Lynn Ann Ries

Mayor Sandra Morgan’s finance director, Lynn Ann Gries, is spending public funds without a 2026 council approved budget and exposing her personal wealth to civil liability

Mayor Sandra Morgan's "smart" finance director decided she wanted to work out of the mayor's secretary's office instead of in the finance department with finance workers. So, now, Morgan doesn't have a secretary or a finance director smart enough to prepare a 2026 appropriations ordinance for council to pass.

CLEVELAND, OH – Only in East Cleveland does a city government operate without a budget and officials who don’t know they’re creating a constitutional crisis by doing so. It is 2:00 a.m. on Euclid Avenue.  A police patrol car powered by fuel purchased with a “void” Voyager fuel contract and being driven by a police officer receiving wages that have not been appropriated by city council since January 1, 2026, pulls over a motorist.  East Cleveland’s mayor, council and judge are operating without a 2026 appropriations ordinance. Because the officer’s paycheck, the fuel in the public safety vehicle, and the…

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