Delete WardMaking a Public Comment
Council welcomes public comment before regular council meetings. Fill out the online form below for your chance to make a public comment at the next regular Monday Council meeting. Please read the revised rules and procedures.
Registrations can also be submitted:
* In person at Cleveland City Hall, Room 220, 601 Lakeside Ave. NE. Paper forms are available to register.
* If you don't want to fill out the online form below, you can download this form and fill it out, and email it to publiccomment@clevelandcitycouncil.org or drop it off at Council offices. (Parking at City Hall on the upper lot is free on Mondays after 5 pm when Council is meeting.) If you need assistance, language, or disability, go here to make a request (at least 3 days in advance.)
Make a Comment in Person
Registrations to speak up to 3 minutes at a regular council meeting can be submitted between noon Wednesday and 2 pm on the Monday before a regular 7 pm council meeting. (Early, incomplete and false registrations are not accepted.) Only the first 10 are accepted.
Make a Comment Online
If you don't want to speak at a Council meeting, please submit your written comments below.
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This past Monday, Popivker was was charged for felony aggravated menacing and ethnic intimidation due to his actions at Cleveland State.
This individual is dangerous - with the help of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, he circulated a heavily edited video doxxing two CSU students. He has destroyed/stolen property, intimidated and threatened students on campuses across our region. Most recently, he has been permitted to speak during public comment and shouting vague threats at Palestinians members of the public while doing so.
This person should not be permitted a platforms.
Take steps to ensure that EVERYONE is safe in our communities - this includes Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian communities.
I write to you this evening during black history month to discuss the importance of civilian oversight and why you should be more engaged with the Community Police Commission. This council is responsible for appointing three members to the police commission and should be evaluating their performances as commissioners; those commissioners that you have appointed to the police commission terms will be ending this year, so you should begin the process of considering new appointments. I encourage you to have a more transparent and open process when you begin your new selection.
It has taken residents of Cleveland 100 years to establish police accountability and civilian oversight of the Cleveland Division of Police, that’s longer than most of us have been on this earth. Black History in America and locally here in Cleveland has taught us that police need to be held accountable for their actions and not given a slap on the wrist for violating police policies and procedures, the consent decree, or Charter Section 115. These systems of accountability and oversight are in place to improve community-police relations and the quality and integrity of our law enforcement agencies. A violation of either of these violates residents' trust in their police department's ability to keep them safe in their community.
Right now the CPRB is still reviewing cases of police complaints without an updated manual reflecting the changes under Charter Section 115, after two years of implementation. This is a direct violation of Judge Oliver’s amendment to the consent decree. I encourage you to attend their meeting tomorrow at 9 am right here in city hall and ask them about their manual of operations. Lastly, in order for true democracy to work, politicians have to listen to their constituents. I hope your ears are open and receiving the messages from the voices that put you in your seats. We deserve more than “Taxation without representation”. Thank You Good Night.
Citizens for a Safer Cleveland
LaTonya Goldsby,
President
Given this council just voted on new rules for public comment I would have thought the Council President would be familiar with the rules, but since he's not let me share a few lines:
"The presiding officer's enforcement of these Rules and Procedures shall be viewpoint neutral."
"The Council applies these Rules and Procedures to all speakers and does not discriminate based on the identity of the speaker, content of the speech, or viewpoint of the speaker."
There is also nothing written rule stating council can unilaterally suspend public comment. Given that City Council is already facing a lawsuit for violating the First Amendment during public comment, attempting to once again do so by either barring the public by speaking on certain topics or removing public comment altogether when there is no power granted for them to do so would seem to be ill advised.
On top of the, the street farther down and next street over got repaved, not our street, all they do is patch work which constantly crumbles apart
This street NEEDS TO BE REPAVED - WHAT ARE MY CITY TAXES GOING TO THEN IF NORMAL WEAR AND REPAIR CAN'T BE HANDLED