City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday, December 02, 2025 at 06:30 PM City Council Chambers

CALL MEETING TO ORDER

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 

INVOCATION

ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL

• 1.Nominations for President Pro Tempore for Tonight's Meeting.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• 2.Motion to approve the Minutes from the Regular Council Meeting of November 18, 2025.

APPOINTMENTS, SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS & PROCLAMATIONS

• 3.Proclamation honoring Timothy Bynane for 44 years of service to the Willowick Fire Department.

• 4.Proclamation honoring Carl Duy for 47 years of service to the Willowick Fire Department.

• 5.Proclamation honoring Cheryl Eiduke for 30 years of service to the Willowick Fire Department 

• 6.Proclamation honoring Ronald Zak for 35 years of service to the Willowick Fire Department.

• 7.Proclamation honoring Mark Slavick for 40 years of service to the Willowick Fire Department.

• 8.Motion authorizing the Mayoral appointment of Michael Lazor to the Board of Tax Review for a two year term commencing on December 1, 2025. 

• 9.Motion that the Willowick City Council appoint Jodi Didomenico and Mary Betsa to the Board of Tax Review for a two year term commencing on December 1, 2025.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR/SAFETY DIRECTOR

COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF THE MAYOR’S REPORT

GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS & REPORTS – Directors & Officials

Service Director – Todd Shannon

Recreation Director – Julie Kless

City Engineer – Tim McLaughlin

Finance Director – Goran Vrhovac

Law Director – Mandy Gwirtz

Police Chief – Rob Daubenmire

Fire Chief – Bill Malovrh

Chief Housing/Zoning Inspector – Sean Brennan

WARD MATTERS

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

a) Public statement (1 minute maximum)
b) Council response to the public
c) Public clarification (30 seconds to 1 minute for the purpose of restating or rearticulating an original   question, concern, suggestion or idea)

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance – Bisbee, Mohorcic, Antosh

Safety – Phares, Malta, McFarland

Service, Utilities & Public Lands – Malta, Phares, McFarland

Streets, Sidewalks & Sewers – Mohorcic, Bisbee, Malta

Tax Compliance – McFarland, Antosh, Phares

Moral Claims – Antosh, Phares, Koudela

Budget – Mohorcic, Koudela, Bisbee

LIAISON REPORTS

Planning – Phares/Alternate Antosh

Board of Zoning Appeals – McFarland/Alternate Koudela

Volunteer Fire Fighters’ Dependents Fund Board – Antosh, Phares

Recreation Board – Bisbee/Alternate Phares

Plan Review Board – Antosh

FUND TRANSFERS & BID AUTHORIZATIONS

CONTRACT APPROVALS

INTRODUCTION & CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION

• 10.RESOLUTION NO. 2025-60:

  A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF WILLOWICK, LOCATED AT 483 EAST 328TH STREET, WILLOWICK OHIO, NO LONGER NEEDED FOR PUBLIC USE; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO LIST THE PROOPERTY FOR SALE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.  

• 11.ORDINANCE 2025-49 (Amended):

  AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2025-13 TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE General Fund (101); SCM&R Fund (202); State Highway Fund (203); Security Deposit Refunds (802); FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY OF WILLOWICK, STATE OF OHIO, DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

• 12.First Reading 11/18/25, Item is on Second Reading:

  ORDINANCE NO. 2024-45 (Amended): 
  
  AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 921 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WILLOWICK, OHIO, TITLED “STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE;” SPECIFICALLY, SECTION 921.08, TITLED “SANITARY SEWER RENTAL RATES,” TO PROVIDE A USE CHARGE RATE BASED UPON $11.2655 PER 100 CUBIC FEET OF WATER, ESTABLISH A MINIMUM QUARTERLY BILLING FOR SUCH USE CHARGE RATE OF $90.1261 PER 800 CUBIC FEET OF WATER, OR PART THEREOF.

• 13.First Reading 11/18/25, Item is on Second Reading:

  ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 48:
  
  AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 510 OF THE OF THE CODIFIED ORDIANCES OF THE CITY OF WILLOWICK ENTITLED “NUISANCE ABATEMENT.” 

MISCELLANEOUS

• 14.Motion authorizing a Liquor Permit to Alfredos Market, LLC, located at 30575 Euclid Ave, Willowick, OH 44095.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

a) Public statement (1 minute maximum)
b) Council response to the public
c) Public clarification (30 seconds to 1 minute for the purpose of restating or rearticulating an original   question, concern, suggestion or idea)

ADJOURNMENT