City Council Regular Meeting

COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 1. Call to Order: 2. Opening Prayer: Rev. Andy Alberts, Tallmadge Lutheran Church. Pledge of Allegiance: 3. Roll Call: Mr. Bollas, Mrs. Cipa, Mrs. Epstein, Mr. Pavlik, Mrs. Pletcher, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino – present. 4. Correcting and Adopting Previous Meeting Minutes 6-12-25 Meeting Minutes Mr. Pavlik moved to adopt the 6-12-25 Council meeting minutes. Seconded Mrs. Cipa. Roll Call: Mrs. Cipa, Mrs. Epstein, Mr. Pavlik, Mrs. Pletcher, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino, Mr. Bollas – unanimous. The 6-12-25 Council meeting minutes are adopted by a vote of 7-0. 5. Financial Reports: None. 6. Public Hearings: None. 7. Community Input: Pres. of Council: This is the point in the meeting where if there is anyone present that would like to speak on an item that is not on the agenda, now is the time to come to the microphone and state your name and address and you will have time to speak to Council. Seeing none, we will move on to Agenda Additions. 8. Agenda Additions: Pres. of Council: Tonight, we have our Certificate of Appreciation from City Council given to Christeen Speelman-Parsons by our At-Large Councilwoman Chistine Cipa. • Certificate of Appreciation given to Christeen Speelman-Parsons by At-Large Councilperson Christine Cipa. Mrs. Cipa: Thank you. It is my pleasure and privilege to have Christeen Speelman-Parsons here with us tonight to award her the Certificate of Appreciation. Christeen and I have known each other since I believe Brin was in my 3-year-old preschool class over at Treehouse. I have worked with her at numerous Tallmadge PTAs for Dunbar, she was past Treasurer and President, Tallmadge Council PTA President, PTA member of all the schools. Our kids have grown up together. She is a member of our community and has gone to high school here and she is raising her children here and she also has the business of Speelman Electric here. She has been with Speelman Electric for over 35 years. She is now CEO and runs that company with an iron fist. Speelman has really played an integral part in our school systems and our City. They have helped with building the following: the Tallmadge Rec Center, Tallmadge High School, Middle School, the Elementary School and they also still work closely doing smaller maintenance and everyday projects for the City and the schools. They donate, most recently, the labor to complete the ball field; the baseball field that we see being finalized now. She now has her name on the press box. She also donated the labor to the renovation of the Tallmadge Little League Challenger Field. They sponsor locally and they sponsor their employees; they donate to charitable organizations. She also has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce. She has held positions in the Chamber of Commerce, and she also has organized many of the outings that they do. She is currently a member of the CIC Committee, and she is on the Tallmadge Foundation. She has been on the board, I believe I just took her position as Secretary this year for that. She sits on the Tallmadge Opportunity Fund. She is President of the Akron Chapter of the National Electric Contractors Association and she is on the board of the local joint apprenticeship training committee for Local Union 306 and she sits on the pension fund and retiree health benefit fund for the local union 306 and lastly because she still has a little time on her hands, the company and her are members and contributors to the Electric International which is a research arm of the Electrical Contracting industry where they participate and help facilitate studies to bring innovation to our industry. So, Speelman Electric has played a huge part in our community, and I think she deserves this Certificate of Appreciation. 1  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 • Approval of Assistant Law Director appointment of John A. Scavelli Jr. Dir. of Law: Thank you. I would like to just say a few words about John before he comes up to speak to everyone, but John has worked for the City of Tallmadge previously in the role of Assistant Law Director. I am very pleased that he wants to return here and work with us again. He brings with him 19 years of experience in the practice of law, and he has direct experience that is on point to exactly what we need and so I am very much looking forward to having a full office. I think it is really going to enable us to better serve the City and I am really excited that he is coming back so I am going to invite him to the podium and if Council has any questions, you have already received his resume and you are welcome to ask. John, maybe you just want to say a few words. Mr. Scavelli: Good evening everyone. Thank you for having me tonight and I just want to say that I am thrilled to be considered to return back to the City of Tallmadge. It is a wonderful community, and I loved my time here and I am very much looking forward to being back and working both with Law Director Raber and for the city. Pres. of Council: Any questions or comments? Mr. Scavelli: Thank you all very much. Dir. of Law: We just need a motion to approve the appointment. That is just part of the Codified Ordinances. Mr. Pavlik: I will make a motion to approve the appointment of John Scavelli Jr. Seconded Mr. Roy. Roll Call: Mrs. Epstein, Mr. Pavlik, Mrs. Pletcher, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino, Mr. Bollas, Mrs. Cipa – unanimous. John A. Scavelli Jr. is approved as the new Assistant Law Director by a vote of 7-0. Mr. Scavelli: Thank you much and I look forward to working with everybody. 