2026-10-06 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official final minutes. No video is posted, so there is no transcript or timing.

Regular meeting at 4:00 PM in Council Chambers; 11 of 12 members present, Martinez absent.
Nearly every item passed 11-0, most by suspension of the rules and as emergency ordinances.
The one recorded dissent: Driscoll voted no on the traffic signal software license (10-1).
Melden abstained on the TARTA Mobility Hub right-of-way dedication (10-0-1).
Second-reading passage of the Retaliation Prohibited ordinance, the fuel appropriation ($1,400,000), the Smart Tree Inventory contract (up to $250,000 a year) and the tree code revision.
First reading of the ARPA reallocation and the Healthy Food Small Market agreement ($355,297).
The minutes list the final tally on the gas station permit as both Yea 11 and Nay 11 with the same names; the item is shown as passed, so this looks like a clerical error.

O-399-26, new Chapter 1766 "Retaliation Prohibited", passed on second reading with an amendment, 11-0.

O-402-26 appropriating $1,400,000 in the Municipal Garage Fund for fuel and $1,400,000 in various funds for internal chargebacks; amended, emergency and passage 11-0.

O-403-26, up to $250,000 annually for a two-year contract; emergency and passage 11-0.

O-404-26 repealing and reenacting eight sections of Chapter 917; emergency and passage 11-0.

O-413-26, presented by Sarantou for the Department of Finance, had first reading, 11-0.

O-414-26, city support for Building Demolition and Site Revitalization grant applications and subrecipient agreements with the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation; suspension, emergency and passage 11-0.

O-416-26, Ohio Emergency Management Agency grant of up to $831,976; suspension, emergency and passage 11-0.

O-417-26, up to $62,304 over five years for signal software from Path Master, Inc., waiving competitive procurement; suspension and emergency 11-0, passage 10-1 with Driscoll opposed.

O-418-26 dedicating right-of-way for the mobility hub at Monroe Street and Dorr Street path improvements; passage and emergency 10-0 with Melden abstaining.

O-419-26 (Toledo Public Schools, $139,458.32) and O-420-26 (Washington Local Schools, $93,657.16), presented by Hobbs; each passed 11-0.

O-423-26 replacing Section 933.10(d) with current program language; suspension, emergency and passage 11-0.

O-424-26 declaring intent to appropriate a utility easement on Cedar Point Road in Oregon; suspension, emergency and passage 11-0.

O-425-26, agreement with the Toledo-Lucas County Regional Board of Health and $355,297 from the General Fund; first reading 11-0, presented by Melden.

O-428-26, special use permit for towaway vehicle storage subject to conditions and two waivers; reported by Morris; passed 11-0.

O-429-26, special use permit for a scrap and salvage facility subject to conditions and four waivers; passed 11-0.

O-430-26, special use permit for a gas station on North Detroit Avenue; suspension and emergency 11-0; the passage tally is garbled in the minutes (see above).

Recognitions: R-409-26 for Christopher "Chilly" Rodriguez (sponsors Morris and Gadus) and R-410-26 for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (sponsor Hobbs), both 11-0.
Street dedications presented by Council President Williams: R-411-26 "Wojo Way" and R-412-26 "Clifford L. Russell Way", both 11-0.
R-415-26, reimbursement intent for the Capital Improvements Fund, 11-0.
O-421-26, up to $45,205 for two pumps at the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant, competitive procurement waived, 11-0.
O-422-26, Ohio EPA and OWDA loan proceeds up to $1,020,000 for Small Pump Station Improvements Package 1, 11-0.
O-426-26 and O-427-26 zoning map changes (Kelsey Avenue, Haverhill Drive) and O-431-26 local landmark designation for a building on North Detroit Avenue, all 11-0.