Ward 6 Community Meeting

11535 Shaker Blvd Cleveland, OH 44104 (Directions)

Cleveland Public Library, Rice Branch

Members of Cleveland City Council often hold ward meetings as an opportunity for community members of their ward to ask questions and connect with their elected representatives. Learn more from about ward meetings from Signal Cleveland’s Najee Hall.

While there is typically not a formal agenda for this meeting, Council President Blaine Griffin told Signal Cleveland that his Ward 6 Community meeting typically features safety updates from police representatives, other speakers, and a Q&A section where he fields questions from community members.

Note: This is our first time covering a Cleveland City Council ward meeting. As we understand, they can be a little less formal than typical public meetings. Lead with your curiosity and feel free to describe the scene and note if something doesn’t make sense or is confusing.

Attending in person? We add two hours of pay ($36) to the assignment. Because this is our first time covering a ward meeting, in-person attendance is preferred for the notetaker on assignment to get a sense of the scene and setup. In-person attendance for the audio role is required; this particular ward meeting does have a Facebook livestream, but because we’re testing out audio assignments, it’s best to try recording in person to see how that goes and how the quality compares to the Facebook livestream. Learn more about the audio roles we’re testing out.

Watching remotely? For the notetaker, if something comes up and you cannot attend in person, you can find the Facebook livestream on this page: https://www.facebook.com/Griff4CLE6

Find past Documenters coverage of this Cleveland City Council here: https://cleveland.documenters.org/reporting/?agency=158

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