Documenters: Streetsboro City Council meeting for Jan. 26, 2026

Streetsboro City Council held a historic meeting on Jan. 26. It was the first regular council meeting in the new City Hall. And it was a meeting that had a little bit of everything.

In attendance were City Council Ward 1 Member Marianne Glenn, City Council Ward 2 Member and Council President Anthony Lombardo, City Council Ward 3 Member and Council Vice President Jen Wagner, City Council Ward 4 Member Justin Ring and City Council At-Large Members Steve Michniak, Jon Hannan and Michael Lampa. Also in attendance were Mayor Glenn Broska, Finance Director Matt Miller, Fire Chief Robert A. Reinholz, Council Clerk Caroline Kremer, Service Director Bill Miller, Economic Development Director Patrick O'Malia, IT Network Administrator Matt Coffman, Planning Director John Cieszkowski, Police Chief Tricia Wain, Law Director Joe Grandinetti, HR Manager Shawna Lockhart-Reese and Parks and Recreation Director Samantha Edgar. 

The evening started with Broska issuing the oath of office to a dog. This was no ordinary dog, though: this was Draco, who, along with his handler Officer Brett Modic, were sworn into service in the Streetsboro K9 unit. Following the requisite photo session, council business started with several committee meetings, including the Finance Committee.

During the meeting of the Finance Committee, Matt Miller provided the financial report, which included a look at 2025. The city only spent 92.25% of its budget in 2025. This was up slightly from what was spent in 2024, but the increase was attributed to the cost of the City Hall construction. While spending was up slightly, so was revenue. Matt Miller reported a 119% increase in the revenue budget for the general fund, leaving the city with $2.6 million in the general fund at the end of 2025. Much of that growth was attributed to tax collections from RITA. He stated that the “bread and butter” of the city is withholding taxes, and there was not a lot of growth there, which he directly attributed to the federal government’s tariff strategy.

Following the committee meetings, the Regular Council Meeting of the Whole was called to order at 9 p.m.

Following the acceptance of the Jan. 12 meeting minutes, members of the public were invited to address the council. Ted Hurd spoke with great pride about the new City Hall, which he said “was always my dream to see.” 

Local business owner Brian Kropp wanted to “welcome everyone to the neighborhood” as he shared his excitement at seeing the downtown area grow.

With no other residents rising to speak, Lombardo invited members of the administration to make their reports. 

Reinholz reported that he has been using AI tools in writing reports and fire prevention materials. He said that he created a simulated fire situation and asked AI what to do. 

“It gave us the right steps, but a real fire is much more fluid,” he said. 

Reinholz added that the department recently went into Aurora to fight a fire as part of a self dispatch through the Active911 program.

Next, Wain again welcomed Draco to the squad. She also offered special thanks to the service department, saying “the great work they have been doing makes our jobs easier.” 

The Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting applications from residents who want to design an art piece for one of five electrical boxes, Edgar said. This will bring the total of designed boxes in the city to 15. She also said that the lighting installations across the city are on schedule and announced that the skate park installation is scheduled for the week of April 6.

The report for the planning department was offered by Cieszkowski, who said that the updates to the sign code are making progress and will be ready to go before the zoning committee soon.

A detailed engineering report was sent out to council members before the meeting. It was stated that this was done so they would have all of the available details at hand to answer resident questions about the state of the various city, county, ODOT and turnpike projects planned.

There were no other reports offered, so the council moved forward on a number of resolutions.

T-7935 was for the management of the city’s portion of the marijuana dispensary sales as released by the state. This is the first time the state has released these funds since the dispensaries opened. Streetsboro will receive $84,000. Matt Miller said that the funds must be managed by a legislative body, so council decided to deposit them into the 101 fund.

T-7936 was an administrative amendment that would change an incorrect GL code in previous legislation. T-7937 was required for a budget amendment pursuant to the work done by Hastings Exhaust, and T-7938 would allow the city to enter into a yearly contract with Signal Services. 

Broska said that T-7939 and T-7940, which would establish contracts with SAFEbuilt Ohio and Sixmo Architecture for building inspections and reviews, were needed to augment and eventually take over work being done internally. He said that there is an inspector nearing retirement, and this would allow the city to continue offering services when that happened.

All resolutions were passed with unanimous consent.

Two resolutions – T-7932 and T-7933 -- were then offered for a second reading. These would replace current chapters of the city code related to sediment control and stormwater management, respectively.

Broska then spoke about his pride and excitement over the completion of City Hall. He offered particular thanks to the various city teams who helped to ensure a successful move in. When it came time for council members to offer up their remarks, each echoed Broska’s sentiments. Thanks was given to the community for supporting the effort, those who did the actual construction and everyone who got the building prepared for opening day.

With no other business at hand, the meeting was adjourned.