Cleveland Board of Control

Finance

Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022
3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. EDT

Remote

The Cleveland Board of Control consists of members of the mayor’s cabinet and leaders of city departments. City Council passes some legislation – particularly legislation that authorizes the city to enter contracts for various purposes – that leaves vendor selection and compensation to be set by the Board of Control. The board makes those decisions in this meeting, and it also holds votes on the sale and purchase of land parcels.

Find the livestream of this meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-grlgMPJy50hXISJ01lkQ

NOTE: An updated agenda will be be added to the meeting documents below when available.

Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team

Note-taking by Kellie Morris

Board approves contracts for water main renewals, sells land parcels

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Live reporting by Emily Anderson

Board approves contracts for water main renewals, sells land parcels

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@cledocumenters The Cleveland Board of Control consists of:
Mayor Justin Bibb
Director of Economic Development Tessa Jackson
Director of Public Safety Karrie Howard
Director of Law Mark Griffin
Director of Finance Ahmed Abonamah
Director of Public Utilities Martin Keane
(cont.)

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@cledocumenters ...
Interim Director of Port Control Dennis Kramer
Director of Public Works Frank Williams
Director of Public Health Dr. David Margolius
Director of Community Development Alyssa Hernandez
Director of Aging Mary McNamara
Director of Building and Housing Sally Martin
(cont.)

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Director of Human Resources Paul Patton
Director of the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects James DeRosa
and
Director of the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity Tyson Mitchell

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@cledocumenters City Council passes some legislation – particularly legislation that authorizes the city to enter contracts for various purposes – that leaves vendor selection and compensation to be set by the Board of Control.

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@cledocumenters The board makes those decisions in this meeting, and it also holds votes on the sale and purchase of land parcels.

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@cledocumenters Today's 3-page agenda https://t.co/cZwcF6nF27

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@cledocumenters Agenda TL;DR: Board of Control will hear resolutions from Finance, Public Utilities, Port Control, Office of Equal Opportunity, and Community Development. The Board will hear each department's recommendations on resolutions and approve or reject them with a vote.

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@cledocumenters Getting started now https://t.co/AfbbP2DOai

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@cledocumenters Directors Griffin, Abonamah, Keane, Interim Director Dennis Kramer (Port of Control), Director Margolius, Acting Director Michiel Wackers (Community Development), and Directors Patton, McNamara, and Martin are present.

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@cledocumenters Abonamah starts by introducing the Finance resolutions

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@cledocumenters The resolutions are read and the board unanimously votes to approve the recommendations presented.

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@cledocumenters Keane reads the Public Utilities resolutions and recommendations. One person asks about the total water renewal contract - (the resolution is for a $5K subcontract for this project) The total contract is for $1.5 million

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@cledocumenters The second resolution's main contract is also for $1.5 million.

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@cledocumenters The board unanimously votes to approve the recommendations presented.

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@cledocumenters Kramer reads Port Control's resolutions and recommendations - one to modify a contract to restore and update software, and another to go into a $100K yearly contract with Korn Ferry for "professional airport talent requirement services"

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@cledocumenters The board unanimously votes to approve the recommendations presented.

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@cledocumenters Mitchell presents the Mayor's Office of Equal Opportunity's resolution and recommendation - a $130K compensation for AskReply, Inc

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@cledocumenters The board unanimously votes to approve the recommendations presented.

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@cledocumenters Wakers reads through Community Development's sale of 7 parcels of land. Item #6 has been held and is being withdrawn today. The board takes a "no" vote on item #6. The rest of the resolutions are approved as recommended.

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@cledocumenters With no further business, this meeting is adjourned.

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