Public Meetings Report for the week of February 21, 2024 

💰Before diving into the city’s budget (the hearings are going on now), Documenters were busy learning about other government happenings. Last week, they detailed hold-ups with the Community Police Commission’s grants program, a call for Cleveland City Council to engage more with police oversight agencies, and plans for CMSD budget cuts.👂🏿🎧📻🏛️👇🏿

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The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

  • Tucker Handley
  • Ayanna Rose Banks
  • Carolyn Cooper
  • Prerna Agarwal
  • Chardon Black
  • Barbara Phipps

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

Documenters coverage: 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

Legislation:

  • Legislation approving plans for International Food Solutions 

Recordings: 

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.

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