Cleveland Board of Control
Cleveland Board of Control
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023
3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. EST
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.
The agenda for this meeting will be added to this page when it is available (usually the afternoon before the meeting).
Find the livestream of this meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-grlgMPJy50hXISJ01lkQ
The roll call at the beginning of the meeting should indicate who is in attendance. Past meetings have included these officials:
- 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
- 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
- Director of Human Resources Paul Patton
- Director of the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects James DeRosa
- Director of the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity Tyson Mitchell
Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team
Hopkins getting new floors, fire fighters getting new boots
Board taps United Way for 311 support, approves contracts for employee health benefits
#CLEdocumenters
01:47 PM Feb 8, 2023 CST
🍒 The Board formally approves vendors and $ amounts for city contracts
🫐 Learn much more in this @signalcleveland explainer by @AbbeyMarshall: signalcleveland.org/clevelands-boa…
🍌 Or you can enjoy it right here, in 4 screenshots https://t.co/prq2H0SzLF
🍓 And you can watch it LIVE on The Board of Control's YouTube channel here: youtube.com/channel/UC4-gr…
All 4 were approved without comments or questions https://t.co/jiFk3C3XJ1
8 vendors applied. 1 was disqualified.
Contract is for ~$100k for 1 year, w/ two renewals https://t.co/GA7HtZnsA9
Says it's the 3rd time this contract has been bid. First two times the contractors didn't meet "OEO goals" (which I'm googling/guessing means "Office of Equal Opportunity goals") https://t.co/wjqEtoE1FO
Approved!
They're rejecting the second item for now so they can re-do the bids for particle hoods - so this BOOTS ONLY item is approved 👢👢 https://t.co/b32d7IQGBJ
this is related to Ord. 763-2022 re: healthcare benefits to City of Cleveland employees
Unclear who is speaking, they are not identified
Anthem Blue Cross: $45 million
Medical Mutual: $80 million
Delta Dental: $5 million
EyeMed: $600,000
Symetra Life Insurance: $300k
Metropolitan Life Insurance for benefits at no cost to the City
2020 health care costs were ~$100 million. With prescription costs ~$110 million.
These contracts are well in excess of those actuals, so it sounds like they're overbudgeting to provide a cushion if needed.
It took me a lot longer to tweet it because it I used the magic of rewind a lot.
The audio for some of the speakers on this stream plain ol' stunk. I tried to get what I could & I hope I got it right 👼 https://t.co/Wgym4aJSS7
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Agency Information
Cleveland Board of Control
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.
The roll call at the beginning of the meeting should indicate who is in attendance. Past meetings have included these officials:
- Mayor Justin Bibb
- Director of Economic Development Tom McNair
- Director of Public Safety Karrie Howard
- Director of Law Mark Griffin
- Director of Finance Ahmed Abonamah
- Director of Public Utilities Martin Keane
- Director of Port Control Bryant Francis
- 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
- Director of Human Resources Matthew Cole
- Director of the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects James DeRosa
- Director of the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity Tyson Mitchell
- Secretary Jeffrey Marks
Find past Documenters coverage of this meeting here: https://cleveland.documenters.org/reporting/?agency=258