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The bill would legally guarantee that local city councils can keep control over their budgets. It's understood as a move to preempt Cleveland's November ballot measure that would create participatory budgeting in the city.
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PB CLE says Cleveland City Council was unwilling to reach a compromise on the proposed participatory budgeting charter amendment.
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Clevelanders will decide in November whether residents will be able to directly propose and vote on how a portion of the city’s budget is spent through a process called participatory budgeting.
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A group yearning for "participatory budgeting" in Cleveland's ARPA funding could get a pilot program from the mayor.
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A grassroots organization is working to get community input be the driving force behind how American Rescue Plan Act dollars are spent.
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Participatory Budgeting Cleveland, or PB CLE, wants the public to come up with ideas — and ultimately vote — on ways to spend almost $31 million from the city’s American Rescue Plan coronavirus relief allocation.
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Cleveland is receiving more than half a billion dollars as part of a federal stimulus package to combat the economic impact of the pandemic. How should that money be spent and who will have input into the decisions?