Here’s an index of the Cleveland City Charter revisions that have been formally proposed to the Charter Review Commission as of the date at the bottom of the page. The numbers are the Commission’s own tracking numbers — click on a number to see the proposed change.
This index now includes proposals made by citizens in oral testimony at the Commission’s public meetings on June 18, 24 and 26. Review the testimony here.
The proposals linked below come from a variety of proponents, including the Jackson Administration, City Council, the County Board of Elections, city employee groups, and others. A number of them are in conflict with each other. None of these proposals have been approved or rejected by the Charter Review Commission as yet.
Chapter 1, Powers of City: 144
Chapter 3, Nominations and Elections: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 136, 137
Chapter 5, The Council: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 130, 131, 132, 139, 140, 145
(also see Council reform proposals – 147 through 156)
Chapter 7, Initiative and Referendum: 32, 33, 34, 35
Chapter 9, Conflicting Ordinances: 36
Chapter 11, The Executive: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 59, 60, 142, 143
Chapter 15, Department of Law: 61, 62
Chapter 17, Department of Finance: 42, 43, 44, 45, 63, 64, 65, 66
Chapter 25, Police and Fire Services: 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 138, 146
Chapter 27, Civil Service: 78-80, 81-82, 83-90, 91-92, 93-95, 96, 97-113,114-115, 116, 117-119,120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126-127, 128
Chapter 31, Improvements and Assessments: 129
Chapter 37, Officers and Employees: 141
Chapter 39, Amendments and Charter Review: 133, 134, 135
(Last updated 7/27/08)
