From Sunshine Review
Cuyahoga County, Ohio is one of eighty-eight counties in Ohio.
[edit] Website evaluation
[edit] The good
- Complete listing of departments and who is in charge of them.[1]
- The names and contact information for all county commissioners is provided.[2]
- County commissioner meeting agendas and minutes are published.[3]
- Information on public records policy is provided.[4] No forms or contact information is provided.
- Audit reports are published.[5]
- Tax rate information is provided.[6]
- The current budget is published.[7]
- Information on contract bids is provided.[8] Current contracts are not online.
[edit] The bad
- Information on building permits and zoning is vague. No downloadable forms are made available.
- No disclosure of if they do or do not belong to a lobbying association.
[edit] Medical Mart records
In April of 2009 the local newspaper, The Plain Dealer, and resident Brian Bardwell filed FOIA requests to obtain drafts for a development called Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. The county refused and the newspaper and Bardwell then threatened a lawsuit if the drats were not handed over.[9]
The proposed property would be a taxpayer-funded medical mart project which has been discussed by the county commissioners for the past year. The development agreement would push $425 million of taxpayer money into the construction of the medical mart and an accompanying convention center, though the deal was never presented to residents.[9]
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