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City Council Agenda
At City Hall Council Chambers
 Monday, February 27, 2023


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Residents may also submit comments/questions regarding items on the agenda or other items not on the agenda 6 hours in advance of the meeting by emailing Jeri E. Chaikin at jeri.chaikin@shakeronline.com or by calling (216) 491-1424. Comments or questions submitted prior to the meeting will be read into the record at the meeting. The video of the meeting will be available the following day on the City’s website.


 

EXECUTIVE SESSION - 6:00 p.m.

To discuss the purchase, sale or the development of real property where premature disclosure of information would give an unfair competitive or bargaining advantage to a person, or otherwise adversely affect the general public interest.



 

REGULAR MEETING - 7:00 p.m.

1.

Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of January 23, 2023 (attached herewith).

Documents:
  1. Comn 20230123.pdf
 

Public Comment on Agenda Items

 

Comments and questions submitted prior to the meeting will be read into the record.*

2.

Authorizing execution of a Purchase and Development and Use Agreement with Nathan Beachy and Rochele Beachy, for the sale of City-owned vacant lots at 3666 and 3670 Hildana Road, for a purchase price of $1.00 per lot, for the construction of one owner-occupied single family home, authorizing the disposition of City owned property without competitive bidding, and declaring an emergency. (NED), (FIN)

3.

Authorizing execution of a Purchase and Development and Use Agreement with Kwadwo Beachy-Owusu and Marita Beachy-Owusu, for the sale of City-owned vacant lots at 3662 and 3658 Hildana Road, for a purchase price of $1.00 per lot, for the construction of one owner-occupied single family home, authorizing the disposition of City owned property without competitive bidding, and declaring an emergency. (NED), (FIN)

4.

Accepting a proposal and authorizing a personal services agreement with CardConnect, LLC a business unit of First Data Merchant Services, LLC, as a sole source, without competitive bidding, in an amount not-to-exceed $100,000 for a three-year term, for merchant processing services, and declaring an emergency. (REC), (FIN)

Documents:
  1. First Data.pdf
5.

Authorizing a modification to the labor agreement between the City of Shaker Heights and the International Association of Machinists, Local 1363 (“IAM L. 1363”), for certain employees of the Department of Recreation, to increase wages, for the period January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024, and declaring an emergency.

Documents:
  1. Local 1363.pdf
6.

Authorizing the application for and acceptance of a grant from the Ohio History Connection Certified Local Government Grant (CLG) Program in the amount of $25,000 for the urgent-priority restoration of 50 gravestones at Warrensville West Cemetery, and declaring an emergency. (SPW), (FIN)

Documents:
  1. CLG.pdf
7.

Authorizing the application for and acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $12,000 from the Cuyahoga County OVI Task Force for additional traffic enforcement patrols, and declaring an emergency. (SPW), (FIN)

Documents:
  1. OVI.pdf
8.

Authorizing a personal services contract with Coventry Land Company, LLC in a total not-to-exceed amount of $52,658 for professional sustainability consulting services for the period March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2024, and declaring an emergency. (SUS), (FIN)

Documents:
  1. Coventry.pdf
9.

Accepting a proposal and authorizing an engagement letter for personal professional auditing services for the City of Shaker Heights for the year 2022, in the total amount of $38,212 with the Auditor of State of Ohio, and declaring an emergency. (FIN)

Documents:
  1. Auditor.pdf
10.

Authorizing the execution of Then and Now Certificates by the Director of Finance and the payment of amounts due for various purchase orders, and declaring an emergency. (FIN)

Documents:
  1. Then and Now.pdf
 

Public Comment on Other Items

 

Comments and questions submitted prior to the meeting will be read into the record.*

 

*Comments and questions submitted may be edited if excessively lengthy.

 

Committees:

FIN:    Finance Committee.
 
NED:  Neighborhood and Economic Development Committee.

SPW:  Safety and Public Works Committee.

REC:   Recreation Committee.

SUS:    Sustainability Committee


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 Coordinator at 216-491-1440, or Ohio Relay Service at 711 for TTY users.