Grant Job Creation Western Reserve Agreement

[2026-25 Grant Job Creation Western Reserve Agreement.pdf]
CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED 
 RESOLUTION NO. 2026 - 25 
 
By:  Mayor Jones 
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AWARD OF A JOB CREATION 
GRANT TO WESTERN RESERVE AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND 
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A GRANT 
AGREEMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 
WHEREAS, this Council created, through the adoption of Ordinance No. 2007-102, an 
Economic Development Committee, for the purpose of reviewing applications for City Job 
Creation grants and recommending eligibility as well as appropriate grant terms; and 
WHEREAS, the Western Reserve Area on Aging (“Company”) has provided senior 
services in northeast Ohio; and 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to relocate their corporate HQ and administrative offices 
to North Olmsted by leasing office space in North Olmsted located at 25300 Al Moen Drive (the 
“Site”); and 
WHEREAS, the Company will create and have 330 employees (313 full time and 17 part-
time), with an associated annual payroll of approximately $20,000,000.00; and 
WHEREAS, the Company has requested local and state incentives as inducement to 
relocate to North Olmsted; and 
WHEREAS, the Economic Development Committee has recommended that Company 
receive a Job Creation Grant for a period of 10 years.  For the calendar years 2026 through 2036, 
the grant percentage shall be 40% of all City income taxes for jobs located at the Site on all annual 
payroll through and including 2032, at 35% in 2033 and 2034, and at 30% in 2035 and 2036; and 
WHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council to approve the Company’s Job 
Creation Grant application and to authorize the Mayor to enter into a Job Creation Grant 
Agreement with Company. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: 
SECTION 1: That a Job Creation Grant be awarded to the Company for a ten (10) year 
period beginning in the year 2026 which for each of the following calendar years would pay the 
Company an amount equal to the corresponding percentages multiplied by the City of North 
Olmsted income taxes for the Company’s employees whose primary job location is the Site for 
that year.  
SECTION 2: That the Mayor be and is hereby authorized to enter into a Job Creation 
Grant Agreement with Company consistent with the grant awarded in Section 1 of this legislation

and with the provisions of Chapter 174 (“Job Creation Grant Program”) of the North Olmsted 
Administrative Code. Said agreement shall be in a form and substance that is not substantially 
adverse to the City and which is approved by the Director of Law. The character of any such 
contract as not being substantially adverse to the City shall be evidenced conclusively by the 
execution of the contract by the Mayor and the approval of the contract by the Director of Law. 
SECTION 3: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare, and for the 
further reason it is necessary that this legislation go into effect immediately in order to effectively 
recruit and grow this quality business in the City of North Olmsted, and further, provided it 
receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of the Council, it shall take effect and 
be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. 
 
PASSED: ________________________ 
 
First Reading:    _______________ 
Second Reading: _______________ 
Third Reading:   _______________ 
Committee:  ___________________ 
 
ATTEST: 
 
_____________________________  
 
__________________________ 
BEATRICE TAYLOR  
 
 
 
LOUIS J. BROSSARD 
Clerk of Council 
 
 
 
 
President of Council 
 
 
APPROVED: _____________________ 
 
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:  
 
 
 
_______________________________ 
 
/s/ Michael R. Gareau, Jr._________ 
MAYOR NICOLE DAILEY JONES  
 
MICHAEL R. GAREAU, JR. 
Director of Law