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Last week was packed! Documenters covered an update from the Consent Decree Monitoring Team and a discussion about affordable housing. They also captured a city decision to switch some electricity accounts away from FirstEnergy, just in time to avoid a steep rate increase this summer. Check out the details in this week’s episode… in less than five minutes! 

The Public Meetings Report podcast is produced by Signal Cleveland, Cleveland Documenters and WOVU 95.9 FM.

Hosted by Lawrence Caswell.

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

• Cleveland committee members discuss options for building more affordable housing 
• Cleveland City Council learns about city’s police monitor 
• Forgivable home-repair loans approved for Cleveland’s southeast side 
• Cleveland swaps electric providers head of FirstEnergy rate hike 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Cleveland prepping $15 million investment for Southeast Side (Signal Cleveland, May 2023)
• “Tales To Demystify: Not Welcome Here” comic series by John G 
• Cleveland to join new electric aggregator, but delays could cost FirstEnergy customers (Signal Cleveland, May 2023) 
• Live Tweet Thread, Electricity Aggregation Program Public Hearings
• Live Tweet Thread, Utilities Committee 
• Cleveland’s Board of Control Votes To Spend Taxpayer Money. What is it? (Signal Cleveland, November 2022)  

Legislation:

• Ordinance to allot $5 million to Habitat for Humanity 
• Ordinance to remove the former juvenile justice center’s landmark status 
• Ordinance to create a home repair and rehabilitation loan program for the Southeast Side.
• Ordinance to allot $5 million to develop commercial corridors on the Southeast Side
• Ordinance to approve $5 million to prepare vacant sites for development
• Ordinance approving $5 million to begin development on the Irishtown Bend Park
• Ordinance to allot $3 million to design the North Coast Connector along the lakefront
• Board of Control Meeting Agenda 
• Board of Control Electric Provider Swap Resolution 

Recordings: 

• Cleveland City Council Committee of the Whole meeting, May 31, 2023 
• Safety Committee meeting, May 31, 2023
• Development, Planning, and Sustainability Committee meeting, May 30, 2023 
• Cleveland Board of Control meeting, May 31, 2023

Other Info: 

• Cleveland City Council
• Cleveland Police Monitoring Team 
• 2015 federal consent decree. 
• The Cleveland Police Monitoring Team’s latest progress report
• Community Police Commission’s summary on the monitoring team’s latest report