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Finding Aid
Linda Furney City Council Files, 1984-1986
MSS-150
Size: 9 linear feet
Provenance: received from Larry Brewer, Clerk of City Council
Access: open
Related Collections: The Ohio Senate files of Linda Furney MSS-134, and the Toledo NOW papers MSS-035.
Processing Note: Wherever possible, the materials in this collection have been kept under their original folder titles as created by Linda Furney and her office staff and arranged in chronological order within each folder. To further facilitate the use of this collection, the materials have been arranged into series according to the department or City Council Committee under which they were generated.
Copyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections reserves the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion.
Completed by: Maria Halovanic, Archival Assistant, Summer 2000.
Biographical Sketch
A native of Toledo, Linda Furney attended Sylvania High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Bowling Green State University in 1969. She began her career as an English teacher at Whitmer High School in Toledo until 1972, when she taught at American School in Rio de Janiero, Brazil for two years. When she returned to the United States in 1975, she entered the Holiday Inn management program. Two years later, she resumed her teaching career in Springfield Local Schools as a Vocational Home Economics teacher.
Furney's political career began in 1979, when she was elected President of Ohio National Organization for Women. She was also elected to the Toledo Board of Education in 1982 and to Toledo City Council in 1983. She began her first term as Ohio Senator in 1986, winning re-election for four consecutive terms.
As Ohio Senator, Furney has been ardent in expressing her family and community orientated concerns for Toledoans' quality of life in the Senate. She has focused her work on environment, education, labor, and women and children's health issues. She introduced ten bills in her first term, including Senate Bill 110, which requires educational materials and textbooks for school districts and nonpublic schools to be free of sex bias and sex-role stereotypes, Senate Bill 224 which extends the protection of Ohio's law against age discrimination to people over 70 years of age, and Senate Bill 314, which restricts importation of out of state hazardous waste.
Senator Furney's civic interests can also be seen in the Senate and special committees which she has served on, and the organizations with which she is affiliated. She is the ranking minority member of Education, Retirement and Aging Senate Committee, and serves on the Senate Finance Committee, Reference and Oversight Committee, and Rules Committee. She has also served on the Legislative Committee for Education Oversight, Education Goals and Strategies Commission, Governor's Task Force on Head Start, and National Conference of State Legislators. She is the project director of Ohio's Investing in People Project, a School-To-Work effort, which promotes the coordination of all School To Work Programs statewide and provides vocational education experience for Toledo's students to effectively compete in the workplace. She is also the facilitator for Ohio Women and Children's Budget Coalition, is active in Ohio Democratic Party, ACLU, and AAUW and is a life member of the NAACP and NOW.
Asa result of Senator Furney's activism and involvement in the community, she has earned the Foundation Award from the ACLU of Ohio, the Citizen Award from the Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children, the Stanley K. Levinson Award from Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio, and Special Recognition from the Lucas County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
Scope and Content Note
The City Council Files consist mainly of correspondence, printed material, notes and legal documents generated by Linda Furney, members of City Council and the community. Although some files overlap, they have been arranged into 17 series according to subject or the department under which the materials were generated: S1. City Council, S2. City Services, S3. Community Development, S4. Correspondence, S5. ESM, S6. Finance, S7. Health, S8. Law, S9. National League of Cities, S10. Natural Resources, S11. Personnel, S12. Planning, S13. Port Authority, S14. Public Safety, S15. Public Services, S16. Public Utilities, and S17. Toledo Area Convention and Visitors' Bureau.
The materials in the first series, City Council, consist of City Council meeting minutes in 1986, mayoral appointments, and files documenting Toledo's push to change the city charter and create a strong mayor.
The second series, City Services, is a small series consisting of City Services Committee Meetings and information pertaining to a TARTA levy.
The third series, Community Development, is comprised of materials relating to nuisance abatement, zoning, building, maintenance, inspection and neighborhood planning. Most notable in this series are the materials relating to business and area revitalization, including the files on Community Redevelopment Areas, Kopper's Coke Plant, and Seagate Community Revitalization.
One of the largest series, Correspondence, is comprised of letters written by members of the Toledo community. The correspondence range from issues with zoning, police and fire, planning and public utilities, as well as resumes and job recommendations. Many of the correspondence overlap with other series in this collection, but have been maintained in their separate series as created by Linda Furney's office.
