26system at Cleveland Hopkins

28:27International Airport. authorizing the

28:29director of port control to enter into

28:31one or more contracts with Cleveland

28:33terminal and equipment company for that

28:36purpose. Authorizing the purchase of

28:39materials, equipment, supplies, and

28:41services if not provided under the

28:44public improvement and authorizing one

28:46or more agreements to implement the

28:49improvement.

28:51And

28:55there is an amendment. It says there is

28:57no legal objection to this legislation

28:59if amended as follows. One in section

29:02six at the end insert the director of

29:05port control shall provide written

29:06notice to the clerk of council whenever

29:09any purchase is made in this section

29:11under this section which notice shall

29:14include the details of any such

29:16cooperative purchases. Uh this is signed

29:1992326

29:20by Sierra Lipcom, assistant director of

29:23law.

29:25Director

29:28Yes sir. Our airline consortium, the

29:30Cleveland terminal and Equipment Company

29:32or CEK is responsible for maintaining

29:34and operating the baggage handling

29:36system at CLLE. As we work with these

29:38key partners to advance the vision for

29:40the future guest experience through

29:42Clevolution, there remains needs to

29:45implement improvements to the existing

29:46facilities, systems, services, etc. An

29:49example would be the recently completed

29:51central security checkpoint project

29:53which opened this past spring. CEC

29:56through its on-site management company

29:57Aare Pros has identified a project to

29:59upgrade and improve a portion of the

30:02current baggage handling system. This is

30:04to increase efficiency and reliability

30:07over the next six years which is the

30:10approximate remaining life of the

30:11existing terminal headouse. The scope of

30:14work is included in your legislation and

30:15CEK is motivated to initiate the project

30:17in the very near future. We seek your

30:20approval to enter into a professional

30:21services contract in order for CEK to

30:23advance this backup of house operational

30:26improvement which is critical to uh our

30:28overall operation at CLE. Thank you.

30:31>> Thank you, Councilman Slife. We're

30:34recommended for approval.

30:36>> All right. Uh

30:40seeing no other questions, ordinance

30:41number 924-2026

30:44as amended stands approved.

30:46>> Thank you.

30:47>> Thank you.

30:53Is 21 down there?

30:55>> 921.

30:58>> Okay.

30:59>> Capital projects.

31:11Ordinance number 921-2026

31:14as amended by council members Slife,

31:16Bishop, Santana, and Griffin by

31:18departmental request. An emergency

31:19ordinance to vacate a portion of each of

31:22the following streets. Forestwood Avenue

31:25Southwest, Midville Avenue Southwest,

31:28West 185th Street, West 188th Street,

31:33and West 190th Street.

31:38Uh, and the amendment is as follows.

31:40There is no legal objection to this

31:42legislation if amended as follows. one

31:45in section one at the second paragraph

31:47of legal description line one strike and

31:49all of the Midville Avenue Southwest 50t

31:53wide and insert and being all of West

31:56188th Street Elm Elwood 50 ft and a

32:02portion of Midville Avenue southwest 50

32:05ft wide in the Conger Helper Reality

32:09Company's Home Gardens aotment as shown

32:13by the record plat at recorded plat in

32:15volume 63 of maps, page 10 of Kyhoga

32:18County Records. Number two, in section

32:21two, at the end, insert the following

32:23new paragraph. Notwithstanding the

32:25foregoing to extent to the extent any

32:28portion of the easement is no longer

32:30necessary for the utility purposes for

32:33which it is reserved including as a

32:36result of the relocation removal

32:39abandonment or modification of city of

32:43utility facilities. Such portion may be

32:46released or relocated in order in

32:49accordance with applicable law. Any such

32:52release or relocation shall be evidenced

32:55by an appropriate instrument executed on

32:58behalf of the city and when required

33:01approved by the director of law and

33:03recorded with the Kyhoga County Recorder

33:05for easement interest relating to city

33:09utility facilities. Any release of an

33:11easement that is no longer needed shall

33:13be undertaken in accordance with section

33:16129.20 20 of the codified ordinances of

33:19Cleveland dated 9326

33:22uh signed by Andrea Paspec, assistant

33:25director of law. Director.

33:28>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So, as you

33:30mentioned, this is a street vacation

33:32ordinance. To remind council, there's

33:34three steps for the vacation process.

