2026-10-13 - Workforce, Education, Training and Youth Development Committee

13:26Good afternoon everybody and if you went public, today is Tuesday, October 13th at 1.30pm.

13:35We would like to call the Workforce, Education, Training and Youth Development Committee to

13:39order.

13:41Madam Clerk, can you call the roll?

13:43Here.

13:52All right, we have three pieces of legislation I would like for us to go through.

13:56We will start with, let's do with Order Number 745, which is by, okay.

14:11Order Number 745, 2026 by Council Members Palenzik, Starr, and Griffin by Departmental

14:17Requests and Emergency Ordinance to Amend Section 135.47 of the Codified Ordinance of

14:24Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as amended by Order Number 879, 2019, passed August 21st, 2019,

14:35relating to an Emergency Medical Clinical Agreement.

14:39All right, Commissioner.

14:41Good afternoon, how you doing?

14:49Wonderful.

14:51How about you?

14:52Good, good.

14:53Could you introduce yourself for the viewing public as well as my colleagues?

14:55Commissioner Orlando Wheeler, Cleveland EMS.

14:58All right, with this Ordinance Number 745, can you speak to this Ordinance and what

15:04is actually happening around these changes?

15:06So this change would give us the ability to partner with Premier EMS Training Academy.

15:15They'll be able to ride with us.

15:18We'd be able to train with them in hopes of possibly starting an in-house paramedic

15:25program for our EMTs and to further train new employees.

15:34So this is an opportunity to do some in-house training for new employees around EMS?

15:39That's correct.

15:41And to have the opportunity for their students at Premier to ride and train with Cleveland

15:49EMS.

15:50All right, and I believe we heard this in Safety Committee earlier this year in August,

15:56which is something that was important.

15:58Is there anything that the committee need to know other than what you have outlined

16:01on how this give an opportunity to start the Educational Institution Nonprofit Organization's

16:07Career Vocational Center that could be in-house within the City of Cleveland?

16:12No.

16:14Any questions from the committee?

16:19Councilwoman Nikki Utzer.

16:21Thank you, Mr. Chair.

16:22Through the Chair to the Commissioner, if this were not to be passed, what effect would

16:31this have on the vision of EMS?

16:34Through the Chair to Councilwoman Hudson, the impact would be out-of-pocket expense

16:43initially for some of our EMTs, but they'll be reimbursed through the ordinance that

16:51was passed last year for up to $5,000, but this would take most of the out-of-pocket

16:58expense away from the employee and put the ordinance on the division.

17:07Okay, and through the Chair, are some of these individuals participating in this program

17:13right now?

17:14Like they're already doing ride-alongs?

17:17Through the Chair to Councilwoman, no, no one's doing any ride-alongs at this time because

17:23we don't have the agreement in place.

17:25Okay, okay.

17:26I understand.

17:27But we do have agreements with other institutions such as Tri-C and with various other outside

17:38NAD's Department of Justice, well, Department of War, and FBI, so we do have agreements

17:52with other NAD's to ride with the City of Cleveland, EMS.

17:57And then through the Chair, this ordinance is needed, this update in order to expand

18:04the pool of candidates for EMS?

18:06Through the Chair to Councilwoman, it would not only expand the pool of candidates, but

18:13it would give exposure to these individuals within the training facility to ride with

18:22EMS and get maybe a glimpse of what we have to offer for possible future employment and

18:30other opportunities.

18:31Okay, thank you.

18:33And so the point is to make sure that EMS, Cleveland EMS, has, you know, a pipeline

18:45into employment?

18:46Through the Chair to Councilwoman, not only will it give us a pipeline possibly, but

18:54it also highlights the experience and everything that Cleveland EMS brings to the table for

19:02the community.

19:03Okay, thank you.

19:05And then through the Chair, can you just mention a few of the things that makes Cleveland

19:09EMS different than other cities EMS that the individuals do the ride along might be

19:14exposed to?

19:15Through the Chair to Councilwoman, Cleveland EMS, we provide whole blood, which we started

19:22last year, and we have done over a hundred transfusions for trauma-related patients with

19:34an increase in survivability by 71%, which is well above what most of the region does.

19:45And we also have ventilators, automated ventilators, which provide respiratory support for those

19:54individuals in respiratory distress or cardiac arrest, so on and so forth.

20:00And Cleveland EMS, we also provide some of the best training in the region when it comes

20:07to CPR, stop the bleed, first aid, AED training.

