2026-10-19 - City Council

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12:21>> All right, we should be ready to go,

12:22right?

12:24I thought we got nine. We got nine,

12:27don't we?

12:29We need 10.

12:36>> We need one more.

12:41Why do we need I thought nine was corn.

13:08If all council members could come to the

13:09well, we need to get started. All

13:12council members, if you could come to

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13:20All right, that should be 10.

13:26Madame clerk, please call the role.

13:30>> Griffin

13:31>> here.

13:32>> Bishop Conwell

13:35Davis

13:36>> Gray

13:37Harsh

13:39>> House Jones Hudson

13:41>> Jones Kazy

13:44>> Henic

13:45>> Santana Shaw

13:48>> Slife Star.

13:52>> You have a quorum, Mr. President. Thank

13:53you. Will everyone please rise for a

13:55moment of silence followed by the pledge

13:56of allegiance.

14:06>> Thank you. I pledge allegiance

14:08>> to the flag of the United States of

14:10America and to the republic for which it

14:13stands. One nation under God,

14:16indivisible with liberty and justice for

14:19all.

14:22I make the following statement. This

14:23meeting of Cleveland City Council is a

14:25lawful meeting under section 605.04 of

14:28the codified ordinances. No person with

14:30purpose to prevent or disrupt the lawful

14:32meeting shall do any act which obstructs

14:35or interferes with the due conduct of

14:37such meeting. Members of the public are

14:39invited to speak only under the rules

14:41set by this council. disruptions,

14:43including but not limited to speaking

14:45out of turn and making loud noises and

14:47loud utterances are in violation of the

14:49rules and interfere with the due conduct

14:51of of this lawful meeting. Such

14:53disruptions may constitute a misdemeanor

14:55and a violation of section 605.04.

14:59Anyone who disrupts this lawful meeting

15:02in violation of the codified ordinances

15:04commits misdemeanors and is subject to

15:06prosecution. The following is the first

15:09and only warning. If this meeting is

15:11disrupted, I will gabble a halt to the

15:12proceedings and direct the assembled

15:14officers to escort any person

15:16participating in the disruption out of

15:18the chamber. Once persons participating

15:20in the disruption out or outside of the

15:23chambers, the officers will close the

15:25doors and the disruptors will be handled

15:26as directed by the director of public

15:29safety. The council proceedings will not

15:31begin again until those that

15:32participated in the disruption have left

15:35the chamber and the chamber doors are

15:37closed. Disruptors will not be allowed

15:39back in the chamber after the meeting

15:42resumes. Again, this is the first and

15:44only warning. Uh we'll go to public

15:46comment. Uh as always, any public

15:49commenters, please.

15:54>> Please dispense with the journal.

15:57>> By council member House Jones, that the

16:00reading of the minutes of the last

16:01meeting be dispensed with the journal

16:03approved. Seconded by council member

16:05Davis.

16:07Thank you. We'll now move to public

16:09comment. Once again, all public com

16:17is to abruptly stop. Uh I'd ask all

16:19council members if you could acknowledge

16:21the speakers as they speak. First, we

16:23have Sabrina Otis. Sabrina Otis did not

16:26give the area that she lives in. Uh the

16:29topic is optics regarding care of

16:32residents.

16:34She is not representing any organiz

16:38You have the floor.

16:54This summer,

17:04some of the

17:21It's not the only thing

17:24that um that we have optic issues. we

17:28have an issue because trash is going to

17:30change and instead of notifying

17:32residents on the new rules about waste

17:36um it's not being discussed. If you guys

17:39are going to change the rules regarding

17:41waste and how much we the residents can

17:44actually put out, it needs to be

17:46discussed now so we as residents can

17:48either object or learn to figure out

17:51what we're doing with our waste.

17:54Um, which brings me to my other issue

17:59and that has to do with I know we as

18:02residents get on y'all nerves and y'all

18:04think we are annoying

18:07and and that we cause trouble. Not all

18:11the time are we causing trouble.

18:12Sometimes what we have to say has to do

18:14with just not wanting to put up with

18:16shenanigans. Um, there's a lot of

18:18shenanigans within the city of

18:20Cleveland. If you don't personally like

18:22me, you already know how I feel. I don't

18:24care. But stop repeating it to random

18:27residents. There is no reason why a

18:29westside resident can go on the east

18:31side and hear that they've been

18:33discussed by city employees and that I'm

18:37deemed difficult. Not difficult. Y'all

18:40just don't like what I have to say. And

18:41there's a difference there. That is what

18:43I have to say. You have a great evening.

18:47>> [applause]

18:52>> All right. Next, we have Daryl Houston.

18:54Daryl Houston is from Bedford. He's here

18:56to talk about city issues. He is not

18:58representing organization and he is not

19:00being paid to comment. Mr. Houston, yet

19:02>> uh good evening everyone. Uh today I

19:05just want to point out that uh the fire

19:08department has a lot of smoke coming out

19:10of there and it's a lot of racial smoke.

19:13And I'm looking at the mayor and I'm

19:15looking at the law director and I'll be

19:17looking at the safety director. Okay.

19:19There's too many issues coming out of

19:21the fire department right as we speak

19:24that needs to be addressed. Uh one issue

19:27was the fire chief. You dealt with that.

