Meeting Name: Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/30/2026 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202601128 11.ReportREPORT, dated 3/25/2026, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Finance and Budget Monitoring Report for the Period Ending December 31, 2025.Approve & File  Action details Not available
202601089 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/18/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $2,185,000 from Tri-State Trails to assist the City in expediting the progress on several trail projects; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into City Trails Fund revenue account no. 437x8571.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601126 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/25/2026, AMENDING Ordinance No. 5-2026 to authorize the City Manager to accept a monetary donation of $33,700 from the Cincinnati Fire Foundation to purchase six Trek Service Electric mountain bikes and one bicycle towable REX-1 stretcher and towing accessories to be used by the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Bike Unit; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Fund 472, “Fire Grants and Donations,” revenue account no. 472x8571.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601090 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/18/2026, AUTHORIZING a payment of $86,017.70 from Cincinnati Health Department Health Network Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 446x265x1110x7341 to Henry Schein, Inc. as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to dental supplies provided between September 2, 2024, and October 8, 2025; and AUTHORIZING a payment of $191,442.19 from Cincinnati Health Department Health Network Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 446x265x1110x7285 to Labcorp Corporation of America Holdings as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to clinical and anatomic laboratory testing services provided between May 1, 2025, and June 30, 2025.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601127 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/25/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $150,000 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Recreational Trails Program, which is federally funded by the Federal Highway Administration (ALN 20.219), to implement safety improvements through the Ohio River Trail Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove Bike Trail project.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601091 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/18/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for grant resources of up to $25,000,000 awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (ALN 20.933) through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development transportation discretionary grant program to provide resources for demolition and construction of portions of the Western Hills Viaduct.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601095 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/18/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262348, “ORT Oasis Phase 1 CMAQ PID 122971,” to provide resources for the Ohio River Trail Oasis Corridor; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Grant of up to $8,800,000 awarded through the Ohio-KentuckyIndiana Regional Council of Governments (ALN 20.205) to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262348, “ORT Oasis Phase 1 CMAQ PID 122971” to provide resources for the Ohio River Trail Oasis Corridor; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the funds into the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262348, “ORT Oasis Phase 1 CMAQ PID 122971”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements and do all things necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601094 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/18/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262349, “ORT Oasis Phase 2 CMAQ PID 122971,” to provide resources for the Ohio River Trail Oasis Corridor; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grant of up to $6,600,000 awarded through the Ohio-KentuckyIndiana Regional Council of Governments (ALN 20.205) to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262349, “ORT Oasis Phase 2 CMAQ PID 122971,” to provide resources for the Ohio River Trail Oasis Corridor; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the funds into the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262349, “ORT Oasis Phase 2 CMAQ PID 122971”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements and do all things necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601093 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/18/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x262391, “Reading and Summit Improvements PID 119753,” to improve pedestrian safety at the intersection of Reading Road and Summit Road in the neighborhood of Roselawn; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x262395, “HAM Cincinnati Crossings PID 121898,” to install up to six raised crosswalks in the neighborhood of CUF; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept up to $260,000 in Metro Transit Infrastructure Fund (“MTIF”) grant resources awarded by Cincinnati Metro to support these pedestrian safety projects; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to appropriate SORTA MTIF grant resources as follows: (1) up to $120,000 allocated to capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x262391, “Reading and Summit Improvements PID 119753,” and (2) up to $140,000 allocated to capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x262395, “HAM Cincinnati Crossings PID 121898”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance tRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601092 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/18/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262350, “Ridge Avenue Rehabilitation MTIF Grant 2,” to provide resources to restore deteriorating pavement along Ridge Avenue in the Oakley and Pleasant Ridge neighborhoods; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262352, “Elm and Main Street MTIF Grant,” to provide resources to construct replacement track drains along the streetcar alignment in the Central Business District and Over-the-Rhine neighborhoods; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262355, “Hopple Street Viaduct PID 121735 MTIF Grant,” to provide resources to replace expansion joints and wearing surface along the Hopple Street viaduct in the Camp Washington, North Fairmount, and Millvale neighborhoods; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a grant of up to $4,559,000 from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (“SORTA”) Metro Transit Infrastructure Fund (“MTIF”); AUTHORIZING the City Manager tRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601125 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/25/2026, AMENDING Ordinance No. 40-1989, which authorized the establishment of Fund No. 384, “Sewers Activity Fund,” to expand the permissible sources for the fund to include employee fundraising activities, and the permissible uses of the fund to include the costs of employee events, recognition activities, awards, providing equipment, supplies and maintenance for lunchroom facilities, educational opportunities, and training and development programs for sewer district employees.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202601129 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/25/2026, MODIFYING Article II of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati by ORDAINING new Section 27, “Office of Strategic Growth,” AMENDING Section 11, “Assistant and Acting City Manager, and REPEALING Section 24, “Office of Opportunity”; ORDAINING new Article XXIV, “Department of Opportunity and Resident Services,” of the Administrative Code; and REPEALING Article XXIV, “Department of Community and Economic Development,” of the Administrative Code.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202601172 113.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/30/2026, regarding Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) Budget Presentation.Filed  Action details Not available
202601170 114.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/30/2026, regarding Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) Budget Presentation.Filed  Action details Not available
202601173 115.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/30/2026, regarding Enterprise Technology Solutions (ETS) Budget Presentation.Filed  Action details Not available
202601171 116.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/30/2026, regarding Department of Human Resources (HR) Budget Presentation.Filed  Action details Not available
202601097 117.PresentationPRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/18/2026, regarding the Department of Transportation and Engineering’s (DOTE) Budget Presentation for the Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Special Meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM.Filed  Action details Not available
202601098 118.PresentationPRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/18/2026, regarding the Department of Buildings and Inspections’ (B&I) Budget Presentation for the Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Special Meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM.Filed  Action details Not available
202601096 119.OrdinancePRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/18/2026, regarding the Citizen Complaint Authority’s (CCA) Budget Presentation for the Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Special Meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM.Filed  Action details Not available
202601085 120.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/18/2026, regarding Department of Finance Budget Presentation.Filed  Action details Not available