Committee-of-the-Whole   |   Public Safety & Justice   |   Health & Human Services  

 Finance  |   Personnel & Intergovernmental   |   Public Works    

Planning, Buildings, and Economic Development

Rules   |   Long-Term Planning

2010 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Committee-of-the-Whole

Consists of all eleven (11) Members of County Council.  Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation and policy issues of interest to the entire Council.

Chair:  Jon Poda

Vice Chair:  Frank Comunale

Members: Pete Crossland, John Schmidt, Cazzell Smith, Tim Crawford, Paula Prentice, Ilene Shapiro, Gloria Rodgers, Jerry Feeman, and Nick Kostandaras.

Staff Contact:  Darlene Mims, Chief of Staff, dmims@summitoh.net

Public Safety and Justice Committee

Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation concerning safety, requests for liquor permits, traffic, fire protection, courts, probation, public defender services, regulation of hazardous materials, public protection, consumer protection, animal control, public health, wireless communications, domestic violence, community based corrections facilities, medical examiner, emergency management and issues relating to the County Sheriff, the Clerk of Courts and the County Prosecutor.

Chair:  John Schmidt

Vice Chair:  Jerry Feeman

Members:  Pete Crossland, Paula Prentice, Gloria Rodgers, Ilene Shapiro, and Cazzell Smith.

Staff Contact: Kent Starks, Constituent Services Coordinator, kstarks@summitoh.net

Health & Human Services Committee 

Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation concerning the County Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS), including the annual DJFS budget, appropriations and transfers, capital improvements, and interaction with the federal and state governments and the delivery of services.  Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation relating to the Summit County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD), the Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board (ADAM) and the Summit County Children Services Board (CSB) including the annual budgets of these agencies.

Chair:  Paula Prentice

Vice Chair:  Cazzell Smith

Members:  Frank Comunale, Tim Crawford, Pete Crossland, Gloria Rodgers, and John Schmidt.

Staff Contact:  Darlene Mims, Chief of Staff, 330.643.2726

Finance Committee 

Reviews and makes recommendations concerning all annual budgets, except the budgets for DJFS, MRDD, ADAM and CSB.  Reviews legislation concerning county debt, including bond and note legislation, changes in taxation and fees, except fees relating to the Department of Environmental Services, the Veteran Service Commission, and other matters relating to the financial position of the County.

Chair:  Jerry Feeman

Vice Chair:  Tim Crawford

Members:  Nick Kostandaras, Gloria Rodgers, John Schmidt, Ilene Shapiro and Cazzell Smith.

Staff Contact:  Darlene Mims, Chief of Staff, 330.643.2726

Personnel and Intergovernmental Committee

Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation relating to County personnel procedures and practices, including the classification, compensation, recruitment, training and discipline of employees and legislation relating to collective bargaining.  Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation concerning governmental entities, community merger issues, incorporation issues, Community Development Block Grant Projects and Solid Waste Disposal proposals.  Reviews and makes recommendations regarding Executive appointments to boards, agencies, commissions and authorities pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Summit County Charter.

Chair:  Cazzell Smith

Vice Chair:  Tim Crawford

Members:  Frank Comunale, Pete Crossland, Nick Kostandaras, Paula Prentice, and John Schmidt.

Staff Contact:  Darlene Mims, 330.643.2726, dmims@summitoh.net

Public Works Committee 

Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation concerning water, sewer and other Department of Environmental Services (DOES) projects and fees, and projects of the County Engineer, including roads, bridges, storm drains and ditching projects, as well as the purchase or lease of equipment by these departments, and the construction or lease of facilities for or by these departments in accordance with established purchase procedures.

Chair:  Frank Comunale

Vice Chair:  Gloria Rodgers

Members:  Tim Crawford, Nick Kostandaras, Jon Poda and  Paula Prentice.

Staff Contact:  Mark Potter, Senior Research Analyst, 330.643.2436

Planning, Buildings & Economic Development Committee

Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation concerning master plans for the County, subdivision regulations, building codes, and other regulations of private development, annexations, plats, road dedications, road vacations, construction of County buildings, transfer or lease of real property by or for the County, except those relating to the DJFS or DOES.  Reviews and makes recommendations on legislation concerning the Port Authority, Enterprise Zone Agreements, Department of Building Standards, internal revenue bonds, utilities, Northeast Ohio Joint Office of Economic Development, Northeast Ohio Trade & Economic Consortium, Northeast Ohio Four-County Regional Planning & Development Organization and the Community Improvement Corporation.

Chair:  Ilene Shapiro

Vice Chair:  Nick Kostandaras

Members: Frank Comunale, Jerry Feeman, Jon Poda, Gloria Rodgers and John Schmidt.

Staff Contact:  Mark Potter, Senior Research Analyst, 330.643.2436

Rules Committee 

Reviews rules and procedures of Council; reviews proposed charter amendments; reviews legislation and makes recommendations on legislation relating to lawsuits and other matters posing special legal or procedural questions; reviews and makes recommendations on legislation amending the Codified Ordinances.

Chair:  Pete Crossland

Vice Chair:  Paula Prentice

Members:  Jerry Feeman, Nick Kostandaras, Jon Poda, Ilene Shapiro, and Cazzell Smith.

Staff Contact:  Mark Potter, Senior Research Analyst, 330.643.2436

Long-Term Planning Committee 

Establishing a shared direction and focus for the County in order to improve the integration and coordination of internal activities, allocation of resources, and delivery of services to residents; identify emerging trends in county government; review and measure the progress of meeting major long-term goals and objectives as a chartered county; and to establish Council’s annual legislative agenda.

Chair:  Nick Kostandaras

Vice Chair:  John Schmidt

Members:  Jerry Feeman, Jon Poda, Paula Prentice, Ilene Shapiro, and Cazzell Smith.

Staff Contact:  Darlene Mims, Chief of Staff, 330.643.2726