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Public Meetings Report for the week of March 3, 2025

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland City Council begins its 2025 city budget talks, hearing from Mayor Justin Bibb and leaders at many of the city’s departments, including Port Control, Community Development, and Cleveland Municipal Court. Learn more in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Bilal Hakeem 

• Christina Easter 

• Marvetta Rutherford

• Angela Rush

Their work has been compiled this week by Doug Breehl-Pitorak. 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:

Documenters coverage: 

• Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Cleveland City Council Notes [1], Notes [2], February 18, 2025
• Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Cleveland City Council Notes, February 20, 2025
• Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Cleveland City Council Notes, February 20, 2025 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Cleveland Clinic gifts city recreation centers with Pelotons; City Council wraps up budget hearings By Nick Castele
• How Cleveland’s budget process works By Cleveland Documenters 
• What costs more, policing or housing? Tell City Council how you would spend Cleveland’s 2025 budget By Dakotah Kennedy 
• Cleveland lead paint team tied up with application backlog By Nick Castele 
• Mayor Justin Bibb discusses potential federal cuts, Browns move in budget presentation to Cleveland City Council By Nick Castele 

Recordings: 

• Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Cleveland City Council, Part I, Part II, February 18, 2025
• Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Cleveland City Council, Part I, Part II, February 19, 2025
• Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Cleveland City Council, Part I, Part II, February 20, 2025
• Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Cleveland City Council, Part I, Part II, February 21, 2025

Other resources:

• CIRI