However, the map change does mean that two currently elected City Council members, Mike Bruno and Robert Swanson, will move wards. Bruno, who formerly represented the 1st Ward, will now represent ...

According to City Administrator Stefanie Dawkins, 27% of the city’s residents live in Ward 4, followed by 20.5% in Ward 2, 18.5% in Ward 5, and 17% each in Wards 1 and 3.

The new Cleveland City Council ward map that council is expected to finalize at its Monday, Jan. 6, meeting eliminates both issues, but that does not mean that the new map’s intentions are better.