Public Meetings Report for the week of July 2, 2024

🎆 Happy Independence Day! The Cleveland Documenters team is taking a much needed break from local government meeting coverage this holiday week. But, Documenters have plenty to tell you about what happened in last week’s meetings. 

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Documenters learned about the “magic bubblers” the Cleveland Metroparks hopes will reduce bad bathroom smells. Also, Cuyahoga County Council passed 16 resolutions, including approval to pay for road repairs and homeless youth services. Learn more in this week’s episode.👂🏿📻🎧👇🏿

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

  • Lori Ingram
  • Emma Sedlak

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Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs: 

Documenters coverage: 

  • Cuyahoga County Council Live-Tweets, June 18, 2024
  • Cleveland Metroparks Board of Trustees Notes June 20, 2024

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

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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Audio Producer (she/her)
I create audio stories meant to engage and inform people in a way that pushes beyond media stereotypes. I aim to build trust between local media and the community, striving to teach people “how” to think about life in Cleveland, not “what” to think.

Documenters Program Director (he/they)
I steward the Documenters community. That includes holding and maintaining space to raise up Documenters work and questions. It also includes creating easy on-ramps to civic life and deeper civic participation via the exchange of civic information, knowledge and skills.

Cleveland Documenters pays and trains people to cover public meetings where government officials discuss important issues and decide how to spend taxpayer money.