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Cleveland City Council approves multiple emergency ordinances and resolutions in unanimous votes
Summary
At its meeting, Cleveland City Council placed several first- and second-reading emergency ordinances and resolutions on final passage and adopted them by recorded roll calls of 16–0. Measures cover temporary council chamber use for filming, neighborhood funds, public-safety agreements, youth programs and amendments to nuisance and utility rules.
Cleveland City Council voted unanimously on a package of emergency ordinances and resolutions during its April meeting, approving measures that range from authorizing temporary use of the council chamber for a film to contracts for utility and public-safety projects.
The council recorded 16 yeas on multiple suspension-of-rules motions that moved several items to final passage, with councilmember Moore moving the suspensions and councilmember Santana seconding the motions.
Among measures adopted on final passage were: an agreement authorizing temporary use of the council chamber for filming; neighborhood safety and community program contracts funded with ward equity or casino revenue funds; amendments and second-reading emergency ordinances concerning criminal-nuisance enforcement; and contracts for airport safety equipment and water-service-line replacement work. Roll-call tallies for the recorded final-passage votes list the following members as voting "yea": Council President Blaine A. Griffin; Councilmembers Bishop, Conwell, Gray, Hairston, Harsh, House Jones, Jones, Casey, Kelly, Moore, McCormack, Polencic, Santana, Slife and Spencer; and…
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