The fifth series, ESM, follows the 1985 economic crisis when the city of Toledo lost nineteen million dollars in investments after a Florida securities trading house collapsed. The four files in this series consist of correspondence between members of the community and Linda Furney, information regarding the mayor and city council's response to the crisis, legal opinions and charter changes, press releases and newspaper clippings.
The sixth series, Finance, covers audits, the city's various budgets, Linda Furney's monthly expenses while in office, and various divisions of the Department of Finance such as Accounts, Debt and Risk Management, Management Services, and the Taxation and Treasury Divisions.
The seventh and smallest series, Health, is comprised of a TAGRA study on health and papers relating to Toledo Veterinarians.
The Law Series is comprised of various files from the Department of Law, relating to House Bill 176 on Sovereign Immunity, legal opinions and other legislative bills concerning the city of Toledo.
The ninth series, The National League of Cities, is an organization concerned with the economic development of Toledo. Included in these files are various printed materials concerning state and local policies as well as women in government.
The tenth series, Natural Resources, includes files on parks, recreation and special projects. The materials in this series covers individual parks such as Crosby Gardens, Ottawa Park and Promenade Park, as well as special events such as Hands Across America.
The eleventh series, Personnel, covers human resource files in the city of Toledo. Materials cover affirmative action, health plans, insurance costs and various labor contracts with city workers.
The twelfth series, Planning, is comprised of the various city, county and neighborhood projects for the development of the community. Some of the materials cover downtown development, Grove Patterson Park, and the Westwood extension.
The thirteenth series, Port Authority, is comprised of information, financial reports and meeting minutes relating to Port Authority.
The fourteenth series, Public Safety, consists of files pertaining to fire, police and emergency training.
The fifteenth series, Public Service, is comprised of files relating to the engineering and construction division which is concerned with the construction and maintenance of streets, curbs, bridges, harbors and sewers.
Some of the materials in the Public Services series overlaps with the sixteenth series, Public Utilities which covers administrative services, environmental services, sewer and drainage, solid waste, Toledo Edison and water.
The final series, Toledo Area Convention and Visitors' Bureau, covers the marketing of Toledo to tourists and various conventions as well as income and expenses generated by visitors to Toledo.
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S1. City Council City Manager City Organizational Chart Council Meetings, February 1986 Council Meetings, March 1986 Council Meetings, April 1986 Council Meetings, May 1986 Council Meetings, June 1986 Council Meetings, July 1986 Council Meetings, August 1986 Council Meetings, September 1986 Council Meetings, October 1986 Council Meetings, November 1986 Furney Resume Invitations accepted or rejected Kaptur Mayoral Appointments Metzenbaum Officers and Terms (1 of 3) Officers and Terms (2 of 3) Officers and Terms (3 of 3) Strong Mayor, Correspondence Strong Mayor, editorial and media Strong Mayor, Legal
S2. City Services Committee Meeting, March 1986 TARTA Levy
S3. Community Development Beacon Place City Expediter Commodore Islands Middlegrounds Community Redevelopment Area Construction Division of Inspection First Call Council Notes Fort Industry Industrial Park Government Center Building Information HB 557 Tax Abatement Bill Housing, Neighborhood Housing Services Quarterly Report 1984 Housing, Public Housing Woodley Road Koppers Macy's Building Mayor's Emergency Task Force on Economic Development Nuisance Abatement, Coordinator Nuisance Abatement, Gorney's Junk Yard Parking Portside Renewal Operations Seagate Community Revitalization TECP and TCB Merger Warren-Sherman Industrial Park
