Cleveland City Council suspends rules and approves multiple ordinances; votes recorded as 15 yeas on motions to advance

Cleveland City Council on Feb. 3, 2025, voted to suspend the rules and place multiple ordinances on final passage, including the city's 2025 appropriations ordinance and several departmental contract and program authorizations. The clerk recorded votes of 15 yeas on motions to suspend the rules and place the listed legislation on final passage.

The council moved to dispense with reading of the minutes (motion by Council Member Harsh, seconded by Council Member Santana) and then advanced several ordinances from first reading to final passage. The first group included: Ordinance 156-2025 (annual appropriations for city operations for the fiscal year 01/01/2025 to 12/31/2025) and Ordinance 157-2025 (authorizing professional service contracts for three public-art installations at Clark Recreation Center, Sterling Recreation Center and Fire Station No. 26). A motion “that the rules be suspended and the legislation just read be placed on final passage” was offered by Council Member Harsh and seconded by Council Member Santana; the roll call recorded 15 yeas.

In a second set of measures the council likewise moved to suspend the rules and place a list of second-reading ordinances on…