What prosecutors allege What they say Dimora promised What they say Dimora did What happenedWhat prosecutors say about Dimora taking credit

Alternatives Agency, a halfway house in danger of losing its county funding, gave money to consultant J. Kevin Kelley to bribe Dimora and then-County Auditor Frank Russo.

Kelley asked Dimora about restoring the funding for Alternatives and Dimora joked whether to give the agency money or take some away. Dimora then laughed and said, “I don’t wanna know what you get out of this.”

Dimora and Russo discussed restoring the funding to Alternatives. Later, after the budget was in place, he and Russo discussed finding a way to get the agency more money once voters approved a health and human services tax.

The funding for Alternatives Agency was approved.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora helped contractor Nick Zavarella’s daughter get a job with the county and later with a school district.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora had his staff contact Zavarella’s daughter to get her resume. On another occasion, he wrote a recommendation on county letterhead.

Zavarella’s daughter first got a job as a social worker. She later landed a job as a teacher.

Charges don’t specify.

Contractor Steven Pumper used Dimora’s influence to get county-backed loans for a downtown redevelopment project and more time to repay one loan.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora talked to a county employee about Pumper needing an extension on the loan, saying: “I’m OK with giving them an extension.…” Dimora later called county employees and expressed frustration that the meeting on an extension had not yet taken place.

The county granted Pumper a three-year loan extension for the project, but Pumper secured the extra financing on his own.

Dimora said that he saw the county had given the extension. Pumper thanked Dimora and Dimora responded: “Yeah, so that worked out good.”

Contractor Ferris Kleem asked for Dimora’s help in securing a $150,000 federal grant to build a bridge to connect a pavilion and a nature trail.

Dimora and then-County Auditor Frank Russo agreed to help Kleem with obtaining the grant.

Dimora called a county official in an effort to expedite Berea’s application for the grant. He also voted for the grant to be awarded.

Berea was awarded the money. All three commissioners supported the move.

Charges don’t specify.

Contractor Steven Pumper urged Dimora to expedite the county’s purchase of a garage owned by a developer Pumper knew.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora instructed county staff to place the measure dealing with the purchase of the parking garage on the county commissioners’ agenda.

The county bought the parking garage for about $5.1 million.

Charges don’t specify.

Contractor Ferris Kleem asked for Dimora’s help in getting a road paving contract and getting his preferred inspector assigned.

Dimora told Kleem he would use his influence to have the inspector assigned.

J. Kevin Kelley made a call to the engineer’s office, where he worked, and invoked Dimora’s name in an attempt to get Kleem’s preferred inspector assigned to the project.

Kleem got the inspector he wanted, but the inspector was later removed from the job.

Dimora later asked Kelley whether Kleem’s request had been taken care of. Kelley said he thought so.

Dimora lobbied Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Bridget McCafferty behind the scenes to resolve a lawsuit in which contractor Steven Pumper was a defendant.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora called McCafferty and other county employees to “expedite scheduling a settlement conference” in the Pumper case.

The settlement went through, though Pumper paid more than he wanted.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora arranged for the hiring of two plumbers from the local plumbers union at the behest of union leader Robert Rybak.

Dimora told Rybak he would talk to his fellow commissioners and would say, “Let’s help [Rybak] out and get the guy [the plumber] on.”

Dimora told a county worker about his conversations with Rybak. The worker told Dimora he would follow up and assured Dimora he would “get it done.”

The plumber was hired. Charges don’t specify.

Dimora helped union leader Robert Rybak’s wife, Linda, who worked for the county, get a raise. He also helped one of his children get a summer job.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora had conversations with Rybak and his wife about the timing and the amount of the pay raise, including the fact that they needed to persuade another commissioner to vote for it.

Rybak’s wife was offered a new job with higher pay, but she didn’t take it. Instead she took on new responsibilities with higher pay. Dimora voted for the pay raise.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora called Cleveland Councilman Martin J. Sweeney on behalf of contractor Ferris Kleem to ask whether Kleem was picked for a Hopkins runway project.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora, while having lunch with Kleem, called Sweeney and said he was “sitting with a good friend of ours.” He asked Sweeney to see what was going on with the project in which Kleem was a low bidder.

Sweeney promised to ask some general questions and to help Keem obtain information about the “timing” of the contract award.