19:30Okay. Uh Simeon Williams passed away

19:34based on her trainer racist trainer

19:36hazing. We had another police off a

19:40firefighter who had a road rage, pulled

19:43his firearm out, ordered two civilians

19:45out of the car. That's kidnapping. Okay.

19:49And I also had some pictures sent to me

19:52in 2024 that I forward over to safety

19:56director Drummond about

19:59firefighters being in uniform with

20:01alcohol taking pictures doing St.

20:05Patrick's Day. There's too much smoke

20:07coming out of the fire department.

20:09There's also a lot of smoke coming out

20:10of this building to where uh HR

20:16Mon'nique Young was given a report by a

20:20worker here that was experiencing racial

20:22discrimination. A white man was using

20:25the N-word. He chose to put it on paper.

20:28They moved him.

20:30When he came back in the building, they

20:33asked him to resign. Okay. I don't never

20:36want to stand here and talk about black

20:37and white issues because I'm not racist

20:40whatsoever. Okay? But if we start

20:42talking about these issues and they're

20:44not being addressed, then that's a

20:46leadership problem. And I'm not going to

20:48stand for that. The reason I'm not going

20:50to stand for that is because we all are

20:52citizens. And if we are following all

20:55the constitutional rules, then I think

20:57you guys should follow me as well. Okay?

20:59And I'm here to hold you guys

21:01accountable to each and every last one

21:03of these seats. If I mention your name,

21:05that means I done saw something in some

21:07paperwork that you're not doing right.

21:09If your name is never mentioned, then

21:11you're doing okay. If I show up in the

21:13community at one of your ward meetings,

21:15that's because something that caught my

21:16attention that I want to see for myself,

21:18and I plan on visiting each and every

21:20last one of these wards just to listen

21:22in to the community because the

21:24community is tired of what they're

21:26seeing. There's smoke coming out of the

21:28school system. Okay? We shouldn't have

21:30that. Drummond, there's real smoke

21:33coming from your position, sir. When you

21:35were when you were a police chief, the

21:37United States government sent you $1.5

21:40million, right? And told the police

21:43department that they could beef up all

21:44their equipment, right? Well, right now,

21:46we don't have any security at your

21:48precincts. You were a commander, you

21:51were a chief, now you're a safety

21:53director, right? And you have been

21:55negent on all of your responsibilities,

21:58sir. And I'm here to call you out. And I

22:00did consider you a friend. I met you 15

22:02years ago at a community meeting. Right.

22:05You gonna hold your serve, bro, or you

22:07going to get out of there.

22:08>> Thank you.

22:19>> Okay, we're going to go to the next

22:21person, which is Matthew Starzinski from

22:24Slavic Village. He's here to talk about

22:26police matters in Slavic Village and he

22:28is not representing any organization and

22:30not being paid by anyone. Mr.

22:32Strazinski, you have the floor.

22:43Thank you everyone.

22:45Uh it's always a pleasure being here. Uh

22:49I do have a problem though. I don't have

22:51both [clears throat] of my council

22:52people here. Now, this is what you get

22:54paid for, isn't it? To be here. This is

22:57one of the most important meetings of

22:59the week, and both of my council people

23:01are not here.

23:03First of all, I would like to thank uh

23:07Miss Alex Nichols uh for doing a

23:09terrific job with Kowalsski, Joseph M.

23:12Kowalsski field. Okay. It's uh has not

23:16been in operation since 2016.

23:20That field now is maintained properly.

23:22The whole summer is maintained. All the

23:24litter was picked up and uh kids are

23:27starting to play again. Okay. I don't

23:29know what happened. We got scared over

23:31the last 10 years or so. But thank you,

23:34Alex. And also uh Brenda Nelson, which

23:37is still doing a phenomenal job, and she

23:40really needs to be recognized also. And

23:43uh Miss Trivano, which again, I wouldn't

23:46be up here if it wasn't for her.

23:49Uh, as always, I like to speak about and

23:51there's never enough time about our

23:53police

23:55and uh I talk to the districts all the

23:57time and they mention uh that there's

24:00just not enough officers. We can't find

24:03the officers. Well, you know what? I

24:05don't think there's a hiring campaign

24:07well enough. There's something that's

24:08called I never heard it before. It's

24:10called evergreen hiring. Maybe I'm a

24:13little slow, but that means continuous

24:15hiring available. You can come down to

24:17city hall at any time and fill out an

24:20application to be a police officer. How

24:22come we don't have that? How come we

24:24don't have segments maybe on channel 8,

24:26channel 5, channel 3, 10 second

24:29segments? Okay, you want to be a

24:30Cleveland police officer, please come

24:32down. We would love to have you anytime,

24:359 to5.

24:36Okay. Uh that would be some great ideas,

24:40some marketing strategies, I would

24:42think. Uh complaints about the zone

24:44cars. Some of them look like dirty

24:45tennis shoes. Okay, what about all the

24:48other suburbs? Okay, they have these

24:49beautiful SUVs. Yes, let me tell you

24:52something. Cars mean a lot what you

24:54drive in. Okay, I don't care what

24:56position you're in. Uh I've been to

24:59business school and one of the most

25:01motivating factors for an employee is

25:03environment. And your vehicle that you

25:06drive in at work is a motivator. It's

25:09going to bring you to work. Money's a

25:11motivator, but I'm going to tell you,

25:13environment comes first. And these cars

25:16need to be updated. Maybe we need to

25:17change the money a little bit or distri

25:19distribute between what we're given to

25:22public works and what we're giving to

25:24the Cleveland Police. We're neglecting

25:26the Cleveland Police Department. I get

25:28up here every single week and I can't

25:31understand it. I I have ideas why, but I

25:34can't understand why it's still being

25:35neglected. You need ideas. I have plenty

25:38of experience and I'd be happy happy to

25:40sit down with you and go over this.

