The Public Meetings Report for the week of March 2 2026

From ⁠Signal Cleveland⁠ and ⁠Cleveland Documenters⁠.

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, news and highlights from the first three days of the city’s budget hearings. Listen to learn more.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: 

• Bilal Hakeem

• Tommy Oddo

• Jamie Harman

Their work has been compiled this week by Doug Breehl Pitorak, with help from Mary Ellen Huesken, Lila Mills, and Rachel Dissell. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 

The Public Meetings Report is produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM. 

SHOW NOTES:

Signal Cleveland Documenters coverage:

• Everything you missed from Cleveland’s 2026 budget hearings By Cleveland Documenters
• General Fund Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council [Afternoon Session] Notes Feb. 17, 2026 
• General Fund Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council [Morning Session] Notes Feb. 18, 2026 
• General Fund Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council [Morning Session] Notes Feb. 19, 2026

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• ‘Be the change you want to see’: Meet Cleveland Documenter, Tucker Handley By Najee Hall 
• ‘I am really proud of the work’: Meet Cleveland Documenter Alicia Moreland By Najee Hall
• We have to be able to come together’: Meet Cleveland Documenter Kathryn Johnson By Najee Hall 

Recordings: 

• General Fund Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council [Afternoon Session] Feb. 17, 2026 
• General Fund Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council [Morning Session] Feb. 18, 2026 
• General Fund Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council [Morning Session] Feb. 19, 2026