The Public Meetings Report for the week of February 24, 2025 In this week’s Public Meetings Report, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority proposes fare-capping to address fare equity. Plus, new housing for seniors and veterans on Cleveland’s east side is one step closer to final approval from the City Planning Commission. Learn more in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Andrew Kenneson 

• Lori Ingram

• Marvetta Rutherford

Their work has been compiled this week by Frank Lewis, Dakotah Kennedy, and Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 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. 

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs: 

• Division of Children and Family Services pulling fewer families ‘into system’ Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services Advisory Board, February 5, 2025 
• Emerald Senior affordable housing slated for Cleveland’s East Side Cleveland City Planning Commission, February 7, 2025 

Documenters coverage: 

• Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees Notes February 4, 2025
• Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services Advisory Board Notes  February 5, 2025
• Cleveland City Planning Commission Notes February 7, 2025

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Vivek Ramaswamy launches campaign for Ohio governor by Andrew Tobias and Mark Naymik
• ‘We’re begging them to do something’: Citizens for Property Tax Reform demands action from Ohio legislators in 2025 by Dakotah Kennedy
• ‘I wanted to be able to help people who look and sound like me’: Motivated and Empowered Inc. set to host boys and teens conference By Najee Hall 
• Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services sees staffing surge By Najee Hall and Cleveland Documenters 
• RTA’s $364.9 million 2025 budget taking shape By Gennifer Harding-Gosnell and Cleveland Documenters 

Legislation:

• Expand property of Lucky Park in Tremont (Ordinance No. 119-2025) 

Recordings: 

• Cleveland City Planning Commission February 7, 2025
• Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees February 4, 2025

Other resources:

• Future Directions 
• DCFS case audit results 
• Emerald Senior
• CHN Housing Partners
• Emerald Senior proposed design
• LaSalle Theatre   
• RTA fare-capping presentation 
• Title IV Fare Equity
  

Listen in as Signal Cleveland Audio Producer Gennifer Harding-Gosnell tries to keep up with the elderly at a weekly Senior Walk hosted by the City of Cleveland’s Department of Aging at the Collinwood Recreation Center.

Cleveland's Senior walk winter session ends Feb. 26 but the Senior Walking Club is all year round. 

Public Meetings Report for the week of February 17, 2025

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, the Cleveland Commission on Black Women and Girls heard results of a recent survey of Black women across Northeast Ohio showing disparities and other hardships they continue to face in the workplace, healthcare and education. Learn more in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Emma Sedlak
• Kellie Morris
• Ronaldo Rodriguez, Jr.

Their work has been compiled this week by Najee Hall, Michael Indrolio, and Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. The Public Meetings Report is a production of  Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station. SHOW NOTES:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs: 

• CMSD spending more money to bus private, charter school students Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board of Education, January 28, 2025
• ‘A starkly different reality’: Black women in Greater Cleveland report workplace, healthcare and education barriers Cleveland Commission on Black Women and Girls, January 28, 2025 
• ‘We owe them nothing, so we will tell them nothing’: Advocates seek sanctuary city policies in Cleveland Cleveland City Council, February 3, 2025 

Documenters coverage: 

• Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board of Education Notes, January 28, 2025
• Cleveland Commission on Black Women and Girls Notes, January 28, 2025 
• Cleveland City Council Notes, February 3, 2025

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Will CMSD change school calendars? The district is doing some homework By Michael Indrolio 
• Is Cleveland still failing Black women? A local research firm seeks answers By Candice Wilder 
• Bibb says Cleveland will limit ICE cooperation to violent cases By Nick Castele
• What is ICE and what happens to the people it arrests? By Frank Lewis 

Recordings:

• Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board of Education, January 28, 2025
• Cleveland Commission on Black Women and Girls, January 28, 2025
• Cleveland City Council, February 3, 2025 

Other resources:

• Cleveland Metropolitan School District busing contract information 
• Second Step 
• What ‘Livability’ Looks Like for Black Women Bloomberg, January 9, 2020
• Project Noir
• What is a ‘sanctuary city’? 
• DigitalC
  

Public Meetings Report for the week of February 10

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

The Public Meetings Report is a production of 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 February 3, 2025

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cuyahoga County Council committees heard from Providence House about its expansion to Cleveland’s east side, and advanced legislation giving American Rescue Plan Act funds to local nonprofits like the C.R.E.W. Foundation and Dress for Success. Learn more in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: 

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

The Public Meetings Report is a production of 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 January 24, 2025.

Their work has been compiled this week by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 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 January 20, 2025

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Their work has been compiled this week by Frank Lewis, Dakotah Kennedy and Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 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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Bibb spoke with Signal Cleveland on Jan. 9 about his 2025 bid for reelection and his stance on working with the incoming administration of President Donald Trump.

Signal Cleveland takes a listen back at some public commenters who stepped up to the microphone in 2024. What did they have to say?

Signal Cleveland takes a listen back at some public commenters who stepped up to the microphone in 2024. What did they have to say?