File #: 1453-2025    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Emergency Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/13/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/24/2025 Final action: 11/24/2025
Passage/adoption date: 11/24/2025
Effective date: 12/1/2025    
Title: AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Cleveland Municipal Court, to enter into one or more contracts with the Cuyahoga County Public Defender Commission for legal services necessary to defend indigent defendants charged with violation of ordinances of the City of Cleveland that may result in incarceration, for the Cleveland Municipal Court for a period of one year, with one option to renew for an additional consecutive year, exercisable by the Director of Finance.
Sponsors: Blaine A. Griffin, By Departmental Request
Attachments: 1. 1453-2025 K w Public Defenders for indigent defense, 2. FINAL VERSION City Record 12/05/2025 Page 77

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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the Cleveland Municipal Court, to enter into one or more contracts with the Cuyahoga County Public Defender Commission for legal services necessary to defend indigent defendants charged with violation of ordinances of the City of Cleveland that may result in incarceration, for the Cleveland Municipal Court for a period of one year, with one option to renew for an additional consecutive year, exercisable by the Director of Finance.