20:12So this gives these individuals to see what Cleveland EMS is made of and to give them

20:21some pride in wanting to come and work Cleveland EMS.

20:27Okay, that's all.

20:29Thank you, Commissioner.

20:30All right.

20:31Thank you, Councilwoman Nikki Ellison, Councilman Tanner Shaw.

20:33Thank you, Chair.

20:35Good afternoon, Commissioner.

20:36Appreciate your time being here.

20:40I'm not on safety, so I'm just trying to understand.

20:43So through the Chair, what I'm getting is we are building a pipeline of training people

20:51in-house, and this agreement, or this legislation would allow you to contract or enter into

20:58an agreement with a third-party training nonprofit.

21:01Is that correct?

21:03Through the Chair to Councilman, not only will it build a pipeline of individuals that

21:13would possibly train at Cleveland EMS, but it would give our employees, well, it would

21:20give us the division the opportunity to possibly enter into a paramedic training program that

21:29we could have in-house to offset some of the expenditures that employees currently face.

21:37That's great.

21:38I wish the, I want the administration to do more of this, where we are actually bringing

21:44more things in-house rather than privatizing and contracting for things outside of the

21:50city.

21:51So I'm definitely supportive.

21:52I wanted to just, the final thing I wanted to understand on the various area hospitals,

21:57does that also include the Cleveland Clinic?

22:00Through the Chair to the Councilman, we actually work with all three hospital systems, Cleveland

22:08Clinic, University, and Metro Health.

22:12So we have some sort of training agreement with each hospital system currently, and this

22:19would just give us another pool of, we don't, I can't say we train or that they have a

22:30paramedic program or whatever, because Cleveland EMS, we're accredited to run our own EMT program,

22:38but we're not accredited for a paramedic program.

22:42We do have paramedic instructors within the division who would work with this private

22:50entity to provide training for our in-house employees if we were to enter into an agreement

22:57with them.

22:59With the clinic?

23:00Well, no, with the Premier EMS Training Academy.

23:09I see.

23:11So with Cleveland Clinic, we do have dual events that we function with Cleveland Clinic.

23:19Like every year we do a CPR event at Guardian Stadium, and we do probably 500 to 1,000 CPR

23:32demonstrations every year, usually right around the beginning of the Guardian season.

23:38So we provide that with Cleveland Clinic in conjunction with Cleveland Clinic, and

23:47it's been a success for the past couple years.

23:50One of my things when I became Commissioner was to make sure that Cleveland EMS established

23:58themselves as a premier pre-hospital care provider within not only the City of Cleveland,

24:08but Cuyahoga County, to show what the dedicated employees bring to the table.

24:16What we bring to the table is experience and compassion, and I want everyone to see

24:25the experience and compassion that Cleveland EMS brings to the table.

24:31That's great.

24:32I appreciate it.

24:33Yeah, that's helpful context.

24:37My primary rationale was just the clinic has been taking a couple of different steps

24:43that I don't think have been really helpful for the community or the city overall, and

24:48I wanted to understand just how we were interacting, at least in terms of EMS, especially with

24:53their new emergency department that they're trying to open up, but I have other things

25:01that I'm worried about with the clinic, but I'm glad at least they are collaborating with

25:06EMS.

25:07So with that, that's all I had.

25:09Thank you, Chair.

25:11Thank you, Councilman Shaw.

25:12With your questions, anyone else from the committee?

25:15Then there's no other questions.

25:17Ordinance number 745, 2026 stands approved.

25:21Please sign it.

25:26Thank you, Commissioner.

25:27Appreciate you.

25:30Next, a couple of pieces from the Department of Parks and Recreation, so director, starting

25:36with ordinance number 748, 2026 by Councilmembers Bishop Starr and Griffin by departmental

25:46requests and emergency ordinance authorizing the director of park and recreation to enter

25:52into one or more contracts with Ohio City Incorporated to provide a variety of family

25:59and youth programming activities.

26:01Director?

26:03Good afternoon, Chairman.

26:05Thank you for having us here.

26:07I'm here today with Carrie LaPalma with Ohio City Inc.'s program, which is called Near

26:13West Recreation.

26:15Ohio City Inc.'s Near West Recreation program provides youth and families with accessible,

26:21affordable recreational activities, and it helps build community and community experiences

26:27throughout the Near West Side.