9. Reports of Administrative Officers: a. Mayor/Dir. of Pub. Safety: • Thank you very much. As the Director of Public Safety, I have a couple of updates from our Police and Fire Departments. With the Police Department, Patrol Officer Aaron Furcsik who was sworn in on May 28th recently completed his Police Academy Training and will begin his field training with the Tallmadge Police Department on Monday, June 30 th. Also, Patrol Officer Hunter Chapman who joined the department in March of this year has successfully completed his field training and is now serving in a solo control capacity. This represents a very significant milestone in any Police Officer’s career. I want to congratulate both these officers on their accomplishments and their continued service to our community. • On the Fire Department, fire medic Diamond Carper who was a part-time firefighter for the City of Tallmadge had achieved a major professional milestone as well by passing the National Registry Paramedics Certification. She also successfully competed in the Civil Service process for a full-time fire-medic position and was officially sworn in as a full-time fire-medic on Monday, June 16th. I want to extend our congratulations to fire-medic Carper on this noteworthy achievement and welcome her to a new chapter in her public safety career. • Just some dates for Music on the Circle, we can hear Revolution Pie is still playing as we speak and the next Music on the Circle is on July 10th. This is the rescheduled band from back in June. So that is going to be The Originals and The Brass and then on July 17th is The FM Project which is a Steely Dan tribute and then on July 31 st is Risk Factor which is rock/pop/country. • I did have my After Hours with the Mayor today. I had a couple of residents come in and good conversation was had. Some interesting ideas were also presented so I will be following through on those as well. • The only other thing I have is you may have heard the news that the Tallmadge Chamber of Commerce has decided to postpone the Light Parade at Circle Fest this year. The City had been working very closely with the Chamber at their request to improve the parade. 2  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 Mayor (Cont’d.) safety regulations and we held some productive meetings, and we were nearing a resolution, however, the Chamber trustees ultimately made that decision to pause the parade for this year due to the tragic event that occurred in our neighboring community. So, I just want to emphasize that the City did not make that decision. That was the Chamber trustees, and we were notified last Wednesday of that. But we do support their decision and will continue on. I know they are going to be doing some revisions to their agenda to try to fill that spot at 9:00 p.m. I just look forward to what they have planned for us. That’s all I have. Is there any questions? Hearing none, I end my report. Thank you. b. Director of Administration: • Good evening. Just a quick update. On June 18th our very own Economic Developer, Samantha Poole, was a guest speaker at the Tallmadge Chamber luncheon. This event was well attended and generated lively discussion around the benefits of economic development. Samantha shared our economic development program and its alignment with our Strategic Priority No. 2 which is growing economic development opportunities. She highlighted key efforts on the way including support for adaptive reuse, attracting new businesses and building strategic partnerships. We appreciate the continued partnership with the Chamber and I am proud of the leadership Samantha is showing with only just being on board a couple of months now and that support and the outreach that she is doing now. Her cold call experience in her prior life with business development has been very fruitful and just the BRE visits that she has been doing we have already had some positive outcomes on that learning about businesses that want to . . . are looking to expand in the near future, but I will let her explain that. Pending your questions, that concludes my report. Thank you. c. Economic Developer: • Good evening. Thank you for the support of the City of course and to share the recent economic development highlights. • I am pleased to report that Mayor Kilway and I were fortunate to attend the Portage County Development Board 2025 Annual Awards. We are proud to report back that the Tallmadge business awards recipients; there were 5 in particular and between those 5 recognized businesses . . . the event has a theme to it which is locate, stay and grow which is really the core of all economic development efforts. So, we are proud to report that 3 Tallmadge businesses received locate awards. All 3 of these are in the business district located out in the annex. We have Akrochem; they expanded into a 200,000 square foot warehouse; we have Parsons