Akron council approves EPA wetland grant application, WRF improvements and other ordinances on consent
March 31, 2026 | Akron, Summit County, Ohio
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Akron City Council approved a package of ordinances and resolutions on Monday, advancing an EPA Region 5 wetland-mapping grant, water-reclamation facility improvements and several public-works and parks projects.
Key items on the consent calendar included:
- An ordinance authorizing the city to apply for and expend funds from the EPA Region 5 Wetland Program Development Grant to create Akron s first municipal wetland inventory and strategic habitat plan (passed 13–0).
- Authorization to advertise and contract for electrical improvements at the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) to replace existing switchgear and install a new transformer; council also approved authorization to apply for a Water Pollution Control Loan Fund loan with a 28-year term and a match/interest rate referenced at 3.48% (both ordinances passed 13–0).
- An ordinance to publicly advertise for bids and to contract for resurfacing and refurbishment of basketball courts at Prentice Park as part of the Akron Parks Challenge (passed 13–0).
- A contract with Tom Todd Ideas Incorporated to expand the Creative Akron summer program for middle-schoolers to four parks; that ordinance passed 12–1.
- A resolution declaring April 2026 as Fair Housing Month and restating the city s commitment to eliminating housing segregation and discrimination (passed 13–0).
Council members placed multiple street- and sidewalk-improvement ordinances on the consent agenda and approved them without individual roll-call debate; details on contract recipients, project budgets and implementation timelines were not read into the record during the meeting but will appear in posted legislation and committee minutes.
Key items on the consent calendar included:
- An ordinance authorizing the city to apply for and expend funds from the EPA Region 5 Wetland Program Development Grant to create Akron s first municipal wetland inventory and strategic habitat plan (passed 13–0).
- Authorization to advertise and contract for electrical improvements at the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) to replace existing switchgear and install a new transformer; council also approved authorization to apply for a Water Pollution Control Loan Fund loan with a 28-year term and a match/interest rate referenced at 3.48% (both ordinances passed 13–0).
- An ordinance to publicly advertise for bids and to contract for resurfacing and refurbishment of basketball courts at Prentice Park as part of the Akron Parks Challenge (passed 13–0).
- A contract with Tom Todd Ideas Incorporated to expand the Creative Akron summer program for middle-schoolers to four parks; that ordinance passed 12–1.
- A resolution declaring April 2026 as Fair Housing Month and restating the city s commitment to eliminating housing segregation and discrimination (passed 13–0).
Council members placed multiple street- and sidewalk-improvement ordinances on the consent agenda and approved them without individual roll-call debate; details on contract recipients, project budgets and implementation timelines were not read into the record during the meeting but will appear in posted legislation and committee minutes.
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