Public Meetings Report for the week of April 22, 2024

⛹🏿The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the playoffs again. Meanwhile, Cleveland Documenters aren’t playing any games at these local government meetings. Last week, they caught a Cleveland City Council meeting packed with info to share with you, including residents speaking out against plans to build a new school building at Cudell Park, Council’s 14 week summer break plan, and complaints about Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s hiring of his college roommate Phillip McHugh as public safety advisor. That and more in this week’s episode… in less than five minutes! Give a listen. 🎧📻👇🏿

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The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: 

  • Regina Samuels
  • Aaron Skubby

Their work has been compiled this week by Signal Cleveland’s Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell.

Show Notes:

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Other reporting: 

  • Judge clears way for CMSD to proceed with new school on Cudell park Ideastream.org

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.

Signal background

Audio Producer (she/her)
I create audio stories meant to engage and inform people in a way that pushes beyond media stereotypes. I aim to build trust between local media and the community, striving to teach people “how” to think about life in Cleveland, not “what” to think.

Managing Editor, Documenters (he/they)
I steward the Documenters community. That includes holding and maintaining space to raise up Documenters work and questions. It also includes creating easy on-ramps to civic life and deeper civic participation via the exchange of civic information, knowledge and skills.

Cleveland Documenters pays and trains people to cover public meetings where government officials discuss important issues and decide how to spend taxpayer money.