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Committee to review key-card security rules after video showing mayor in law department
Summary
Cleveland Heights council members discussed whether to amend a key-card/security ordinance and a separate ordinance governing city property after a news video showed the mayor entering the law department; council agreed to have a member review existing ordinances and to include language covering key fobs and physical keys.
Cleveland Heights council members agreed Wednesday to review the city’s key-card and property-management rules after a news video showed the mayor entering the law department, prompting questions about who may access secured areas of City Hall.
Councilman Cobb raised the issue after the video; he said the city’s current practice limits council’s physical access and that “we don't have key cards to go into any, parts of the building.”
The council discussed two separate sets of rules: the key-card/security ordinance, which distinguishes between restricted areas, secured areas and general-access areas and includes escort rules for restricted spaces, and a separate ordinance (or amendment) governing management and…
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