Renewal upcoming
Who approved this?
Approved 9-6 by City Council on July 15, 2026.
Council approved a 6-month, $125,000 extension 9-6 on July 15, 2026, after the safety committee rejected an extension June 18 and reversed course July 8. The ordinance limits data access to Cleveland police, bars Flock from sharing data with third parties, cuts off the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center, and requires a public transparency portal and quarterly reports to council. The city plans to seek bids from other license plate reader vendors during the extension. The 6 no votes are named; the 9 yes votes await the council's published minutes. The extension runs through December 29, 2026. The City Record for July 15 is among the sources, but its text could not be read, so the 9 yes names still await a readable copy, checked on September 24, 2026.
| Official (as recorded) | Office | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| 9 members, names not listed in the source | Councilmember | Yes |
| Nikki Hudson | Councilmember | No |
| Tanmay Shah | Councilmember | No |
| Jasmin Santana | Councilmember | No |
| Kris Harsh | Councilmember | No |
| Stephanie Howse-Jones | Councilmember | No |
| Austin Davis | Councilmember | No |
This contract expires December 29, 2026
76 days until the community decides.
The money
- Contract amount: $125,000
- Cameras: 100
- Contract amount per camera: $1,250 (about $2,500 a year)
- Term: 6 months
What happens next
Renewals are decided in public. Residents can attend the meeting, speak during public comment, and write to the office above through official channels. The ACLU publishes a model cancellation resolution officials can adapt.
Sources
- Signal Cleveland: committee rejects extension (June 18, 2026) signalcleveland.org
- Cleveland 19: committee reverses, approves extension (July 8, 2026) cleveland19.com
- Axios Cleveland: final vote preview (July 15, 2026) axios.com
- Ideastream: council approves 6-month extension 9-6 (July 15, 2026) ideastream.org
- Signal Cleveland: council votes 9-6 to keep Flock cameras (July 16, 2026) signalcleveland.org
- Axios Cleveland: 6-month extension through December 29, 2026 (July 15, 2026) axios.com
- Signal Cleveland: 6-month extension with new transparency terms (July 14, 2026) signalcleveland.org
- Cleveland City Council: meeting summary (July 15, 2026) clevelandcitycouncil.gov
- Cleveland Legistar, Ordinance 683-2026: the 6-month Flock extension (July 15, 2026) cityofcleveland.legistar.com
- Cleveland City Record, July 17, 2026 issue: July 15 proceedings (July 17, 2026) clevelandcitycouncil.gov
Last verified: August 4, 2026. Something wrong? Request a correction.
The record
The approval came from City Council on July 15, 2026. It passed 9-6. Voting no: Nikki Hudson, Tanmay Shah, Jasmin Santana, Kris Harsh, Stephanie Howse-Jones, Austin Davis. The path was a council vote. City of Cleveland runs the cameras.
The contract amount is $125,000. It covers 6 months. Cameras: 100. That comes to about $1,250 per camera.
The agreement remains in force. It runs through December 29, 2026; the decision calendar counts down to it.
10 sources back this record; each is listed with its date under Sources. Last verified August 4, 2026. See the rest of Ohio on the Ohio hub, or browse the whole tracker.
Cite this record
Who Approved This, "Cleveland, OH Flock Contract," whoapprovedthis.org, accessed October 13, 2026, https://whoapprovedthis.org/city/oh-cleveland/.
Related
Read on
- All 41 Ohio records
- What the Ohio file shows
- Decision Watch, July 17, 2026
- Every named vote on the tracker
- What these terms mean
- What a camera costs, record by record
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District, OH Renewal upcoming
- Dayton, OH Suspended
- Kettering, OH Active
- Camera locations near Cleveland: DeFlock (external, crowdsourced)
- Agency transparency portal, if published: transparency.flocksafety.com; aggregated at Eyes on Flock