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Cleveland council suspends rules and records 14–0 votes to pass multiple emergency ordinances and event permits
Summary
Council members voted by roll call to suspend the rules and place dozens of department-request ordinances and event permits on final passage; the clerk recorded 14 ayes on multiple votes during the meeting.
Cleveland City Council suspended the rules and recorded unanimous roll-call tallies to place a broad package of emergency ordinances and event permits on final passage during the session.
The clerk read a long list of first- and second-reading emergency ordinances, including items authorizing easements with Urban Bridges, state transportation consents for resurfacing projects, tax-increment financing for the Westinghouse redevelopment, and various event permits managed by Hermes Sports and Events (for example, Cleveland Cocoa Run, UCP of Greater Cleveland 5K, and the Cleveland turkey trot). Council Member House Jones moved to suspend the rules and place the legislation on final passage; Council Member Davis seconded the motion. The clerk recorded 14 ayes on the roll call for the motion to suspend the rules and again for passage of the listed legislation.
The council also read and advanced emergency ordinances on public-safety equipment contracts and grant applications (including authorizing digital forensics equipment and grant-acceptance authority for domestic-violence programming), the creation of a Department of Community Crisis Response, and grants for continuity planning and maternal supports under Invest in Children and First Year Cleveland. Several ordinances were presented by departmental request and listed sponsors on the record.
Where a formal recorded roll call was taken, the clerk read the recorded voting list (Griffin, Bishop, Conwell, Davis, Gray, Harsh, House Jones, Hudson, Jones, Casey, Polensek, Santana, Shaw, Slife, Starr) and announced 14 ayes. The meeting record shows multiple motions to suspend rules with the same outcome during the session.
Next procedural steps noted by the council included excusing an absence and adjourning to the call of the chair; the next meeting was announced for Monday, Feb. 9.
