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Council approves multiple ordinances and appointments; several items passed under suspension of rules
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Summary
Council suspended rules to place a package of departmental ordinances on final passage, approved mayoral appointments without objection, accepted a $315,000 Cleveland Foundation grant for renewable-power projects, and adopted an emergency resolution to vacate part of Central Avenue.
Cleveland City Council moved rapidly through a broad package of legislation and communications at its meeting, suspending the rules to place many recently read ordinances on final passage and approving several mayoral appointments and a grant acceptance.
The clerk read multiple first-reading and administrative ordinances covering procurement and contracting for the Division of Water and other departments, land transfers for parks and public facilities, firefighter equipment purchases, and a grant implementing the Cartel Gang Narcotics and Laundering Task Force. The clerk also read Ordinance 5-56-2026 (a proposed moratorium on data-center permits) and Ordinance 5-61-2026 (short-term rental code amendments) among other items.
Council Member Charles Slife moved to suspend the rules so the just-read legislation could be placed on final passage; that motion passed and the clerk announced roll-call results. The clerk recorded predominantly 14 yeas on the bundled items, with specific notations of 13 yeas/1 nay or 12 yeas/2 nays on a small subset of ordinances; the clerk announced that, "On all others, 14 yeas." Several pieces were therefore placed on final passage at the same meeting.
Appointments: the council approved mayoral appointments read into the record without objection, including Anita Tiwen to the Gateway Economic Development Corporation (term ending 05/31/2027), Eddie Taylor to the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority (term ending 04/07/2030), and Stephanie Morrison Herbeck and Yasir Hamdala to the Community Relations Board (terms ending 03/31/2030).
Grant acceptance: the clerk reported File 5622026, a notice of grant acceptance for $315,000 from the Cleveland Foundation to support local renewable-power project design and construction for the Division of Cleveland Public Power; the communication was received.
Tabling: Council voted to table Ordinance 5-88-2024 (a prior short-term rental measure as amended) by roll call.
Resolution adoption: Council suspended the rules and adopted Resolution 3-75-2026 declaring the intent to vacate a portion of Central Avenue; adoption roll call recorded 14 ayes.
Next steps: items placed on final passage are now enacted as recorded by the clerk; legislation that was only introduced or tabled will return to committee as appropriate.