Concrete and they have a new building on Crystal Parkway and we have StoreTek and they have a new 33,000 square foot manufacturing facility. They doubled their space. You can read more about that in the Akron Beacon Journal article that featured StoreTek’s growth that was published on May 31st. All of these location expansions here in the City are a result of many different partners coming together. Economic Development is really a team sport and in most of . . . not only the City of Tallmadge, but the City of Tallmadge worked together with the County, the Port Authority and different organizations especially Team NEO for the Jobs Ohio Small Business Grant and other financial institutions. • On the other side of the coin is over in the JEDD; Unified Systems acquired the former Sprayworks building and that is an expansion there for that organization and then also out in the JEDD we have Wohlwend Engineering and they have a new building and once again those are both the result of the partnerships and collaboration between the County, the Township and Team Neo for the Jobs Ohio Small Business Grant. • There are 121 full-time equivalent jobs retained and created across these 5 recognized businesses so that is a good news story for the City. 3  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 • Moving on to Tallmadge business. Conducted 9 BRE visits since my last update. That includes White Swan Dry Cleaners, Heather Knoll, and I would like to call out that that was also a Flag Day ceremony event that Mayor Kilway and I were fortunate to take part in with the Veterans there as residents at Heather Knoll. • Steere Enterprises that was a meet and greet. We also have an upcoming business expansion with the Business Diversification with the Steere family with the Crafty Steere and that is a pending update opening anytime here. We should be reporting back on that next time. • We have Karg Engineering and Manufacturing, Jordan Power Cleaning Equipment, Trans- Foam, WARDJet and then also in collaboration with our partners over in Portage County we visited Sheridan Print and Publishing and the Seamaform. So, we are on track to engage with businesses in a timely manner and visit them as much as was possibly can. Just as a final note, a significant milestone in my own professional development in the field of Economic Development, I was fortunate to take part and completed just 3 weeks ago the OED Basics Course in Columbus. This was led by Real World Practitioners; many of whom have been in the field for multiple decades and renown instructors from Ohio State and it was really a way to make invaluable connections with cohorts within the 500-person practice within the State. So, this leaves me in a better position and build a more resilient and competitive community especially here in Tallmadge and bring that knowledge back to the City. That concludes my update. d. Director of Public Service: • Good evening. So, as everybody knows, we were switching trash haulers. We no longer have Kimble. The last pickup for Kimble would be Monday. That is the yellow section right there. That is the west side of town. After that everybody will be on Rumpke and the new trash cans are being delivered. Only that west side of town should be having a one-day Kimble pickup so that is Monday. Don’t put out the new trash cans. Continue to put out the Kimble ones on Monday. Leave all the Kimble cans at the curb. Kimble is coming around and picking them up. It is going to be a process. They might miss one or might skip something; I mean, it is going to happen. There over 6,000 cans out there being delivered and being picked up so have some patience. We will make sure it is right. Keep in mind that this does increase the cost from $55.95 to $62.40. So, you are looking at a $2.15 monthly price increase. That’s not bad considering that bid was out 5 years ago. So, honestly not a bad bid. I do want to thank Kimble. They did a nice job over the 5 years. They came in right when Covid hit and that was a lot of fun then. Everybody was enjoying that. They hung in there and they were good partners to work with. I’m sure Rumpke will be the same. Nothing else to report. Mrs. Cipa: I do have a question because I have been asked this. The trash cans that we’ve gotten have the Tallmadge City name on them; if we change to another, different from Rumpke again; what happens with those cans? Dir. of Pub. Service: Those are . . . so what we did this time to eliminate this process, we are going to the cans that are being switched out, we went with cans that are yours now. Those are the homeowners and moving on in 5 years when we switch, those will be the same cans. Mrs. Cipa: So, the new supplier will not have to give us new cans? Dir. of Pub. Service: Nope and those won’t be picked up. Mrs. Cipa: Perfect. Thank you. Mr. Pavlik: Since the homeowner owns them and not Rumpke, if something happens to them; who do we contact? Dir. of Pub. Service: The City or Rumpke. Rumpke is still responsible for fixing them and so will the next supplier.. 