Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee: General Fund Budget Hearing Day 2, Afternoon Session

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NOTE: This assignment is for the afternoon session of day 2 of General Fund Budget hearings. This assignment is scheduled from the end Council’s lunch break until approximately 5pm. Lunch break is expected at noon, but it may come earlier or later. The Cleveland Documenters team will be monitoring the hearing, and will let you know when the lunch break is expected to end. However, you may still need to monitor the YouTube feed at least 15 minutes before the afternoon session is scheduled to begin.

Also, be sure to let us know what’s the best way to reach you while on assignment - phone, text, or email?

It is budget season in Cleveland! We’re going to document it!

We do not expect you to be a budget expert. Honestly, we don’t know many people who are. We want you to lead with your curiosity. Document the process as you see it. Ask questions about what you don’t understand. And of course, follow the money.

To help you do that, we’ve written a Guide to Cleveland’s budget process . In it you’ll find basics on the budget process, a glossary of budget terms, which include cards you can use in your notes/tweets, city council’s role, and more.

Other 2023 budget resources:

• The 2023 Mayor’s Estimate. Council members will refer to this document in the meeting.
• Review earlier Documenters’ budget hearing coverage. *Catch up on all the 2023 budget coverage at Signal Cleveland.

On the agenda for this meeting:

Department of Public Safety

• Department Administration (p. 241-246)
• Division of Animal Care and Control (p. 271-276)
• Division of Emergency Medical Service (p. 264-270)
• Division of Fire (p. 256-263)
• Division of Correction (p. 276-278)
• Division of Police (p. 247-255)
• Department of Justice (p. 282-287)
• Police Inspector General (p. 279-281)

NOTE: The attached page numbers are the numbers in the Mayor’s Estimate booklet, not the pdf numbers.

Documenters covering this should be prepared for the session to last up to four hours. If the session lasts longer than four hours and you cannot continue let the Documenters team know, and note that you cannot continue in your meetings notes or live tweet thread.

Live tweeters: Because we are trying to make information from these budget hearings available for residents as quickly as possible, please only accept this assignment if you can live tweet this meeting WHILE the meeting is ongoing.

Find live streams of this meeting:

On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/clevelandcitycouncil

On TV20: http://www.tv20cleveland.com/watch-now/

For more information go to Cleveland City Council’s website: https://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org.

Check the source website for additional information