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Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/22/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202401125 11.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/17/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $500,000 from capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x232031, “Urban Tree Canopy - GF,” to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to realign sources with uses; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x222004, “Biochar Replication Facility,” to provide additional resources for implementing a biochar production facility; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $850,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Revolving Energy Loan Fund 883 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x222004, “Biochar Replication Facility,” to provide additional resources for implementing a biochar production facility.   Not available Not available
202401207 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/22/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Development Agreement with 616 Race LLC, pertaining to the development and construction of approximately 84,281 square feet of commercial space, consisting of approximately 109 hotel rooms, on property located at 614-616 Race Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, and providing for City assistance to the project in the form of a rebate of a portion of the service payments in lieu of taxes imposed in connection with a proposed thirty-year property tax exemption for improvements pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.41, subject to the passage by Council of a separate ordinance authorizing such tax exemption. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List )   Not available Not available
202401128 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/17/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $2,000 from the American Heart Association to support the Cincinnati Health Department’s participation in its Ambulatory Quality Improvement Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8571.   Not available Not available
202401129 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/17/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $400,000 from the Ohio Department of Health for the expansion of existing school-based health centers (“SBHCs”) to expand the SBHC at Roberts Academy; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536.   Not available Not available
202401126 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/17/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $50,000 from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to create the Cincinnati Youth Climate Action Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant revenues into Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 revenue account no. 436x8571.   Not available Not available
202401068 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $54,600 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio Traffic Safety Office, Drive to Succeed 2024 Grant, to provide community-based scholarships to eligible students for driver education training; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, project account no. 24DTS.   Not available Not available
202401224 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (B VERSION),submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/22/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $56,160 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio Traffic Safety Office, Drive to Succeed 2024 Grant, to provide community-based scholarships to eligible students for driver education training; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, project account no. 24DTS.   Not available Not available
202401150 18.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Johnson, Walsh, Owens and Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration produces a report within ninety (90) days on the pros and cons of Project Labor Agreement (PLAs). This report should include potential impacts on worker wages, labor availability, project costs, project efficiency, worker safety, workforce diversity, the bidding process, and any other relevant information. It should also include the historic context of any other similar policies implemented or studied by the City. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Not available
202401119 19.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Walsh, Harris and Parks, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within ninety (90) days regarding the process of replacing trees planted in the rights-of-way around the City that have damaged adjacent sidewalks and other private properties. This report should include the plan and current status for replacing all trees in the right of way that cause damage to the surrounding sidewalk including a timeline for replacement and projected cost to property owners and possible funding sources from the City to mitigate the cost.   Not available Not available
202401196 110.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 4/22/2024, regarding the Biochar Replication Facility Update Presentation from the Cincinnati Parks Department and the Office of Environment and Sustainability (OES) for the Budget and Finance Committee Meeting.   Not available Not available
202401228 111.PresentationPRESENTATION, dated 04/19/2024, submitted by Councilmember Harris, from Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC); regarding the 614-16 Race Street Building.   Not available Not available