25:42Thank you.

25:43>> Thank you.

25:45[applause]

25:48Next, we have Chanel Harris from

25:51Middberg Heights to talk about mental

25:53health crisis and uh she's not

25:55representing organization and not being

25:57paid to comment. Is Chanel Harris here?

26:00Chanel Harris? Is Chanel Harris here? I

26:04do not see Chanel Harris. Therefore,

26:06I'll move to the next speaker. Uh the

26:08next speaker is Bridget Smith Jackson.

26:11Uh Miss Smith Jackson is from East

26:12Cleveland. She's here to talk about

26:14coordinated care. She's not representing

26:16any organization and not being paid for

26:19public comment. Miss Smith Jackson, you

26:21have

26:21>> Good evening everyone. Um I did not

26:23receive email notification that I will

26:25be speaking, but this is a normal part

26:28of my Monday night, so I'm here. Um, I

26:31want to start by thanking um the mayor

26:34for following up to my email within 24

26:37hours,

26:39pledging, committing to ensuring

26:42somebody from the team coordinate

26:45efforts of the plan of how we will

26:49continue to help these families rebuild.

26:52Additionally, I want to thank Council

26:54President Blaine Griffin for following

26:56up in a timely manner with the situation

26:59that happened within your ward.

27:02I also want to Mr. Pencic.

27:06I reached out 16 months ago. The

27:08resident sent you emails. I sent you

27:10emails. That resident and other

27:13residents in that area, they are still

27:16living in horrible circumstances. I'm no

27:19plumber, but it appears to be some

27:20plumbing issues. Feces coming up in the

27:22bathtub

27:24ceiling while they sit on the toilet

27:26ceiling coming in. And it's not just

27:28once or twice. It's happening across the

27:30board in the properties along Lakeshore.

27:33I trust that you'll follow up with that.

27:35Additionally, Council President, I trust

27:38that as you mentioned to me, you'll stay

27:41in contact. So, to ensure that um

27:44humanity is being centered as we address

27:47some of these housing issues in

27:48Northeast Ohio, I have a suggestion, 15

27:52council people, $5,000 a piece that can

27:55fund a position to have oversight. So,

27:57to ensure that we never have the

28:00circumstances that we've seen before,

28:03oversight. These residents are speaking

28:05up. Not everybody is perfect, but not

28:07everybody is horrible. That stark in

28:10between. When people speak up and share

28:12their concerns, they should not have to

28:14worry about retaliation. I met with the

28:17young lady and her mom who sent me a

28:19message and she randomly seen me

28:22somewhere and told me what was

28:23happening, not knowing that I was going

28:24to create a social media post and get

28:26attention. But that attention led to

28:29repairs. Why do one have to go through

28:32that? Why do individuals feel like they

28:34can invest in Cleveland

28:36and not take care of their investment?

28:38Because they have no respect for you all

28:40because you all are not holding them

28:41accountable. I understand it's a age-old

28:44problem, but it's your turn and your

28:46time to address it. So, what are we

28:49going to do so to ensure that our kids

28:51aren't standing here saying it's an

28:53age-old problem? So, I ask my act today

28:56again, you all can commit $1,000 a

29:00piece. That's $15,000 to fund someone

29:03to, if nothing else, take in these

29:06complaints and support these families so

29:08to ensure that they have dignified

29:09housing. Thank you.

29:11>> Thank you.

29:16>> Next, we have Bren Adams from Ward 12 to

29:20talk about surveillance in Cleveland.

29:22Bren is not representing any

29:23organization and Brenn is not being paid

29:25to comment.

