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Margo Sommerville, President

Jeff Fusco, Vice-President

Brad McKitrick, President Pro-Tem

 

 

   Members of Council:

Jeff Fusco, At-Large

Johnnie Hannah, Ward 5

Linda F. R. Omobien, At-Large

Brad McKitrick, Ward 6

Eric D. Garrett, Sr., At-Large

Donnie Kammer, Ward 7

Samuel D. DeShazior, Ward 1

Bruce Bolden, Ward 8

Phil Lombardo, Ward 2

Tina Boyes, Ward 9

Margo Sommerville, Ward 3

Sharon L. Connor, Ward 10

Jan Davis, Ward 4

www.akroncitycouncil.org

 

Council Agenda for September 22, 2025 DRAFT

 

1:00 P.M.

Planning & Economic Development

2:15 P.M.

Public Safety

1:45 P.M.

Parks & Recreation

2:30 P.M.

Health & Social Services

2:00 P.M.

Rules

3:00 P.M

Budget & Finance

2:00 P.M.

Public Service

Subject to Call

Housing & Neighborhood Assistance

2:00 P.M.

Public Utilities & Green

6:30 P.M.

Regular Council Meeting

 

Regular Meeting held on September 15, 2025. All members were present, except Fusco, Garrett, and Omobien. Minutes of the previous meeting approved. Ayes: 10, Nays: 0.

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

1

ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts after publicly advertising for bids for vital upgrades to the City’s firewall infrastructure over a five-year period; and declaring an emergency. (Budget and Finance)

 

2

ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts with Beyond20 for implementation of and support for new features to the City’s ServiceNow information technology ticketing system; and declaring an emergency. (Budget and Finance)

 

3

ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into an agreement or agreements with Summit Medina Business Alliance, Inc. to provide financial support for the consulting services it provides to residents and small businesses in furtherance of economic development within the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. (Planning and Economic Development)

 

RULES (McKitrick, Chair)

 

 

NO ITEMS

 

BUDGET & FINANCE (Lombardo, Chair)

 

 

NO ITEMS

 

PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Fusco, Chair)

 

 

UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING: SEPTEMBER 29, 2025:

 

1

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to place freestanding signs within the setback at 676 S. Broadway Street; and declaring an emergency. (7/21/25)

 

2

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a dual-use marijuana dispensary at 2010 E. Waterloo Road; and declaring an emergency. (07/21/25)

 

3

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct an oversized garage at 711 N. Portage Path; and declaring an emergency. (9/8/25)

 

4

ORDINANCE amending/supplementing Title 15, “Land Usage,” Chapter 153, “Zoning Code,”  Article 1 “General Provisions,” Section 153.140 “Definitions,” Article 3 “Classification of Uses,” and Article 5 ”Accessory Uses in Residence Districts” by adding definitions and development requirements on smoke shops and Article 14 “Conditional Uses,” Section 153.464 “Uses permitted as conditional uses” by eliminating vape shops; and declaring an emergency. (7/21/25)

 

 

TIME:

 

5

D-150 Petition of Manuel Smart for a Conditional Use to Construct a 6-Unit Apartment Development at the Southwest Corner of the Intersection of Cole Avenue and Sweitzer Avenue (Parcel Nos. 6764391, 6764392, and 6764393) PC-2025-39-CU (9/8/25)

 

6

D-151 Petition of Harmony House, Inc., for a Conditional Use to Establish a Group Home at 799 Stadelman Avenue PC-2025-46-CU (9/8/25)

 

7

D-152 Petition of Brittney Beck for a Conditional Use to Retain a 3-Unit Apartment House at 892 Delia Avenue PC-2025-48-CU (9/8/25)

 

8

D-153 Petition of Christopher Wright, dba Pro Car Associates, Inc., for a Conditional Use to Establish a Parking Area Consisting of Crushed Asphalt Grindings at 1100 Triplett Boulevard PC-2025-52-CU (9/8/25)

 

9

D-154 Petition of Bianca Robinson for a Conditional use to Establish a Beauty Salon at 483 Howe Street PC-2025-53-CU (9/8/25)

 

10

D-155 Petition of Joseph Saccio for a Conditional Use to Construct an Oversized Garage at 711 N. Portage Path PC-2025-42-CU (9/8/25)

 

11

ORDINANCE authorizing a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish the former Firestone Headquarters at 1200 Firestone Parkway; and declaring an emergency. (9/8/2025) (Public Hearing was held 9/11/25)

 

12

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a vape shop at 2517 Mogadore Road; and declaring an emergency. (7/21/25) (To be scheduled for Public Hearing)

 

13

D-131 Petition of OTC Ohio LLC for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Marijuana Dispensary at 2010 E. Waterloo Road PC-2025-36-CU (6/30/25)

 

14

D-132 Petition of Crasi Homes for a Conditional Use to Construct Two-Family Dwellings at 940 Pitkin Street and 953 Dayton Street PC-2025-37-CU (6/30/25)

 

15

D-133 Petition of Cleveland Clinic Akron General for a Conditional Use to Place Freestanding Signs within the Building Line Setback at 676 S. Broadway PC-2025-35-CU (6/30/25)

 

16

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a dual-use marijuana dispensary at 730 W. Market Street; and declaring an emergency. (6/23/25) (To be scheduled for Public Hearing)

 

17

D-112 Petition of OPC Cultivation, LLC, for a Conditional Use to Establish a Dual-Use Marijuana Dispensary at 730 W. Market Street PC-2025-67-CU (6/2/25)

 

18

D-115 Petition of Mohammad Odetellah, dba the Herb Hub, for a Conditional Use to Establish a Vape Shop at 2517 Mogadore Road PC-2025-29-CU (6/2/25)

 

19

ORDINANCE amending/supplementing Title 15, Chapter 153, “Zoning Code”, Article 6 “Development and Area District Requirements”, Section 153.305 “Residence Requirements” and Section 4.3.3. “Walls and Fences” of the City of Akron Form-Based Code to amend fencing requirements; and declaring an emergency. (2/24/25) (To be scheduled for Public Hearing.)

