File #: 202500824    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/18/2025 In control: Budget and Finance Committee
On agenda: 4/23/2025 Final action:
ORD/RES# date: ORD/RES#:
Title: ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $3,243,210.67 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioners' Fund for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit donated funds of $3,242,210.67 into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 revenue account no. 430x8571 for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit donated funds of $1,000 into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 revenue account no. 430x8572 for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,856,333.46 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to various operating budget accounts to provide resources for horticultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary reimbursements, acquiring Krohn Conservatory's gift shop inventory, and other vital costs associated with running the City's parks; ...
Sponsors: City Manager
Attachments: 1. Transmittal, 2. Ordinance, 3. Fund 430 Capital Transfer OrdSchedule Final

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ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $3,243,210.67 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioners’ Fund for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit donated funds of $3,242,210.67 into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 revenue account no. 430x8571 for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit donated funds of $1,000 into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 revenue account no. 430x8572 for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,856,333.46 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to various operating budget accounts to provide resources for horticultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary reimbursements, acquiring Krohn Conservatory’s gift shop inventory, and other vital costs associated with running the City’s parks; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $206,266.69 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to the unappropriated surplus of Sawyer Point Fund 318; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252040, “Sawyer Point Improvements,” to provide resources for improvements to Sawyer Point including electrical improvements at Kroger Promenade, plumbing and irrigation upgrades, Geologic Timeline Path stone and lighting work, and gateway sculpture improvements; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252041, “Riverwalk Signage,” to provide resources for the design, fabrication, and installation of signage improvements for Sawyer Point; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,180,610.52 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to various capital improvement program project accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to provide resources for various Parks Department capital improvement program projects.

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BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE