Committee of the Whole [MORNING SESSION]

601 Lakeside Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

Cleveland City Hall, Mercedes Cotner Room 217 (or watch on YouTube)

Cleveland City Council’s Committee of the Whole allows all 17 council members to meet and act as a committee. Essentially, it serves as an extra step in the process of vetting legislation before City Council officially votes on legislation.

NOTE for Documenters: This assignment is for the morning session of this Committee of the Whole meeting. This assignment is scheduled from 9 a.m. until council takes a lunch break. We are not sure exactly when council will take a break, but we are paying based on each session being a four-hour meeting (in this case going until 1 p.m., even if it runs shorter). The break may come earlier or later. If the session goes longer and you need to split, just let us know and note where you left off in your coverage.

If you can, please contact us at (216) 202- 4383 (call or text) or at cledocumenters@gmail.com to let us know when they will return from lunch and begin the afternoon session.

This meeting comes ahead of full council’s second summer meeting. Not everything on the agenda will be covered in this morning session and they may jump around out of order of the agenda. If council members discuss legislation that isn’t on the agenda, feel free to include that in your coverage.

Council members:

• Joe Jones
• Kevin Bishop
• Kerry McCormack
• Deborah Gray
• Richard Starr
• Blaine Griffin, council president
• Stephanie Howse-Jones
• Michael Polensek
• Kevin Conwell
• Anthony Hairston
• Danny Kelly
• Rebecca Maurer
• Kris Harsh
• Jasmin Santana
• Jenny Spencer
• Brian Kazy
• Charles Slife

Watching remotely?

The meetings are streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ClevelandCityCouncil/streams

You can also catch livestreams on TV2O’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ClevelandTV20/live_videos

Also TV20’s website: http://www.tv20cleveland.com/watch-now/

Attending in person? We add two hours of pay ($36) to the assignment. Be sure to bring a photo ID.

Find past Documenters coverage of City Council meetings here: https://cleveland.documenters.org/reporting/?agency=181

For more information go to Cleveland City Council’s website: https://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org.

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