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.
Legislation scheduled for discussion:
A-105: 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, 2025. Tonight the finance committee took the last round of questions concerning the city’s 2025 budget. During the last four public meetings before the finance committee and city council there were no other questions or comments over the budget and there were no questions from the public present that were unanswered. Next week, December 9, council as a whole will vote on the $268,795,707 legislation.
A-116: An ordinance authorizing the director of law to enter into a contract or contracts, without competitive bidding, with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan, & Aronoff LLP for legal services related to employment matters and collective bargaining, increasing appropriations in the general fund law department. This legislation was presented to the committee by Law Director Janet Ciotola, who explained the increase had been discussed with council during executive session a few weeks ago and will cover the additional expense of $110k to the law department budget to pay the firm who attended all of the meetings with the various union officials and city officials during the course of contract negations. The committee voted to bring this out for a vote before full council next Monday, December 8.
A-117: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, without competitive bidding, with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories for the purchase of automation controllers, advance recloser controls, and cellular routers for use in the electric department. Electric Department Supervisor Rod Troxell stated that the city had made a previous purchase from Schweitzer and the equipment didn’t perform to our standards and was returned. Troxell said that they have greatly increased the quality and reliability of their products and, already having a fund balance with the company of $127, his office and the committee voted to put this out to them for a total of $135k. The committee voted to bring this out for a vote before full council next Monday, December 9.
