Unlike the state of Ohio’s recent stay at home order, which asked Ohioans to only leave their homes for essential trips, the city’s “civil emergency” proclamation has no practical effect on most Clevelanders’ everyday lives. Its primary function has been to suspend the city’s purchasing rules so that emergency material can be acquired quickly, without competitive bidding.
Additionally, an executive committee, composed of members of the mayor’s cabinet, was established and will continue to oversee the city’s operations during the pandemic. It has provided guidance to the mayor about citywide polices to slow the spread of COVID-19. (You can view the order here.)
Jackson initially made the proclamation on March 11, when he announced proactively that the city would halt all water and power shutoffs and reconnect customers whose service had been disconnected for lack of payment. To date, the city has restored electricity to 100 Cleveland Public Power customers and restored water to 1,242 customers of the Cleveland Water Department.
Jackson signed the extension of the proclamation Tuesday. This is unrelated to his so-called “ReStart CLE” initiative, which is concerned with the disbursement of federal and local funds for basic services like rent assistance and small business loans.
In its daily update Tuesday, the city announced 31 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and two new resident fatalities. The city has now sustained 50 total deaths due to the virus. That’s a small fraction of the state of Ohio’s 2,002 deaths, as of the latest update. Franklin County has recorded the most deaths statewide, with 239. Cuyahoga County’s total, including Cleveland, is 221.
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This article appears in May 20-26, 2020.
It’s a good thing this is financial, ain’t nobody in the hood got time for sheltering in place or social distancing. But hey the lead and blades sure are busy. Way to go people.
Hoax
They’re probably all at nursing homes where they’ve been sending infected people to cull the elderly population.
Wouldn’t the number of annual homicides in Cleveland warrant a Declaration of Civil Emergency? Travel advisories warning people about the dangers of Cleveland?
Wouldn’t the number of annual homicides in Cleveland warrant a Declaration of Civil Emergency? Travel advisories warning people about the dangers of Cleveland?
And Up Next… Get ready for another 50% income tax increase on us workers that actually have to work in this corruption-filled city and county!!!
That way there will be plenty of more money in the budget to hire dozens and dozens of more six-figure salaried cronies of Taxin Jackson!!!
Until this crook along with cohort thief Budish are finally, and forcibly, removed from office, nothing will likely ever change around here except paying more and more taxes for more and more of their never ending shenanigans!!!
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Fifteen years at the wheel have taken a toll on Sleepy Frank Jackson.
He looks terrible…like FDR in his final days. We need a true man now.