Council Meeting Highlights

Nov 18, 2024

City Council held its regular meeting tonight, both in person in Council Chambers and live streamed. Council's next meeting will be Nov. 25. Here are today’s highlights:

Street Improvements for Circle East District Project that Borders/Includes a Portion of Cleveland: Council approved legislation that allows the City of East Cleveland to do improvements on Woodlawn Avenue, Penrose Avenue, Lakeview Avenue and Forest Hill Avenue as part of the Circle East Transformational Project in the Cities of East Cleveland and Cleveland. Phase 1 of the project scheduled for 2025 will include the installation of sidewalks, driveway aprons, lighting, and landscape on Woodlawn Avenue. Phase 1 will likely cost $375,000 as Cleveland's local share to East Cleveland. Circle East District is a Cuyahoga Land Bank initiative to revitalize the residential and commercial areas at East Cleveland’s Eastern gateway to University Circle. Ord. No. 1146-2024

New Equipment Coming to Cleveland: Council approved legislation to spend more than $19 million for the purchase, lease, or lease to purchase various types of on-road vehicles, apparatus, and off-road equipment, cabs, bodies, accessories, equipment and other aftermarket items necessary to equip the vehicles for their intended purpose. Most of the listed vehicles and equipment are replacement units. The vehicles include everything from a truck-heavy-rear loader, to a backhoe to a leaf machine. Ord. No. 1122-2024

PUCO Should Reject Canadian-Based Enbridge's Request to Raise Prices Months after Buying Dominion: Council passed a resolution, sponsored by Council President Blaine A. Griffin, "strongly urging" the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to reject Enbridge Gas Ohio’s request to increase revenues by 25.5% and instead adopt the PUCO staff recommendation to decrease those revenues by 24.6% to 27.5%, and further urging the PUCO to reject all Enbridge Gas Ohio’s requests to revise its rate base because such revisions unfairly burden City of Cleveland residents, especially people of color and low-income residents. Enbridge, a Canadian company, purchased Dominion Energy in June. PUCO's mission is to assure all residents and business have access to safe, adequate and reliable utility services at fair prices. Res. No. 1278-2024

Introduction

Legislation was introduced to enter into contracts with Ameresco to both design and install an on-site solar photovoltaic (solar panels) and battery energy storage-ready system at the Gunning Park Recreation Center. The contract with Ameresco, Inc. includes operating and maintaining the system after installation. Ord. No. 1274-2024