Public Meetings Report for the week of March 13, 2024

This week, Cleveland Documenters got a bit of a break from Cleveland City Council meetings. Much of council was in Washington, D.C., for the National League of Cities’ 2024 Congressional City Conference. But Documenters learned plenty from last week’s Cleveland City Council meetings. Including a Safety Committee meeting where council members discussed the effectiveness of ShotSpotter, curbing illegal trash dumping, and a program to offer free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to Cleveland residents. Get the details in 5 minutes in this week’s podcast!🎧📻👇🏿

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The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: 

  • Dan McLaughlin 
  • Carolyn Cooper 

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

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

Documenters coverage: 

  • Cleveland City Council Safety Committee Notes and Live-Tweets, March 6, 2024 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

Legislation:

  • Legislation for free smoke and carbon monoxide detector program 

Recordings: 

  • Safety Committee Recordings [1] and [2], Cleveland City Council, March 6, 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.

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