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CLEVELAND -- Cleveland City Council passed an ordinance for Cleveland Browns Stadium capital repairs 16-2, with one councilperson absent.
During the meeting, council authorized the Director of Public Works to enter into an agreement with the Cleveland Browns concerning the making of capital repairs to Cleveland Browns Stadium.
This ordinance includes accepting the donation of plans and the advancement of funds from the Browns to make the repairs; determining the method of making the public improvement of constructing capital repairs to the Stadium; and authorizing the Director to enter into one or more public improvement contracts for the making of the improvement.
The Cleveland Browns are asking for $5.8 million this year for immediate repairs.
The Browns would lend Cleveland $5.8 million at 0 percent interest and the city would repay the team with money generated from the sin tax (source of funding to pay for the annual $850,000 repair payment).
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