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Council confirms Cleveland Days dates, names planning meeting and discusses fireworks and fundraising
Summary
Cleveland Town Council confirmed multi-day Cleveland Days dates (tentatively the 17th'19th), set a planning committee meeting at 6 p.m., and discussed fireworks logistics, vendor involvement and a shirt fundraiser.
Cleveland Town Council members agreed on dates for Cleveland Days and asked that the planning committee meet at 6 p.m. to finalize event details including fireworks, vendor recruitment and fundraising.
Speaker 1 opened the discussion on dates and asked, "So do you want the 20 fourth through the 20 sixth?" Council members then discussed alternatives and settled on a three-day schedule mid-month. Speaker 3 summarized, "So those days then. That's what seventeenth, eighteenth, and eighteenth. Yeah. K. Okay." (Councilors used that phrasing in meeting discussion to confirm the multi-day plan.)
Members discussed fireworks logistics, including safety distances and crowd control. Speaker 1 said the town will "cordon off the lower field" to keep the crowd at a distance, and Speaker 2 raised safety concerns about wind and crowd placement: "The wind is what kills you." The council discussed a vendor (Nicole Olsen) who typically signs up annually and a volunteer, Josh, who "has volunteered to help us with the 20 fourth of July celebration."
Fundraising to support event costs also surfaced: Speaker 1 said a shirt fundraiser is planned to raise additional money, and Speaker 3 said they will begin ordering shirts and will have a sample soon. The council discussed coordinating with the fireworks contractor and keeping the fireworks within the town's budget.
The council did not record a formal vote in the transcript on the dates; members directed the planning committee to meet at 6 p.m. so staff and volunteers could begin outreach and vendor confirmations.
