4/20/2022 - Kent City Council - Observer Corps Report

4/20/2022 - Kent City Council - Observer Corps Report

Type: 
Blog Post

Meeting Observed: Kent City Council

Date of Meeting: 4/20/2022

Format: Virtual

Meeting Summary:

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">City Council Meeting:
3 police officers were recognized for their actions on Jan. 16, 2021. Two were injured

Public Comment:

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Roberta Urlinger (Majors Lane) -- spoke against two bills currently before the Ohio House HB 554, which would make it illegal to provide gender-affirming health care for youth, and HB616, which limits what can be taught in the schools. She urged the city council to pass a resolution against the bills.
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">J. Michael Fiala (Highland Ave) -- thanked the city administration for hearing the concerns about the food truck operators, and asked the council to rescind the previous food truck ordinance (this will be dealt with in the May meeting)
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Doug Fuller (River Edge) -- spoke against the consultant company that had been selected by the city administration to review the Architectural Review Board guidelines, said they were not qualified to do the review, and also fails to provide enough public input. (Mayor notes that the contract had been let)

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Liquor license requests (both approved unanimously by city council)

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">to Maggie's Campus Market on E. Main St. (C1)
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">to ParMar Oil Co., N. Mantua Dr. (C1 and C2)

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">
Standing Committees & Legislation:

Committee of the Whole

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-021 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING REBEKKAH BERRYHILL AND councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">JASON KNOWLES TO THE SHADE TREE COMMISSION AND DECLARING councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">AN EMERGENCY -- approved unanimously
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-030 AN ORDINANCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF INITIATIVE PETITIONS PRESENTED BY LAUREN MCKOWN, MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ, RENEA MCKOWN, ALEXANDRIA AKIN, AND ADRIENNE DEVAULT TO PLACE THE SENSIBLE MARIJUANA ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF KENT, OHIO ON THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 BALLOT -- approved unanimously

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Community Development Committee

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-022 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO ADJUST THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE CURRENTLY UTILIZED FOR THE CELEBRATE KENT! AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM (NGP) TO SUPPORT MULTI-CULTURAL EVENTS, ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE AWARENESS, councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY -- approved unanimously
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-031 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1191 “PARK IMPACT FEES” OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF KENT TO UPDATE OUTDATED LAND VALUATION CALCULATIONS -- approved unanimously
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-032 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO CLOSE FRANKLIN AVENUE FROM ERIE STREET TO MAIN STREET TO ASSIST DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES -- approved unanimously
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-033 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF KENT, OHIO (CITY) AND MAIN STREET KENT (MSK) FOR NEEDED MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO KEEP THE “OUTDOOR SEATING AREA” ON FRANKLIN AVENUE SANITARY AND ORDERLY -- approved unanimously

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">
Health & Safety Committee

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-034 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A DONATION OF FOLDING TABLES, FOLDING CHAIRS, AND A MONITOR SCREEN ARE ESTIMATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500.00 TO THE CITY OF KENT’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT -- approved unanimously
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-035 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE OHIO EPA IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000.00 TO BE USED TO FUND THE MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM THROUGH APRIL 2023 -- approved unanimously

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Land Use Committee

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-036 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO SIGN AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION OF PARCEL NO. 12-049-00-00- 012-000 (6700 STATE ROUTE 43) INTO THE CITY’S JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES -- approved unanimously

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Streets, Sidewalks and Utilities Committee

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-024 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE A NEW SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION FOR MAIN STREET KENT ART & WINE FESTIVAL FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022 -- approved unanimously
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-025 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE WATER TAP-IN FOR THE HUMAN BEAN LOCATED AT 1713 EAST MAIN STREE/STATE ROUTE 59, OUTSIDE THE CITY OF KENT -- passed
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-037 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO APPROVE A NEW SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION FROM THE KENT JAYCEES KNOWN AS “KENT CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL” TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2022, AND THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF NORTH WATER STREET BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND PORTAGE -- approved unanimously

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Finance Committee -- all ordinances below were approved unanimously:

  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-026 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE BY INTERNET AUCTION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY NOT NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES PURSUANT TO SECTION 721.15 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-029 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $875.00 TO THE CITY OF KENT PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO BE USED FOR CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES, 2022-038 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT THE NORTHEAST OHIO PUBLIC ENERGY COUNCIL (NOPEC) ENERGIZED COMMUNITY GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,681.00
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-039 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE TO DISPOSE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S OLD MOBILE DATA TERMINALS ON THE BASIS THAT THEY ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OPERATING SYSTEM, ARE NOT NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-040 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF KENT TO SUBMIT A FUNDING APPLICATION FOR A REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY (RAISE) FEDERAL GRANT TOTALING $5.25 MILLION, AND TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, IF AWARDED, WITH CORRESPONDING APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE EAST MAIN STREET AREA IMPROVEMENTS
  • councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">2022-041 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $50.00 TO THE CITY OF KENT FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MEMORY OF JO KRUGER AND THE KRUGER FAMILY INCLUDING GLEN, JR

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">No Unfinished Business

New Business

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Tracy Wallach asked to be on the flag committee -- all approved.

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">Discussion on the Ohio Statehouse Bills followed. There were two actions:

  1. councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">The council voted to send a letter to voice concern about the two measures (approved, but two abstained)
  2. councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">The council voted to consider a resolution that will be on the agenda for May meeting (approved but two abstained)

councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or\nother accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="0}">
Any person who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies and procedures to participate in any City or City Council public meeting or event should contact the Clerk of Council at 330-676-7555 or councilclerk [at] kent-ohio.org. Any request for auxiliary aid or other accommodation should be made as soon as possible, but no later than forty-eight hours prior to the event.

Which members of the board/council were present:  Garret Ferrara, Ward 1; Jack Amrhein, Ward 2; John Kuhar, Ward 4; Heidi Shaffer Bish, Ward 5; Tracy Wallach, Ward 6; Gwen Rosenberg, At Large; Michael DeLeone, At Large; Roger Sidoti, At Large;. Robin Turner, Ward 3. (Ferraro and Wallach weren't at the public hearing for the first reading of the Community Housing Impact and Preservation program grant)

Was there a public notice of the meeting that included the time and place of meeting: Yes

Was an agenda of the meeting or handouts available to visitors: Yes

Are minutes from previous meetings posted/available: Yes

https://www.kentohio.org/737/Agendas-and-Minutes

Observer: Kathleen Endres

League to which this content belongs: 
Kent

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