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Chris Thompson · County Reform Commission Meeting Wednesday
August 19th, 2008
The state-appointed Commission on Cuyahoga County Government Reform is meeting on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Shaker Heights City Hall. The commission, which is to make its reform recommendations to the Legislature in November, has posted a full calendar of its upcoming meetings on its web site. The web site is still a work in progress, but should be fully operational by Wednesday.
Chris Thompson · County Reform Commission to Meet Aug. 5
August 1st, 2008
The Commission on Cuyahoga County Government Reform will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Trinity Commons, 2230 Euclid Ave. The Trinity Commons parking lot entrance is on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street.
This is the first meeting of the commission since the FBI and IRS investigation into the operations of county business went public.
The primary topic of this commission meeting will be an overview of the current structure of Cuyahoga County government.
This is what the commission is charged with: The Commission on Cuyahoga County Government Reform shall develop recommendations by which Cuyahoga County may, with a vote of the people, restructure, reform, or otherwise reorganize the county government to implement a more effective, efficient, and financially and economically viable county government structure to better serve the people of Cuyahoga County.
It is to make a recommendation to the Legislature by Nov. 7.
George Nemeth · Callahan’s Cleveland Charter Change Proposal
July 12th, 2008
From Bill:
Finally, Commission member Bill Callahan (that’s me) distributed a request for consideration of two proposals as part of any plan to reduce Council ward representatives. The first (“Collaborative Government”) is specific language for my 1988 proposal for Neighborhood Service Districts. The second (“Transparent Government”) would require the Mayor to make all public records of departments and bodies within his jurisdiction available to the public on line by a Charter-specified deadline.
It’d be a good idea to see what the GCP is proposing in this post too.
