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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/19/2026 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202602858 11.ReportREPORT, dated 10/14/2026, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Department of Finance Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2026 (unaudited).   Not available Not available
202602857 12.ReportREPORT, dated 10/14/2026, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the FY 2026 Carryover to FY 2027 Report.   Not available Not available
202602876 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/14/2026, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,914,217 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to provide resources for emergencies, including those caused by unplanned for weather events, to increase the City’s reserve for weather events and other emergency and one-time needs; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Department of Opportunity and Resident Services non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x161x7200 to provide resources for the Cincinnati Development Fund to use for affordable housing initiatives; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to City Manager’s Office fringe benefits operating budget account no. 050x101x7500 to provide a one-time contribution to address the City’s pension obligation to the Cincinnati Retirement System; AUTHORIZ   Not available Not available
202602887 14.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Johnson and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that City Council allocate $225,000 to the Cincinnati Fire Department, from the Fiscal Year 2026 Infrastructure and Capital Project Carryover Budget - for the purchase of thermal imaging equipment.   Not available Not available
202602873 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/14/2026, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $268,282 from various capital improvement program project accounts to close out or decrease certain existing capital improvement program project accounts, according to Section A of the attached Schedule of Transfer; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $268,282 from the unappropriated surplus of various funds to capital improvement program project accounts to provide resources for those capital improvement program project accounts, according to Section B of the attached Schedule of Transfer.   Not available Not available
202602877 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/14/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x271929, “Neumann Clubhouse Replacement,” to provide resources for the replacement of the Neumann Clubhouse, including related equipment and furniture and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Park and Recreation Improvement Bond Fund 860 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x271929, “Neumann Clubhouse Replacement,” to provide resources for the replacement of the Neumann Clubhouse, including related equipment and furniture.   Not available Not available
202602875 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/14/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $274,735 from the U.S. Department of Justice, FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program - Local Formula (ALN 16.738) to support additional Police Visibility Overtime and the Sexual Assault Advocate program contract with Women Helping Women; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into Justice Assistance Grant Fund 478x8553, project account no. 26JAG.   Not available Not available
202602878 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/14/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for and accept a technical assistance grant valued at up to $21,000 from the Ohio Department of Development Energy Efficiency Program for Ohio Communities Audit Support to conduct energy audits of City facilities.   Not available Not available
202602899 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/19/2026, AMENDING Ordinance No. 355-2026 to authorize the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of third-party professional services from the FC Cincinnati Foundation valued at up to $178,293 for the renovation of the mini-pitch soccer facility at Lincoln Recreation Center.   Not available Not available
202602896 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/19/2026, DEDICATING, ACCEPTING, AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of four tracts of real property, being approximately 0.0851 acres, 0.0214 acres, 0.0167 acres and 0.0320 acres, as portions of Evans Street and Police Academy Drive, public rights-of-way for street purposes in the Lower Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202602898 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/19/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale and Development Agreement with Nehemiah Manufacturing Company LLC, for the sale of City-owned real property located at 800 Evans Street in the Lower Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, to facilitate the company’s construction of a new manufacturing facility, consisting of approximately 41,930 square feet of commercial industrial space and approximately 2,490 square feet of commercial office space, at an estimated total project cost of approximately $6,740,000. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List )    Not available Not available
202602897 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/19/2026, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Nehemiah Manufacturing Company LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 800 Evans Street in the Lower Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a new building on the property to consist of approximately 41,930 square feet of commercial industrial space and approximately 2,490 square feet of commercial office space, at a total construction cost of approximately $6,740,000. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List )    Not available Not available
202602888 113.PresentationPRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 10/19/2026, regarding the FY 2026 Carryover to FY 2027: Administration’s Recommendations.   Not available Not available