4  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 e. Director of Finance: • Just to briefly update Council based on feedback from the last meeting, there is now a page on the City’s website dedicated to an explanation of the water rate increases that went into effect on June 1st. We will be putting out some posts and then there is also going to be a message on the utility bills to inform people and direct them to the webpage for more information. So, that is out there, and I just wanted to let everybody know that that can be found on our website. I am in the process of finalizing the audit this week so probably in the next couple of weeks I expect to see an e-mail from the auditors notifying you that that has been completed this year. No major issues so glad to have that part of the year over with and other than that I have nothing else to report unless anybody has any questions. Mrs. Epstein: No question. I just wanted to say thank you for taking that feedback and making that information available on the website and in the bills. Thank you. f. Director of Law: • Thank you. Thank you again for the approval of the appointment this evening. I also wanted to personally thank Assistant Law Director Melody Briand. She has been working very hard along with myself on the recodification process. We are very close to being able to get back all of the reviews of the proofs to the codifier and then it is going to take them a couple more months before they get back the final, final version so we are getting there. I would advise Council to expect that we will be doing some work sessions. We will start with one and see if we will need additional, but we will do that to kind of go over. It is a very voluminous project that we have undertaken and so we will be looking forward to that. We are going to try to hopefully not have that be going at the same time as the budget process. So, we will try to get ahead of that if at all possible and I am aware of that and I will do my best, but I am also working with a third party so some of that is a little bit beyond my control. 10. Reports of Standing Committees of Council of the Whole: a. PLANNING AND ZONING Tracy Pletcher, Chair Jessica Epstein, Vice Chair The Planning & Zoning Committee deals with land use, zoning, conditional uses, planning, economic and community development, and public property. i. First Readings of Ordinances and Resolutions. A. Ord. 2025-59~Exhibit A – P.H. on 7-24-25 @ 7:01 p.m. – Amending the zoning map, adding Appendix B.5 Neighborhood Center Overlay District – Portion of Northeast Avenue of the Tallmadge Codified Ordinances. Sponsor: Mayor Kilway Mrs. Pletcher: I call the Planning & Zoning Committee to order. We have Ord. 2025-59 is scheduled for a public hearing on 7-24-25 @ 7L01 p.m. The ordinance was read into the record. The sponsor is Mayor Kilway. Does anybody have any comments or questions? Mayor: Yes, Mrs. Pletcher I just wanted to . . . I think that everyone knew that this was coming along. This is again our neighborhood center overlay that is being mapped along the Northeast Avenue Corridor. There will be a public meeting at Planning & Zoning on July 1st where the information will be dealt out in detail and then we will have to set a public hearing for the July 24 meeting at 7:01 p.m. here in Council. So, if anyone has any questions, I can answer those at this time. Pres. of Council: From the Community Engagement event, the follow-ups; how did that correlate into the ordinance going to a public hearing? Like were there any specific takeaways. I mean I know the objective was to inform our citizens but were there any steps identified from that specific meeting? 5  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 Mayor: So, from the Community Engagement meeting, a lot of that was just informing that those property owners in that area what exactly was going on and there was a lot of positive feedback that was received from that. A lot of it is just getting that information out but there are a lot of opportunities that should be able to come out of this overlay too so it was quite exciting to talk to some of these property owners that have empty parcels and it gives them additional uses and there was a lot of interesting collaboration that was going on too between the property owners and so I was very excited to see. B. Ord. 2025-62 – P.H. on 7-24-25 @ 7:05 p.m. – Extending the moratorium on acceptance of any zoning application for vape and/or smoke establishments or shops within the City of Tallmadge and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Mayor Kilway Mrs. Pletcher: Next we have Ord. 2025-62 and there is a public hearing on this on 7-24- 25 @ 7:05 p.m. The ordinance was read into the record. Does anybody have any comments or questions? Dir. of Law: Thank you. I will just comment that we were exploring changes to the Code but in the process of doing that we are also monitoring . . . there are 3 pieces of legislation right now pending at the State House that address intoxicating hemp and there is implications with regard to the shops and what they may be able to sell or not sell and we can get something to keep an eye on that and then to take a look at what that outcome is to kind of mold how we want to move forward with the legislation so we think it is in the best interest of the citizens and the City to extend the moratorium a little bit longer to make sure that we can monitor it then if we come back with . . . if there is movement in the legislature and we get some