One city’s budgets,
votes, and land deals.
Read the way the documents actually read.
Resident-built, source-pinned, and candid about its own limits. Every figure carries a receipt identity, linked where publication policy permits.
Council has passed 28 measures that mention this site since May 2023. 22 were unanimous. Six split, and one member voted no on every one of them.
One square = one match, tinted by its source group.
Select a source group to isolate it.
Passage roll-calls are counted from stored council minutes on legislation the corpus scan matched; procedural motions are not counted, and no member is named here. Votes materialized 2026-09-20. A mention is a keyword match on a case term — not a verified substantive discussion. The pipeline surfaces where records mention the same case; it does not assert that they are connected. Corpus scan verified 2026-09-20.
Seven parcels on one deed, recorded at $0, and a $15M public purchase. Attested
The former GenOn coal plant went to title in 2021 through transfers flagged exempt and "not a valid sale." The city now plans to buy 23 acres of it for a public park. We track what's documented — deeds, votes, declared recusals — and, just as carefully, what still isn't.
Six registers, kept separate on purpose.
Accountability breaks when priorities, promises, money, and outcomes blur into one story.
What residents asked for
The stated needs and requests on the public record — not our summary of them.
What officials said
Public positions and commitments, quoted, with the meeting or release they came from.
What council voted
Ordinances, resolutions, and roll-calls — who voted how, and who was excused.
Authorized ≠ paid
Authorization, contract, payment, reimbursement, and delivery stay separate states.
What actually happened
What has been built, removed, or delivered — measured against what was promised.
What we can't show
The gaps, truncations, and undeclared ties are part of the record too — so we name them.
How to read this site → · About the project → · Every source and its latest completed run →
Start with a question you already have.
Six files. Four are open; two are in preparation, named before they're ready.
Power-plant redevelopment
The deeds, votes, and declared recusals behind the lakefront land deal.
The lakefront decision file
What has been proposed, what has actually been approved, which land is involved, and which records establish it — the former power plant site, explained with every receipt on the page.
City budget & spending
Where the $62.6M comes from and where it goes, from the 2023 ACFR.
Council & votes
Recorded 2026 roll-calls — who voted how, who was absent, and where the source minutes still need repair.
Public safety
Rankings are on record; the department's 2023–25 annual reports are not yet public.
Lakefront & environment
County stormwater drainage coverage and reviewed ditch projects, with private document detail withheld.
Reviewed source snapshots, narrowed for public use.
Each brief names its accepted run, coverage receipt, limitations, and privacy rules.
Built on receipts, candid about gaps.
Inspect the receipt
Every material claim identifies its supporting record — minutes, deeds, filings, financial reports — and links the original where publication policy permits.
Say only what's documented
Plainspoken and factual. We state what the record says and preserve uncertainty; we don't editorialize, allege, or imply a verdict.
Resident-built
Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the City of Avon Lake or any named party. Corrections always welcome.
Sources include the City of Avon Lake ACFR & council records, the Lorain County Auditor, SEC EDGAR, Ohio EPA / EPA ECHO, and NOAA — collected and reviewed in the Lorain Data project. See every source and its latest completed run →