26:30For their recent fiscal year, their program served over 1,500 youth.

26:34I had over 200 volunteer coaches and provided a variety of different sports and activities.

26:41A lot of their outdoor sports take place on city property, and we're happy to partner

26:46with them on programs.

26:49Over the last couple of years, the city has been financially supporting Near West Recreation,

26:55and the request today of this committee is to continue that existing support.

27:01And I appreciate your time, and Carrie LaPalma will help answer any questions you may have.

27:07Thank you.

27:08Thank you.

27:09So from this couple question I will have to ask, with this $100,000, is this coming

27:15from general fund operating dollars?

27:18To the chair, that is correct.

27:19This would come from general fund dollars.

27:22And then through the scope of this, as I look at it, is it because due to the area

27:26that Ohio City has, as far as not having many recreational centers in there, this

27:31is a way to make sure we provide social rec as well as gaming and sports for those areas

27:39in Ohio City?

27:40Is this the reason why we have this agreement in place through the chair?

27:45This is initially through Councilman Cormack because he didn't have a rec center in his

27:50ward at the time.

27:52And I just wanted to note, we serve Ohio City, but we also serve all the Near West

27:55Side neighborhoods.

27:56So eight neighborhoods, it just goes through the Ohio City Incorporated nonprofit.

27:59Look at that.

28:00For the first time in a while time, I heard something positive by our former colleague,

28:06Carrie McCormick.

28:07Congratulations on the new job that you have as well.

28:09I've seen that too.

28:10I know he may be listening in in the near future, but this is, I am a sports rec maybe

28:17as always.

28:18I think this is a great opportunity on the program that you are operating.

28:21Like you mentioned, over 1,100, 1,500 participant on track.

28:26Obviously, this is work from 2025 to June of this end of this year.

28:32And now we're getting ready to possibly enter into a new cycle with these same dollars.

28:37I do like the program and I definitely know that my colleagues who are on the far west

28:42side can be able to ask some questions.

28:43So I'll turn it over to the members of the committee.

28:46Any questions?

28:48Thank you.

28:49Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

28:50I was coming in through security behind you and you look familiar and I couldn't place

28:55it.

28:56And so it was because my son played baseball for near west rack and my husband was a volunteer

29:01coach.

29:02Wow.

29:03So thank you for what you do.

29:05We practiced at Roberto Clemente Park in Ward 14 and our games were at Brookside Reservation,

29:11which is now in Ward 11.

29:14Very supportive of this program and thank you for what you do.

29:20Thank you.

29:22Councilman Chris Harsh.

29:23Thank you, Mr. Chair.

29:25I can't let near west ever come to the table without singing their praises.

29:31To the geography question, I know lots of kids down in old Brooklyn participate in near

29:35west.

29:36I know that my son plays baseball with near west because his buddy out in west park plays

29:40baseball at near west.

29:42And because CMSD isn't a neighborhood school anymore, kids go to school all over the city

29:46and kids form relationships with people from all over the city.

29:48Near west really does provide a meeting ground for kids all over primarily the west side

29:53but also the east side to get together and have fun.

29:57My wife was a basketball coach and all she knew about basketball was that there should

30:01be five people on the floor.

30:02So she pretty much learned how to play basketball while helping to coach up some toddlers.

30:06It was pretty cute.

30:08And lots of fun and I tell this story because I think it just sort of emphasizes the inclusive

30:14nature of near west.

30:16We were at Kentucky Park, across from Kentucky school, Fairview Park, which isn't in Fairview,

30:22yeah.

30:23Anyway, we were at Fairview Park playing baseball just this spring and an old guy in the neighborhood

30:28came up with his grandkid and said, hey, can she play?

30:31And the coach just found a hat and put it on her head and was like, yeah, come on, you're

30:33on the team.

30:34And just like walk on just like that day, like no questions asked.

30:38And it is wonderful.

30:39They don't turn any children away for any reasons.

30:42It's a great community asset and a reason a lot of families, you know, find community

30:46in Cleveland is because folks like Carrie here do incredible work.

30:50I'm sorry, Miss Palma, do incredible work to make that environment.

30:55Lastly, I want to let you know that we have some new pickleball courts in old Brooklyn.

30:57You're welcome to use them.

30:58They're at Archmere Park and if you want to use them, they're down there waiting for

31:02you.

31:03So that's all I had, Mr. Chairman.

31:04Thank you.

