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Public Meetings Report for the week of September 24, 2024

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Documenters hear about the city’s plans to sink more resources into opioid overdose preventions & new public comment rules for Cuyahoga County Council meetings. Get more details in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Alicia Moreland 

• Courtney Green

• Bilal Hakeem

• Ashley Lubecky

• Regina Samuels. 

Their work has been compiled this week by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell, Dakotah Kennedy, and Helen Maynard. 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: 

• Investment in Israel Bonds takes center stage again as Cuyahoga County Council finalizes public comment rules Cuyahoga County Council, September 10, 2024 
• Cleveland eyes new EMS response team to support overdose survivors Cleveland City Council, September 16, 2024 

• A catalyst for development or a blow to pedestrian safety: Ward 11 residents debate proposed gas station Cleveland City Council, September 16, 2024

Documenters coverage: 

• Cuyahoga County Council Notes and Live-Tweets, September 10, 2024 
• Safety Committee, Cleveland City Council Notes [1], Notes [2], September 11, 2024
• Cleveland City Council Live-Tweets, September 16, 2024  

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Why being homeless is a growing concern for more working-class Clevelanders By Olivera Perkins
• Should Cuyahoga County keep its money in Israel? Residents debate for nearly four hours at county meeting By Dakotah Kennedy and Cleveland Documenters 

Legislation:

• Legislation for zoning changes at proposed gas station site (Ordinance No. 791-2024)
• Legislation for reimbursement for solar eclipse event security (Ordinance No. 806-2024) 
• Legislation approving funding for Law Enforcement Diversion Program (Ordinance No. 807-2024)

Recordings: 

Cuyahoga County Council, September 10, 2024

Cleveland City Council, September 16, 2024

Other resources:

• Cleveland city council could override planning commission to allow gas station on Madison - Axios Cleveland, August 21, 2024  
• U.S. Census Data for Cleveland wards 
  Ohio holds about $262M in Israel bonds, state says - Spectrum1 News, April 24, 2024