Public Meetings Report for the week of February 26, 2024
💰🏛️Cleveland Documenters covered all five days of Cleveland’s General Fund budget hearings for 2024, learning about council members’ frustrations with the Community Police Commission, changes to improve waste collection services, and what actually is a “TIF.” Plus, we hear from a few Cleveland residents on how they like to see the city’s money spent.👂🏿🎧📻👇🏿
Listen to this week’s Public Meetings Report here:
The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:
- Dan McLaughlin
- Alicia Moreland
- Prerna Agarwal
The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell, with help from Rachel Dissell and Dakotah Kennedy.
Show Notes:
Documenters’ General Fund budget hearings live-tweets:
- Day 1 (February 20, 2024): Morning Session @_prernaagarwal / Afternoon Session @CoffeeDocuments
- Day 2 (February 21, 2024): Morning Session @GenniferwithaG_ / Afternoon Session @DDutchCreative
- Day 3 (February 22, 2024): Morning Session: @dmcbillion
- Day 4 (February 23, 2024): Morning Session @CleDocuDenise / Afternoon Session @RobynHeard_
Signal Cleveland reporting:
- How Cleveland’s budget process works By Cleveland Documenters
- Signal Cleveland’s budget hearing blog
- Cleveland health department budget focus is on increasing salaries and retaining staff By Candice Wilder
- Cleveland City Council debates Community Police Commission budget ask By Dakota Kennedy
Recordings:
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 1, Part 1, February 20, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 1, Part 2, February 20, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 2, Part 1, February 21, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 2, Part 2, February 21, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 3, Part 1, February 22, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 3, Part 2, February 22, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 4, Part 1, February 23, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 4, Part 2, February 23, 2024
- City Budget Hearings, Cleveland City Council, Day 5, February 26, 2024
Other resources:
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.
