The Cleveland City Council convened on July 15, 2026, to act on a wide range of emergency ordinances and resolutions. The council approved a moratorium on data center permits, authorized a contract for automated license plate readers despite significant opposition, and passed numerous other measures including tax increment financing agreements, public works contracts, and liquor permit actions. The meeting also included the reading of condolence and congratulatory resolutions, the swearing-in of new appointments, and announcements recognizing residents and council member birthdays.
I'm gonna ask all the council members to come to the will if all the council members can come to the will. All council members come to the well so that we can start the meeting. Davis Gray Harsh House Jones Hudson Jones Casey Polensic Santana Shaw Slife Star. You have a core, Mr. President. Thank you. Will everyone rise for a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. No person with purpose to prevent or disrupt a 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 a 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 gabble 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 by the direct 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. My councilmember Gray that the reading of the minutes of the last meeting be dispensed with the journal approved, seconded by councilmember Harsh. Thank you. Please share communications. File numbers 780 781 782 2026. From Larry Jones, the second commissioner, Department of Innovation and Technology. A cooperative purchasing agreement to purchase Samsung VXT quantity 160. Thank you. I'm not doing that. Notification of cooperative purchasing agreement to purchase Dell Pro Max Tower T2. Notification of utilization for cooperative purchasing agreement for Cisco Room Navigator. File numbers 783 848578 and 89. From Kimroy Wilson, Director of Innovation and Technologies. Purchasing agreement for equipment for the Acela Reimagined Program. Purchasing agreement for equipment for I'm sorry for residential engagement SC for purchasing agreement for the CGI Advantage Implement. Purchasing agreement for ADA compliance of public facing digital. Purchasing agreement for risk management or origami implementation seven. Purchasing agreement for risk management origami implementation eight. Purchasing agreement for ticketing system three. From Larry Jones, the second commissioner, Department of Innovation and Technology. Purchasing agreement for software for Microsoft License Renewal. Purchasing agreement for urban AI high-end laptop. Purchasing cooperative purchasing agreement for supplies for CDW. Purchasing agreement for BPS for IT Consultant 2. Purchasing agreement for CW CDW for the purchase of equipment for an HID card reader. Quantity 2. File number 794 2026 from Council President Blaine Griffin. Recommending approval of the appointment of Councilmember Austin Davis Ward 7 to Steel Yard Commons Tax Increment Financing Advisory Board. File number 795 2026. Oath of Office for Patrick Dugan, Assistant Director, Department of Public Works. File number 796 2026.