Dimora and Sweeney talked later. “I took care of Ferris a little bit if that’s all right,” Sweeney said. Di-mora responded, “Oh that’s fine.”

Dimora accepted gifts and payments from businessman Jerry J. Skuhrovec in exchange for Skuhrovec landing a job as an appraiser at the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora met with then-county Sheriff Gerald McFaul and told McFaul he wanted a job for Skuhrovec.

Skuhrovec got the job at the sheriff’s office at a salary of about $50,000

Dimora told Skuhrovec “Listen, I heard about it all this moming, about how he’s (McFaul) doing it all for me.”’

Dimora used his influence to get a job with benefits for a woman he was sleeping with.

Dimora told her he could get her part-time work with the city of Solon and later a job with the Bedford courts.

Dimora had dozens of conversations with the Bedford courts clerk about obtaining a job for the woman in Bedford or in Solon.

After she failed to qualify for one job, the woman was hired by the Bedford court.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora helped a company, Green-Source, get a $200,000 brownfield development loan and an $800,000 economic redevelopment loan.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora voted to authorize the county Department of Development to issue the two loans -- totaling $1 million.

The company got the loans. Charges don’t specify.

Dimora helped businessman Charles Randazzo get county business for his company, Financial Network of America, in exchange for gifts, including more than $1,000 to buy a Tiki hut for his back yard.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora voted in favor of selecting Randazzo’s company as the county’s deferred compensation provider.

Randazzo’s company got the job, but encountered problems and its business with the county was suspended for about a year. The company then resumed working for the county.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora used his influence to try to get an electrical contract for businessman Michael Forlani at the Juvenile Justice Center despite the fact that Forlani’s bid was not the lowest.

Dimora promised Forlani that he would make calls to county employees to see if problems existed with the competing contractors’ bids.

Dimora had multiple conversations with a county employee, who at the time was in charge of bidding contracts for the county, urging him to look into the electrical bids. He also questioned the bids in meetings.

Parts of the construction package were rebid, but Forlani’s company did not get any of the contracts.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora influenced an attempt by contractor Michael Forlani to install an electronic billboard on property Forlani owned in downtown Cleveland.

Dimora said he would make calls to an Ohio Department of Transportation official.

He told Forlani, “Yeah, if there’s any problem after you talk to her let me know. I’ll call her. ... Let me know if there is something I need to do.”

The ODOT official, then-District Director Bonnie Teeuwen, said Dimora never called her. ODOT could not find any application for the billboard mentioned in the indictment.

Charges don’t specify.

Samir Mohammad, a former auditor’s office administrator, paid Dimora and others to support his bid for the job of deputy county administrator.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

He took cash and a gambling trip to Canada from a former county employee and businessman, who asked him to support Mohammad’s appointment.

He did not appoint Mohammad to the position. He offered him another job, but Mohammad declined. Then-Auditor Frank Russo later promoted Mohammad.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora tried to persuade the Veterans Service Commission to consider moving to a new Wade Park office complex being built by contractor Michael Forlani near the VA Medical Center in Cleveland.

Dimora told Forlani, “I guarantee you can get them in your building ‘cause they’re looking to move out and I think somebody put the kibosh to you from inside. I’ll take care of that.”

Dimora asked then-county Administrator Dennis Madden to speak with people in charge at the Veterans Service Commission. Madden told Forlani that the executive director agreed to “compromise” and expand the area for the proposals.

The Veterans Service Commission ended up staying in its downtown building.

Charges don’t specify.

Contractor Steven Pumper asked Dimora to influence a Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations judge to expedite his divorce case and to persuade a county agency to reopen an investigation of a complaint Pumper had filed against his wife.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora called the chambers of Domestic Relations Judge Cheryl Karner in an attempt to expedite the divorce case. He also called the head of Family and Children’s Services on Pumper’s behalf.

The divorce case was not expedited and the case against Pumper’s wife was closed.

Charges don’t specify.

Contractor Ferris Kleem asked for and got help from Dimora in seeking millions of dollars in general construction trades contracts at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center.

Dimora and Kleem talked about the bids being higher than the projected $22 million. Kleem said, “You going to be able to award it to me if I’m low,” Dimora replied, “Yeah.”

