CLEVELAND — Cleveland City Council held a special virtual meeting on Wednesday morning, but Council President Blaine Griffin said it was not the right time or place to vote on whether to censure Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones over workplace safety violations.

"We want to be fair," he said. "We want to be fair to the councilman. We want to make sure that the colleagues are not rushed and ... many of the colleagues asked for time in order to deliberate."

Griffin said the special meeting was held to vote on an ordinance for Downtown Cleveland Incorporated's Special Improvement District. He said the ordinance needed to be passed before Sept. 8, or the organization would lose nearly $6 million in funding.

Jones is on the ballot for the Sept. 9 primary election, where he faces four challengers.

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