Overview

• The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections certified the recall, removing Kahlil Seren after 6,926 of 8,428 voters backed ouster, and Tony Cuda took the oath at 9:34 a.m. Wednesday.
• Cuda immediately moved to stabilize operations, nominating former Cleveland finance chief Sharon Dumas as interim city administrator for a role vacant since March.
• Minutes after the swearing-in, Cuda fired Communications Director Frances Collazo, following her release of emails marked attorney‑client privileged, while Seren had fired Law Director Bill Hanna hours before leaving office.
• City Council scheduled a Wednesday evening executive session on the personnel matter as the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department continues probing Seren’s after-hours entry to the law department and his wife faces a felony trespass indictment.
• Council selected Gail Larson as president, began taking applications to fill Cuda’s former seat, and the Nov. 4 election between Davida Russell and Jim Petras will decide the next mayor.