Cuyahoga Falls City Council holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Council committee meetings are held on the first and third Mondays in order to allow councilmembers to publicly discuss pending legislation that will be voted on at regular meetings. The public is free to comment on pending legislation during the allowed time set aside as part of committee meetings.
New Ordinances & Resolutions
A-92: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, according to law, for the rehabilitation and replacement of City Hall East Plaza. To be discussed in the public and industrial improvements committee on November 16.
A-93: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, according to law, for the Elmwood Street, Erie Street, and Norwood Street sanitary sewer improvements. To be discussed in the public and industrial improvements committee on November 16.
Temp. Ord. A-94: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, without competitive bidding, with DLZ Ohio, Inc. for work relating to the Gorge Sanitary Sewer Project. To be discussed in the public and industrial improvements committee on November 16.
Reports of Special Committees
Sustainability Energy & Environment:
A-91: An ordinance authorizing Advanced Solar Products, Inc. to replace CS Energy as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner to CEP Renewables, LLC for the 20 MW AC solar array located at the Hardy Road Landfill, and to provide the required performance bond and payment bond for the solar project. Passed 11-0.
Reports of Council’s Standing Committees
Planning & Zoning:
A-60: An ordinance approving text amendments to the Cuyahoga Falls Development Code regarding data centers, as more fully described and depicted herein, and declaring an emergency. Passed 10-1 with councilman Stams casting the dissenting vote.
A-61: An ordinance approving text amendments to the Cuyahoga Falls Development Code regarding nursing homes, assisted living and independent living facilities, as more fully described and depicted herein. Passed 11-0.
A-84: An ordinance accepting the planning commission’s recommendation for a conditional zoning certificate for the construction of a Clean Express car wash facility located at 581 Howe Avenue. Passed 11-0.
A-85: An ordinance accepting the planning commission’s recommendation for the vacation of a portion of Elmwood Trail right-of-way at Third Street between Parcel No. 0215287 and Parcel No. 0208109. Passed 11-0.
Finance & Appropriations:
A-80: An ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into contracts with MoxFive, LLC, Storm7 Labs, LLC, and Mullen Coughlin, LLC for cybersecurity protection and related services. Passed 11-0.
A-81: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, without competitive bidding, for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of light fixtures which will illuminate city-owned property on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. Passed 11-0.
A-86: An ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into an amendment of Contract No. 9127 with the Utility Workers’ Union of America, Local 399, and declaring an emergency. Passed 11-0.
A-87: An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 104-2025, authorizing the mayor, as director of public safety, to enter into a contract or contracts for the purchase of annual requirements for services, materials, supplies, and equipment for use by the Fire Department during 2026. Passed 11-0.
Public & Industrial Improvements:
A-83 (Sub. Dated 10/19/26): An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, according to law, for the Blossom Glen Detention Basin Retrofit. Passed 11-0.
A-89: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, according to law, for the purpose of raising streetlight poles in the median of State Route 8. Passed 11-0.
Public Affairs:
A-90: An ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute an intergovernmental agreement with the County of Summit for direct indictment services. Passed 11-0.
Community Development:
A-78: An ordinance creating the Park Ridge Incentive District; declaring improvements to the parcels within the Incentive District to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation; requiring the owners of those parcels to make service payments in lieu of taxes; establishing a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of those service payments; specifying the public infrastructure improvements that benefit or serve parcels in the incentive district; providing for compensation payments. This legislation will be held in committee and voted on at a later date.
Miscellaneous Business:
Five residents spoke against the city’s contract with flock cameras. Concerns ranged from privacy to who and where the data can be used. The city’s contract with Flock expires in January.
Three residents from Cedarwoods Drive expressed concern over the possibility that a Waffle House may end up on Portage Trail Extension next to the car wash. The concerns range from crime and safety around a 24/7 restaurant, lighting, and even more of the problems the car wash has created.
The Finance & Appropriations Committee also met Monday night to discuss the 2027 budget:
An ordinance establishing annual appropriations of money for the current expenses, capital expenditures and other expenses of the City of Cuyahoga Falls for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2027. This is the city’s operating budget for 2027.
The presentations began with the Street department, then Sanitation. In Novak’s sanitation budget are a new side-load sanitation truck for $471k and a new front load truck for $551k. Novak also reminded council members that the Sanitation department is now offering “roll-offs”; they currently have both 10-yard containers and 15-yard containers and they have been rented 31 times this year.
Electric Department lead Rod Troxell has a new bucket truck and a new pickup truck on his list for 2027.
Police Chief Norfolk told those present that training will be a big part of the police department this year with 7k hours of formal training in his budget for the year, plus new dash cams and modems for the data terminals in the police cars, plus a new 4-legged member of the department. Unlike the department’s other K-9 officers this one will be trained to sniff out gunpowder and will be assigned to one of our School Resource Officers.
Fire Chief Martin also has rescue training as a priority in 2027, and more signage along the river with QR codes that link to current depth and speed conditions along with depth gauges in the river. The chief also said that one of the retired squads is going to become the city’s Haz-Mat response unit. The new training center and all that is coming with it will be a huge focus for 2027.
Building and Grounds supervisor John Ball made his presentation short and said his department will cost around the same as 2026.
The finance committee will meet again next Monday to continue budget discussion.
