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Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/18/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202500175 11.ReportREPORT, dated 2/5/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Finance and Budget Monitoring for the Period Ending November 30, 2024.   Not available Not available
202500177 12.Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, DECLARING the necessity of assessing for the control of blight and disease of shade trees, and for the planting, care, maintenance, trimming, and removal of public trees, in and along the streets and the public right-of-way within the City of Cincinnati’s Urban Forestry Maintenance District for calendar year 2026.   Not available Not available
202500188 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $281,640.85 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to non-departmental Judgments Against the City non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x951x7400 to restore resources from a prior year encumbrance related to the White v. City of Cincinnati judgment that was cancelled inadvertently; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $285,000 within Income Tax-Infrastructure Fund 302 from non-departmental Reserve for Contingencies non-personnel operating budget account no. 302x990x7200, with transfers of $80,000 to Department of Public Services (“DPS”) personnel operating budget account no. 302x255x7100 due to an unmet position vacancy allowance, $200,000 to DPS non-personnel operating budget account no. 302x255x7200 for citywide building maintenance needs, and $5,000 to non-departmental Tuition Reimbursement non-personnel operating budget account no. 302x928x7400 to reimburse departmental tuition reimbursement expenses; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $1,155,000   Not available Not available
202500197 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the Department of Community and Economic Development (“DCED”) to repurpose up to $160,000 from the General Fund resources previously awarded to the Kennedy Heights Community Urban Re-Development Corporation through the Neighborhood Business District Improvement Program to pay the remaining mortgage on the property located at 6549 Montgomery Road; and DECLARING such expenditure to serve a public purpose.   Not available Not available
202500189 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252356, “Montana Avenue OPWC Grant,” to provide Ohio Public Works Commission (“OPWC”) grant resources to rehabilitate Montana Avenue; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate grant resources of up to $2,350,000 from OPWC to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252356, “Montana Avenue OPWC Grant”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit OPWC grant resources of up $2,350,000 in OPWC grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252356, “Montana Avenue OPWC Grant”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources.   Not available Not available
202500196 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252366, “Central Parkway Bikeway Phase 3 Transit Grant,” to provide resources for the Central Parkway Bikeway Phase 3 project; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252368, “Ridge Avenue Transit Grant,” to provide resources to rehabilitate Ridge Avenue; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252369, “Victory Parkway Transit Grant PID 117208,” to provide resources for improvements to Victory Parkway; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a grant of up to $10,000,000 from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit (“SORTA”) Metro Transit Infrastructure Fund (“MTIF”); AUTHORIZING the City Manager to appropriate SORTA MTIF grant resources as follows: (1) up to $2,500,000 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252366, “Central Parkway Bikeway Phase 3 Transit Grant”; (2) up to $1,500,000 to newly established capital improvement program project account   Not available Not available
202500199 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252355, “Beekman St Pedestrian Safety MRF Grant,” to provide resources to implement pedestrian safety improvements on Beekman Street; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $200,000 from the Hamilton County Municipal Road Fund to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252355, “Beekman St Pedestrian Safety MRF Grant”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252355, “Beekman St Pedestrian Safety MRF Grant”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources.   Not available Not available
202500227 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $6,510 from the National Association of County and City Health Officials Cross-Training Opportunity in Maternal and Child Health and Emergency Preparedness program for employees from the Cincinnati Health Department to attend training on incorporating maternal and child health considerations in emergency planning; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8571.   Not available Not available
202500226 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant from the Center for Justice Innovation, Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials Program, to provide printed support materials for child victims and witnesses; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept printed support materials, valued at up to $6,919, pursuant to a grant from the Center for Justice Innovation.   Not available Not available
202500190 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.3318-acre tract of real property as a portion of the Merrimac Street, a public right-of-way for street purposes in the Evanston neighborhood of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202500198 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/5/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with DSWDWK, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company doing business as Impact Beverage, pursuant to which the company agrees to create sixty new jobs at 4831 Spring Grove Avenue and 4330 Winton Road in the Spring Grove Village neighborhood of Cincinnati and, for a period of seven years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to forty percent of City income tax revenue from such new jobs.   Not available Not available
202500225 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/12/2025, Authorizing the payment of $2,580 to Power Equipment Solutions, Inc. from Cincinnati Parks Department Sawyer Point Fund 318 non-personnel operating budget account no. 318x202x2000x7413 for charges related to golf cart rentals used by the Cincinnati Parks Department from November 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.   Not available Not available
202500052 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 402, “Airport,” by AMENDING Section 402-24, “Lunken Airport Use Fees,” to authorize the City Manager to establish fees for the landing, parking, and mooring of aircraft, for special events, and other uses including the United States Customs and Border Protection facility at Lunken Airport.   Not available Not available
202500247 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (B VERSION) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/12/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 402, “Airport,” by AMENDING Section 402-24, “Lunken Airport Use Fees,” to authorize the City Manager to establish fees for the landing, parking, and mooring of aircraft, for special events, and other uses at Lunken Airport.   Not available Not available