Cleveland Board of Control

Finance

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022
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

Note-taking by Kellie Morris

Board approves contract for on-call engineering

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Live reporting by Jenna Thomas

City office for youth and young adult services gets case-management system

jenna thomas @jennaincle

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02:03 PM Nov 22, 2022 CST

jenna thomas @jennaincle 2/11

The audio & visual quality for this meeting is horrible! I'm going to do my best. First up are the resolutions from the Director of Finance Ahmed Abonamah (but someone else is here representing the Finance Dept).

jenna thomas @jennaincle 3/11

Finance resolutions:
- Authorizing a $277,010 contract with Netsmart Technologies for a case management system for Office of Prevention, Intervention, and Opportunities
for Youth and Young Adults.

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- Fixing compensation for prospective $1,076,650 contract with Accela, also for a software update related to licenses & permits. Both resolutions approved without questions.

jenna thomas @jennaincle 5/11

Director DeRosa is present for to authorize 5th modification to $468,945 contract with R.E. Warner & Associates, Inc., for on-call architectural/engineering services. They are adding $100,000 to that contract.

jenna thomas @jennaincle 6/11

Whoever is facilitating this meeting is trying to understand what the additional funds are for, but the answer was not totally clear. DeRosa says the additional costs are just for the as-needed services that have not been identified yet.

jenna thomas @jennaincle 7/11

After a few more clarifying questions, the Board approves the contract modification unanimously. Next up is Director of Community Development Alyssa Hernandez with resolutions related to the purchase of land

jenna thomas @jennaincle 8/11

Board members are curious abt one parcel sale at $5,000 which is more expensive than these normally go for. Hernandez described it as a "controversial site" -- near the burial site of Anthony Sowell's victims. The Board has decided to hold off on approval to discuss further.

jenna thomas @jennaincle 9/11

"I know the city wants to do some things to try to help them out, so that's why I'm just wondering about that value. I know we usually complain that the values are too low, and now I'm complaining that it's a little high...we can look at that." says Dir. Tyson Mitchell.

jenna thomas @jennaincle 10/11

Another board member asks how the department arrived at $5,000 as fair market value. Dir. Hernandez says they typically do an appraisal. They are going to hold for another week and allow Dir. Mitchell to address any concerns.

jenna thomas @jennaincle 11/11

And that's it for today! 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

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