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Cleveland Heights City Council elected Jim Posch as its new councilman in 5-1 vote on April 25 to fill the seat left vacant for over a month following the resignation ....
At long last, Craig Cobb gets the nod for Cleveland Heights City Council vacancy Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio Craig Cobb will be returning to City Council after his former opponent led the compromise for appointing him to the seat that has remained vacant for more than a year. “For the sake of the city,” as she put it in making her nomination, Councilwoman Davida Russell broke the log jam, acknowledging that her first two choices out of the four finalists for the appointment would never get the four votes they needed. “I’m willing to compromise and go against the grain of my own judgment,” Russell said. “I truly believe he needs to run and not be appointed.” ....
Cleveland Heights League of Women Voters weighs in on 10-month City Council vacancy Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio The city’s League of Women Voters has taken City Council to task over its failure to fill a vacancy that will soon be entering its 11th month. That comes after the advocacy group took on the considerable task of interviewing more than 20 applicants for the seat last year at council’s request LWV Cleveland Heights-University Heights Chapter Chair Maryann Barnes pointed out in a letter to the city last week. Those interviews were completed April 30, less than two months after Councilwoman Melissa Yasinow stepped down with nearly two years left on her term. ....
Resolution in order: Coming up on 10 months, Cleveland Heights yet to fill vacant council seat Updated Dec 28, 2020; Posted Dec 28, 2020 Progress does continue on the $80 million Top of the Hill project, with the 525-space parking garage under construction on the right and the 260-unit luxury apartment building in the distance on the left. In the middle, Nighttown remains closed due to the pandemic, although a virtual New Year s celebration is being planned.Tom Jewell/Special to cleveland.com Facebook Share CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio Approaching the 10-month mark and a new year, the City Council seat left vacant since early March remains unfilled. ....