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Council presses administration on outstanding financial documents and budget timeline

2138888 · January 22, 2025
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Council members pressed administration for outstanding items tied to the 2025 appropriations ordinance and a set of 17 information requests; members debated whether to proceed with budget adoption using estimates or wait for finalized year-end figures and asked administration to provide clearer prioritization and a short follow-up timeline.

Cleveland Heights — Committee members used the Jan. 21 meeting to press administration staff for documents and clarifications tied to the Mayor’s 2025 appropriations ordinance and a list of 17 outstanding information requests the council had circulated.

Council members said they had 17 specific requests for backup or clarifying documents related to the budget and asked colleagues who could not attend a follow-up finance meeting to email which items they still needed. Council and staff described the work of assembling documents for an outside auditing firm and the state auditor; administration staff reported ongoing…

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