31:05Thank you, Councilman Harsh.

31:06Councilman Shaw.

31:07Thank you, Chair.

31:09I appreciate your time this afternoon, the only question I had was regarding the family

31:16yoga programming.

31:18I saw that I was looking over the numbers for all the other programs and, you know,

31:22they look good.

31:23I was just curious as to kind of, I see you're still planning on offering that next year.

31:26What was the plan to increase participation because it looked a little lower than the

31:31other ones.

31:32But I just wanted to kind of hear your thought process on how to improve that as someone

31:37is encouraging of having more people be involved in mindfulness and meditation.

31:44We're doing our next series in a few weeks.

31:48So every time we do a new program, so family yoga, we've done it, this will be our second

31:53full year doing it.

31:54We kind of evaluate after, is it timing, is it location?

31:58This year we actually broke up the age groups a little more because it was a widespread

32:03of like four to ten-year-olds and ten-year-olds and four-year-olds don't always mix.

32:07So we've kind of done younger families, older families.

32:11How we generally market is obviously we have our registration list with all our families.

32:16We send it out that way.

32:17We have a newsletter.

32:18We do socials and then we try to fly as much to our schools in the area.

32:22So sometimes some programs work and people want it and sometimes they don't and we just

32:26kind of evaluate.

32:27I survey probably every two-ish years to see what kind of the interests are of our

32:32families.

32:35Last year we kind of found out that day camps and summer camps were a big thing.

32:39So we kind of up, done a week of camp and we just recently did our first day camp this

32:44past Friday when school was out because you know family's got to find a childcare somehow.

32:49So always evaluating our programs after every sport too.

32:53Do we need to adjust age groups and stuff like that?

32:55But yeah, sometimes programs are great and sometimes they're not.

33:00But yeah, family yoga is when we're growing and hopefully we work with a yoga coach who's

33:07really good with kids and I'm excited to keep that one growing because it is a need

33:10for young kids and families how to deal with emotions.

33:14Wonderful.

33:15Thank you.

33:18That's all I have.

33:19Thank you Chair.

33:20Thank you Councilman Shaw.

33:21Seeing there's no other questions.

33:22Order is number 748-2026.

33:26Stands approved.

33:27Council members of the committee please sign on.

33:32Thank you.

33:36Oh, thanks.

33:37Order is number 911-2026 by council members Bishop Shaw.

33:44I've been Bishop Starr Griffin by the departmental request and emergency ordinance authorizing

33:50the director of parks and recreation to apply for and accept a grant from Cleveland Guardians

33:55Charities for the baseball and softball summer program.

33:59Now director, before you speak about this, I could give some, I could give some historic

34:04contact from this.

34:07Just for the viewing public as well as my members of the colleagues of this committee,

34:13this is a grant and opportunity for a city to accept dollars from the Cleveland Guardians

34:19Charities.

34:20For those who have not noticed from early 2000s, then was the Indians but the Guardians

34:26and the Dolan family have made it a priority to offer baseball as well as softball in

34:34Northeast Ohio by covering dollars that is needed to ensure that kids in the inner city

34:40is actually participating in these programs and this is something that we've done routinely

34:45to ensure that baseball and softball is taking place in our neighborhoods.

34:49So with the partnerships of the park and recreation as well as Cleveland Guardians

34:55Charities, this is an opportunity for us to continue to extend that program and work

34:59together and this is something that we do routine, but I will pass it over to the director

35:03on the case I've missed anything as well.

35:07To the chair, thank you.

35:08I really appreciate you having me here today and that magnificent summary.

35:12I don't have a whole lot to add other than that this grant does not require a city match,

35:19so it is an award to the city.

35:21We don't have to pay anything.

35:24We use this funding to cover costs of equipment, uniforms, umpire services, so we have a lot

35:32of autonomy as long as it's supporting baseball and softball.

35:36City has a variety of different athletic fields, so we don't tend to have field fees, certainly

35:41something that could come up, but this has been an annual grant the city's received

35:47for many, many years and we are just requesting council support so that we can continue receiving

35:52the funding to support youth development as it relates to softball and baseball participation.

35:59Thank you.

36:00I see that a good colleague or friend of mine, Mr. Collins, Rafael Collins is still

36:05doing the director of community impact and then Bob isn't running all the Cleveland

36:10Garden charities.

36:11One of the things is very big for me.

