and a Cuyahoga County Council that has to change its quiescent ways are reforms in process and approach.. Instead, they adopted a County Charter providing for an 11-member County Council elected by geographic districts, and a county executive supposedly subject to legislative checks by that council.Ronayne has the administrative grounding to help fix things.
With a relatively new mayor at Cleveland City Hall in Justin Bibb, Ronayne also has an opportunity to lead in a more collaborative, forward-looking and innovative way to deal with overlapping educational, economic development and equity challenges. Leading the list: the future of a dysfunctional, aging Justice Center in the heart of downtown and its Problem A, a County Jail that does not adhere to modern standards for efficiency and safety, which makes it more expensive and difficult to run safely. The county has been talking about the need for a new jail for years. Surprise. It hasn’t happened.