# Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee - October 5, 2026

Cleveland City Council’s Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee met October 5, 2026, and considered several spending and infrastructure matters. Ordinance 758-2026, continuing the city’s publicly bid water-main replacement program for 2027 and 2028, was approved; the division typically performs about $10 million of replacement work annually. Ordinances supporting the Summer Sprout community-gardening program through agreements with Ohio State University, East 66th Street Services, Inc. and other entities, and reimbursing Cuyahoga County for the city’s share of automated fingerprint identification system costs, were also approved. Summer Sprout funding is moving to the city’s general fund; no agreement amounts were stated. The committee also approved, as amended, an ordinance authorizing Cleveland Terminal and Equipment Company to advance improvements to the airport’s inline baggage system; no contract amount was provided.

The committee discussed the airport’s Clevolution terminal modernization program, estimated at $1.6 billion. Pasley Management Group’s program-management contract was described as worth up to $10 million annually for up to nine years, with local-services investment projected to rise from 10% to 20%; members emphasized local hiring and business participation, and future project procurements were identified as a larger opportunity. The transcript does not clearly capture the disposition of that contract item. Members also discussed a proposed street vacation to assemble city-owned land for future redevelopment and a proposed exchange of properties with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, including city responsibility for demolishing two school buildings; the exchange drew opposition from one council member, and no final vote is captured. An ordinance updating electrical-inspector classifications and pay was sent to the full Council for consideration.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Transportation
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 05, 2026

### Sources
- [Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee - October 5, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWSLCNwVPZs) - Cleveland City Council