 

20

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish a Type A daycare home at 782 Bellevue Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (11/27/2023) (Public Hearing held 2/5/2024)

 

21

D-730 Petition of Keisha Burney for a Conditional Use to Establish a Type A Daycare Home at 782 Bellevue Avenue PC-2023-60-CU (11/06/2023)

 

22

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish an auto dealership at 338 N. Arlington Street; and declaring an emergency. (11/28/2022)  (Public Hearing was held 1/23/2023)

 

23

D-576 Petition of Abraham Zabay for a Conditional Use to Establish an auto dealership at 338 N. Arlington Street (PC-2022-52-CU)

 

24

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a parking lot at 921 Cordova Avenue for the Maple Valley Resource Center at 1474 Copley Road; and declaring an emergency. (9/18/2023) (Public Hearing held 9/25/2023)

 

25

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to establish and construct an addition to a bed and breakfast at 814 Bloomfield Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (Public Hearing was held 9/13/21)

 

26

D-285 Petition of Louie Berrodin for a Conditional Use to establish a bed and breakfast and construct an addition at 814 Bloomfield Avenue (PC-2021-30-CU)  (7/12/21)

 

27

ORDINANCE authorizing a Conditional Use to construct a parking lot on the east side of W. Center Street (PN 6716587); and declaring an emergency. (Public Hearing was held October 21, 2019)

 

28

D-774 Petition of Community Action Agency for a Conditional Use to construct a parking lot and the sale of City-owned land on W. Center Street. (Parcel No. 6716587) (PC-2019-63-CU & S) (9/16/19)

 

PUBLIC SERVICE (Kammer, Chair)

 

 

TIME:

 

1

ORDINANCE amending and/or supplementing Title 5, “Public Works,” Chapter 50, “Sewers,” Article 2, “Sewer Charges,” Sections 50.20, “Definitions,” 50.21 “Levy of charges,” 50.22 “Sewer service charges,” and 50.23 “Charges outside the City” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency. (9/8/25)

 

2

ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into an intergovernmental agreement or agreements with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for periodic water quality inspections; and declaring an emergency. (7/14/25)

 

PUBLIC UTILITIES & GREEN  (Kammer, Chair)

 

 

NO ITEMS

 

PUBLIC SAFETY (McKitrick, Chair)

 

 

TIME:

 

1

ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with Farber Specialty Vehicles for the purchase of a mobile command vehicle; and declaring an emergency. (10/28/2024) (Substitute offered as an amendment 11/4/2024)

 

PARKS & RECREATION (Connor, Chair)

 

 

NO ITEMS

 

HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE (Fusco, Chair)

 

 

NO ITEMS

 

HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES (Omobien, Chair)

 

 

NO ITEMS

 

ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT PREVIOUS MEETING

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 302-2025 authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts, without the formality of publicly advertising for bids, with CDW-G LLC for the Cisco phone system annual subscription licensing and support; and declaring an emergency. (10-0)

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 303-2025 amending Ordinance No. 279-2025 for the purpose of amending the list and schedule of special assessments to be levied for the purpose of paying the costs of an Energy Special Improvement District Project related to the acquisition, construction, installation, and improvement of certain public improvements in the City of Akron, Ohio at 237-243 Furnace Street, Akron, Ohio in cooperation with the Akron-Summit County Energy Special Improvement District, Inc., and further approving any revisions to the Cooperative Agreement and Special Assessment Agreement related to that project necessitated by the amendment of the list and schedule of special assessments; and declaring an emergency. (10-0)

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 304-2025 amending Ordinance No. 280-2025 for the purpose of amending the list and schedule of special assessments to be levied for the purpose of paying the costs of an Energy Special Improvement District Project related to the acquisition, construction, installation, and improvement of certain public improvements in the City of Akron, Ohio at 237-243 Furnace Street, Akron, Ohio in cooperation with the Akron-Summit County Energy Special Improvement District, Inc., and further approving any revisions to the Cooperative Agreement and Special Assessment Agreement related to that project necessitated by the amendment of the list and schedule of special assessments; and declaring an emergency. (10-0)

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 305-2025 ratifying the actions of the Director of Public Service, or his designee, in contracting with Kenmore Construction Co., Inc., for emergency repairs of a failed storm sewer on Carey Avenue; and declaring an emergency. (10-0)

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 306-2025 authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a contract or contracts with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. for the purchase of server equipment for the City of Akron Water Plant; and declaring an emergency.  (10-0)

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 307-2025 amending Title 13, “General Offenses,” Chapter 135, “Offenses Against Persons,” Article 1, “Generally,” Section 135.06 “Menacing,” of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Akron; and declaring an emergency.  (10-0)

 

 

RESOLUTION NO. 308-2025 approving and confirming the appointments of Mary Dee and Abigail Morgan to the City of Akron Commission on Aging; and declaring an emergency.  (10-0)

 

 

 

NEW LEGISLATION WILL BE ADDED PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR FINALIZED AGENDA.

 

 

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