29:28Hello, my name is Bin Adams and I live

29:30in Ward 12. And for almost a year now, I

29:33and other residents involved in the

29:35Flock No campaign have been pushing back

29:36against surveillance technology in

29:38Cleveland. And when we started this

29:40campaign, it was really just about Flock

29:42and specifically about an ordinance for

29:44a $2 million no bid contract introduced

29:47just weeks after a sitting city council

29:49member left to take a job with the

29:51company. But the scope of the campaign

29:53has expanded significantly as we've

29:55learned more about the pervasive

29:57multi-layered infrastructure that this

29:59city has built to spy on its own

30:01residents. This includes the Northeast

30:04Ohio Fusion Center, a facility where

30:06federal agents sit beside Cleveland

30:08police, thereby rendering all local

30:10protections around information sharing

30:12essentially meaningless. It also

30:14includes the real-time crime center or

30:16as we we like to call it the real-time

30:18surveillance center which uses a sur

30:20software integration tool called Fus to

30:22monitor all of us all the time. In the

30:25five years since Fuses was implemented,

30:28we've gone from audio surveillance in

30:29three square miles of the city to over

30:3113 square miles, from no drones to a

30:34fleet of at least nine, from zero

30:36license plate readers to 100, and from

30:38350 integrated cameras to several

30:41thousand. And a lot of these tools were

30:44implemented through grant-f funded

30:45pilots and approved by the mayor's own

30:47unelected cabinet. Over and over again,

30:50residents have been opted into mass data

30:53collection without anything resembling

30:54an open and democratic process of

30:56deliberation. And even when city hall

30:59does stoop to let the unwashed masses

31:01weigh in, there is no evidence that our

31:03concerns are taken seriously. A couple

31:06weeks ago, with help from Councilman

31:07Davis, we learned that despite the

31:09six-month renewal passed by city council

31:11in July, the city of Cleveland doesn't

31:13actually have an active contract with

31:15Flock. That's right. After all those

31:18hours we spent in all those meetings and

31:21all that effort that went into all those

31:22amendments, the administration

31:24apparently couldn't be bothered to do

31:26the paperwork. So all those guard rails

31:29which I think are nonsense but I know

31:30you spent a lot of time on Councilman

31:32Pensic are not legally enforceable.

31:35Now I imagine that within the next week

31:37or so the administration will magically

31:39produce a properly executed legal legal

31:41agreement thoughtfully backdated to mid

31:43August to make it appear as though

31:45everything has been buttoned up this

31:47entire time and this is all just a big

31:49misunderstanding.

31:50But that won't change the fact that we

31:53have been begging for these public

31:54records for months with no response. It

31:58won't change the fact that the police

31:59have had more than 90 days to activate

32:01their flock transparency portal, which

32:03was a condition of them continuing to

32:05use the tool and they still haven't done

32:07it. It won't change the fact that there

32:10is a complete lack of trust between city

32:12hall and Cleveland residents.

32:14The city has issued a fresh RFP looking

32:16for a new vendor for ALPRs and other

32:19surveillance tech. But in this context,

32:21it is absurd to think that just paying a

32:24different company will solve the

32:25problem. City council should protect its

32:28residents and reject this expansion of

32:30surveillance. Thank you.

32:34[applause]

32:42>> This is crazy. Lata Fontaine is uh from

32:46Garden Valley. She's here to talk about

32:48the Rainbow Terrace conditions. Um

32:55>> um hi everybody. Um I've been living in

32:58Rainbow Terance for about 5 years now.

33:00And I want to say out of those three

33:03years, it's been the worst ex worst

33:06years of my life. Last year was the

33:09worst year of my life. I had to watch

33:12kids burnt. I had to watch babies get

33:15thrown out windows.

33:17That place is a plantation.

33:20It's a plantation

33:22and it's fraudulent and it's not right

33:24down there. And I'm trying it's my

33:27hardest to get out of that situation

33:29because I am not a slave.

33:31Do you understand me? I'm not nobody's

33:33slave. And I won't be nobody's slave.

33:37And I don't care if nobody care about

33:39it. But I care. And I'm speaking for all

33:4244 families. We will not be slaves. We

33:45were not to be tened to be slaves. And

33:47my question is, what are y'all going to

33:50do? That property is going to blow up

33:54again.

33:55And what are y'all going to do about it

33:57now? Because when it blow up again in

33:59the next 44 families or the 50, what

34:02however many families be down here in

34:03y'all face, what is going to happen

34:05then?

34:07What is going to happen then? That place

34:09is a hazard.

34:13And it's a hazard.

34:15for it's a hazard and and it's and I'm

34:18sorry to say this it's that place is

34:20going to blow up again. It is

34:23and the things I know I don't feel safe

34:25saying it here

34:27cuz I don't know who to trust here

34:31[snorts]

34:32the the the information and things that

34:34I know.

34:36I don't feel safe anywhere with nothing.

34:39I'm over this. I really am. And that's

34:42all I got to say. I'm done.

34:44>> [applause]

34:51>> Bador Fuzzi Bador is from Ward 11 to

34:55talk about hypers scale data centers. He

34:57is not representing any organization and

34:59he is not being paid to comment. Is

35:01Fuzzi Bazor Bador here? I do not see

35:04Fuzzi Bador. I do not see Fuzzi Bador.

35:07Next we have Nia C. Holland.

35:10>> Nia C Holland is from Uclit. Uh Nia is

35:14here to talk about domestic violence.

35:17Nia is not representing any organization

35:19and not being paid by any anyone. Nia,

35:21you had the floor.

35:24Hello everybody. Um I'm really here not

35:28just to speak about myself, but to speak

35:30on behalf of all of the victims of

35:32domestic violence who have also went

35:34through the process that I had to go

35:36through, who have also had to experience

35:39what I went through. So, I no longer

35:41look at us as victims, but we're here

35:43today as survivors.

35:45My name is Nia Holland. I am the founder

35:47of Rise and Rebuild Foundation. It is a

35:49domestic violence prevention

35:51organization, nonprofit um that

35:53specifically works in hopes to get

35:55funding from the city in the future for

35:58emergency situations, funding that is

36:01needed for emergency situations for

36:04victims of domestic violence in need.

36:07Um, I do want to also ask you guys a

36:09question. I hope you guys can process

36:11this. What happens to domestic violence

36:13survivors when they escape abuse but

36:17have nowhere safe to go, no financial

36:20assistance, and no clear path to

36:22rebuilding their lives. So, we're not

36:24speaking about 311. We're not talking

36:26about a chat line. We're talking about

36:28emergency help that is in need in the

36:31need of the situation right now.