33:37It's a resolution of intent to vacate.

33:39It's the board of revision of

33:40assessments. And then finally, it's a

33:43ordinance to actually execute the

33:44vacation. So, this is the third of the

33:46three steps. The city owns approximately

33:4930 acres of land um that's vacant just

33:52north of the Cleveland Hopkins airport

33:54and west of Rocky River Drive. Um the

33:58vacation of these roads is essential to

34:00the redevelopment of the site and uh we

34:03do have uh the department of development

34:06uh working with a developer for the

34:08redevelopment of this site. the streets

34:11that you mentioned um will be um vacated

34:16um and the asphalt removed and the site

34:19assembled for redevelopment. Um the site

34:23has been vacant for quite some time um

34:25since the 1990s. So we're finally

34:27assembling the site so it could be put

34:29back into productive reuse.

34:32>> Thank you. Uh,

34:35Councilman

34:37Bishop, this was heard in municipal

34:39services and properties.

34:41>> Uh, yes, Mr. President. We've uh, vetted

34:43this piece and we fully recommend it for

34:45passage.

34:46>> Thank you, Councilwoman Santana.

34:49>> Vetted, fully recommended for passage.

34:51>> Thank you. Do we have any questions for

34:53ordinance number 921-2026?

34:56Councilman Joseph Jones.

34:58>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um when we

35:00initially talked about the piece and

35:02municipal um services, I didn't hear

35:04that there was a developer for the site.

35:06Um who is this developer?

35:08Uh the department of through the

35:10chairman of the council, the department

35:12of development was here at the table at

35:14the last meeting and they talked about

35:16how um there's an entity named uh Chelm

35:19that has development rights to the site

35:22and uh

35:23>> who's that? I'm sorry. What's the name

35:24of the company?

35:25>> C H E LM.

35:28So when the department of development

35:30was at the table at the last committee

35:31that's the developer that they mentioned

35:33>> are the is the developer Mr. Chairman to

35:36uh Mr. D. Rozer building houses.

35:38>> Uh no sir so when the through the

35:40chairman of the councilman when the

35:42department of development was at the

35:43table at the last committee they

35:45referenced that this would be a

35:47industrial development.

35:52>> So I know that Mr. determined that at um

35:56the municipal piece they talked about

35:58the potential for there to be a um maybe

36:02a um uh industrial site. So I presume

36:05that's what this is all about. You're

36:07developing it for an industrial site

36:09location

36:10>> uh through the chairman of the

36:11councilman. That is correct.

36:12>> And will they uh cham come back and tell

36:16us exactly what because I see some

36:18photos here. We didn't have this present

36:20department the part presentation that we

36:21have right now uh in municipal services.

36:24So how do we Mr. Chairman find out uh

36:28exactly how this is because we're not

36:30just talking about vacation now. We're

36:32talking about development of the

36:33property uh through the chairman of the

36:35councilman. So the department of

36:36development would come back to council

36:38with an ordinance if they're moving

36:40forward with a development. Uh what this

36:43will do is it'll allow the city to

36:45assemble city- owned land and then uh

36:48the department of development would come

36:49back to council to talk about um you

36:52know whether council approves of moving

36:55forward or not.

36:57>> No further questions, Mr. Chairman.

36:59>> Thank you. Are there any other questions

37:02regarding ordinance number 921-2026?

37:05Seeing no other questions, ordinance

37:07number 921-2026

37:09as amended stands approved. Please sign

37:11off.

37:13Next ordinance is ordinance number two,

37:15I'm sorry, ordinance number 927-2026

37:19by council members Conwell, Santana,

37:21Palencic, and Griffin by departmental

37:24request an emergency ordinance

37:26authorizing the directors of public

37:28health development and/or public safety

37:30to enter into one or more agreements

37:33with the board of education of the

37:35Cleveland Municipal School District for

37:37the exchange of lands for future

37:39development and the mutual benefit of

37:42the parties and authorizing the mayor

37:44and commissioner of purchases and

37:46supplies to acquire and convey these

37:48properties. Director. Uh hello Mr.

37:52Chairman. So um this ordinance has uh

37:55started at municipal services of

37:57properties committee. We uh then went to

38:01the health uh committee. We then went to

38:05um development um sustainability and DPS

38:12I'm missing one planning department to

38:15committee. Um we then went to the safety

38:18committee and now we're here at the

38:19finance committee. We did present a

38:22PowerPoint at all four of the previous

38:24committees. We can pull it up if council

38:26wishes to go through that again today.