36:14What I would definitely just mention director if for me ask of me, I know that during MLB

36:20All Star Weekend, I think it was 2019, I know we were able to be fortunate to receive

36:26some fields dedicated to the city of Cleveland for us to have baseball.

36:32I just wanted to try to possibly find out how often are we utilizing those fields.

36:37I know we're getting baseball started and I know for instance, we do have a new field

36:42at Delma George, just trying to see how often do the kids from the city of Cleveland participate

36:48on the field on that baseball diamond and actually play their games.

36:51I would love to see some championship games or some active games from our kids on there.

36:57I know I've rolled by a few times and it wasn't open or it probably was nothing going

37:02on that actual particular day, but I just try to figure out how often are we actually

37:08utilizing that brand new standard of art on baseball diamond field up at Delma George

37:12to make sure our kids in the city is actually participating.

37:16If you can look into that and work out, obviously working with the commissioner, he does a great

37:21job to do those due diligence, but that's just my only question that I ask, but I open

37:26it up to members of the committee, Councilman Joe Jones.

37:39Okay.

37:40Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

37:42On this particular piece here, this is a grant from the Indians, the Guardians.

37:47I still think I'm a guardian.

37:51Guardians, Indians, baseball.

37:54So the question is, this is a grant for 80,000 and how is that broken up?

38:00Is it broken up to the various different baseball organizations or it just goes to one, to the

38:06division of recreation?

38:07Through the chair, to the councilman, that's a great question.

38:11This is a grant up to $80,000 and it's based upon participation in our softball and baseball

38:17activities.

38:18This money does go to the city directly.

38:20It does not get filtered out to other organizations.

38:24My understanding is that the Guardians also support some other baseball organizations

38:28within the city that are providing youth baseball and softball activities.

38:34So what do we actually do with the money?

38:37So through the chair to the councilman, we spend this money primarily on uniforms, equipment,

38:45if we need new bases, and then also on umpire services.

38:48So it is a direct impact on the cost to the city for offering baseball and softball.

38:54And then like, so I don't know, we have a league in my neighborhood.

39:00Does the city work with that particular league?

39:05Through the chair to the councilman, I believe the league you're referencing is B-Buzz?

39:12Yes.

39:13And I believe B-Buzz does also receive some direct support from the Guardians.

39:19They do?

39:20They do.

39:21If I wanted to, say for example, if I wanted to give you money, you can give it to that

39:26organization or do a little extra special stuff for them in my neighborhood, funds

39:31or resources I might want to give to you to go straight to them.

39:36So through the chair to the councilman, the funding we receive from the Guardians goes

39:40directly to the city, and any funding from the Guardians not to the city goes directly

39:46to these other organizations?

39:47No, it would be funds that I would give to you for the same purpose.

39:51Oh, okay, sure.

39:53Through the chair to the councilman, yes, councilmanic funds fall into a couple of

39:57different parts.

39:58And I believe that there have been some councilmanic funds that have supported B-Buzz in the past.

40:04I think it was relating to facility maintenance.

40:09But we could certainly work on that too.

40:10Appreciate it.

40:12I would love that.

40:13No further questions, Mr. Chairman.

40:14I have no, I will, anyone who wants to give the city of Cleveland money, I'm all for it.

40:21And thank you, director, for doing such a great job.

40:24Yes.

40:25And before I call on Councilmember Shaw, from that conversation that Councilman Jones has

40:31brought up regarding allocating some funds to B-Buzz baseball program and getting those

40:38dollars to a director, can you elaborate just so Councilman Jones can be able to know what's

40:43the next direction he needs to go in order to get those dollars transferred to parking

40:48recreation, how should he proceed on doing so, so he can be able to support a great baseball

40:54program that's running in this ward?

40:55Yes.

40:57Through the chair to the councilman.

40:58So I'm still kind of working on the nuances of how it works to accept councilmanic funds.

41:04Right now, the way it tends to work is that there is a program identification form that's

41:11completed through council and the administrative staff.

41:16We review that document and then we say is this something that is tangible, something

41:21feasible that we feel we can achieve a goal?

41:26And then if so, we look at the financials and then once everything makes sense, then

41:32we work in order to have those council funds approved through council and then we spend

41:39the money and then we get those funds reimbursed.

41:42So it depends on if it is neighborhood equity fund dollars or if it's casino dollars, but

41:48we definitely are grateful for the support that we get from our council members.

41:54Yep.

