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Resident tells council YWCA meal service placed food out of reach
Summary
During public comment July 8, 2025, a resident identified as Luke said he had submitted documents and complained that food service at a YWCA site placed plates out of his reach and staff would not accommodate him; he said the YWCA CEO's prior response addressed only temperature and name tags.
A public commenter identifying himself as Luke told the Cuyahoga County Committee of the Whole on July 8 that he had submitted documents about service problems at a YWCA meal site and described staff practices that left food out of his reach.
Luke said he had sent the documents before a previously postponed Committee of the Whole meeting and that, when he attended, he received a response from the YWCA president/CEO that addressed food temperature and staff wearing name tags but did not address the service issues he raised. He described an incident in which workers "refuse, or they have their way of serving me the food" and said that when he asked staff to "push the place out a little bit so I can you can reach it," they would not comply. He said those practices made it impossible for him to reach the plate or bowl.
The comment period concluded without a YWCA representative speaking on the record in this transcript. The county acknowledged the public comment and then proceeded with other agenda items, including an announced executive session.
The transcript does not indicate whether the YWCA site receives county funding or what follow-up, if any, county staff were directed to take in response to the comment.
