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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I work most Fridays and I was unable to listen while Mudride was on the air, so Saturday mornings my husband and I would listen to Mudride via the Archives. Mudride was the last official show to air on Friday, October 3rd. However, I was never able to hear it because Ideastream took full control of 89.3 with no warning. Now there are no more live shows, no more archived shows, no more Thursday nights planning the next day’s playlist, no more talking about how my son’s show went, no more requests for Mom.
Ideastream and CSU didn’t just take over WCSB that day. They took away my son‘s voice, they took away his unique taste in music that he enjoyed playing for listeners. They took away one of ways my son and I bonded.
This is my story. This is just one of the stories of how this careless backdoor shady deal affected me, the students and DJs of XCSB, and of this community. I stand with XCSB, and I have no intention of backing down.
The turnover of CSU's radio station to Ideastream behind the backs of the students was unethical, especially considering that the college station was already well-managed by the students and not struggling financially. The management and programming of WCSB should go back into the hands of the students where they belong.
I would like to express my hope that Cleveland City Council can do something to help counteract Ideastream and CSU’s destruction of the cultural fabric of our city. The way they went about this, behind closed doors and without public input, is the antithesis of the supposed transparency and free speech Ideastream claims to support.
Cleveland champions itself as the “rock and roll city” and one of the best independent college radio stations that championed lesser known artists was just junked for a Spotify algorithm of mid century mainstream jazz.
But WCSB was more than a radio stations it was the essence of community. In a town that has lost so much media in the past 20 years it was a venue for artists of all types to get the word about their shows, performances, exhibits, etc. The loss of this resource will be catastrophic to the cultural fabric of our community.
And for what? To accomplish the pet project of a California based CEO and the dreams of a couple of millionaire donors? That’s not Cleveland.
If we are going to continue to grow arts and culture in this city we need WCSB. If we are going to promote the Rock Hall and its importance to the city, we need WCSB. We don’t need pre programmed jazz.
Submissions are accepted up to 5 hours before a hearing if time slots are available