Making an In-Person Public Comment at An Upcoming Council Meeting
Council welcomes public comments at each regularly scheduled Monday evening Council meeting.
If you are interested in speaking at a Cleveland City Council, please read the revised rules and procedures for public comments and fill out the online form below.
Submitting a Registration to Speak
Anyone who is interested in addressing Cleveland City Council at a public meeting must register with City Council prior to that meeting.
Registrations may be submitted:
- By using the online form below
- In person at Cleveland City Hall, Room 220, 601 Lakeside Avenue NE. Paper forms are available to register.
- By downloading this form, filling it out, and emailing it to publiccomment@clevelandcitycouncil.gov or dropping it off at Council offices.
Registration Periods
Registrations will ONLY be accepted between Noon on Wednesday and 2:00 pm on the same day as a regularly scheduled Monday evening Council Meeting.
Council allows no more than 10 people to comment at its regularly scheduled Monday night meetings. Registration will close as soon as the first 10 people sign up. Each registrant will be allotted 3 minutes to speak.
Registrations will only be accepted for making comments at the next regular meeting; registrations for any future meeting will not be accepted until the Wednesday before the meeting. Early, incomplete, or false registrations will be rejected.
Notice of Registration
If your registration is successful, you will be notified by email or phone.
Accommodations
If you need assistance due to a language barrier or disability, please let us know at least three (3) days in advance by going here to make a request.
Attending Council Meetings
Cleveland City Council meetings are held in the Council Chamber on the second floor of Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue, East.
Visitors may park for free at the upper lot behind City Hall after 5:00 pm on days when Council is meeting.
Public Record
Please remember that all registration information and public comments are public records and can be subject to public record requests.
Decorum
Cleveland City Council must maintain orderly, efficient, and productive meetings to ensure the important business of city government is completed. Council has developed a set of rules and procedures that allow the public to be heard in a fair and orderly manner. These rules and procedures apply to all speakers, and Council does not discriminate based on the speaker's identity or viewpoint or the content of the speech. Please read Council's revised rules and procedures for public comments before you register and before you appear before City Council.
Please note: Anyone attending a Cleveland City Council meeting is prohibited from engaging in any action or behavior that substantially interrupts, delays, or disturbs the due conduct of the proceedings of the Council; such conduct includes but is not limited to: handclapping, stomping of feet, whistling, making other loud noises, yelling, or similar demonstrations. Any person who violates any of the above may be immediately removed from the Council Chamber.
Rules for Speakers
- Speakers may not yield their time to other speakers.
- Speakers shall only address the topic they registered to speak about.
- Speakers' comments shall not be frivolous or repetitive.
- Speakers shall not use language that is obscene or likely to produce imminent unlawful action.
- Speakers shall address all comments to the presiding officer.
Prohibited Items
- Signs, posters, banners, placards, or similar items
- Food and drink
Make a Comment In Person at a Council Meeting
To sign up to speak during the registration period (Noon Wednesday through 2:00 pm Monday before Council Meetings) click this button.
You will be notified by email or phone if you are one of the ten people who will speak.
Make a Comment Online
If you would rather submit your comments in writing, please fill out the form below.
Written public comments will be published on this page and delivered to all Councilmembers before the next full Council Meeting after they have been submitted.
Public Comments
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We see y’all demolishing the apartment buildings covering up evidence destroying the crime scene and any further evidence. SMH we will get justice one way or another On God
Hi, my name is Kareem Henton. I’m an organizer with SEIU District 1199. The purpose this comment addressing City council is for workers at Cleveland Rape Crisis Center who have been trying to get a collective bargaining agreement and unfortunately, due to boss tactics failure to bargain in good faith that hasn’t happened. I have a letter of support from local elected officials demanding that CRCC bargain in good faith and give the workers what they deserve a seat at the table with guarantee rights and benefits. We hope City Council supports the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Staff as well
You know they demolished the apartment building with our good belongings and my sons ashes and memorabilia 😤😤😤😭😭😭😭😭, IMS, Rainbow Terrace apartments management called us for that final walk through they just said FUCK US AND OUR SHIT, YOU NIGGERS DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING OF VALUE YOU LIVE IN THE SLUMS " that's exactly what that said without them saying it to our faces, I had the opportunity to record the manager saying no we not letting yall get anything, so stop asking to get back into the building, yet criminals and thieves can break in cut holes in secured fences and have their way! The property's personal security and the Maintenance workers were sending ppl in those buildings to steal our TVs jewelry clothing and all of our personal belongings we worked hard for, No one Gives a fuck, I sat and watch the news last week to see the Mayor handing out new homes to white ppl, but the 44 families that lost everything get put in old Dysfunctional apartments dealing with more issues than we had before the explosion 💥 MAKE IT MAKE SENSE, ALSO I SEE THAT EXPLOSION WAS RIGHT AROUND ELECTION TIME AND THE COUNCILMEN DEFINITELY USED US FOR THEIR MASCOT TO GET ELECTED ONLY TO TURN HIS BACK AND START BUILDING THAT OLD GENTRIFICATION BS, I'M TIRED OF CRIMINALS INVESTIGATING CRIMINALS, ME AND THE 43 FAMILIES WILL HAVE OUR LIGHT SHINING THROUGH BY ANY MEANS S necessary.
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