A photo montage of Cleveland residents Sabrina Otis, Kareem Henton, Gregory Johnson, and Brent Eysenbach, and Cleveland Heights resident Kristen Fragassi, all of whom stepped up to the mic to make a public comment at Cleveland City Council recently.
Cleveland residents Sabrina Otis, Kareem Henton, Gregory Johnson, and Brent Eysenbach, and Cleveland Heights resident Kristen Fragassi all stepped up to the mic to make a public comment at Cleveland City Council recently. Credit: Cleveland City Council's YouTube

🏛️📢Cleveland City Council holds public meetings most Monday nights, where laws are passed, condolences and congratulations are given to notable members of the community, AND residents are given the opportunity to speak directly to council through public comment.

For this special edition of the Public Meetings Report, we highlight a few of the many public comments made at Cleveland City Council before they headed out on break. Comments ranged from gratitude to city staff to ideas to better use city-owned vacant lots to support for the city flag from the great-granddaughter of the “Betsy Ross of Cleveland.” Give a listen and hear what folks stepped up to the mic to say! 👂🏿🗣️

Note: Cleveland City Council is taking its annual summer break from regular Monday meetings. Council’s last regular meeting was on Monday, June 3. It’s next regular meeting will be held Monday, Sept. 9. Council will be accepting written public comments via its website all summer long.

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Show notes:

  • Cleveland City Council’s online form to sign up for public comment
  • Signal Cleveland’s Guide To Public Comment 
  • Public Comment CLE, the website where all public comments given at Cleveland City Council meetings are transcribed.
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