[0:28] Special Wednesday, July
>> 22nd
[0:32] » uh 2026 Council meeting to order. Would
the Would the clerk please read roll?
[0:38] » Ms. Zelka?
>> Here.
[0:39] » Mr. Glasser?
>> Here.
[0:40] » Mr. Dreger?
>> Here.
[0:41] » Mr. Funk?
>> Here.
[0:44] » Ms. Shafer Betch?
>> Here.
[0:47] » [laughter]
>> Mr. Tipton?
[0:48] » Here.
>> Mr. Turner, absent. Ms. Wallach, absent.
[0:52] Ms. Wesley?
>> Here.
[0:55] » Do we have a motion to excuse Mr. Turner
and Ms. Wallach?
[0:59] » So moved.
>> All those in favor, opposed? Do I have a
[1:02] second?
>> Second.
[1:03] » All those in favor?
>> Aye.
[1:05] » Opposed?
>> Aye.
[1:07] » Okay.
Um
[1:10] consent agenda.
[1:14] » Draft 2026-61,
an ordinance authorizing the finance
[1:18] director, upon the issuance of a
certificate of availability of funds, to
[1:22] pay certain purchase orders made that
exceed $3,000 and declaring an
[1:25] emergency.
Draft 2026-62,
[1:29] an ordinance authorizing the city budget
and finance director and law director or
[1:33] their designees to sign an addendum to
the employment contract between the city
[1:37] of Kent and David Rorrer and declaring
an emergency.
[1:41] Draft 2026-63,
a resolution adopting the tax budget of
[1:45] the city of Kent, Ohio for the fiscal
year beginning January 1st, 2027,
[1:50] submitting the same to the county
auditor and declaring an emergency.
[1:54] Draft 2026-64,
an ordinance amending ordinance
[1:58] 2025-111,
the current appropriation ordinance
[2:02] passed December 17, 2025, so as to
adjust appropriations, transfers, and
[2:07] advances from the various funds of the
city of Kent to individual accounts for
[2:11] the current expenses of the city for the
fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026
[2:16] and declaring an emergency.
[2:19] » Okay.
>> Draft 2026-65
[2:22] and ordinance authorizing the Kent Fire
Department to apply for the staffing for
[2:26] adequate fire and emergency response
grant through the Department of Homeland
[2:30] Security and FEMA and to accept any
grant if awarded with corresponding
[2:33] appropriations of funds, which provides
funding for three firefighter paramedic
[2:38] positions for a period of 3 years and
declaring an emergency.
[2:42] Draft 2026-66
and ordinance authorizing the Kent Fire
[2:46] Department to apply for the fire
prevention and safety grant through FEMA
[2:50] and to accept any grant if awarded with
corresponding appropriations to purchase
[2:54] a model tech hazard kitchen safety prop
and declaring an emergency.
[3:00] Draft 2026-67
and ordinance authorizing the Kent Fire
[3:03] Department to apply for the assistance
to firefighters grant through FEMA and
[3:08] to accept any grant if awarded with
corresponding appropriations to purchase
[3:12] 10 sets of firefighters turnout gear and
declaring an emergency.
[3:16] Draft 2026-68
and ordinance authorizing the city
[3:21] manager or his designee to enter into a
joint use agreement between the city of
[3:25] Kent, the Davey Tree Expert Company, and
Kent City School District to outline the
[3:30] shared use of the existing John Davey
Arboretum in conjunction with the new
[3:34] Davey Seed Campus and declaring an
emergency.
[3:37] Draft 2026-69
a resolution authorizing the city
[3:41] manager or his designee to prepare and
submit an application to participate in
[3:46] the Ohio Public Works Commission state
capital improvement and or local
[3:50] transportation improvement programs and
to execute contracts as required for the
[3:55] water reclamation facility scatter
replacement.
[3:59] Draft 2026-70,
a resolution authorizing the city
[4:02] manager or his designee to prepare and
submit an application to participate in
[4:06] the Ohio Public Works Commission state
capital improvement and or local
[4:10] transportation improvement programs and
to execute contracts as required for the
[4:14] state route 59 alternative
transportation improvements.
[4:19] Draft 2026-71,
an ordinance amending section 509.12
[4:24] of the codified ordinances of the city
of Kent titled unlawful noise and
[4:28] declaring an emergency.
>> Move suspension.
[4:30] » Second.
[4:36] » Mr. Clapper.
>> Yes.
[4:37] » Mr. Dreger.
>> Yes.
[4:39] » Mr. Hook.
>> Yes.
[4:41] » Ms. Shafer Bish.
>> Yes.
[4:44] » Mr. Tipton.
>> Yes.
[4:46] » Ms. Wesley.
>> Yes.
[4:47] » Ms. Selko.
>> Yes.
[4:49] » Move adoption.
>> Second.
[4:52] » [snorts]
>> Mr. Dreger.
[4:53] » Yes.
>> Mr. Hook.
[4:55] » Yes.
>> Ms. Shafer Bish.
[4:57] » Yes.
>> Mr. Tipton.
[4:59] » Yes.
>> Ms. Wesley.
[5:00] » Yes.
>> Ms. Selko.
[5:01] » Yes.
>> Mr. Clapper.
[5:03] » Yes.
>> Consent agenda passes.
[5:06] » Yay.
[5:11] » Um we just need a motion to suspend the
three readings by someone.
[5:15] » So moved.
[5:19] » This is This is a voice vote, right?
>> Yeah, this is a
[5:22] » This is roll. Okay, roll.
>> Yep.
[5:24] Mr. Hook.
>> Yes.
[5:26] » Ms. Shafer Bish.
>> Yes.
[5:27] » Mr. Tipton.
>> Yes.
[5:30] » Ms. Um Ms. Wesley.
>> Yes.
[5:32] » Ms. Selko.
>> Yes.
[5:33] » Mr. Clapper.
>> Yes.
[5:35] » Mr. Dreger.
>> Yes.
[5:38] » And then I need a motion to approve
draft 20 What What the
[5:42] Motion to approve draft 2026-72.
[5:46] » A resolution appointing Ash D'Angelo to
the Sustainability Commission and
[5:50] declaring an emergency.
>> Move adoption.
[5:54] » Second.
[5:56] In favor, Bish?
>> Yes.
[5:59] » Mr. Tipton?
>> Yes.
[6:01] » Ms. Wesley?
>> Yes.
[6:03] » Silka?
>> Yes.
[6:05] » Mr. Clapper?
>> Yes.
[6:06] » Mr. Dreger?
>> Yes.
[6:08] » Mr. Hook?
>> Yes.
[6:10] » Draft 202672 passes.