Public Meetings Report for the week of March 19, 2024

🌦️Spring has sprung here in Cleveland… sort of. While most of us have been hopefully squinting our eyes for glimpses of tree buds (and sunlight), Cleveland Documenters have kept their eyes closely focused on local government meetings. Last week, Documenters learned about a shortage of CMSD bus drivers, troubles with the Cleveland Community Police Commission’s community grants program, and an expansion at The Winery at Chateau Hough. Learn more in this week’s episode!🎧📻👇🏿

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The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: 

  • Barbara Phipps
  • Marvetta Rutherford
  • Nina Awal
  • Stesia Swain 
  • Lakeisha Smith
  • Christina Easter

Their work has been compiled this week by Signal Cleveland’s Dakotah Kennedy, Anastazia Vanisko, and Doug Breehl-Pitorak. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell.

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

Documenters coverage: 

  • Budgets and Grants Committee, Cleveland Community Police Commission Notes and Live-Tweets, March 11, 2024 
  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District Notes and Live-Tweets, March 12, 2024 
  • Cleveland Board of Control, Notes and Live-Tweets, March 13, 2024  

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

Recordings: 

Other resources: 

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The Public Meetings Report is a weekly audio rundown of what happened in local government meetings here in Greater Cleveland – in five minutes or less! The show is based on the work of Cleveland Documenters – residents like you who are trained and paid to document these meetings for the public. Produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

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Cleveland Documenters pays and trains people to cover public meetings where government officials discuss important issues and decide how to spend taxpayer money.