Cleveland Board of Control

Cleveland Board of Control
Finance

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. EDT

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601 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

City Hall (Watch via YouTube), CLEVELAND CITY HALL-ROOM 202 (Red Room)

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

Live reporting by Giorgiana Lascu

Board OKs youth-driven research program on community violence, adjusts contract for city website overhaul

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 2/17

Follow along here.&t=1020s (Starting at 17:14)

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 3/17

First agenda item is for the city’s new website and priced at $568,483.00 with Recess Creative, LLC.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 4/17

The second agenda item is a contract with MyCom
Network of Greater Cleveland for
professional services for a Youth
Participatory Action Research project on
youth violence in the community, for one
year with 1 one-year renewal option costing $138,500.00 a year.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 5/17

This project would involve youth groups from 3 communities (Hough & Centeral are mentioned) researching violence in their communities and brainstorming solutions.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 6/17

Third item would authorize a contract with Rhonda
Crowder & Assoc. for professional
services for an experiential learning program
focused on marketing, for one year with 1
one-year renewal option – not to exceed
$124,764.00 for each of the initial and
optional year renewal term.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 7/17

Another resolution would amend Res. No. 42-23, approving contract with United Way
of Greater Cleveland by modifying the not
exceed $101,087 per year contract amount
to “not to exceed $101,087.00 for the first
year and each of the 2 one-year options…(part 1)

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 8/17

(part 2) …but if
the average monthly call volume for the 10
months preceding the first option exercise or
for the 12 months preceding the second
option exercise is 8% or more, the payment
amount for the optional year shall increase by
5% over the previous year’s amount.”

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 9/17

Final Res. No. 94-23, adopted 3-1-23, approving contract with Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC to supply natural gas to city buildings for 3 yrs
with 2 one-year renewal options, by
inserting after “& further revised 2-28-23” the following: “3-9-23.”

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 10/17

Resolution passes.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 11/17

Moving on to the Division of Water– Resolutions approving contract to Core & Main, LP for Service Fittings, for 6mo costing $83,335.50 & for various items of Ductile Iron Pipe Fittings, for 6mo costing $852,992.12.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 12/17

This means that there are also 2 resolutions rejecting all bids received on March 1, 2023
for a certain item of Ductile Iron Pipe Fittings & Service Fittings, for the Division of Water.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 13/17

All resolutions pertaining to the division of water are passed unanimously.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 14/17

On to Capital Projects – Authorizing contract with City Architecture, Inc. for professional services for the
establishment/execution of a MOCAP public
engagement coordination program in support
of MOCAP projects and approving various sub-consultants – not to exceed $282,700.00.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 15/17

This resolution passes.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 16/17

There is resolution in the Dept of Building and Housing to enter into a contract with Baker Tilly to do analysis of construction permitting. The contract would not exceed $115,900 and passed unanimously.

Giorgiana Lascu @glascu 17/17

Have questions? Think we got something wrong? Send any inquiries on the meeting or these tweets to @cledocumenters. Or email us at cledocumenters@gmail.com

Note-taking by Karima McCree-Wilson

Building and Housing Department reviewing permitting process

Note-taking by Sandra Bishop

Board OKs project looking at reducing youth violence

Agency Information

Cleveland Board of Control

See meeting notes for details

See Documenters reporting

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

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