January 17, 2026 This is going to be a busy year at County Council. The following are some of the major items we have on our 2026 to-do list. BUDGET MONITORING: The 2026-7 biennial budget was narrowly balanced with optimistic numbers on some items on both the revenue and expenditure side. We will have to watch the budget closely all year long, work to find savings and efficiencies that do not affect services, and make adjustments as needed. RESPOND to STATE and FEDERAL DEVEL

January 16, 2026 Lots of action at County Council in 2025! Here are some of the major things that happened: On January 2, 2025, I was chosen as the fourth County Council President, succeeding C. Ellen Connally, Dan Brady, and Pernel Jones, Jr. Yvonne Conwell was chosen as Vice-President. In March, Council passed legislation updating Section 501 on procurement after more than a year of work in collaboration with the administration. The changes will enable contracting and procu

February 7, 2024 Lots of action at County Council in 2023! Here are some of the major things that happened: Executive Ronayne Takes Over: Chris Ronayne took over as County Executive in January, becoming the third executive since the new government began in 2011. Selection of Site for the New County Jail: The 70+ acre site in Garfield Heights off Transportation Boulevard was approved for purchase in September as the site for the new Cuyahoga County Jail. The next step, expecte

October 19, 2023 The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), the five-county regional planning agency for our region, is in...

December 23, 2022 My approach to leadership at County Council is based on my philosophical and spiritual perspective. The following are...

December 22, 2022 County Council passed legislation on December 6, 2022, to adopt an updated budget for 2023. The primary changes in the...

January 17, 2026 Preliminary site work on the new jail has begun at the site along Transportation Blvd in Garfield Heights. Legislation was introduced in Council on Tuesday, January 13 to extend the preliminary contract with Gilbane and add funds, which will take us to the time when the full construction contract is approved with a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) and the bonds are sold. The current schedule is for the GMP contract and the bond sale to be considered and appro

December 20, 2022 County Councilman Dale Miller led a formal application and scoring process to select twelve American Recue Plan Act (ARPA) recipients to be funded with money informally allocated to primarily benefit Cuyahoga County Council District 2. A total of $6 million was allocated to each district. Councilman Miller conducted two rounds of application, review, and scoring, after which each recommended application was reviewed by the full County Council. "I particularl

August 9, 2022 County Councilman Dale Miller proposed six community grants for the 2nd County Council district through the American...

December 14, 2021 Cuyahoga County Council completed a two-month process and passed its 2022-2023 Biennial Budget on December 7, 2021. The proposed budget was introduced by County Executive Armond Budish at the Council meeting on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Following the overview presentation from Budget & Management Director Walter Parfejewiec, we had a series of meetings in which we heard from the directors of all major county departments regarding their budgets. The centra

April 27, 2021, updated June 30, 2021, updated December 14, 2021 Cuyahoga County is expected to receive $240 million under the federal 2021 American Recovery Act (ARPA). The first payment of half of the amount of $120 million has been received and the second payment should be received a year later. The federal government has not yet released detailed guidance on how these funds may be spent, but the legislation authorizes four broad categories: Any programs that are directly

April 27, 2021 Cuyahoga County Council passed legislation today to award Community Development Supplemental Grants to the cities of...

I read the recent recommendations from the Citizens Advisory Council on Equity and believe they brought forth an excellent set of ideas to help us make progress in various focus areas. To access the full report, please use this link . What we can add is a systemic approach. The Foundation Community has been using a concept for a decade or more called "collective impact." This concept is used to deal with problems that affect an entire community and are best tackled by its v

I have mostly stayed away from partisan politics in my email updates. The current state of our country and the world calls for a...

I have my opinions about the quality of leadership on COVID-19 that we’ve received at various levels of government, that but is not the...

I am deeply saddened and very angry over the murder of George Floyd by police officers who are sworn to protect everyone’s life and...

As we are nearing two months of isolation from the coronavirus, it seemed to be a good time to provide an update on County efforts to...

Cuyahoga County government is doing everything possible to assist in helping to keep our citizens safe during this unprecedented crisis....

I’m writing to encourage you to vote YES on Issue 33, the Health & Human Services Levy, which is on the ballot for this year’s spring...