CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to commit $2.5 million in cash, plus $2.5 million in law enforcement services, in support of a bid to bring a major political convention to Cleveland in 2016.

The expenditures would be contingent on successfully landing a convention, which county officials said could attract as many as 35,000 visitors with a net economic impact of $200 million.

Jon Pinney, a representative of the coalition of business and community leaders seeking to attract a convention, said coalition members are assembling a private-public financial package, and have already spoken with Republican leaders in Washington, D.C.. about the particulars.

A Republican convention would likely take place in late June 2016. Party leaders will select a list of finalist cities in April.

Meanwhile, details of the Democratic convention have still not been released, Pinney said, although it is expected to be scheduled for around August 2016.

Both the Republican and Democratic parties will likely select a convention location by this August, Pinney said.

He said the expected addition of seven new downtown hotels, not the least of which is a county-built convention center hotel planned to open in summer 2016, helps make Cleveland a competitive destination.

Cleveland City Council is expected to consider companion legislation sometime this week.