City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 06:30 PM City Council Chambers

CALL MEETING TO ORDER

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 

INVOCATION

ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• 1.Motion to approve the Minutes from the Regular Council Meeting of October 6, 2026.

APPOINTMENTS, SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS & PROCLAMATIONS

• 2.A Proclamation honoring Danny Crane.

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

• 3.RESOLUTION NO. 2026-48:

  A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WILLOWICK TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITIES OF EASTLAKE, MENTOR, PAINESVILLE, WICKLIFFE, AND WILLOUGHBY FOR THE STATE ROUTE 2 GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND LIGHTING REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

• 4.RESOLUTION NO. 2026-49:

  A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE LAKE COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (LAKETRAN) FOR THE VINE STREET CORRIDOR PROJECT, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

• 5.ORDINANCE NO. 2026-35:
  
  

  AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2026- 6 TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM The General Fund (101);  Fire Emergency Rescue Fund (208); Law Enforcment Trust Fund (230); FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY OF WILLOWICK, STATE OF OHIO, DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2026, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

• 6.ORDINANCE NO.  2026-36:
  
  AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO CERTIFY DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS TO THE LAKE COUNTY AUDITOR AND LAKE COUNTY TREASURER FOR COLLECTION AS PROPERTY TAX AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

• 7.ORDINANCE NO. 2026-37:

  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 OF $11.9414 PER 100 CUBIC FEET OF WATER, TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM QUARTERLY BILLING OF $95.5336 PER 800 CUBIC FEET OF WATER, OR PART THEREOF, AND TO PROVIDE A MAXIMUM DISCOUNT OF $38.21 PER QUARTERLY BILLING CYCLE FOR PERSONS ENROLLED IN THE LAKE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES WATER DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
  
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• 8.Motion to authorize the City of Willowick Fire Department to submit an application to the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation for a grant in the amount of $23,992.55 for the purchase of one (1) LUCAS automated chest compression device.

• 9.Motion authorizing a task order to Verdantas to provide engineering services for Preliminary Engineering Phase I: EQ Basin Feasibility Study for a fee of $88,500 in accordance with the Master Service Agreement for Engineering Services.

• 10.Motion to vacate the regularly scheduled meeting of the Willowick City Council on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, and to direct the Clerk of Council to provide appropriate public notice of the cancellation in accordance with applicable law and Council procedures.

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