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Meeting Name: Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/26/2026 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202600150 11.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Owens and Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the City Administration prepare a report by March 1st, 2026 updating the Council on all active LEED Tax Abatements. FURTHER WE MOVE that the Administration provide statistics on the amount of LEED tax abatements that have been amended or canceled since passage of the original ordinance in 2007 (Ord. 446-2007) and since the 2023 revision (Ord. 106-2023).   Not available Not available
202600188 12.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys, Cramerding, Nolan, Owens, Albi and Walsh, WE MOVE for City Council to begin the annual review of the City Manager. The review will be based on the ten categories listed below and will follow the timeline listed below. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Not available
202600171 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/22/2026, AUTHORIZING the payment of $1,325.58 to Broadcast Music, Inc. from Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC) Recreation Special Activities Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x199x1910x7452 as a moral obligation for outstanding charges for music licensing services.   Not available Not available
202600159 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/22/2026, AUTHORIZING a payment of $8,740 from Greater Cincinnati Water Works Water Works Capital Fund capital improvement program project account no. 756x300x0000x7634x213354, “Grandin Ln/Grandin Rd/Torrence,” to United Title Services, LLC as a moral obligation for title services for water main infrastructure improvements in Hyde Park provided after January 1, 2025.   Not available Not available
202600160 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/22/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY 2025 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program (ALN 16.607), to provide the Cincinnati Police Department with reimbursement of up to $263,250 for bulletproof vest body armor expenditures for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027, which are estimated at $526,500; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, project account no. 26VEST.   Not available Not available
202600172 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/22/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262346, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 Rehab PID 115756,” to provide resources for the Gilbert Avenue Safety Project Phase 1 (PID 115756) (the “Gilbert Avenue Safety Project”), a two-mile long Complete Street along Gilbert Avenue beginning at Court Street and ending at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, including but not limited to pavement rehabilitation, intersection and traffic signal improvements, bus stop improvements, shortened crosswalks, and protected bike lanes; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate grant resources of up to $3,800,000 from the Federal Highway Administration (ALN 20.205), administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”), to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262346, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 Rehab PID 115756,” to provide resources for the Gilbert Avenue Safety Project; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resourc   Not available Not available
202600176 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/22/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into and execute a Funding Agreement, in substantially the form of Attachment A hereto, to enable the Millcreek Valley Conservancy District to develop the revenue and capacity to operate, maintain, repair, and replace the Mill Creek Local Flood Protection Project when it is completed and turned over to the district by the United States Army Corps of Engineers; AUTHORIZING the expenditure of up to $1,500,000 from Stormwater Management Enterprise Fund 107; and DECLARING the project to be for a public purpose.   Not available Not available
202600221 18.CommunicationCOMMUNICATON, submitted by Councilmember Cramerding regarding FYI Memo: $5.42M Public Safety Funding Update.   Not available Not available
202600203 19.PresentationPRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 1/26/2026, regarding Mill Creek Valley Conservancy District/MVCD.   Not available Not available