Council Committees
Chair, Public Safety and Health Committee (2022); Municipal Services and Environmental Sustainability Committee (2023)
Vice-Chair, Finance Committee
Member, Community Relations and Recreation Committee
My Work on Council (so far)
As Chair of the Public Safety and Health Committee, we moved Lead-Safe Legislation from the original work proposed by then-Councilor Seren in 2021 on to approval of the legislation October 17, 2022. To get there, our committee:
met with the Cuyahoga Board of Health Lead-Safe Team, Lead-Safe Cleveland Housing Director, other nonprofits that partner with Lead-Safe Cleveland, and the Cleveland Heights Law Department to strengthen and clarify the requirements and language in the legislation,
held a public hearing that was attended by landlords and tenants to provide them the opportunity to express concerns and ask questions about the pending legislation, and
reviewed public input and amended the legislation to address key resident concerns.
Also as Chair of the Public Safety and Health Committee, I promoted traffic-pattern changes at Noble Elementary and initiated potential legislation for sidewalk-repair and sidewalk-snow-removal programs.
As Chair of the Municipal Services and Environmental Sustainability Committee, I will continue working on sidewalk-repair legislation and other initiatives to improve city infrastructure and promote environmental sustainability.
As Vice-Chair of the Housing and Building Committee, I have attended all the meetings that Chair Cuda has called and I have observed Housing Court. We are currently working on potential legislation to request ARPA funds for owner-occupied home repairs and legislation to regulate short-term rentals.
I was appointed to serve as Council liaison to the Transportation and Environmental Sustainability Committee (TESC). Currently, I am working with the Administrative Services Committee to consider splitting the committee into two focused committees: Transportation and Environmental Sustainability. I am also working with the members of TESC to restructure their committee so it works more efficiently.
My Council colleagues and I approved the Mayor’s budget for 2023. For the first time, we interviewed the department directors about their funding requests.
I have attended many of the Racial Justice Task Force (RJTF) meetings as they prepare their final report to Council, due July 2023.
Service in Cleveland Heights
2014–Present: Member of Noble Elementary PTA and a volunteer
2016–2018: Served on Cleveland Heights Citizen Advisory Committee
2016–2022: Member of Greater Cleveland Congregation Cleveland Heights Housing Team
2019–Present: Member of Heights Friends of Immigrants- currently serving on the Strategic Planning Committee
2019–2020: Immigration Court Observer
2020–Present: Active Member of Forest Hill Church - currently serving as a Deacon
2021–2022: Member Heights Ed Coalition
2020–2022: Member of League of Women Voters, serving on the CHUH Chapter Leadership Team and as a CHUH City Council Observer
2023: Supporting the Cleveland Heights Green Team’s efforts to stop the illegal dumping of garbage in the Caledonia Ravine and to build community engagement through collaboration and education
