City Council
Cleveland City Council
Monday, March 13, 2023
7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. EDT
601 Lakeside Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)
Cleveland City Hall (Watch via YouTube), Council Chambers
Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. In this meeting, residents may address council with public comments, and council typically introduces legislation and votes on legislation. Council does not typically discuss legislation in detail at this meeting; that happens in council’s committee meetings.
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team
Commenters discuss displacement at Euclid Beach mobile homes, union workers at city libraries
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1st Public Comment: Andre Dailey is talking about potential displacement of Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park Residents. https://t.co/gNzbdrOnld
2nd Public Comment: Terry is representing SEIU 1199 members. https://www.seiu1199.org https://t.co/c6G5ZDtK4y
4th Public Comment: Chinenye Nkemere will be talking about black women and girls’ commission. She’s representing Enlightened Solutions.
https://www.enlightened-solutions.com https://t.co/qAHDXx2LbV
5th Public Comment: State Representative Terrence Upchurch will talk about House Bill 1. https://ohiohouse.gov/legislation/135/hb1 https://t.co/oWeSSz5Lyx
1st Reading Legislation
-9 Emergency Ordinances Referred
-1 Emergency Ordinances Read In Full and Passed (Ordinance 337-2023 it allows Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement with Camp Journey for the Salaam Community Empowerment Farm & Training
CONT. Center Program through the use of Ward 4 Casino Revenue Funds.)
-1 Emergency Resolutions Referred
-3 Emergency Resolutions Read In Full & Adopted
Second Reading Legislation
-3 Emergency Ordinances Passed
-1 Ordinances Passed (176-2023 An Ordinance that changes the use, area & height districts of parcels of land along East 66th Street between Linwood Ave & Zoster Avenue).
Councilman Michael Polensek is talking about the FirstEnergy Scandal.
https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/legally-speaking/explaining-firstenergy-bribery-scandal-larry-householder-trial-legally-speaking-ohio-politics-bribery-matt-borges-trial/95-16d119a7-510f-44bf-9b52-4c5fbab80f47 https://t.co/aJA1rVJFrf
The meeting adjourned at 7:47 P.M. the next meeting is Monday, March 20th.
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Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. There are 17 elected Cleveland City Council members representing the 17 wards of the City of Cleveland. Each ward has approximately 25,000 residents. Council Members are elected to serve a four-year term. Council members serve two roles in their duties: to draft and enact legislation for the city of Cleveland and act as ombudsmen for their constituents.
Find meetings streamed at: *online on TV20 at: http://www.tv20cleveland.com/watch-now/
*The meetings are also streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandCityCouncil/
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