36:34For many survivors, leaving an abusive

36:36situation does not mean the crisis is

36:38over. It can mean homelessness,

36:40financial hardship, separation from

36:42support systems and the struggle to find

36:44safe housing for themselves and their

36:46children. As we all know, emergency

36:49shelters today, especially in Cleveland,

36:50are not always available. So the

36:52question I think we should all ask

36:54ourselves is where do they go? When they

36:56go to the door and they're questioning

36:58if they have availability and they

36:59don't, what is the next step for them

37:01that don't have any money and don't have

37:03any emergency assistance, where do they

37:05go? They're on the streets with their

37:08children. They're finding clothing.

37:11They're finding whatever they can find

37:12in those emergency kind of situations.

37:14Um I I would like to also bring up the

37:16Asia's law. I know back in 2017 or 2018,

37:19I'm not sure if you guys remember, um,

37:21but Asia Frasier in Shaker Heights died

37:23at the hands of her ex-husband, Lance,

37:24who actually was a judge for the Kyhoga

37:29County. And she had a protection order.

37:31We all know that doesn't do anything.

37:33It's a piece of paper. Um, but she had a

37:35protection order. And I was told that

37:38the strangulation, from what the laws

37:39were saying back in that time, was

37:41supposed to be something that was

37:42supposed to be changed. Here it is,

37:442026. strangulation has not been a

37:47felony since then. And that situation

37:49was supposed to be the Asia's law. So

37:51that's something else that I've been

37:52wondering about as well. Um what

37:54happened to that? Okay. So also I would

37:57like to focus in as well about the

37:59prevention of the city. If we can also

38:01just not look at this as just a domestic

38:03violence month, but also look at it as a

38:05lifetime of change for domestic violence

38:07victims and survivors. Um again, October

38:10is an amazing month to celebrate those

38:11who have lost their lives and for those

38:13that are alive. but let's furthermore

38:16continue focusing in on them even as

38:18October 31st gets here. Um I would like

38:21to also say again this is a testament

38:23that they are here with me as survivors.

38:26We know that many don't make it out of

38:27those domestic viol situations. Thank

38:29you guys for having me.

38:30>> Thank you.

38:34>> Next we have President Austria Everson

38:37from the Buckeye Wood neighborhood. The

38:39topic that she would like to discuss is

38:41love. Uh she is representing the project

38:45love movement. Uh Miss D uh President

38:48Austria, you have the uh floor.

38:50>> Hey y'all. How y'all doing today?

38:54So today I want to talk about at the

38:58beginning of this year we were invited

39:00to apply to the neighborhood safety

39:03fund.

39:04And the neighborhood safety fund was

39:06really focused on outreach and youth

39:09programming and creating an innovative

39:12way to address public safety concerns in

39:14our community.

39:16So when we were invited to apply for

39:19these funds, we're like, "Okay, cool."

39:22We applied. We went through the process.

39:25We went through the final step of

39:26presenting

39:28where um Councilman Richard Star gave

39:31positive accolades about the work that

39:34we've done, his personal experience with

39:36me as well as it was representatives for

39:39Councilman Tamar and Councilwoman um

39:43Stephanie House.

39:45That was in June of 20 uh June 21st.

39:49Weeks weeks go by, we haven't heard

39:51anything. We file our federal lawsuit

39:54against the city of Cleveland and the

39:56police department based off of malicious

39:58prosecution and the violation of our

40:01amended rights.

40:03The day after we filed that federal

40:05lawsuit, we get a phone call from

40:08Miss Tiffany Scrugs, but I didn't get

40:11that phone call, which was the person

40:12that had been managing the grant process

40:14the entire time. Chairman Fahheim

40:16received that phone call which had

40:18nothing to do with the process at no

40:20time. And still to this time, we have

40:23not gotten a formal letter letting us

40:25know that we were no longer uh looked at

40:27for that grant and but that we do great

40:30work and that they would love to work

40:32with us. Right? So I felt like it was

40:34kind of suspicious because I'm like h we

40:37file a federal lawsuit and then the next

40:39day chairman Fahheim gets a phone call

40:41that we no longer have the grant. So it

40:43asked me that question of okay if I feel

40:47like my amended rights were violated and

40:50egregious acts were done AC to me does

40:53that now take me out of getting public

40:56funds right that we would rightfully

40:59be aligned for and so my question is

41:03again just like last week what is the

41:05independent resident process of

41:07transparency right and I think about

41:09love is practice we continue to come

41:12down here Right. As residents, we should

41:14have more than three minutes. It should

41:15be a process of transparency and

41:18accountability for all city officials,

41:21police departments, governments, all

41:23those things that community gets to say,

41:25"Hey, this is what's happening and this

41:27is how we need to do it differently." In

41:301960, coalitions were developed, right?

41:33So that governance could get the post of

41:36the community. They could get the

41:38ownership and the buy in from community.

41:40And that's how you build trust. We can't

41:42trust something that we continue to come

41:44down and then there's no movement,

41:45right? We can build trust by you hearing

41:47our voices and realizing that there's an

41:50issue and addressing the concern.

