The Cleveland City Council met on September 29, 2025, under the leadership of Council President Blaine Griffin. The meeting included multiple public comments addressing issues such as recidivism, a proposed gas station, the Rainbow Terrace apartment explosion, homelessness, and public safety. The council also passed a series of ordinances and resolutions on consent and emergency passage, and recognized community leaders.
Madam Clerk, please call the road. Griffin. Here. Bishop. Conwell. Great. Kirsten. Harsh. House Jones. Jones. Casey. Kelly. Santana. Slide. Stern. Thank you. Pledge of allegiance. I want to make sure that all council members know we are very close to quorum. Please stay in the will. Please avoid leaving outside the will. Your vote has to be, you have to be in the will for your vote to count. Okay. So we have a couple of members that are out, sick, and also a couple of members that are out. Alright, would everyone please rise for a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. I pledge you to the flag of the United States of America. Which is stand one under the independent liberty and justice. I make the following statement.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 the codified ordinances, commits misdemeanors, and is subject to prosecution. The following is the first and only warning. If this meeting is disrupted, I will gather 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 chamber 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. And road he represented Road Gold Inc. And he is not being paid by anyone. Mr. Snyder. Excuse me. Reverend Dale, Reverend Dr. Dale Bruce Snyder Senior. And Pittsburgh, Bethel AME. My grandfather, three uncles, all of them served in the military. I am Dale Bruce Snyder Jr. And with that declaration, there comes a responsibility of transparency.