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Council questions $60,000 Juneteenth contract, asks for post‑event accounting
Summary
Council members pressed staff about a proposed $60,000 contract with JAVA to manage the daytime Juneteenth celebration at King Park, raised concerns about timing, budget overruns, vendor fees, and asked for a full accounting after the event.
Cleveland Heights council members questioned a proposed $60,000 daytime contract with the organization JAVA to manage Juneteenth activities at King Park and asked staff to provide complete accounting and attendance data after the event.
The item, introduced at the Committee of the Whole meeting May 19 as Resolution 96‑2025, would authorize the mayor to enter into a contract with JAVA for event planning and logistics. Staff said the city lacks a special events coordinator and that Parks and Recreation and communications staff absorbed planning duties; contracting with JAVA was presented as a way to deliver a larger program than staff could manage alone.
"The event is one month away. It'd be beneficial to start allocating funds to fulfill vendor and performance purchase orders," Jessica…
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