41:51>> Time. Thank you.

41:52>> Thank you. [applause]

41:58>> Madam clerk, please share

41:59communications.

42:09File number 12852026,

42:13oath of office for Martin J. Kain, chief

42:15operating officer from the Ohio Division

42:18of Liquor Control, file number 1286 2026

42:22regarding a transfer of ownership

42:24application

42:26at 3520

42:28Pain Avenue, W 8, file number 1287206

42:34regarding a transfer of ownership

42:35application

42:37at 3022 West 25th Street, Ward 14, file

42:42number 1288 2026. 6 regarding a transfer

42:45of ownership application at 3259

42:49West 25th Street, Wart 14.

42:55>> Are there any condolence resolutions?

42:57>> Resolutions of condolence by council

42:59member Bishop for Leroy Lewis.

43:07>> Are there any other condolence

43:08resolutions?

43:12Will all council members rise for a

43:14moment of silence?

43:23>> Thank you.

43:26>> Are there any congratulatory

43:28resolutions? Resolutions of

43:30congratulations by council member Jones

43:32for Affinity Missionary Baptist Church

43:35on their 60th anniversary by Council

43:37Member Slife for Marie Clark by Council

43:40Member Pencic for Pastor

43:44Bur Pierce Mash by Council Member House

43:48Jones for Youth Opportunities Unlimited

43:52by Council Member House Jones for

43:54Newbridge Center by Council Member Star

43:57for Firstear Cleveland resolutions of

44:00commemoration by council member Davis

44:02for Mario Luis uh Trevino.

44:08Thank you. We do not have any

44:09presentations today. We'll move we'll

44:13move to first reading emergency

44:15ordinances to be passed.

44:19>> First first reading emergency ordinances

44:22referred for administrative review and

44:24committee review. Ordinance 1280 2026 by

44:27council members Bishop and Griffin by

44:29departmental request authorizing the

44:32director of public works to enter into

44:34an agreement with Roadworthy Inc. for

44:36the vehicle life cycle workforce

44:38development initiative by donating city

44:41fleet vehicles for a period of 3 years.

44:44Ordinance 1281-2026

44:47by Council members Bishop and Griffin by

44:49departmental request authorizing the

44:52director of public works to enter into

44:53one or more contracts without

44:55competitive bidding with Sutfen

44:58Corporation to provide repair and

45:02maintenance services to a fire truck

45:05currently under warranty with Sutfin

45:09Corporation for the Division of Motor

45:11Vehicles Maintenance, Department of

45:13Public Works. works. Ordinance 1282 2026

45:17by council members Santana and Griffin

45:20by departmental request to amend

45:22sections 1 and five of ordinance 5612026

45:27relating to short-term rentals and the

45:29effective date respectively.

45:32Ordinance 1283 2026 by council members

45:35Bishop and Griffin by departmental

45:37request to authorize the director of

45:40parks and recreation to enter into an

45:42amendment to a lease agreement with

45:46Cavaliers D League LLC to change certain

45:50terms of the lease. Ordinance 1284 2026

45:55by council members Bishop and Griffin by

45:57departmental request authorizing the

46:00purchase by one or more requirement

46:02contracts of signal support poles and

46:04installation if necessary for the

46:06Division of Traffic Engineering for a

46:09period not to exceed two years and to

46:12repeal Ordinance 1446

46:142025 relating to a public improvement by

46:18requirement contract for the purchase,

46:21repair, and install ation of signal

46:23support poles.

46:26>> Thank you. First reading, emergency

46:28ordinances to be passed.

46:30>> Ordinance 1279 2026 by council member

46:34Griffin by departmental request to amend

46:37various sections of ordinance 194 2021

46:41as amended relating to salions.

46:45Ordinance 1289 2026 by council member

46:49Conwell authorizing the director of

46:51department of community development to

46:54enter into agreement with center for

46:56arts inspired learning for the creative

46:59fathers connected families project

47:02addressing father child relationships

47:05through creative expression through the

47:07use of w nine neighborhood equity funds

47:10ordinance 1290 2026 by council member

47:14Conwell Well, authorizing the director

47:16of department of community development

47:18to enter into agreement with Famikos's

47:21Foundation for the public purpose of

47:23providing an emergency congregate meal

47:26and community resource information to

47:29eligible city of Cleveland residents

47:31through the use of Ward 9 casino revenue

47:34funds. Ordinance 1291206

47:37by council member Starr to amend section

47:40one of ordinance

47:422026 relating to the agreement with

47:45campus district for the campus district

47:48master plan. Ordinance 1292 2026 by

47:52council member Starr authorizing the

47:54director of department of economic

47:56development to enter into a contract

47:59with rail station cigar LLC for

48:02providing financial assistance to

48:05construct enlarge improve or equip its

48:08business through the use of W 5

48:10neighborhood equity funds.

48:13>> Thank you. Read the motion to suspend

48:15the rules

48:16>> by council member House Jones. That the

48:18rules be suspended and the legislation

48:20just read be placed on final passage.

48:22Seconded by council member Davis.

48:24>> Call the role.

48:26>> Griffin Bishop Conwell Davis Gray Harsh

48:28House Jones Hudson Jones Casey Pencic

48:31Santana Shaw Slifar

48:3412 yays.

48:35>> Thank you. Call a roll on passage.