38:28Um, but essentially I'll say that um

38:31what we're talking about here is an

38:33exchange of properties um with the

38:35Cleveland um Cleveland Municipal School

38:39District and that's authorized by

38:41section 3313.40

38:44of the Ohio Revised Code. And what that

38:47code section speaks of is mutual benefit

38:49to the properties. So, the um properties

38:53that we're speaking of uh exchanging

38:56here are um the Walton School, which is

39:00in Ward 14 um on Fulton Road, which

39:04would be um for a future fire station.

39:07Um the Walton school has been closed um

39:10for several years, was not part of the

39:13BR building brighter futures program.

39:16Um, and we did just present at safety

39:19committee last night the fire and EMS

39:21modernization plan, which showed how

39:24certain stations need to be rebuilt

39:26because they're on land that's too small

39:29um for um for them to be expanded on to

39:33provide the safety that our firemen

39:34need. So, that's the plan for the Walton

39:36School. Um, we would also be receiving

39:39the Newton D. Baker School. Again, this

39:41is a school that was closed for a couple

39:43years. It was not part of the building

39:45brighter futures program. This is in W

39:4915 and um the department of development

39:52will be working with councilman's life

39:54in the neighborhood on redevelopment of

39:56this property. So it would become coming

39:59coming into the city ownership and would

40:01be um redeveloped uh for future reuse.

40:05Um going over to CMSD in exchange for

40:09those two schools would be the Jay Glenn

40:11Health Center site which um is a

40:14facility that was announced a few years

40:17ago that it would close. The Macafferty

40:19Center has already closed and they've

40:21relocated into um a a lease space in in

40:25W 14. Um so Jay Glenn would close and go

40:29to CMSD for the future Glennville High

40:32School site as well as um three land

40:35bank parcels. Um two are at the

40:37Glenville High School site and one is at

40:39the Dennis Elementary School site um on

40:42West 33rd Street in W1 14. Um happy to

40:47um answer questions. Um the um the one

40:52thing I do want to talk about that we

40:53mentioned at the committees is the city

40:55is applying for state funding through

40:57the Kyhoga County Land Bank to um assist

41:00with the demolition of the schools. Um

41:03that application is uh at either October

41:078th or 9th and um the department of

41:10development is working on um

41:12applications for the demolition of the

41:14Walton school as well as the Newton D.

41:16Baker School. The city is responsible

41:18for the demolition of those two schools.

41:21Um so I have um Director Drummond here.

41:25I have uh Mr. Dulick, the manager of

41:27architecture of site development and

41:28commissioner D Janeiro to answer any

41:30questions you may have.

41:31>> All right. Thank you. Uh before I ask

41:34any questions, Councilman Conwell, this

41:35was heard in Health and Human Services.

41:37>> It passed through. Um, let me say

41:40through the uh chair to uh to [snorts]

41:44the director, I met with some Glennville

41:46individuals and um I told him that I had

41:49a meeting with you and uh your staff on

41:54Friday and um two things happened after

41:57that. I'm not here to say no on it, but

42:01um the Glenville uh alumni president

42:05wants to be on the committee when we

42:07meet with you as well and some of the

42:09other Glennville leaders. They just want

42:11to seek to understand more on what's

42:13going on with Glennville because you

42:14know people in the neighborhood love

42:16Glennville. And we also um through the

42:19chair um council member Mike Pinsic and

42:22I we're going to uh you guys have to

42:24come out to us. I'm going to meet with

42:26him uh early November to um discuss with

42:30the residents about the Jay Glenn health

42:32center and I think David um director

42:35David Marongolius will be there as well

42:37because we want you guys to explain um

42:40we don't want healthc care inequality to

42:43happen um in our neighborhood because if

42:46that Jay Glenn health center is gone the

42:49heat we want to know matter of fact I

42:52know what you guys told me is

42:55temporarily it would be in the east side

42:57market, but u they don't like hearing

42:59that temporarily um um word. So, people

43:04want to know what assurance

43:06and that's where I'm at on. So, with

43:08that, I'm not pushing back on it. All

43:10right? But I'll I'll talk with you this

43:13evening and we'll set that up and I have

43:15to talk with Council Member Mike Palinsk

43:17also because his residents, they deserve

43:19and they need to know what's going on.

