Cleveland Board of Control

Cleveland Board of Control
Finance

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022
3:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. EDT

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601 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

City Hall (Watch via YouTube), CLEVELAND CITY HALL-ROOM 516

The Cleveland Board of Control consists of members of the mayor’s cabinet and leaders of city departments. City Council passes some legislation – particularly legislation that authorizes the city to enter contracts for various purposes – that leaves vendor selection and compensation to be set by the Board of Control. The board makes those decisions in this meeting, and it also holds votes on the sale and purchase of land parcels.

The agenda for this meeting will be added to this page when it is available (usually the afternoon before the meeting).

Find the livestream of this meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-grlgMPJy50hXISJ01lkQ

The roll call at the beginning of the meeting should indicate who is in attendance. Past meetings have included these officials:

  • Mayor Justin Bibb
  • Director of Economic Development Tessa Jackson
  • Director of Public Safety Karrie Howard
  • Director of Law Mark Griffin
  • Director of Finance Ahmed Abonamah
  • Director of Public Utilities Martin Keane
  • Interim Director of Port Control Dennis Kramer
  • Director of Public Works Frank Williams
  • Director of Public Health Dr. David Margolius
  • Director of Community Development Alyssa Hernandez
  • Director of Aging Mary McNamara
  • Director of Building and Housing Sally Martin
  • Director of Human Resources Paul Patton
  • Director of the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects James DeRosa
  • Director of the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity Tyson Mitchell

Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team

Note-taking by Karima McCree-Wilson

City to update access-control systems

Live reporting by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell

City to update access-control systems

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell

Good afternoon, #Cleveland! I’ll be tweeting out today’s @CityofCleveland Board of Control meeting for @cledocumenters at 3 pm. Here’s the meeting stream on the Board of Control’s YouTube channel, you can watch for yourself here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-grlgMPJy50hXISJ01lkQ

#CLEdocumenters

11:46 AM Oct 26, 2022 CDT

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 2/13

Think we got something wrong? Send any enquiries on the meeting or these tweets to @cledocumenters or email us at cledocumenters@gmail.com

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 3/13

Here’s the whole agenda, mostly contract approvals and rejections of bids. Will be interesting to find out why on the rejections. https://t.co/qSN8XLgX3n

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 4/13

One of the items on the agenda has a change. 👇 https://t.co/Ozh4XSyuEx

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 5/13

It’s 3:06. Where are you guys?
@CityofCleveland https://t.co/M5flk2126F

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 6/13

There ya are, hi!! 👋 https://t.co/fDWlOara02

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 7/13

Speakers are bit hard to hear just because the sound’s muffled, but I can make out most of it. This lady is reading the Finance Department’s remaining items. https://t.co/pL7zNsMRnf

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 8/13

All items were approved as one group, and there were no questions, so I’m going to assume some form of prior discussion was had about these Finance Departments items somewhere down the line.

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 9/13

Public Utilities is now explaining their items, both rejection of bids. The first item, Plumbing Services, only one bid was received & failed to meet CSB [Cleveland Small Business] subcontracting goals (20%).

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 10/13

Three bids were received for a Large Valve Renewal Program but all 3 failed the criteria set by the city’s Water Department. Both rejections were approved.

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 11/13

Capital Projects Director James DeRosa reads their item to approve a new contractor for E. 105th St. improvements, saying the original contractor had gone out of business. This was also approved. https://t.co/ZFlkUqvslE

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 12/13

And that’s it! The End. These are the shortest meetings ever, lol! https://t.co/VWlKm5UTrl

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 13/13

This concludes my coverage of today’s @CityofCleveland Board of Control meeting for @cledocumenters. Visit the #CLEdocumenters website for ongoing coverage of local government meetings and happenings. https://cleveland.documenters.org/reporting/

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Cleveland Board of Control

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See Documenters reporting

The Cleveland Board of Control consists of members of the mayor’s cabinet and leaders of city departments. City Council passes some legislation – particularly legislation that authorizes the city to enter contracts for various purposes – that leaves vendor selection and compensation to be set by the Board of Control. The board makes those decisions in this meeting, and it also holds votes on the sale and purchase of land parcels.

The roll call at the beginning of the meeting should indicate who is in attendance. Past meetings have included these officials:

  • Mayor Justin Bibb
  • Director of Economic Development Tom McNair
  • Director of Public Safety Karrie Howard
  • Director of Law Mark Griffin
  • Director of Finance Ahmed Abonamah
  • Director of Public Utilities Martin Keane
  • Director of Port Control Bryant Francis
  • Director of Public Works Frank Williams
  • Director of Public Health Dr. David Margolius
  • Director of Community Development Alyssa Hernandez
  • Director of Aging Mary McNamara
  • Director of Building and Housing Sally Martin
  • Director of Human Resources Matthew Cole
  • Director of the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects James DeRosa
  • Director of the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity Tyson Mitchell
  • Secretary Jeffrey Marks

Find past Documenters coverage of this meeting here: https://cleveland.documenters.org/reporting/?agency=258

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