Public Meetings Report for the week of February 21, 2024

Before diving into the city’s budget (the hearings are going on now), Documenters were busy learning about other government happenings. Last week, they detailed hold-ups with the Community Police Commission’s grants program, a call for City Council to engage more with police oversight agencies, and plans for CMSD budget cuts.

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Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. 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 “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station. 

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The Public Meetings Report for the week of February 5, 2024

Documenters closed out January gathering details about summer job opportunities for Cuyahoga County teens, a Cleveland City Council member’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and more than $10 million in contracts for fire hydrants. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode.

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Public Meetings Report for the week of January 29, 2024 

January may be winding down, but local government action is picking up. Last week, Documenters gathered details on a new program to make daycares lead safe, continued demands for a Gaza ceasefire resolution, and updates on RTA ridership levels. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode. 

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 

The Public Meetings Report is produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership w

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Public Meetings Report for the week of January 22, 2024

❄️Before the snow hit last week, Documenters caught a flurry of local government action, including Fourth Amendment concerns with the Cleveland police ShotSpotter policy, about $1.4 million set for community-based justice efforts in Cuyahoga County, and $1.35 million moved forward for an adult guardianship program. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode. 

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. 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 “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

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Documenters returned to covering local government meetings last week, and they kicked off the year by notching a major milestone: 1,000 local government meetings covered in just over three years! 

On the way to that community feat, Documenters detailed plans for Clevelanders to weigh in on tree maintenance and parking concerns at a planned development in Glenville. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode. 

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. 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 “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

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🎉2024 is well under way! But, we wanted to spend a little more time with 2023 and the resident voices we heard at Cleveland City Council. For this edition of the Public Meetings Report, we’ll continue our look back at highlights from the more than 200 public comments residents have made at Cleveland City Council last year.

Some residents come to Cleveland City Council’s Monday night meeting to speak about issues that directly affect them and their communities. Others come as part of an organization they represent or work for.  The residents in this week’s show came to speak about support for apprenticeship programs, bans on flavored tobacco products, long-term effects of gun violence, and council’s rules for public comment itself!   

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The Public Meetings Report is produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

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With most local government meetings on hiatus for the holidays, Cleveland Documenters are getting a much needed break. In the meantime, we thought we’d take the opportunity to look back at the more than 200 public comments residents have made at Cleveland City Council this year. 

Some residents come to speak about issues that directly affect them and their communities. Others come as part of an organization they represent or work for.  In this week’s episode, we share 4 public comment highlights. Tune in for part 2 next week!

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🎉Documenters covered their last local government meetings of 2023 in recent weeks. Some of that coverage has touched on: the case to make Olympian Jesse Owens’ home a Cleveland landmark, a continued decline in applications to certify Cleveland properties as lead safe, updates on a temporary housing solution for kids in Cuyahoga County’s care. 

With Documenters coverage done for the year, there won’t be a Public Meetings Report next week. But stay tuned for two special editions in the new year, followed by a return to meeting highlights in mid-January.

P.S. Catch up on all Documenters coverage on Documenters.org.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. 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 “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

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Public Meetings Report for the week of December 4, 2023

Cleveland City Council spent December 4 wrapping up its business for 2023, and Documenters kept tabs on the nearly 10-hour day. Documenters discovered Council members’ concerns that a job creation program could undermine living wages, and the maximum age for Cleveland Police trainees raised to 54 years old.

Get the details in this week's episode of the Public Meetings Report.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. 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 “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

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Public Meetings Report for the week of November 27, 2023

The snow didn’t keep Documenters from making it to City Hall to cover your local government meetings last week. They covered public commenters sharing the local impact of Israel’s war on Gaza, Cleveland City Council members gearing up for redistricting, and a new bespoke police boat.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. 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 “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

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