Dimora examined copies of the bids. He and then-County Auditor Frank Russo discussed that Kleem’s bid was not the lowest. Dimora also called county employees and questioned the bids on multiple occasions.

Kleem did not get the largest portion of the contract. Another company Kleem co-owned got a smaller concrete contract without the influence of public officials.

Dimora and Russo talked about the losing bid. “I tell these guys go in low and just add a thing or two on as you go along,” Russo said. Dimora responded,” Yeah.”

Dimora tried to work a deal with contractor Steve Pumper to get Dimora’s friend and auditor’s office employee, Michael Gabor, a job with a company called Green-Source Products.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora and Gabor met with Pumper to discuss Green-Source employing Gabor to solicit work for the company, scheming that Gabor would use Dimora’s influence over private contractors and some public officials to get contracts for Green-Source.

A Green-Source executive vetoed the plan to hire Gabor.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora tried to help contractor William Neiheiser’s company get work at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center.

Dimora told another contractor that Neiheiser’s bid was several million off. “There’s no way we could do him if he’s that far off,” Dimora said.

Dimora told another contractor that he spoke to the manager of the Juvenile Justice Center project and “put a bug in his ear and told him to take a look, uh, at all the packages and if there’s enough of them.”

Neiheiser did not get the contract. Charges don’t specify.

Dimora tried to influence county contractors to use a company, Green-Source — a company affiliated with contractor Steven Pumper — as a subcontractor at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center construction project.

Dimora said the general contractor would need to be persuaded to use Green-Source. Dimora also spoke with Pumper about another county project that Pumper said would be a “perfect project for Green-Source.” Dimora explained the positions that other politicians had on the project, but said he would “try and nail it down.”

Dimora set up a meeting between Pumper and county officials so Pumper could promote Green-Source products for the project. Dimora later promoted Green-Source to the architect for the Juvenile Justice Center project.

Green-Source did not get the work at the Juvenile Justice Center or the other unspecified project.

Charges don’t specify.

Dimora influenced the awarding of a $1,176,570 contract by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to a company partially owned by contractor Michael Forlani.

Dimora promised to make some calls to RTA board members so that they would know the company, Neteam, was tied to Forlani.

He called two people who sit on the transit agency’s board. He told them that the bidder was a Forlani company and asked about whether the company was getting the contract.

Neteam got the contract. However, one RTA board member said Dimora’s phone call had no bearing on the award and that Neteam was the lowest bidder.

Dimora took credit for getting Forlani the deal. “I just got him $2 million,” Dimora told then-Auditor Frank Russo. “Yeah. I got him $2 million back from RTA.”

Dimora helped with the dismissal of a smoking violation given to a restaurant run by contractor Ferris Kleem’s brother.

Dimora told Kleem he would look into the violation.

Dimora called a county employee and explained that the owner of the restaurant was a “big contractor” and a “Friend of [Frank Russo’s] and mine.” He gave the public official Kleem’s number. The official agreed to “sort it out.”

The violation was dropped. But county health department head Terry Allan later said the restaurant received no special treatment because of Dimora’s call.

Dimora later asked Kleem whether the citation had been taken care of. “Oh yes,” Kleem said. Dimora replied, “I just wanted to make sure he treated you right.”

Dimora promised businessman William Neiheiser that he would reach out to then-Lakewood Mayor Ed FitzGerald to help with a deal involving the city’s ice rink.

Charges don’t specificy what Dimora said but prosecutors say a promise was made.

Dimora was at a steakhouse when FitzGerald returned his call. Dimora said, “I was sittin’ here with a friend of mine who’s been tryin’ to get ahold of you and talk to you about your ice rink. He wants to make a proposal to you, uh, that he thinks will be advantageous to the city and to you if ,uh, you wanted to talk to him.”

FitzGerald agreed to meet with Neiheiser. The city entered into a deal with Neiheiser but FitzGerald later said the deal had nothing to do with Dimora’s call.

Charges don’t specify.

Promises, promisesHere is a look at some of the promises that federal prosecutors contend Jimmy Dimora made as Cuyahoga County commissioner in exchange for cash and gifts. The list does not reflect every charge against Dimora. The color coding distinguishes promises that, according to charging documents, were kept or not kept. In the last three cases, the records don't make clear what happened.