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At its regular meeting at 4:00 p.m. today, Toledo City Council is expected to vote on Resolution 289-18 which would place on the November 6 ballot Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz’s proposed changes to the City Charter for creation of a Regional Water Commission. The Commission would consist of representatives from Toledo and its contract communities and make recommendations concerning water rates and capital improvements. Under the plan, Toledo City Council would consider and have the ability to reject Commission recommendations. The Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce continues to advocate for a regionally-developed solution such as the Toledo Area Water Authority, or TAWA. The TAWA plan would create a regional water district governed by a board of representatives from Toledo and its current customer communities with no one single community having the ability to dictate policy for the entire system. Other legislation expected to be voted on by City Council include the following: • Ordinance 209-18 which would approve $30,000 for professional services on behalf of City Council for advice concerning negotiations to develop a regional water agreement. • Ordinance 311-18 which would use $20,000 from the Human Relations Commission operating budget to pay for an employee engagement survey, analysis and implementation of an associated action plan. This program will be conducted in partnership with the University of Toledo. • Ordinance 315-18 which would approve the sale of filter wash water from the Collins Park Water Treatment Facility to Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. for its new hot briquetted iron production plant in East Toledo. Cleveland-Cliffs will purchase the filter wash water, which is a waste product of the water treatment process, at the rate of 25 percent of the city’s fourth declining block rate. • Ordinance 316-18 which would approve $9 million in water bond proceeds for filter and pipe gallery improvements at the Collins Park plant. • Ordinance 319-18 which would approve a partial release of a 1.552 acre portion of the Front Street right-of-way held via easement by the city to facilitate site redevelopment for the Cleveland-Cliffs project. Council will also likely vote on a series of ordinances levying special assessments for various public service expenses in 2017 including the following: • Ordinance 270-18 which would levy $17,753,811 for sprinkling, sweeping, cleaning and removing snow on municipal streets, alleys and public ways. • Ordinance 271-18 which would levy $3,454,543 for street lighting improvements outside of downtown. • Ordinance 272-18 which would levy $249,868 for street lighting improvements within downtown. • Ordinance 273-18 which would levy $4,008,107 for controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way as well as planting, maintaining, trimming and removing such trees. • Ordinance 274-18 which would authorize assessments for cutting and destroying noxious weeds on vacant properties. The properties receiving weed services are assessed individually. All Council meetings are held in Council Chambers on the first floor of One Government Center, located on Jackson Boulevard in downtown Toledo.
At its regular meeting at 4:00 p.m. today, Toledo City Council is expected to vote on Resolution 289-18 which would place on the November 6 ballot Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz’s proposed changes to the City Charter for creation of a Regional Water Commission. The Commission would consist of representatives from Toledo and its contract communities and make recommendations concerning water rates and capital improvements. Under the plan, Toledo City Council would consider and have the ability to reject Commission recommendations.
The Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce continues to advocate for a regionally-developed solution such as the Toledo Area Water Authority, or TAWA. The TAWA plan would create a regional water district governed by a board of representatives from Toledo and its current customer communities with no one single community having the ability to dictate policy for the entire system.
Other legislation expected to be voted on by City Council include the following:
• Ordinance 209-18 which would approve $30,000 for professional services on behalf of City Council for advice concerning negotiations to develop a regional water agreement. • Ordinance 311-18 which would use $20,000 from the Human Relations Commission operating budget to pay for an employee engagement survey, analysis and implementation of an associated action plan. This program will be conducted in partnership with the University of Toledo. • Ordinance 315-18 which would approve the sale of filter wash water from the Collins Park Water Treatment Facility to Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. for its new hot briquetted iron production plant in East Toledo. Cleveland-Cliffs will purchase the filter wash water, which is a waste product of the water treatment process, at the rate of 25 percent of the city’s fourth declining block rate. • Ordinance 316-18 which would approve $9 million in water bond proceeds for filter and pipe gallery improvements at the Collins Park plant. • Ordinance 319-18 which would approve a partial release of a 1.552 acre portion of the Front Street right-of-way held via easement by the city to facilitate site redevelopment for the Cleveland-Cliffs project.
Council will also likely vote on a series of ordinances levying special assessments for various public service expenses in 2017 including the following:
• Ordinance 270-18 which would levy $17,753,811 for sprinkling, sweeping, cleaning and removing snow on municipal streets, alleys and public ways. • Ordinance 271-18 which would levy $3,454,543 for street lighting improvements outside of downtown. • Ordinance 272-18 which would levy $249,868 for street lighting improvements within downtown. • Ordinance 273-18 which would levy $4,008,107 for controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way as well as planting, maintaining, trimming and removing such trees. • Ordinance 274-18 which would authorize assessments for cutting and destroying noxious weeds on vacant properties. The properties receiving weed services are assessed individually.
All Council meetings are held in Council Chambers on the first floor of One Government Center, located on Jackson Boulevard in downtown Toledo.