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 council members 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.
A-102: A resolution accepting the amounts and rates of taxation as certified by the Summit County Budget Commission, authorizing the necessary tax levies, certifying such authorization to the County Fiscal Officer. Finance Director Bryan Hoffman stated that this was a housekeeping ordinance required every year in order to authorize and certify the 11mil tax collected through the county. This legislation comes before council every year. The finance committee voted to bring this out for a vote before the full City Council next Monday.
A-103: An ordinance providing for supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures of the City of Cuyahoga Falls in the general fund of the law department. According to Finance Director Bryan Hoffman, periodically through the year his office evaluates the balance in certain funds and they saw that the “outside counsel” line item was coming close to the budgeted amount for this fiscal year. Citing the costs to come from union fact finding, environmental studies and a large amount of commercial development due to the growth within the city to be the reason this fund will need supplemental funds to finish out the year. The finance committee voted to bring this out for a vote before the full City Council next Monday.
A-104: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, according to law, for the demolition of structures located at 721 Chestnut Boulevard, and removal of demolition debris, and certifying the cost thereof to the County Fiscal Officer for collection in the manner provided by law. City engineer Tony Demasi presented this legislation to the committee, explaining that engineering, housing, and the county inspectors visited the property August 16 and found the property uninhabitable. The county sent an order of condemnation on August 19. There was no response from the property owner and the next step in the process was to ask council for the funds to demolish the structure. However, since the order and the notice of this legislation the property owner has begun remediation on the property and Demasi said that if there is progress made in a timely fashion the city will not go through with the demolition. It is not uncommon for a property to reach this point and then have the owner bring the property back to standards. Should that be the case here, his office will just have an order that they do not have to use. The ultimate goal is to remove the blight and repair refurbish is always the better alternative. The finance committee voted to bring this out for a vote before the full City Council next Monday.
A-105: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts with Bell Equipment for the purchase of a leaf vacuum truck for use in the street division. Street Commissioner Charles Novak’s 5-year budget has a new unit purchased for each of the five years. In this ordinance he asks to purchase the unit for 2023 in this calendar year because of a significant savings over the projected price for next year and the cab and chassis combination that would make this unit match the ones the city already have would not be available next year if they were to wait. The finance committee voted to bring this out for a vote before the full City Council next Monday.
