Ward 2 Council Member· 2024-01-09–2027-12-01 (current term: oath at the Jan 9 2024 organizational meeting, agenda 'Oaths of Office: Ward Councilpersons'; month-level end: December 2027 per Sept 2 2025 minutes, which give the Ward 3 unexpired term as ending December 31, 2027 for the same 2023 ward class; earlier continuous service not sourced)
Matthew E. Donovan
Mentor
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 2
- Total speaking time
- 0:21
- Avg per meeting
- 0:11
- Segments
- 18
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Top issues during term (8)(Roads)
2026 Road Programs
Mentor-on-the-Lake deposits cover its own share; no net cost to Mentor residents for that work.
Street lighting assessment
Assessments at the same rate as last year, about $1.2 million total.
SR-2 resurfacing and maintenance agreement
The resurfacing is 100% state-funded; the city pays half of uncovered maintenance costs, with the county committing 90% of municipal fund collections.
Chillicothe/Heisley/Mentor Avenue traffic congestion
Funded through the city's existing engineering and road program budgets; no new cost announced.
SR-615 bridge widening over I-90
$3 million design (80% federal); $12 million estimated construction, funding still to be pursued.
Lakeshore Highlands Cut-Through Traffic
Stop signs would be a low-cost traffic calming measure per the HOA.
Lakeshore Boulevard bridge deck replacement traffic impacts
Emergency culvert replacement on Savannah Drive
$92,600 from emergency contract funds.
Decisions during term (0)
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Voting record (0)(Roads)
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