resolution to those things, we would be able to come back sooner once we can come back and we can terminate earlier. Mrs. Cipa: Do you have an extension time in mind like 6 months, a year? Dir. of Law: Yes, so that is in ordinance; it is a 6-month extension and its actually . . . because we are coming earlier than when the termination date would be it is actually so that it is not a full . . . it is 6 months from the time that you would adopt it which is earlier than it would be for the expiration otherwise. Mrs. Epstein: I have a question. So, there are a few pieces of legislation that are out there right now. In the event that none of those 3 pieces of legislation do pass, do you have something in mind now to propose or are you just wanting to pause everything for the time being until we see what happens at the State level? Dir. of Law: That’s correct. That is our intent right now is to wait and see what happens because that may affect what our thought process is as we move forward. Whether they are selling intoxicating hemp or if they are not. That is going to play into you know what regulations we think might be more appropriate. Mrs. Epstein: OK. That makes sense. Mrs. Pletcher: You still want to keep the public hearing scheduled? Dir. of Law: Yes, please. Mrs. Pletcher: That concludes all the items on the agenda. Is there any additional items that anyone would like to speak about? Hearing none, I will close committee. ii. Additional Items: None. b. FINANCE Donald Pavlik, Chair Christine Cipa, Vice Chair The Finance Committee deals with budget, appropriations, reappropriations, bonds, franchises, investments, and expenditures. i. First Readings of Ordinances and Resolutions. 6  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 A. Ord. 2025-60 – Authorizing the Mayor to contract with inSITE Advisory Group, LLC for economic development consulting services without competitive bidding; appropriating the necessary funds and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Mayor Kilway Mr. Pavlik: I call the Finance Committee to order. We have 3 first readings tonight. First off is Ord. 2025-61. The ordinance was read into the record. The sponsor of this ordinance is Mayor Kilway. Do you have anything, Mrs. Kilway? Mayor: Yes, so this is, as we previously discussed, those that have been on Council for a while, when we initiated the contract with inSITE over a year ago to have them do our economic development, the desire of Council and also the desire of our community that came out to the strategic planning was to have a full-time economic developer and we did take a while finding that perfect person, but I think you will all be in agreement that yes, Samantha is that perfect person but we also discussed that this is more of a team work and Council had indicated that they would be interested in continuing a contract with inSITE for different projects and because of our relationship with them we do have some ongoing projects that we would like them to continue working on be a facilitator with us so that is where this ordinance comes from. I think you all received a copy of what the contract looks like and what it is for, so if you have any questions, I can answer those at this time. Economic Developer: Thank you and thank you Mayor Kilway. Please note that in summary, a brief summary of what is in the agreement, those key economic development projects include in support of the City Strategic Plan collaborating on creating an initial economic plan for 2026 and including assessments of market studies, conducting surveys of current and past businesses in Tallmadge. Providing continue support for the economic developer to act as a cohesive team providing direction and guidance to help Tallmadge expand its reach outside of Northeast Ohio, identify opportunities to support revitalization of industrial areas and lead attraction efforts City-wide. We specifically mentioned earlier development efforts for the overlay area on Northeast Avenue in addition to West Avenue that has already been the focus of the overlay district to increase the viability of those areas to bring in strong economic projects as well as key property specific sites around the City including 45 East Avenue and 342 West Avenue, 35 West Avenue and 50 Southeast Avenue and any other locations as determined. Thank you. I would be happy to answer any questions. Dir. of Administration: Just one point for me. This is a reduction of the contract in half of what we were using, and this is really . . . inSITE is really a force multiplier for us meaning that it really extends our reach beyond just Tallmadge. It provides valuable research and support that we don’t have organically and access to databases and market research that we don’t have. We would have to go out and invest in other consulting sources or pay for market research that we don’t have and that’s just one example if we want to go and target a particular business. A major focus of this would be really working . . . we have our strategic plan and we have economic development as our strategic priority number 2 and then this is really to start developing an economic development plan that we can use in 2026 that aligns with fostering the continued economic growth and continuing to reach out to businesses