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Public Meetings Report for the week of May 20, 2024 🏫 The school year is almost over and the days are heating up. Meanwhile the Cleveland Police Department is preparing for the annual rise in Cleveland summer violence . Cleveland's young people also have neighborhood violence on their minds. In this week’s Public Meetings Report , Cleveland Documenters listened in as Cleveland kids stepped up...

Public Meetings Report for the week of May 13, 2024 👩🏿‍🌾🌱 It is officially garden season in Cleveland. While many of us have been weeding and making room in our garden beds, the city of Cleveland has been making room for a different kind of weed. 🥦 In this week’s Public Meetings Report , we hear about changes to Cleveland zoning laws that would allow recreational cannabis dispensaries through...

The Five O’Clock Lounge in Lakewood hosts over 50 ‘Zombies’ for Greater Cleveland Food Bank Benefit The walking dead of all ages left their graves for the 19th Annual ‘Zombie Walk’ from the Five O’Clock Lounge and down the Lakewood side of W. 117th St. on Saturday, April 27. The price of admission included canned goods to benefit the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. Signal Cleveland sent Audio Produce...

Public Meetings Report for the week of May 6, 2024. As the Cleveland Cavaliers learn what it’s like to make it to the second round of the NBA playoffs again, Cleveland Documenters keep learning how to make local government more accessible for you. Among other things, at last week’s Cleveland City Council Utilities Committee meeting they learned about proposed i ncreases to Cleveland water and sewe...

Public Meetings Report for the week of April 30, 2024 Residents of Cleveland and nearby suburbs come to Cleveland City Council’s Monday night regular meetings to make a public comment on an issue that affects them most: from pedestrian safety and police reform, to housing barriers and communities feeling left out of neighborhood development plans.  In this week’s Public Meetings Report, we highlig...

Nearly half a million children go missing in the United States every year, a fear that looms in many parents’ heads. On June 17, 2023, this fear came true for the family of 16-year-old Cleveland resident Keshaun Williams. William's mother, Sherice Snowden, sat down with Cleveland Documenter Marvetta Rutherford to talk about the process of looking for a missing child.

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 we...

Spring has officially spring here in Cleveland. While many of us were looking for the extra strength Claritin , Documenters were busy making local government meetings clearer. Last week, they learned about Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans for three new school-based health clinics and for streamlining English language arts curricula across schools. Plus, Second New Hope Baptist Church i...

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Public Meetings Report for the week of April 1, 2024 🌙🌑☀️The moon may have blotted out the sun for a bit this week. But, Cleveland Documenters kept the sunlight on local government meetings. This week, Documenters learned about GCRTRA getting rid of its smelly train seat fabric, Lee-Harvard residents asking for more input on their neighborhood master plan, and Cleveland City Council has question...

Public Meetings Report for the week of April 1, 2024 It was a busy night for Documenters at Cleveland City Council’s meeting Monday night, March 25th. Council members introduced legislation to approve two new pilot programs aimed at tackling poverty and homelessness , listened to residents’ concerns on public safety , and passed a resolution to support a ceasefire in Gaza . Plus, Signal Cleveland...

Public Meetings Report for the week of March 25, 2024 As Clevelanders prepare for an onslaught of eclipse watchers, Documenters were steadily watching local government meetings. Among the things they caught: Cleveland City Council approving the 2024 General Fund Budget, Cleveland Metropolitan School District contemplates moving to a single calendar, and Samaria Rice and other Cudell residents voic...

Public Meetings Report for the week of March 19, 2024 Spring has sprung here in Cleveland… sort of. While most of us have been hopefully squinting our eyes for glimpses of tree buds (and sunlight), Cleveland Documenters have kept their eyes closely focused on local government meetings. Last week, Documenters learned about a shortage of CMSD bus drivers , troubles with the Cleveland Community Polic...

Public Meetings Report for the week of March 13, 2024 This week, Cleveland Documenters got a bit of a break from Cleveland City Council meetings. Much of council was in Washington D.C. for the National League of Cities’ 2024 Congressional City Conference . But, Documenters learned plenty from last week’s Cleveland City Council meetings. Including a Safety Committee meeting where council members di...

Many residents of Cleveland and nearby suburbs come to Cleveland City Council meetings to make a public comment on an issue that affects them most: from housing and neighborhood nuisance concerns, to those affected by violence and conflict in the Middle East.  In this podcast episode , we highlight four local commenters who stepped up to the mic at Cleveland City Hall and shared their thoughts wit...

Public Meetings Report for the week of March 4, 2024 The 2024 General Fund budget hearings, where Cleveland City Council members discussed how the city should spend about $778 million of public money, came and went in the blink of an eye – at least compared to recent years. Cleveland Documenters and Signal Staff followed along for all 30-odd hours of budget hearings. From a tree maintenance backlo...

Public Meetings Report for the week of February 26, 2024 Cleveland Documenters covered all five days of the City of Cleveland and Cleveland City Council budget hearings for 2024, learning about council members’ frustrations with the Community Police Commission, changes to improve waste collection services, and what actually is a “TIF.” Plus, we talk with a few Cleveland residents about how they li...

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. The Documenters...

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. Show Notes: Signal Cleveland meeting briefs: Cleveland City Co...

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 e...

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...

Documenters returne d 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 G lenville . Check out the highlights in...

🎉 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...

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 or...

🎉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’ hom e 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...