Cleveland City Council convened on August 13, 2025, at 21:29 UTC, with Council President Blaine Griffin presiding. The meeting included the adoption of numerous routine items, the passage of a large block of emergency ordinances and resolutions, and the introduction of a contractor for police station repairs. Roll call showed 13 members present; later, three members were excused.
Note: A discrepancy in the vote tally for Ordinance 812-2025 was observed in the transcript: initially reported as 11 yes and 2 no, then corrected to 12 yes and 1 no. The final recorded vote was 12 yes, 1 no.
All right. Madam Clerk, please call the road. Griffin. Here. Bishop. Conwell. Gray. Hairston. Harsh. House Jones. Jones. Casey. Kelly. Moore. McCormack. Polensic. Santana. Slife. Spencer. Starr. You have a core, Mr. President. Thank you. All right. Uh, if everyone could please rise for a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic. Which is one nation under God. Indivisible with liberty. Justice for all. I'll make the following statement. This meeting of Cleveland City Council is a lawful meeting under section 605.04 of the codified ordinances. No person with purpose to prevent or disrupt the lawful meeting shall do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting. Members of the public are invited to speak only under the rules set by this council. Disruptions, including but not limited to speaking out of turn and making loud noises and loud utterances are in violation of the rules and interfere with the due conduct of this lawful meeting. Such disruptions may constitute a misdemeanor and a violation of section 605.04. Anyone who disrupts this lawful meeting in violation of codified ordinances commits misdemeanors and is subject to prosecution. The following is the first and only warning. If this meeting is disrupted, I will gavel a halt to the proceedings and direct the assembled officers to escort any person participating in the disruption out of the chamber. Once persons participating in the disruption are outside of the chambers, the officers will close the doors and the disruptors will be handled as directed by the director of public safety. The council proceedings will not begin again until those that participated in the disruption have left the chamber and the council doors are closed. Disruptors will not be allowed back in the chamber after the meeting resumes. Again, this is the first and only warning. Madam Clerk, please dispense with the journal. Thank you. Are there any communications? Yes. From Digital C quarterly report for second quarter of 2025. File number 908 2025.