locally and regionally. Mr. Pavlik: A question for Mollie. How much have we spent year to date on inSITE? Pres. of Council: While she is looking that up, just kind of going back and refreshing my memory, and other members of Council, so in going back to I think it was 2023 and we had a vacancy and I believe it was our Economic Developer had left and so we had a vacancy that we did not fill for some time and inSITE was brought in at that time and then in February, 2024, I recall that we voted on the contract at that point and the intent was for us to hire a full-time Economic Developer to support these functions because we had heard 7  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 Pres. of Council (Cont’d.) feedback from the community and our businesses that they wanted that point of contact locally in our offices and we hired Ms. Poole for the position and budgeted for that position so while Ms. Gilbride is looking up that question for Mr. Pavlik, just I see the description of services here but I’m still just having difficulty understanding . . . did we know that we were going to need these services prior to hiring an Economic Developer or was the intent to make that a part of the job description because when you look at that like the hours breakdown and we are talking 20 hours a month so like you know personal growth and development; are there certain tools that we need to invest in; like as she mentioned training and upscaling for personal development like are there other training courses that we need to invest in so that we have all these capabilities in-house instead of contracting out because . . . ? Dir. of Administration: We plan on budgeting for Ms. Poole to become or to go through the Ohio Development Economic Association program to become a certified economic developer within the State of Ohio. Through courses, that is probably going to take 18 months to you know 2 years and then there is kind of a capstone project at the end of that that could take another 24 to 36 months to do that. We brought in someone who has the right skills, and we brought in someone from a business development background. We are seeing, I feel returns on investment having somebody on staff. You are absolutely correct and if I were sitting in your seat I would be asking the same question. I believe for the next . . . starting in August which we are not asking for 1st or 2nd adoption reading; we are asking to start in August and then go through December to build an economic development plan. That is a skill set that I feel that inSITE has that background to assist. We are asking you to help us continue those bridges. We were looking back and we have been advertising and interviewing . . . we started advertising in January and we started interviewing in February and we had multiple rounds of interviews and you know finding the right person for this position with the right skill set, the right education and the right background was difficult. Hiring in the public sector and we have talked about this with Police and Fire, and we have talked about this with public services, and you know it is not like when I started in Law Enforcement here back in the 90’s. We used to have 300 people for 2 positions. We just don’t have that. When we find the right person and the right skill set who is going to be here for a while, you know that is what we are looking for. We have found that and now we just need that partnership to complete this. I am more than happy to have these discussions off-line, so we don’t have these conversations or have a work session or however you feel. I feel strongly about this, and I think it is going to benefit the City. That is where we are, and I really think this is important. Mr. Pavlik: Ms. Gilbride, you don’t need to answer that question. Dir. of Finance: I have it now. $40,000. Mr. Pavlik: $40,000. Any other questions or comments on Ord. 2025-60? Mrs. Epstein: I would like a little more time to review the contract so I would like to take this to a 2nd Reading. Mr. Pavlik: I agree. I think everyone is in agreement with that. B. Ord. 2025-61~Exhibit A – Expressing intent to sell an unneeded, obsolete, or unfit vehicle and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Dir. of Pub. Service Rorar Mr. Pavlik: Next, we have Ord. 2025-61. The ordinance was read into the record. Mr. Rorar, do you have anything on this? Dir. of Pub. Service: It is a light auction. This time it is one vehicle. It is a 2003 150 and it has served its time. Mr. Pavlik: Are there any comments or questions? I would imagine you would like this adopted at 1st Reading? Dir. of Pub. Service: It’s not necessary but it helps. 