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A panel tasked with suggesting reforms to Cincinnati's economic development process is refining its first draft of recommendations. At a meeting Friday,
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Cincinnati s director of community and economic development says some interaction between council members and her department can be inappropriate. Markiea Carter briefed members of the new Economic Development Reform Panel at its second meeting Friday.
Carter says her team has about 300 active projects at any given time, and something as simple as a council member calling to check on the status of a negotiation can influence the process. How can we ensure that that influence is not undue, or it s not impacting other projects that are just as important, but may not have that voice, Carter said.
Updated: Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.
The Cincinnati City Council voted 8-1 Wednesday to approve the members of a new development review panel. Council Member Chris Seelbach was the lone council member to vote no on Mayor John Cranley s appointees. Some of the members of this group are directly and very, very closely tied to one elected member of our body, Seelbach said during a committee meeting Monday. And I don’t think that will lend to the confidence that this is truly an independent review.
Seelbach, who announced plans to run for mayor, says he was referring to Cranley s former Chief of Staff Bobbi Dillon and former Hamilton County Democratic Party Chair Tim Burke, who Seelbach describes as a close friend and ally to Cranley.
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The Cincinnati Budget and Finance Committee Monday voted 7-1 to approve the members of a new development review panel. Council Member Chris Seelbach was the lone council member to vote no on Mayor John Cranley s appointees. Some of the members of this group are directly and very, very closely tied to one elected member of our body, Seelbach said. And I don’t think that will lend to the confidence that this is truly an independent review.
Seelbach, who announced plans to run for mayor, says he was referring to Cranley s former Chief of Staff Bobbi Dillon and former Hamilton County Democratic Party Chair Tim Burke, who Seelbach describes as a close friend and ally to Cranley.