🎉2024 is well under way! But, we wanted to spend a little more time with 2023 and the resident voices we heard at Cleveland City Council. For this edition of the Public Meetings Report, we’ll continue our look back at highlights from the more than 200 public comments residents made at Cleveland City Council last year.
Some residents come to Cleveland City Council’s Monday night meeting to speak about issues that directly affect them and their communities. Others come as part of an organization they represent or work for. The residents in this week’s show came to speak about support for apprenticeship programs, bans on flavored tobacco products, long-term effects of gun violence, and council’s rules for public comment itself! Listen below 👂🏿📻🎧
Listen to this week’s Public Meetings Report here:
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:
- The Wrap Up: This year in public comment at Cleveland City Council by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell
- PubCommentCLE – transcripts of all public comments
- Sign-up form to give public comment on Cleveland City Council’s website.
- Signal Cleveland’s guide to public comment
Other Signal reporting:
- Many Cleveland City Council public comment rules on hold as lawsuit goes forward by Nick Castele
- Cleveland to demolish dilapidated building owned by Cuyahoga County Council president’s funeral home by Nick Castele
- FAFSA changes explained: What the revamped college financial aid form means for families and students by Amy Morona
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.
Suggested Reading
The Wrap Up: This year in public comment at Cleveland City Council
We’re looking back at some highlights of the 206 public comments residents have made at Cleveland City Council this year.