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
Finance & Appropriations:
B-65: 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 explained that this is a yearly ordinance where the county pays the city what they are due from the 11-mil tax that the county collects on the city’s behalf. The finance committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
B-66: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, without competitive bidding, with Altec Industries, for the purpose of replacing the truck body on the 2016 Altec Model M2-106 Digger Derrick. Rod Troxell told the committee that this is an important piece of equipment in his department. The current machine is in need of extensive repair and replacing the body on the 2016 truck makes the most fiscal sense. According to him a new one would take three or more years to be delivered and still give the city another 10 years of service . The cost will be $88,794 and will come from the electric capital fund. The finance committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
B-67: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, according to law, for the installation of above-ground fuel storage tanks and associated equipment. The new tanks would have a 30-year lifespan and have the capacity of 12K gallons of fuel. Current underground tanks will be removed next year under a separate ordinance. Garage superintendent John Campbell explained the estimated cost will be $400k and come from the garage fund that has this improvement budgeted for $490k. The finance committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
B-68: An ordinance authorizing the Parks and Recreation Board to enter into a contract with BOLD Designs & Recreation LLC for the installation of play equipment at Valley Vista Park. Parks Superintendent Sarah Kline began her presentation by letting the committee know that the playground equipment has been purchased and with passage of this ordinance Bold will be ready to begin work. Electric service still needs to finish their infrastructure beneath the park in the form of duct banks that will connect power from the nearby substation to the rest of the city. That work is scheduled to be finished by the end of the year and then construction of the playground will begin. The cost is estimated at $75k. The finance committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
B-69: An ordinance authorizing the Parks and Recreation Board to enter into a contract, with Safe Slide Restoration for water slide paint and repairs at Water Works Family Aquatic Center. Kline said all of this equipment is over 20 years old and even though it is inspected daily if is now time for restoring the slides. The cost is estimated at $95k, which would be paid out of the Park and Rec levy and the slides will be operational for the 2026 season.
B-70: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a contract or contracts, without competitive bidding, with Collins Excavating Construction and & D&C Construction & Excavating for the maintenance and repair of the city’s stormwater, sanitary sewer, and water distribution systems. Russ Kring, Water Superintendent, explained this would help his department catch up on sinkholes and other excavation projects that have become backlogged with the meter program and other development projects throughout the city. Estimated costs are $400k and the cost would come equally from the water and sewer fund. The finance committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
B-71: An ordinance authorizing the director of public service to enter into a cooperative agreement with the County of Summit, Ohio to share the cost of engineering of the North Main Street bridge over the Cuyahoga River. City Engineer Tony Demasi began by stating the bridge was originally built in 1949 and received major facelifts in both 1991 and 2017. This legislation is for the design work that will be shared by Akron, Summit County and Cuyahoga Falls with the bulk of the 8.6 million in design costs coming from the county. The city’s estimated cost will be $250k. The finance committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
Public & Industrial Improvements:
B-74: An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 38-2025 for the purpose of including construction of a new training facility and training prop in the contract or contracts. Presented by Fire Chief Chris Martin to update the ordinance passed July 14, 2025, where the training prop was inadvertently omitted from this legislation. This legislation is to correct a typo that occurred in the legislation that was passed in July. The public and industrial improvement committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
Public Affairs:
B-72: A resolution authorizing the Electric Utility Superintendent to represent the City of Cuyahoga Falls as a member of the Board of Trustees of American Municipal Power, Inc. Presented by Service Director Anthony Zumbo, this will appoint Rod Troxell to assume the role as board member to represent Cuyahoga Falls on the AMP Board Of Trustees. It was also mentioned that Cuyahoga Falls has held a seat on the AMP board for over 30 years. The Public Affairs Committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
B-73: An ordinance amending the Traffic Control File. Presented by Chief Norwalk on behalf of the Traffic Committee, this legislation will approve all the traffic signage in the new Creekside Subdivision, amending the Traffic Control File to prohibit parking on the north side of Francis Avenue from 8th Street to 75’ east of 8th Street, amending the Traffic Control File to prohibit parking along the even addresses (south) side of Wyandotte Avenue, and amending the Traffic Control File to permit parking on the even (west) side of 25th Street between Chestnut Blvd. and Wyandotte Avenue.
Community Development:
B-76: An ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute the revised Summit County Intergovernmental Memorandum of Understanding for Job Creation and Retention and Tax Revenue Sharing. Community Development Director Diane Colovecciho explained that this will renew an agreement between municipalities in Summit County. The purpose was to prevent the impact on municipalities when a company moves to another city within the county, and to prevent communities from poaching businesses from one city to another with incentives. The current agreement was established in 2017 and the changes in this renewal raised the shareable amount the new municipality would pay the previous municipality from 3.5 million to 4.5 million on tier one companies over a three-year period with a declining percentage each year for a 3-year time frame. Tier 2 companies were also raised from 3.5 million to 4.5 million but over a 5-year repayment period that would also have a declining percentage each year. Colavecchio also said that at this time Copley, Hudson and Richfield Township, Stow and Twinsburg Twp. are the only communities not participating in the new agreement, and other communities are taking the agreement to their council for approval. One of the incentives from the county is receiving extra points on applications when applying for county and public works grants. The community development committee voted to bring this legislation out for a vote before all of City Council Monday, September 22.
