Last week, Documenters captured push back on the purchase Garfield Heights land for new Cuyahoga County jail, a participation decrease in Cleveland’s new mother support program, and a potential end to walk up public comments at CMSD school board meetings. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode. 📻👇🏿
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The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:
- Marcy Clark
- Tim Zelina
- Chanel Wiley
- Janenell Smith
- Alicia Moreland
- Aaron Skubby
- Tina Scott
- Marvetta Rutherford
Their work has been compiled this week by Doug Breehl-Pitorak, Anastasia 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.
Show notes:
Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:
- Participation in Cleveland’s mother support program down, Human, Health Services and the Arts Committee, Cleveland City Council, October 9, 2023
- Cleveland’s Brenda Glass Trauma Center set to get $500,000 grant, Cleveland City Council, October 9, 2023
- Residents ask for community investment, not another jail, Cuyahoga County Council, October 10, 2023
- Walk-up public comments at CMSD board meetings may end, Board meeting, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, October 10, 2023
Documenters coverage:
- Cleveland City Council Notes [1], Notes [2], and Live Tweets – October 9, 2023
- Cleveland City Council Human, Health Services and the Arts Committee Notes and Live Tweets, October 9, 2023
- Cuyahoga County Council Notes, October 10, 2023
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board Meeting Notes and Live Tweets, October 10, 2023
Signal Cleveland reporting:
- Issue 2 would legalize recreational marijuana- here’s what that means by Stephanie Casanova
- The Follow Up: What criteria does the mayor use in selecting candidates for appointment to the Cleveland school board? by Paul Rochford and Cleveland Documenters
- I have a felony conviction. Can I vote in Ohio? by Paul Rochford
- Issue 38: How residents would pitch People’s Budget ideas and vote for them by Anastazia Vanisko
- Issue 38: How much residents would have to spend and what the People’s Budget could pay for by Anastazia Vanisko
- Issue 38: Who would run a People’s Budget process? by Anastazia Vanisko
Other reporting:
- Northeast Ohio has a head start in spending millions of opioid settlement money (Crain’s Cleveland Business, July 17, 2023)
Legislation:
- CMSD legislation for Student records Project
- Legislation approving grant to Brenda Glass Trauma Center
- CMSD property tax advance
Recordings:
- Cleveland City Council – October 9, 2023
- Cleveland City Council Health, Human Services and the Arts Committee– October 9, 2023
- Cuyahoga County Council – October 10, 2023
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District – October 10, 2023
Other resources:
- HOW TO BECOME A CLEVELAND DOCUMENTER
- Cleveland City Council
- Brenda Glass Multipurpose Trauma Center
- Presentation on senior living development in Detroit-Shoreway
- MomsFirst
- Cuyahoga County Council
- Black Lives Matter Cleveland.
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District
- CMSD public comment proposed new rules
- CMSD public comment online registration form
- Student Records Project
- 2023 CMSD Board of Education member application
The Public Meetings Report is a weekly audio rundown of what happened in local government meetings here in Greater Cleveland – in five minutes or less! The show is based on the work of Cleveland Documenters – residents like you who are trained and paid to document these meetings for the public. Produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.