Board OKs youth-driven research program on community violence, adjusts contract for city website overhaul
I will be covering yesterday’s Cleveland Board of Control Meeting for #CLEDocumenters. @signalcleveland @cledocumenters
01:32 PM Mar 23, 2023 CDT


First agenda item is for the city’s new website and priced at $568,483.00 with Recess Creative, LLC.

The second agenda item is a contract with MyCom
Network of Greater Cleveland for
professional services for a Youth
Participatory Action Research project on
youth violence in the community, for one
year with 1 one-year renewal option costing $138,500.00 a year.

This project would involve youth groups from 3 communities (Hough & Centeral are mentioned) researching violence in their communities and brainstorming solutions.

Third item would authorize a contract with Rhonda
Crowder & Assoc. for professional
services for an experiential learning program
focused on marketing, for one year with 1
one-year renewal option – not to exceed
$124,764.00 for each of the initial and
optional year renewal term.

Another resolution would amend Res. No. 42-23, approving contract with United Way
of Greater Cleveland by modifying the not
exceed $101,087 per year contract amount
to “not to exceed $101,087.00 for the first
year and each of the 2 one-year options…(part 1)

(part 2) …but if
the average monthly call volume for the 10
months preceding the first option exercise or
for the 12 months preceding the second
option exercise is 8% or more, the payment
amount for the optional year shall increase by
5% over the previous year’s amount.”

Final Res. No. 94-23, adopted 3-1-23, approving contract with Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC to supply natural gas to city buildings for 3 yrs
with 2 one-year renewal options, by
inserting after “& further revised 2-28-23” the following: “3-9-23.”


Moving on to the Division of Water– Resolutions approving contract to Core & Main, LP for Service Fittings, for 6mo costing $83,335.50 & for various items of Ductile Iron Pipe Fittings, for 6mo costing $852,992.12.

This means that there are also 2 resolutions rejecting all bids received on March 1, 2023
for a certain item of Ductile Iron Pipe Fittings & Service Fittings, for the Division of Water.

All resolutions pertaining to the division of water are passed unanimously.

On to Capital Projects – Authorizing contract with City Architecture, Inc. for professional services for the
establishment/execution of a MOCAP public
engagement coordination program in support
of MOCAP projects and approving various sub-consultants – not to exceed $282,700.00.


There is resolution in the Dept of Building and Housing to enter into a contract with Baker Tilly to do analysis of construction permitting. The contract would not exceed $115,900 and passed unanimously.

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