Public Meetings Report for the week of October 16, 2023

Last week, Documenters captured push back on purchasing Garfield Heights land for new county jail, a participation decrease in Cleveland’s MomsFirst program, up to $500,000 granted for upgrades to the Brenda Glass Trauma Center, and CMSD’s school board’s upcoming vote on new sign-up rules for public comments. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

Marcy Clark
Tim Zelina
Chanel Wiley
Janenell Smith
Alicia Moreland
Aaron Skubby
Tina Scott, and
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.

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
2023 CMSD Board of Education member application.

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