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Council approves slate of emergency ordinances, adopts 2026 appropriations after roll-call votes
Summary
On March 23 the council suspended rules to advance a slate of departmental emergency ordinances and approved the 2026 appropriation ordinance; most emergency measures passed by recorded roll calls though several items drew dissent.
Cleveland City Council on March 23 read and advanced a large slate of departmental emergency ordinances and took recorded votes to place many measures on final passage.
The clerk read numerous emergency ordinances and departmental requests covering capital projects, youth programming contracts, traffic and street-safety equipment, tax-increment financing for redevelopment and purchases for a new fire station. Council voted to suspend the rules to place most of the read legislation on final passage.
Recorded tallies included: Ordinance 2 83 20 26 (automated phone/text services contract) recorded at 13 yays, 1 nay; Ordinance 98-2026 (tax-increment financing for the Westinghouse redevelopment at 1200 West 58th Street) passed with 9 yeas, 5 nays; Ordinances 227-2026 and 228-2026 recorded at 12 yeas, 2 nays; and "all other ordinances" on the read slate carried with 14 yays, as announced by the clerk.
On third reading, the emergency appropriation Ordinance 117-2026, making current-year appropriations for municipal departments for 2026, passed on its roll call with 11 yays and 3 nays, according to the clerk's announcement.
The meeting also approved appointments and oaths of office for multiple boards and received notice of a $3,004,000 grant acceptance from the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District for recycling education materials. An ordinance to table a zoning map change (Ordinance 7 91 20 24) was approved by a 14-0 vote.
What this means: The passage moves departmental spending and several program contracts forward. Several council members recorded recorded no or negative votes on particular items, signaling ongoing debate on select projects such as the Westinghouse TIF and the city budget appropriations.
