Council Meeting Highlights

Jan 06, 2025

City Council held its regular meeting tonight, both in person in Council Chambers and live streamed. The next Council meeting is Jan. 13th. Here are today’s highlights.

Council Adopts a 15-Ward Map: Council approved a new 15-Ward map. The City Charter mandates the city use Census data to determine how many members will be seated on City Council. As of the 2020 US Census, the city of Cleveland has a population of 372,624 people, compared to 396,815 people in the 2010 US Census – a 6.10% decline over ten years.

By falling under the 375,000-population threshold, per US Census reports, the City Charter mandates that the Council be comprised of 15 members – two less than the current member count of 17. Ord. No. 1-2025

The public can view the final map as well as earlier maps over the years when council had 33, 21, and 19 wards at www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/cleveland-city-council-redistricting.

 Walks and Runs Around the City in 2025: Council approved permits for various upcoming events around the city, including:

• The Cleveland 10-Miler on April 26, 2025
• The OROC (OutRun Ovarian Cancer) 5K event on August 2, 2025
• The Towpath Marathon on October 4, 2025
• The annual Cleveland Turkey Trot, on November 27, 2025
• The UCP (United Cerebral Palsy) of Greater Cleveland 5K on May 4, 2025
• The Diversity Center’s Walk, Rock, Roll & Run, on May 10, 2025
• The Westside Catholic Center Pancake Run event, on June 7, 2025T
• The Will Run for Tacos 5K event, on May 3, 2025The Parrot Head Run on July 19, 2025   

Ord. Nos. 3-11-2025

Introductions 

Legislation was introduced from the Office of Prevention, Intervention and Opportunity for Youth and Young Adults, to employ one or more professional

consultants to design and implement projects to support the transformation of City recreation centers into trauma-informed neighborhood resource and recreation centers; to develop and provide programs and activities for youth and their families to serve as tools to prevent violence, develop skills and knowledge to overcome challenges associated with trauma and toxic stress, and to create opportunities for youth and their families to live quality lives, for a period up to eighteen months. Ord. No. 43-2025

Legislation was introduced to employ one or more professional consultants to assess, recommend, and/or procure property insurance for the Huntington Bank Field located at 100 Alfred Lerner Way, and other related services, for a period of one year. Ord. No. 22-2025

Legislation was introduced to allow the city to enter into an agreement with the Holland & Knight LLP for federal lobbying services for the City of Cleveland, for a period of one year, with one option to renew for an additional one-year period. Ord. No.20-2025