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Meeting Name: Cincinnati City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/6/2026 2:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202601526 11.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Christy Samad to the Bicentennial Commons Board of Advisors for a term of one year. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White).   Not available Not available
202601527 12.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Karen Jackson to the Human Services Advisory Committee for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA).   Not available Not available
202601528 13.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Kelsi Goins to the Human Services Advisory Committee for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA).   Not available Not available
202601529 14.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Gladys Pope to the Human Services Advisory Committee for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA).   Not available Not available
202601515 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive West at Burnet Woods Drive in the Corryville neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Deputy Larry Henderson Jr Way” in honor of Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputy Larry Henderson Jr., a beloved husband, father, and Sheriff Deputy, who dedicated his life to the citizens of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and the United States of America as a United States Marine.   Not available Not available
202601511 16.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Owens and James, WE MOVE that the City Administration be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pursue the Certified Welcoming designation from Welcoming America on behalf of the City of Cincinnati. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Not available
202601459 17.ReportREPORT, dated 5/6/2026 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Xenn Northside Holdco LLC, DBA, 4169 Hamilton Ave Floor 1. ( #10012702-1, TRFO, D-5) [Objections: None]   Not available Not available
202601486 18.ReportREPORT, dated 4/29/2026, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Juneteenth Festival.   Not available Not available
202601519 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $18,940 from Cincinnati Police Department Asset Forfeiture Funds to operate the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s National Football League F.L.A.G. (Future Leaders Achieving Greatness) Football program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated resources into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes,” revenue account no. 319x8571.   Not available Not available
202601520 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2026, AMENDING Ordinance No. 87-2022 to increase, from $3,762,000 to $4,138,200, the amount of grant funding the City Manager is authorized to accept and appropriate from the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (ALN 20.205), awarded through the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x222363, “Wasson Way Federal STBG 2024.”   Not available Not available
202601521 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2026, ESTABLISHING new permanent improvement program project account no. 980x199x261949, “Aquatics Furniture and Equipment - GF,” to provide resources for the acquisition of pool furniture, fixtures, and equipment, including but not limited to tables, seating, umbrellas, and other shade structures, needed for City pool facilities; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $100,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x231915. “Recreation Facilities Renovation - GFCO,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $100,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to newly established permanent improvement program project account no. 980x199x261949, “Aquatics Furniture and Equipment - GF,” to provide resources for the acquisition of pool furniture, fixtures, and equipment, and including but not limited to tables, seating, umbrellas, and other shade structures, needed for City pool facilities.   Not available Not available
202601522 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $200,910 from the Ohio Department of Children and Youth’s Cribs for Kids program to decrease infant mortality by ensuring a safe sleep environment for infants through promotion of safe sleep practices and distribution of cribs throughout Hamilton County; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536.   Not available Not available
202601523 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $50,000 from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund to continue supporting the Cincinnati Youth Climate Action Fund; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant revenues into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8571.   Not available Not available
202601524 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2026, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $14,606,828 existing within certain Restricted Funds and the unappropriated surplus of certain Restricted Funds according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments.   Not available Not available
202601525 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2026, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $12,069,949 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $15,389 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3421, “Income Tax Reserve for Refunds,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $52,210,792 within the General Fund, from and to various operating accounts and the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund according to the attached Schedules of Transfer, to realign and provide funds for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the redesignation of an advance of $600,000 from General Fund 050 to Parking Meter Fund No. 303, pursuant to Ordinance No. 0122-2025 as a permanent transfer; AUTHORIZING the fund advance and transfer of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Parking Meter Fund 303 to be use   Not available Not available
202601504 116.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Anne Sesler, Government Strategies, Director of Public Affairs, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH 45202. (LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES)   Not available Not available
202601512 117.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Charles H. Gerhardt III, Government Strategies, President & CEO, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH 45202. (4th and Race FC, LLC)   Not available Not available
202601513 118.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent James Benedict, Government Strategies, Vice President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH 45202. (4th and Race FC, LLC)   Not available Not available
202601514 119.RegistrationREGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Doug Moormann, Government Strategies, Vice President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH 45202. (4th and Race FC, LLC)   Not available Not available
202601517 120.StatementSTATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Evan Thomas Nolan/Councilmember. (CITY)   Not available Not available
202601518 121.StatementSTATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Evan Thomas Nolan/Councilmember. (ETHICS)   Not available Not available
202601370 122.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Albi, WE MOVE that the administration produce a report in the next 60 days on the following: A list of all crashes in school zones (public, private, parochial, charter) in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Ask the Department of Transportation & Engineering (DOTE) to measure current speeding of cars in school zones before the end of the 2025/26 school year. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).   Not available Not available
202601490 123.MotionMOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmembers Albi, Jeffreys, Cramerding, Nolan and Owens, WE MOVE the City Administration provide an update to the Department of Buildings & Inspections Code report 202400403, specifically providing an update on the statistical information on complaints, cases and chronic offenders. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE).   Not available Not available