8  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 Mr. Pavlik: Is there a motion? Mrs. Cipa: I make a motion to adopt Ord. 2025-61 at 1st Reading. Seconded Mr. Rubino. Roll Call: Mr. Pavlik, Mrs. Pletcher, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino, Mr. Bollas, Mrs. Cipa, Mrs. Epstein – unanimous. Ord. 2025-61 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. C. Ord. 2025-63 – Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract for the purchase of a HVAC system air handling unit and condensing unit through Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program for the multipurpose room, Summa area, locker rooms and café; appropriating necessary funds and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Dir. of Pub. Service Rorar Mr. Pavlik: Last, we have Ord. 2025-63. The ordinance was read into the record. This is sponsored by the Dir. of Pub. Service Rorar. Mr. Rorar, do you have anything? Dir. of Pub. Service: Yes, so that air handling unit has failed and we are limping on one right now and it would be good to get that replaced. Mr. Roy: Where are the other ones? I know you had said before that more would have to be replaced. Dir. of Pub. Service: We are going to be replacing them. Mr. Roy: Can you put them all together and try to get a better price? Dir. of Pub. Service: We are looking at that. We are looking at that for all of our buildings. But we are not there, we just . . . I believe it was a month ago that we went out and asked for RFQ’s for them. We just got one and so we are reviewing that now. Mrs. Epstein: If you replace it now but then you are also looking at consolidating it. Can you walk me through that? Dir. of Pub. Service: Yes, so it will just be a brand-new unit that won’t need replaced in that program that we are looking at. Mrs. Epstein: Is it more cost effective to consolidate those units? Dir. of Pub. Service: No, not at this time. Mr. Pavlik: Any other comments or questions? Is there a motion? Mr. Rubino: I make a motion to adopt. Seconded Mrs. Epstein. Roll Call: Mrs. Pletcher, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino, Mr. Bollas, Mrs. Cipa, Mrs. Epstein, Mr. Pavlik – unanimous. Ord. 2025-63 is adopted by a vote of 7-0. Mr. Pavlik: That concludes all the ordinances for Finance. Is there any other additional items that need to be brought forth? Hearing none, I will close committee. ii. Additional Items: None. c. PERSONNEL Christine Cipa, Chair Donald Pavlik, Vice Chair The Personnel Committee deals with personnel, labor relations, insurance claims, Rules of Council and State Statutes. i. 3rd Readings of Ordinances and Resolutions. A. Ord. 2024-75 – Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the International Association of Firefighters, Local 2764 and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Mayor Kilway Mrs. Cipa: I call the Personnel Committee to order. We have Ord. 2024-75 before us at 3rd Reading. The ordinance was read into the record. The sponsor is Mayor Kilway. Dir. of Administration: Councilwoman Cipa, we would like to keep Ord. 2024-75, 76 and 77 at 3rd Reading. Mrs. Cipa: No ending time? 9  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 Dir. of Administration: Not at this time. At the next Council meeting we will have recommendations. Let me rephrase that. I believe we will have recommendations. Mrs. Cipa: OK, Ord. 2024-75 will remain at 3rd Reading. The ordinance was read into the record. B. Ord. 2024-76 – Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.) consisting of Tallmadge Police Patrol Officers and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Mayor Kilway Mrs. Cipa: Ord. 2024-77 will remain at 3rd Reading. The ordinance was read into record. C. Ord. 2024-77 – Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.) consisting of Tallmadge Police Sergeants and Tallmadge Police Lieutenants and providing for immediate enactment. Sponsor: Mayor Kilway. Mrs. Cipa: Ord. 2024-77 will remain at 3rd Reading. The ordinance was read into the record. ii. Additional Items: None. d. SAFETY Nicholas Rubino, Chair Ted Roy, Vice Chair The Safety Committee deals with disaster services, communications, fire, and paramedics, police and health. Mr. Rubino: I call the Safety Committee to order. We have no legislation before us this evening. Is there anything for Safety this evening? Hearing none, I will close committee. i. Additional Items: None. e. COMMUNITY ISSUES Ted Roy, Chair Tracy Pletcher, Vice Chair The Community Issues Committee deals with Parks and Recreation, civic affairs, and liaison between Council and the Recreation Board and intergovernmental affairs. Mr. Roy: I call the Community Issues Committee to order. We do not have any legislation before us this evening. Is there anything for Community Issues? Hearing none, I will close committee. i. Additional Items: None. f. PUBLIC SERVICE Jessica Epstein, Chair Nicholas Rubino, Vice Chair The Public Service Committee deals with streets, highways, sidewalks, buildings, and improvements: water, sewer, electricity, gas, energy resources, recycling, waste, and trash. Mrs. Epstein: I call the Public Service Committee to order. We don’t have any legislation before us this evening. Is there anything for the Public Service Committee? Hearing none, I will close committee. i. Additional Items: None. 10  COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. June 26, 2025 11. Reports of Special Committees: a. Council Operations Committee i. Additional Items: None. 12. Announcements: None. 13. Adjournment: Mr. Pavlik moved to adjourn. Seconded Mrs. Cipa. Roll Call: Mr. Roy, Mr. Rubino, Mr. Bollas, Mrs. Cipa, Mrs. Epstein, Mr. Pavlik, Mrs. Pletcher – unanimous. The 6-24-25 Council meeting adjourned at 7:53 p.m. by a vote of 7-0. sb ______________________________________ _____________________________________ Susan E. Burton, Clerk of Council Jonathon D. Bollas, Pres. of Council 11