S4. Correspondence Citizen Concerns, Awaiting response from first referral Citizen Concerns, Initial referrals Citizen Concerns, Second Referral Citizen Concerns, Third Referral Community Complaints, undated Community Complaints, January 1986 Community Complaints, February 1986 Community Complaints, March 1986 Community Complaints, April 1986 Community Complaints, May 1986 Community Complaints, June 1986 Community Complaints, July 1986 Community Complaints, August 1986 Community Complaints, September - November 1986 Community Development w. responses Health Department w. responses Housing w. responses Job Requests w. responses Labor Unions, Employment w. responses Landfill-Hazardous Waste w. responses Law Department w. responses Minority Contracts w. responses Miscellaneous, no responses Miscellaneous w. responses 1984 Miscellaneous w. responses 1985 Miscellaneous w. responses 1986 Miscellaneous, Personal responses Natural Resources w. responses Nuisance Abatement w. responses 1984 Nuisance Abatement w. responses 1985-1986 Parking w. responses Police and Fire w. responses Public Utilities w. responses Recommendations, copies Resumes A-L Resumes M-Z Riverside Dock Extension School w. responses Sewer w. responses Streets, Bridges and Harbors w. responses Taxation w. responses Thank You and Congratulations Traffic Engineering w. responses Transportation w. responses Veteran's Preference Zoning and Planning Committee w. responses
S5. ESM- 1985 Financial Crisis 19 million Correspondence Info request and legal opinions from Judy Jones Press Releases
S6. Finance 3/4 % Income Tax Accounts Division Arts Commission Budget Auditor Candidates Audit Committee July 1984 Audits Completed Auditors, Miscellaneous Budget 1986 Budget update 1986 Budget 1987 Budget Stabilization Capital Improvement Budget Community Development Budget (1 of 2) Community Development Budget (2 of 2) Credit Ratings, New York Banks Debt and Risk Management Officer Economic Development 1984-1985 Finance Committee Budget 1985-Jan 1986 Finance Committee Budget Feb-March 1986 Finance Committee Hearings, Summary Financial Disclosure Statements Investment Portfolio Reports Local Government Fund Management Services and Budget Office Miscellaneous Monthly Expenses SCM&R Fund Section 79 Supplemental Budget Requests Taxation Division Treasury Division
S7. Health TAGRA Study Veterinarian
S8. Law HB 176 Sovereign Immunity JPRLCC Miscellaneous Legal Opinions TAGRA Study Tax Reform Bill Taxicab Board of Review of Charitable Organizations
S9. National League of Cities National League of Cities Community and Economic Development Policy Committee Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies Ohio Municipal League TAGRA Women in Municipal Government Women in Toledo City Government
S10. Natural Resources Crosby Gardens Forestry, Reddish Hands Across America Infrastructure International Park SS William Boyer Neighborhood Park Advisory Board Open Space Planning Ottawa Park Outdoor Theater Parks Parks and Recreations Promenade Park, Correspondence Promenade Park, Public Facilities Special Projects, Facilities
S11. Personnel Affirmative Action, Board of Community Relations Affirmative Action, Racial Disturbances Blue Cross/ Blue Guardian Community Mutual Civil Service Commission Contract Compliance Employee Relations Fair Labor Standards Act Insurance Labor Contracts (1 of 3) Labor Contracts (2 of 3) Labor Contracts (3 of 3) Office of City Manager, Word Processing Public Administrative Internship Severance Pay
S12. Planning CBD Architectural Study Current Planning Development Projects Downtown Overlay District Front Street Gardner Building Task Force Guadelupe Center Grove Patterson Park, Community Response Grove Patterson Park, Information Long Range Planning Neighborhood Planning Park Lane SOHIO Full Service Island Summit Center Toledo World Trade Center US Reduction Westwood Extension Wise Marina
S13. Port Authority Port Authority Financial Reports Meeting Minutes 1985-1986
S14. Public Safety 911 Implementation Plans Community Safety, Environment and Development Committee Emergency Repair Programs Fire Division, Reddish Fire Station, #9 South Toledo Fire Training Bureau Ordinance Police Police, Liquor Smoke Detectors Willis Day Fire
S15. Public Service Berdan Road Engineering and Construction miscellaneous Maintenance and Public Building Motor Equipment Railroads Streets, Bridges and Water Streets, Curbs and Sewers TMACOG Traffic Engineering, Reddish Unpaid Parking Tickets
S16. Public Utilities Administrative Services Administrative Services, Changes in Utilities Section Annual Water and Sewer Rate Review and Recommendations Buckeye Basin Greenbelt Combined Sewer Overflow Director, Miscellaneous Environmental Services SB 27, Construction Work in Progress Sewer and Drainage Sewer-State Line Solid Waste Toledo Edison Toledo Utility Task Force Water Water Reclamation
S17. Toledo Area Convention and Visitors' Bureau "An Analysis of Activities..." Convention Listings Convocation Center Income and Expenses 1984 Marketing Plan Marketing Group Promotional Material
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