File #: 1453-2025    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Emergency Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/13/2025 In control: Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
On agenda: 11/24/2025 Final action:
Passage/adoption date:
Effective date:    
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

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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.