File #: 202600974    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Pass Emergency
File created: 2/27/2026 In control: Cincinnati City Council
On agenda: 3/11/2026 Final action:
ORD/RES# date: ORD/RES#:
Title: ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember James, Vice Mayor Kearney and Councilmembers Johnson, Owens and Walsh, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $490,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, "Reserve for Operating Budget Contingencies," to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $420,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the City Manager's Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide one-time funding of $210,000 each for the Immigrant & Refugee Law Center and the Access to Counsel program; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $70,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7400 to provide one-time funding for the West End Sports Bar & Grill.
Sponsors: Ryan James, Jan-Michele Kearney, Scotty Johnson, Meeka Owens, Seth Walsh
Attachments: 1. Transmittal, 2. Ordinance

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ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember James, Vice Mayor Kearney and Councilmembers Johnson, Owens and Walsh, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $490,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, “Reserve for Operating Budget Contingencies,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $420,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide one-time funding of $210,000 each for the Immigrant & Refugee Law Center and the Access to Counsel program; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $70,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7400 to provide one-time funding for the West End Sports Bar & Grill.