Public Meetings Report for the week of May 6, 2024

🏀As the Cleveland Cavaliers learn what it’s like to make it to the second round of the NBA playoffs again, Cleveland Documenters keep learning how to make local government  more accessible for you.

Among other things, at last week’s Cleveland City Council Utilities Committee meeting they learned about proposed increases to Cleveland water and sewer rates, a lease renewal for a Collinwood Cleveland Public Power facility,  and that the Cleveland Department of Public Utilities is “significantly behind” on replacing sewer pipes. Get the details in 5 minutes on this week’s Public Meetings Report podcast🎧📻👇🏿

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: Alfreda Williams and Alicia Moreland.

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Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

Documenters coverage: 

  • Cleveland City Council Utilities Committee Notes and Live-Tweets, May 2, 2024 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

Legislation:

  • Legislation approving SOPEC contract renewal (Ordinance No. 386-2024) 

Recordings: 

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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.

Signal background

Audio Producer (she/her)
I create audio stories meant to engage and inform people in a way that pushes beyond media stereotypes. I aim to build trust between local media and the community, striving to teach people “how” to think about life in Cleveland, not “what” to think.

Documenters Program Director (he/they)
I steward the Documenters community. That includes holding and maintaining space to raise up Documenters work and questions. It also includes creating easy on-ramps to civic life and deeper civic participation via the exchange of civic information, knowledge and skills.

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