City of Akron Council Committee Meetings - 11.9.2026

Akron City Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting, held November 10, 2026, reviewed five grant-related ordinances and a training-range contract. The committee advanced to the consent agenda a three-year Office on Violence Against Women grant of just under $800,000 for personnel and investigative work; a one-year Ohio Traffic Safety Office grant of just under $90,000 for impaired-driving and other traffic enforcement; and a three-year Bureau of Justice Assistance grant of just under $1.5 million, with Akron as a subrecipient through Summit County, for investigative equipment and personnel. Members also advanced a one-time Spirit of Blue Foundation grant for AEDs; no amount was stated. The committee approved for consent a contract with Summit County for outdoor police firearms training, capped at $45,000, alongside use of an indoor range in Cuyahoga Falls. Each item received a motion and second and passed without recorded opposition.

The Budget and Finance Committee advanced to the consent agenda the city’s annual temporary appropriation for January 1 through March 31, 2027, allowing spending based on the original 2026 operating budget while revenue and expenditure projections for 2027 are finalized. No total appropriation amount was provided. The transcript does not identify other procurement actions in that committee meeting.