The Akron Public Safety Committee voted on Nov. 18 to delay consideration of an ordinance that would authorize the mayor "as designate" to renew an agreement with Summit County for provision of direct indictment services and to declare an emergency.

Clerk Viviano opened the meeting and listed committee members, saying the committee "do[es] not have council members Kammer or Davis with us today, but we do have a quorum," allowing the meeting to proceed. Committee leadership then sought and obtained a motion to approve the previous minutes; a motion and a second were made and the committee voted in favor.

When the ordinance was introduced, the committee chair summarized the measure as "an ordinance authorizing the mayor as designate to enter into a renewal of the agreement with the county Of Summit for provision of direct indictment services and declaring an emergency." The chair said no one was present to speak on the item and that the city has used the agreement "over a long period of time," but that a presentation would be preferred before taking action.

Because no presenter was available, the chair "made a motion for time" to delay further consideration. A member seconded the motion, the committee voted in favor, and the item was pushed out for a future meeting. The chair said there was "nothing further to come before public safety" and adjourned the committee.

The ordinance was not discussed on the merits in the provided transcript and no formal adoption or rejection occurred; the committee recorded only the procedural vote to delay consideration. The Budget & Finance Committee convened immediately afterward and was announced by the clerk.

Quotes from the meeting include Clerk Viviano’s procedural confirmation that a quorum was present and the chair’s description of the ordinance and motion to delay. The committee did not provide on-the-record details in the transcript about the agreement’s terms, the value or length of the renewal, or the legal or budgetary effects; those details were not specified in the record provided.

The committee did not set a new date for the ordinance’s return in the segments provided.