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

 

To sign up to comment in person or online, please scroll down.

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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The explosion that happened in Garden valley apartments
Yep it's me again kyanna Bell it's at the end y'all about to go on summer break and we as in 44 families that lost everything still have no fucking answer on why our building exploded why I lost my King why my kids lost their skin why we lost our since of safety.i bet y'all sleep good at night we don't it's now 3:16 am and I'm up crying missing my king looking at my kids try to sleep try to forget but they can't watch them have nightmares but still no reason why but do y'all even give a fuck because it's not y'all family y'all is living good we are not
What's even more fucked up is that every other fire that happens they know how it happened but this one they can't seem to figure out why crazy right
Kyanna Bell
Data Centers
What is being done to prevent the data center from being built in Slavic Village?
CJ Turner
The explosion that happened in Garden valley apartments
Yep it Kyanna Bell again still no fucking answer but they destroyed the rest of the building but we still have no fucking answer and still we can't get a good night's sleep we still missing my king my kids missing they daddy wtf I'm missing my what I knew as my safe place but y'all sleeping good y'all got y'all better half I'm fucking lost I'm in pain in every way I wish I could turn back time then I could have more time with Cordale SHEFFIELD him and the kids was an is my life now most of my life been took from me my heart feels like it's been cut in many ways and it's not a good feeling put y'all wonderful life on hold look at our life all 44 families lost everything and have to start over from nothing when you did just that an then it's all taken away and it was not ur fault how would you feel.my kids was in the hospital for 5 to 6 months going through so much pain for someone else fuck up now they suffering for the rest of they life they got many different surgeries coming up not because they did something wrong but because of some one else fuck up where is y'all heart in this....Oh yeah this explosion happened almost a year ago still we don't know why it happened but it did and we all have lots of problems after that we didn't have before so now what where do we go from here where please help me understand please I'm lost Remember Cordale SHEFFIELD was a wonderful man a great friend the best father my best soulmate now he's gone without me.I needed him like y'all need every breath in your body I need him like you need water o need him
Kyanna Bell
Rainbow Terrace Apartment Building Explosion
Why yall get on Local News and Lie Like that, saying oh we will have the investigation wrapped up by the beginning of 2026 we will have answers and solutions, it’s June 2026 at Richard Starr at , Chief Zimmerman Fire department , at The gas Company Enbridge, at Independent Management Services ( A E D ) Blake Caldwell Group!
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
LORENZO SANDERS SR
Worker Rights at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center


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
Kareem Henton
Rainbow terrace explosion
It is coming up on a year and yet the displaced families have yet to receive answers nor has anyone been held accountable 44 families not only did they lose the belongings they have lost feelings to feel safe a lot of the families including my self are still trying to cope with mental stability
Lisa Johnson
The explosion that happened in Garden valley apartments
I'm so fucking angry I'm more hurt I wish this shit never happened to us WHAT THE HELL CAUSE THE BUILDING EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED JUNE 23 2025 AT BOUT 4PM THAT DAY I. SO ANGRY 👿👿😡👿😡😡😡😡👿😡👿👿👿😡👿😡👿😡👿😡😡😡👿😡😡😡😡😡😡😡👿😡👿😡👿😡😡👿😡👿😡👿😡
Kyanna Bell
The explosion that happened in Garden valley apartments
Hello remember me kyanna Bell from 7051 garden valley Ave Apt 29 Cleveland Ohio 44104 That was my home for over 25 years and more but now I'm basically homeless because where you put us is worse then where I used to call home.Oh I'm so sorry how did u sleep last night me I didn't sleep I cry cry cry cry and ask why this happened to us I'm missing my man Cordale SHEFFIELD my king and why me and my king not together they took him away he is Dead he is not coming back that hurts like hell my kids cry out for him all the time my babygirl loves her dad he was her best friend our boys could not say anything to her he be like leave my bucket alone.that being said we are angry we want answers we need answers we deserve answers if it was ur family this happened to you would want answers to
Kyanna Bell
Rainbow terrace building explosion 6/23/2025
Hi it's me again, Mr Sanders from 7501 Garden Valley Ave apt 30,

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.
Lorenzo Sanders Sr
Do NOT Renew FLOCK Contract If You Want to Protect Communities
FLOCK cameras are causing mass harm to American communities by assisting ICE and ICE-compliant law enforcement entities to violate both human and American rights to all Americans. It especially harms citizens who are already vulnerable to the Trump administration's dehumanizing efforts to extinguish any and all Americans who don't look like him or disagree with him. Right to privacy and due process have always been a cornerstone of American rights and values. To renew a contract with FLOCK is to comply with Trump's xenophobic and dictator agenda to racially target and attack fellow Americans who don't look like him and support his values of power and dominance over others. How can FLOCK keep communities safe when they spread panic and fear by increasing the frequency of ICE committing raids, assaults, and violations of human rights and multiple Bills of Rights (including the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments)? How can you expect anyone to feel safer in their community when the supposed watchdog is watching to attack them or their loved ones? As a documented immigrant and person of color, I am telling you: I feel UNSAFE with FLOCK scanning to racially profile people who look like me and potentially send ICE to my door to illegally detain me simply for existing. FLOCK is not a protecting Americans, it is a tool of terrorism and it's working.
Meiya Neet