East Cleveland City Hall Credit: Doug Brown / Scene
At a special East Cleveland City Council meeting Monday night, three members were appointed to a special annexation commission that will serve as the East Cleveland contingent on official merger talks with the city of Cleveland.

Andrew Jackson, Chris Glassburn and Sandra Morgan were appointed after an application process and interviews by city council.

In an email this morning, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton said that the passed resolution, “which expresses East Cleveland’s desire to enter merger discussions” would be forwarded to Cleveland City Council “for reciprocal action.”  

An additional ordinance required Mayor Gary Norton to deliver a letter to the Cleveland Foundation asking for $50,000-$70,000 in funding for a study by the firm Conway MacKenzie that would assess the finances of a potential merger.

The ball is now Cleveland City Council’s court to appoint its own three members.

This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2016.

Sam Allard is a former senior writer at Scene.

One reply on “East Cleveland Appoints Members to Annexation Commission”

  1. This is comparable with Ted Stepien and Bill Musselman hoping to get the band back together again.

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