The Cleveland City Council met on February 9, 2026, for a regular legislative session. The meeting included public testimony on housing, transit, immigration enforcement, and city services; the introduction and passage of multiple ordinances and resolutions; and extensive council discussion on the city's housing crisis, code enforcement, and a modular housing initiative.
That's what we need to run in the house to put it on here. Police need to get them out. And I got to hear off the BS. We got 11. Madam Clerk, please call the road. Oops. Griffin. Here. Bishop. Conwell. Davis. Gray. Harsh. House Jones. Hudson. Jones. Casey. Polensic. Santana. Shaw. Slife. Starr. You have a quorum, Mr. President. Thank you. Will everybody 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, for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I 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 their 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 is 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 out 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's 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. By council member Bishop that the rules be suspended and the legislation just read be placed on final passage. Seconded by Councilmember Starr. Thank you. We'll now move to public comment. I remind all members to please acknowledge the speakers by turning around and listening to the speakers. And I would ask all the speakers to please acknowledge your time.