48:37Griffin, Bishop, Conwell, Davis, Gray,

48:39Harsh, House Jones, Hudson Jones, Kazy

48:42Palencic, Santana, Shaw, Slice, Star, 12

48:46Yay.

48:47>> Thank you. First reading, emergency

48:49resolutions to be adopted.

48:51>> Resolution 13072026

48:54by Council Member Jones, objecting to

48:56the transfer of location of a C1C2

48:59liquor permit to 4170 Lee Road.

49:05>> Thank you. Call the role.

49:10>> I'm sorry. Read the motion to suspend

49:12the rules.

49:13>> By council member House Jones that the

49:15rules be suspended and the legislation

49:17just read be placed on final passage.

49:19Seconded by council member Davis.

49:22>> Call a roll.

49:23>> Griffin Bishop Conwell Davis Gray Harsh

49:26House Jones Hudson Jones Casey Palencic

49:29Santana Shaw Slifar

49:3112 yays.

49:33>> Call a roll on adoption. Griffin,

49:35Bishop, Griffin, Bishop, Conwell, Davis,

49:38Gray, Harsh, House Jones, Hudson Jones,

49:41Ha Fencic, Santana Shaw, Slidear,

49:4412 yays.

49:46>> Thank you. Second reading, emergency

49:48ordinance is to be passed.

49:51>> Ordinance 745 2026 by council members

49:55Pencic, Star, and Griffin by

49:57departmental request to amend section

49:59135.47 47 of the codify ordinances

50:04relating to emergency medical service

50:07clinical agreements. Ordinance 748 2026

50:11by council members Bishop Star and

50:14Griffin by departmental request

50:16authorizing the director of parks and

50:18recreation to enter into one or more

50:20contracts with Ohio City Incorporated to

50:23provide a a variety of family and youth

50:27programming activities.

50:29Ordinance 911 2026 as amended by council

50:33members Bishop Star and Griffin by

50:36departmental request authorizing the

50:38director of parks and recreation to

50:40apply for and accept a grant from

50:42Cleveland Guardians Charities for the

50:44baseball and softball summer youth

50:47program. Ordinance 1042206

50:50by council members Slife, Harsh, and

50:53Griffin by departmental request

50:56authorizing the director of port control

50:59to enter into an amended lease agreement

51:01with the ex center corporation or

51:03whollyowned subsidiary or successor in

51:06interest to incorporate a payroll credit

51:09provision into the original lease.

51:12Ordinance 1116206

51:15by council members Pencic and Griffin by

51:18departmental request authorizing the

51:20director of public safety to enter into

51:23an agreement with Kyhoga County and the

51:26regional forensic science laboratory of

51:28the Kyhoga County Medical Examiner's

51:31Office to provide law enforcement

51:33related scientific testing services for

51:37a period of one year with a one-year

51:39option to renew exercisable by the

51:42director of public safety ordinance

51:441162206

51:46as amended by council members House

51:48Jones and Griffin by departmental

51:50request authorizing the director of

51:53finance to enter into an amendment to a

51:56lease agreement with Mid City Limited

51:59for the lease of office space for the

52:01Cleveland Police Commission located at

52:043631 Perkins Avenue for an additional

52:07year with one-year option to renew

52:10exercisable by the director of finance.

52:12Finance Ordinance 1165 2026 by Council

52:16members Palencic and Griffin by

52:18departmental request authorizing the

52:21director of public safety to exercise

52:24the option to renew a contract with TMT

52:27Consolidated LLC DBA Cleveland Vehicle

52:31Detention Center for the storage of

52:33non-commercial impounded vehicles and

52:36motor vehicles and one-stop impound

52:39services for the Department of Public

52:41Safety.

52:42Ordinance 1245 2026 as amended by

52:46council members House Jones and Gray to

52:49supplement the codified ordinances of

52:51Cleveland, Ohio by amending section

52:54162.01

52:56relating to compensation for Cleveland

52:58Commission on Black Women and Girls.

53:01Ordinance 1246 2026 by council members

53:05Kazy and Slife extending the moratorum

53:09on the review and issuance of all use

53:12building and zoning permits,

53:14certificates of occupancy and other

53:17license or permit applications,

53:19including licenses or permits issued by

53:22the Department of Public Utilities for

53:24data centers in the in in the Cleveland

53:28area until the until the earlier of the

53:32effective date of any newly enacted or

53:35amended codify ordinance sections

53:38regulating data centers or January 29th,

53:422027.

53:45>> Thank you. Read the motion to suspend

53:47the rules

53:49>> by council member House Jones that the

53:51rules be suspended and the legislation

53:54just read be placed on final passage.

53:56Seconded by council member Davis.

53:59Thank you. Call a roll.

54:02>> Griffin, Bishop, Conwell, Davis, Gray,

54:04Harsh, House Jones, Hudson Jones, Kazy

54:07Palencic, Santana Shaw, Slifar,

54:1012 Yays.

54:13>> Councilwoman House Jones would like to

54:16speak to that.

54:16>> I I would. Um, this is in regards to

54:201246 2022.

54:22Um, I don't know if anybody from public

54:25utilities is available to answer a

54:27question specifically for a company that

54:30that has already had their application

54:32pending before the legislation was in

54:34front of us. What are we doing with

54:36those applications?

