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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 Council member voices support for Gaza ceasefire resolution Cleveland City Council, January 29, 2024
• Application opens for paid summer jobs for Cuyahoga County teens; officials talk barriers to eligibility Workforce, Education, Training and Youth Development Committee, Cleveland City Council, January 30, 2024 
• Cleveland Board of Control approves $10.7 million for fire hydrants Cleveland Board of Control, January 31, 2024

Documenters coverage: 

• Cleveland City Council Notes and Live-Tweets, January 29, 2024 
• Workforce, Education, Training and Youth Development Committee, Cleveland City Council Notes, January 30, 2024  
• Cleveland Board of Control Live-Tweets, January 31, 2024  

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Cleveland’s Board of Control votes to spend taxpayer money. What is it? (Explainer) By Abbey Marshall  
• Cleveland City Council bans ‘frivolous or repetitive’ public comments in new rules By Nick Castele 
• What’s in Cleveland’s new ‘Residents First’ housing codes By Nick Castele 
• Huntington Bank withdraws application to close Buckeye Road branch By Olivera Perkins

Recordings: 

• Cleveland City Council, January 29, 2024
• Workforce, Education, Training and Youth Development Committee, Cleveland City Council, January 30, 2024 
• Cleveland Board of Control, January 31, 2024

Other resources: 

• HOW TO BECOME A CLEVELAND DOCUMENTER
• Cleveland City Council
• Eligibility requirements for YOU summer work program  
• YOU 2024 program presentation
• YOU summer work program application 
• Coolest Cuts Beauty and Barber Studios 
• City of Cleveland Land Bank side yard expansion program
• The Land’s article on Coolest Cuts 
• Blaine Griffin’s statement on a Gaza ceasefire resolution
• What is a resolution?  
• Protocol for disruption of City Council meetings