City Council Caucus Meeting [IN-PERSON]

Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Ave, Mercedes Cotner Council Committee Room 217, Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

NOTE: This City Council Caucus meeting will be held in-person at City Hall and WILL NOT be livestreamed.

Only apply for this assignment if you are willing and able to attend this meeting in-person.

In order to make up for the additional costs of documenting an in-person meeting, we will add one extra hour to your total hours for this assignment.

Cleveland City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Cleveland in Ohio. In this meeting, residents may address council with public comments, and council typically introduces legislation and votes on legislation. Council does not typically discuss legislation in detail at this meeting; that happens in council’s committee meetings.

There are 17 elected Cleveland City Council members representing the 17 wards of the City of Cleveland. Each ward has approximately 25,000 residents. Council Members are elected to serve a four-year term. Council members serve two roles in their duties: to draft and enact legislation for the city of Cleveland and act as ombudspersons for their constituents.

A caucus is an informal gathering of City Council members. Council members use the meeting to discuss and gain clarity on issues and processes, and to hold political discussions. They do not make any formal decisions or votes in this meeting that change the status of any pending legislation. Council caucus meetings are held in person and are NOT broadcast by TV20 or live-streamed to council’s YouTube channel.

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