Cleveland City Council

The budget includes additional funds for the Department of Building and Housing and the Office of Equal Opportunity.

After nine months, the city has yet to seat the 14-member commission dedicated to improving the quality of life for Cleveland's Black women.

Some residents criticized council Monday night for cutting an additional $224,000 in funding for the commission that Mayor Justin Bibb had included in his budget.

Bibb's plan would reduce the number of open positions in the Cleveland Division of Police by 142. Public Safety Director Karrie Howard told councilmembers the city has been unable to fill all the empty spots in the budget for years.

City council approved $4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding for the 311 call center.

Cleveland City Council Monday approved $3.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to help Cleveland Metropolitan School District stand up three new brick and mortar health clinics in school buildings, along with funding a broader "Integrated Health Initiative" to help students' and families' physical and mental health.

The penalty for failing to pay for a bus or train ride will drop to the equivalent of a parking ticket.

311 is a non-emergency hotline for items such as animal services, reporting potholes or tree trimming requests.

Cleveland City Council Monday approved a new $10 million workforce development initiative Monday, meant to be the a new-to-Cleveland collaborative approach across multiple partners to build a pipeline to train new workers.

The group helped frame Mayor Justin Bibb's proposal to city council for a participatory budgeting pilot program.