CLEVELAND — News 5 Investigators found Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has missed 27 out of 117 City Council meetings since taking office. After reviewing attendance records from The City Records Archive , our analysis found Bibb's attendance rate was 77% since he was elected four years ago.

The mayor's attendance rate is lower than his predecessor, Frank Jackson, who missed 17 out of 128 meetings during a similar time period.

"It is the like the community don't count," said Faouzi Baddour, a longtime Cleveland resident and member of the Coalition for a Better Cleveland.

Baddour attended a Sept. 22 council meeting in hopes of addressing the mayor. Instead, he found Bibb's seat empty.

'Source of frustration'

Our investigation began when News 5 obtained an email written by Ward 17 Counci

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