City records $50,000 grant to support Cleveland tobacco retail licensing program

The Department of Public Health filed a notice with Cleveland City Council that it has accepted a $50,000 grant from the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation to support implementation of the city's tobacco retail license program. The communication appears in the meeting file list as File 9292025 and is attributed to director David Margolis. The filing is described in the meeting record as a notice of grant acceptance; the transcript does not include debate or additional department remarks about program details or budget accounting in the public record provided. Council did not record a separate roll-call vote in the transcript excerpt tied to this communication; as a filed notice of grant acceptance, it appears on the council agenda as a communication from the director of public health. The grant description in the agenda lists the award amount ($50,000) and its purpose — support for implementation of the tobacco retail license program — but the transcript does not provide a breakdown of how the funds will be spent.