One city's budgets, votes, and land deals — read the way the documents actually read.
Resident-built, source-linked, and candid about its own gaps. Every figure here opens the record behind it; anything we can't show, we name.
197 prototype keyword matches mention this case. Not one of them connects to another.
Tinted by its source group.
Select a source group to isolate it.
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 2026-07-15.
Four deeds that record no price, and a $15M public purchase.
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.
Start with a question you already have.
Six open files. Each opens to its own records, its own limits.
Power-plant redevelopment
The deeds, votes, and declared recusals behind the lakefront land deal.
The lakefront decision file
Five stages from resident priority to delivery, with the public-record timeline.
City budget & spending
Where the $62.6M comes from and where it goes, from the 2023 ACFR.
Council & votes
Who represents you, the meeting calendar, and how to watch a vote happen.
Public safety
Rankings are on record; the department's 2023–25 annual reports are not yet public.
Lakefront & environment
Site remediation and Lake Erie's lengthening algal-bloom season.
Built on receipts, candid about gaps.
Open the receipt
Every material claim links to the original document — minutes, deeds, filings, financial reports — so you never have to trust a summary.
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.