43:21and people can't wake up in the morning

43:23and we have no healthcare in in that

43:25area. And that's where I'm at. Thank

43:28you. Thank you. Uh Councilwoman Santana,

43:31this was heard in DPS.

43:33>> It was fully vetted. Long conversation

43:36and recommended for passage.

43:38>> Thank you, Councilman Mike Valenc. This

43:39was heard in public safety.

43:40>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. chairman.

43:42Um to my honorable colleagues and to the

43:45administration, as I indicated at the

43:48public safety committee, um I want my

43:50name taken off the piece, um where it

43:53says by departmental request. Um

43:55[snorts]

43:56and um Mr. Chairman, um no one spoke to

44:00me about the Jay Glenn Smith Center

44:02being closed. It came like a bolt of

44:03lightning out of the clear blue sky. Um

44:06I myself, as I've indicated, I've gone

44:08there myself for vaccinations. Um the

44:12whole issue with the administration

44:14closing four schools um in the northeast

44:18side of the city um Colwood High School,

44:22Uklid Park, Hannah Gibbons, and um

44:26Kenneth Clemth All Boys Leadership

44:28Academy. Um this is on top of the

44:31schools that they have closed in the

44:33past on the east side of the city. um

44:35and those most recent 18 that are being

44:37closed with again the majority of those

44:38being on the east side. Mr. Chairman, I

44:41I don't know what the game plan is out

44:43of the administration. Um it seems like

44:45the mayor wants to just disinvest on the

44:47northeast side of the city. Um and

44:51supports and obviously he runs the

44:53school system. We don't. City council

44:54members don't. And I want to say that

44:56loud and clear to the view public

44:57council does not operate the Cleveland

45:00public school system. the mayor appoints

45:02the school board and then who in turn

45:04appoints the CEO, Dr. Morgan. So, um we

45:08had no decision in this um disaster that

45:11has been imposed on our community on the

45:14northeast side. When you look at the the

45:16poverty levels, when you look at the

45:18disparity, lack of opportunity, you look

45:20at what neighborhoods have lost the

45:22largest amount of population, it's all

45:25tied to the schools being closed. And

45:28that's become very clear. Look at the

45:29Glennville neighborhood. Look at

45:30everything from east of 55th Street.

45:33It's school closures. It's

45:34disinvestment. So, here we are with

45:36another piece of legislation. And I

45:38understand and I and I certainly

45:40understand Councilwoman Santana's

45:42position and Councilman Slay's position.

45:44They're trying to um identify two sites,

45:47one possibly for a new firehouse, which

45:49is yet to be um designated how we're

45:52going to fund that. But the fact of the

45:54matter is I understand both of them, but

45:56this issue with Jay Glenn Smith, no game

45:59plan that I can see to deal with this.

46:02And then again, the fact that for some

46:04unknown reason the mayor wishes to kill

46:05the name Colinwood. So in a new high

46:07school, the name Colinwood um is been

46:11removed school that it was just a 100

46:14years old this year 2026, a legendary

46:17high school, historic high school. So

46:20again, I would ask Mr. chairman, that my

46:21name be removed from ordinance number

46:23927-2026

46:26because it's clear in my opinion the

46:28mayor does not understand the east side

46:30of the city of Cleveland. He doesn't

46:32understand it. Neither does Dr. Morgan.

46:34So I I rest my case. My citizens are not

46:37happy. This councilman, Mr. Chairman,

46:39this is not political with me. This is

46:42personal. What they've done to my

46:44neighborhood is personal and I take it

46:47as such. So again, I would ask

46:48respectfully that my name be removed

46:50from the piece of legislation. Thank

46:51you.

46:54>> Thank you.

46:57>> Are there any other questions regarding

46:59ordinance number 927-2026?

47:02Seeing no other questions, ordinance

47:04number 927-2026

47:07uh stands approved. Once again, please

47:09remove Councilman Mike Valencius.

47:10>> And I should be recorded as a no as

47:12well. Thank you.

47:13>> Thank you, sir.

47:16>> Thank you.

47:27No, we got one more piece,

47:29>> but not them.

