Cleveland City Council adopts multiple emergency ordinances and resolutions, including patrolmen's contract

Cleveland City Council on March 24, 2025, voted to suspend the rules and place multiple first- and second-reading emergency ordinances and resolutions on final passage, approving a package of departmental contracts, code amendments and policy resolutions including the collective bargaining agreement with the Cleveland Patrolmen's Association.

The council voted to suspend the rules on a block of first-reading emergency ordinances after the items were read into the record. Council Member Moore moved to suspend the rules; Council Member McCormack seconded. The clerk called the roll; most items passed unanimously with 15 yeas. The clerk recorded one item with a 14-1 vote on 03/05/2025 (the transcript identifies the tally but does not specify which ordinance received the single nay). The clerk read and the council adopted a second block of emergency ordinances and several resolutions later in the meeting, again using a motion to suspend rules moved by Council Member Moore and seconded by Council Member McCormack.

Votes at a glance (items read into the record and placed on final passage that evening): - Ordinance 378-2025 (parks youth football program contract with Cleveland Muni Football League) — first reading introduced and placed on final passage; outcome: adopted (vote recorded: 15 ayes when called on final…