54:38>> Was that um

54:42question?

54:42>> It is a question to the administration.

54:49>> So, let me ask you this. This is

54:51legislation. Would you like to be uh

54:53like to vote no against that because

54:55>> I would but I do have because again if

54:58we don't Okay.

55:00>> I'm trying to understand what is the

55:03>> for people who've already had their

55:06applications in prior to when we had

55:09like legislation. What is happening with

55:11their applications? So they're just not

55:13going to be heard at all

55:15>> with their applications. I'll be honest

55:17with you that seems like an operational

55:19issue. Can we get this clarified through

55:22an operational side because that was

55:25vetted. Was that vetted? Councilman

55:27Kazy, would you like to comment on that?

55:31Nothing will happen. The moratorum

55:33stands. So nothing for the next 90 days.

55:35The moratorum continues on any new

55:37applications or any applications that

55:39are that are continued to be that were

55:41submitted.

55:42>> All right. Pony has a note for 1246,

55:44please.

55:46>> Note for Councilwoman House Jones.

55:49All right. Uh, madame clerk, call the

55:51role.

56:03Yeah, this is on passage. Uh, on 1042

56:072026, 11 yays, one nay. On 1246, 2026,

56:1311 yays, one nay. On all others, 12

56:16yays.

56:17>> Thank you. Call the roll on passage.

56:22>> That was it. Okay. All right. Uh, next

56:24second reading, emergency resolutions to

56:26be adopted.

56:31Resolution

56:341247 2026 by council member House Jones

56:38opposing the US Department of Commerce

56:41and US Census Bureau proposed rule

56:44denial

56:47census of the population of Americans.

56:50[clears throat] Excuse me. Proposed

56:52residence criteria and proposed

56:54regulations for demographic questions.

56:58Register document 20261

57:0118481

57:0391 FR5

57:06uh 57524

57:08with its comment period extended by

57:11Federal Register document 2026 20328

57:17which would exclude non-citizens other

57:20than lawful permanent residents from the

57:23dennial census count and prohibit the

57:26count the collection of race, ethnicity,

57:29and sexual orientation data and urging

57:32its withdrawal.

57:35>> Thank you. Read the motion to suspend

57:36the rules by council member House Jones

57:39that the rules be suspended and the

57:41legislation just read be placed on final

57:44passage, seconded by council member

57:46Davis.

57:47>> Call the role.

57:48>> Griffin Bishop,

57:50>> um, would you like to speak to that?

57:51Could I be added as a sponsor on this uh

57:551247 2026 please?

57:58>> So noted.

57:58>> Thank you.

57:59>> Thank you.

58:01>> Please move forward.

58:02>> Griffin Bishop Conwell Davis Gray Harsh

58:05House Jones Hudson Jones Kazy Palencic

58:08Santana Shaw Slicear

58:1013 yays.

58:12>> Madam cler can I also be added to this

58:14as well? 1247 resolution 1247-2026.

58:18>> So no. Do is there any opposition to all

58:20of council being added to this

58:22resolution? Any any unreiness for all of

58:25council being added to this resolution?

58:28>> Madame clerk, please add all of council

58:31to this resolution.

58:33>> So noted.

58:34>> Thank you.

58:37>> Griffin, Bishop, Conwell, Davis, Gray,

58:39Harsh, House Jones, Hudson Jones, Casey,

58:42Pencic, Santana, Shaw, Slipstar, 13

58:45yays.

58:46>> Thank you. Call a roll on adoption.

58:48>> That was it.

58:49>> That was it.

58:50>> Are there any introductions? Any

58:51introductions? Any introductions?

58:55Seeing no introductions, are there any

58:57announcements? Any announcements?

58:59Seeing no announcements, we'll move to

59:01miscellaneous. Is there any

59:03miscellaneous? Councilman Kevin Conwell.

59:07I just want to thank uh Cleveland City

59:09Council for um passing arts inspired

59:14learning creative fathers connected

59:17family project addressing father child

59:21relationships. This program

59:26is supports fatherhood with children in

59:29the arts and I really really dig that.

59:31The dads will work with their children

59:34taking uh drum lessons, piano lessons,

59:38brass lessons, saxophone lessons.

59:40Sherry, you know about it. And then uh

59:43the kids will be so happy to have their

59:44dads work with them. And then the

59:46fathers will also learn music and it

59:48will promote father child bonding. you

59:51can better um evaluate this project and

59:54I'm so happy matter of fact it's the

59:56first in the country to connect

59:58fatherhood which you know I love as well

1:00:00as with the arts so I'm very very happy

1:00:03for that so once again Brian Kazy I'm

1:00:06thanking Cleveland City Council and I

1:00:09will probably be able to take it to a

1:00:11national level thank you and God bless

1:00:14>> thank you do we have any other

1:00:15miscellaneous any other miscellaneous

1:00:18seeing no other miscellaneous is Madame

1:00:21Clerk, please excuse the absences

1:00:26>> by council member House Jones that the

1:00:29absence of council members Bishop and

1:00:32Santana are hereby excused. Seconded by

1:00:35council member Davis.

1:00:37>> Thank you. Council is adjourned to the

1:00:39call of the chair. The next meeting of

1:00:40council will be on October 26. Let's go

1:00:43guards.

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