Rosa Escareno, a longtime City Hall veteran, will exit her post after four years of helming the top job at the Park District.

Aldermen approved the plan in a 26 to 23 vote a day after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration proposed a version with clearer spending guardrails.

But the mayor was forced to cast another tie-breaking vote to avoid having the decision on his bond issue put off even longer.

Michael Smedley, the chief of staff of suspended East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal corruption charges. U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent set a $10,000 ...