41:55And then from that standpoint, so I'm familiar with the program as well with Virgil Pittman

42:00and all of them and the work that they do and I know they do get some type of support

42:04from different donors, foundations to be able to help.

42:10And I love to work with you offline and be able to support you on this initiative to

42:13get these dollars over there to the program so we can be as supportive and I would like

42:18to allocate some dollars too to help support that program.

42:21So I will work with you offline to work with the director as well as the commissioner to

42:25see what we need to line as well as our discretionary funds manager to be able to get possibly

42:30a PIF or get some transfer dollars over to do this.

42:33So let's work on this sometime this week so we can get that started for the spring.

42:36I appreciate that.

42:37Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

42:38And thank you, Director.

42:39Thank you.

42:40Thank you.

42:41Councilor Shaw.

42:43I'll make it quick.

42:44I appreciate it, Chairman.

42:45Thank you for your time.

42:46I just, you know, I think great the guardians want to help our kids and improve some of

42:56our facilities.

42:57Obviously, welcome.

42:59I just want to point out that the guardians are eminently about to have a switch in their

43:07transition.

43:08They're transitioning their ownership soon, either after this year or next year.

43:13The new owner is going to be David Blitzer, who has a net worth of $3.6 billion.

43:19And it's, you know, we just see more of this being transit.

43:23It's a private equity owner, Mr. Blitzer.

43:27We want you to pay your fair taxes instead of dodging them.

43:30That would provide help for the city of Cleveland a lot more than anything else you can do

43:35for the kids.

43:36But we appreciate this.

43:37That's all.

43:38Thank you, Chair.

43:39Thank you.

43:40And from that standpoint, Councilman Shaw, obviously, with the transition of new ownership,

43:43new ideas, new thoughts, but also us being able to get ahead of it, to meet with the

43:48new ownership and also talk about some of the things that we like with our sports team

43:52of on the guardians.

43:53So I definitely look forward to setting up an opportunity to have that conversation.

43:58Seeing that there's any no more questions, ordinance number 911-2026, that's approved.

44:04Please sign off.

44:07Thank you.

44:08I appreciate your time.

44:08Thank you, Director.

44:16No problem.

44:17Well, as of, well, just for council members, we did already.

44:23We did do something for everybody else, the personnel at the clinic, we probably needed

44:32a man in 911.

44:33Director?

44:35Oh, this is Deb Rector.

44:36Oh, this is 911.

44:38Yeah, 911 is the one that needs to make an amendment.

44:41Okay.

44:43Can we make an amendment?

44:45I want to make an amendment.

44:46All right.

44:48Because we didn't.

44:49Did we call this an order?

44:509/11.

44:519/11.

44:52I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman.

44:53Committee.

44:54I wanted to move.

44:55Excuse me.

44:56Committee.

44:57Committee.

44:58Sorry.

44:59Members of the committee.

45:00This was for this legislation that we heard.

45:01We have an amendment on the floor.

45:12We have a second.

45:13Any discussion about this actual amendment?

45:14Yes.

45:15Councilwoman Armstrong.

45:16This has just been a standard that council has been putting into.

45:20Legislation to ensure that we are getting updates when we are sending grants out.

45:41Thank you.

45:46Seeing no further questions.

45:47Chairman, I think it's also worth noting the reason that council has decided to make this

45:53sort of boilerplate language is that the board of controls is the only actual behind

45:57closed doors decision making that takes place in the city of Cleveland.

46:00So while city council has all of our meetings in public on TV and everybody's welcome to

46:05come down here and hear what we're talking about, the board of controls makes their decisions

46:08on the other side of the hall.

46:09So we have been including language to require them to notify us about the decisions that

46:13are made so that we are not left in the dark.

46:19Thank you.

46:24Madam Clerk, can you call?

46:28Yes.

46:30Yes.

46:39All right.

46:40Can you also please mark councilwoman Gray as an excuse absence?

46:43Now, other than that, members of the committee.

46:49If you can, I know we're starting to wrap up this fall.

46:52If you can't set over some goals or some things you want to look into for my committee, just

46:56email them over to me so we can be able to align some of the things that you would like

47:00to see as far as to do as a committee or talk offline.

47:03We can definitely do that.

47:05This Oh, please, please approve ordinance number 9/11/2026 as amended by councilmember

47:23Bishop Starr and Griffin by departmental requests.

47:26All right.

47:35This committee is adjourned.