47:31>> All right. Okay. Ordinance number

47:331204-2026

47:34by council member Griffin by

47:36departmental request an emergency

47:37ordinance to amend section 20 of

47:39ordinance one ordinance number 194-2021

47:43passed March 29 2021 as amended relating

47:47to compensation for various

47:48classifications

47:50director

47:51>> co

48:01Yeah,

48:06>> director.

48:10>> There we go. Thank you, chairman and um

48:14committee. Uh my piece is uh rooted in

48:18uh anou that was reached between the

48:20city of Cleveland and uh local 38

48:23subsequent to the uh collective part

48:25agreement being uh ratified. Um this

48:29piece is um consolidating what was

48:33formerly uh multiple electrical safety

48:37inspector positions into a total of

48:39three uh classifications

48:42uh which include uh inspector trainee

48:45and an inspector interim and then one

48:48electrical inspector. Um this does not

48:51negatively impact um the uh employees

48:55that are in these positions. It was just

48:57in order to uh consolidate and then um

49:01set up one uh wage rate band for all of

49:04them. Um

49:06>> piece is that Mr. Chairman?

49:07>> So subsequently um it affects section 20

49:10of the payban ordinance. Um so I

49:15accordingly

49:16um eliminated the classifications that

49:20are no longer applicable, updated the

49:23the classifications that are applicable

49:25and um change the minimum and maximum

49:28rates accordingly. Um recommend um that

49:31you approve. Thank you.

49:34>> Thank you. Uh this is basically how many

49:38unions have been uh done? How many

49:41contracts have been done now?

49:42>> So, uh through to to the chair, we we

49:45are fully uh done with 31 of the 33.

49:49>> Um there's just two outstanding that are

49:52uh um not yet completed. We're still

49:57we're still in talks.

49:59>> Okay. All right. Councilman Joseph

50:02Jones.

50:02>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um the the the

50:05particular piece of legislation right

50:07here, just for clarification, if you

50:09could, um you talked about eliminating

50:11the intern um and replacing it with

50:15electrical inspector interm.

50:18>> Uh to through the chair to the

50:19councilman, it it was just a a name

50:21change for the interim position. Um it

50:24used to be electrical safety inspector

50:26interim and now it's just electrical

50:28inspectors uh interim. So it's basically

50:31just and it doesn't do anything really

50:33other than just change your name for the

50:35bulk of all of this with the exception

50:37that you is that did you increase the

50:39rate for the electrical safety inspector

50:43uh through the chair to the councilman?

50:44Yes. So we we consolidated the uh series

50:48electrical safety inspector one through

50:50four into just one classification then

50:53increase the rates accordingly um all

50:55the way up through the four position. So

50:57it actually is more beneficial to

50:59anybody in the lower um one, two and

51:02three uh categories formally. Um it ups

51:06it and really this is done in order to

51:08uh assist both the union and the city to

51:11uh attract and retain electrical

51:13inspectors to to be more competitive.

51:15>> So So how are we are we kind of

51:17competitive now uh in this space? Are we

51:21getting a lot of um um employees from

51:24the city of Cleveland

51:26>> through the chair of the councilman?

51:27Yes. This uh makes us much more

51:29competitive particularly with the uh

51:30inner and outer ring suburbs which is uh

51:33our biggest competition for these

51:35individuals. So uh it it's increased our

51:38pool uh coming in and then we expect to

51:41retain them as well.

51:42>> And so when we talk about 42, what's

51:44that on an annual basis?

51:47an hour.

51:50And I would presume, Mr. Chairman, this

51:51also includes benefits.

51:55>> Um, through the chair to the councilman.

51:58I am I'm not great at math. I'm going to

52:01be honest with you, but um I I think

52:03that's right around 8585,000.

52:06>> All right. And that's starting rate

52:09>> uh that that would be at the high end at

52:11the step three uh level.

52:14>> I see.

52:14>> So that's after they've been here a

52:15little bit.

52:16>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. to director.

52:17Keep up the good work. Thank you.

52:19Appreciate it.

52:21>> All right. Seeing no other questions,

52:22ordinance number 1204-2026

52:26will be heard for consideration by the

52:28full body tonight.

52:29>> Thank you.

52:29>> Thank you. That concludes this committee

52:31of finance, diversity, equity, and

52:33inclusion.

52:35Meeting is called adjourned by the

52:37chair.

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