At this meeting Cleveland City Council's clerk read a long list of first- and second-reading emergency ordinances covering appropriations, lease amendments, contract authorizations and collective bargaining agreements.

Council Member Brian Casey moved to suspend the rules and place the read ordinances on final passage; Council Member Bishop seconded. A roll call showed 15 ayes on most items, and the clerk reported "On all others, 15 yeas." For Ordinance 14 16 20 25 (an amendment related to the Euclid Beach Trail Connector and submerged land lease) the clerk announced "14 yeas, no nays, 1 recusal" after a councilmember identified a recusal on that item.

Key items listed in the reading and placed for final passage included temporary appropriations for payroll, a transfer/amendment to general fund appropriations totaling $19,555,000 and $100,000 within the small enterprise fund, authorization for a seventh amendment to the lakefront parks lease to add the North Coast Inner Harbor and Marina, multiple collective bargaining agreements, and a series of public-improvement and vacating ordinances related to streets and capital projects.

Why it matters: The votes mobilize city funding and authorize contracts and projects that affect capital improvements, parks, transit services and collective-bargaining obligations. Several items were passed under suspension of rules, which expedited final passage in the same meeting.

Votes and formal actions: The motion to suspend rules and place legislation on final passage was moved by Council Member Brian Casey and seconded by Council Member Bishop and recorded as passing with 15 ayes on most items. Ordinance 14 16 20 25 was recorded as passing with 14 ayes and one recusal. The clerk recorded the final passage of the ordinances read on the agenda.