Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 10/21/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202402083 11.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/25/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $350,000 from the unappropriated surplus of East Price Hill Equivalent Fund 494 to Department of Community and Economic Development (“DCED”) non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x162x7200 to provide resources for the renovation of the residential units in a mixed-use multi-family project at 3104 Warsaw Avenue in the East Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $25,000 from the unappropriated surplus of East Price Hill Equivalent Fund 494 to DCED personnel operating budget account no. 494x162x7100 for project management costs associated with the renovation of the residential units in a mixed-use multi-family project at 3104 Warsaw Avenue in the East Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati; and DECLARING that expenditures from DCED non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x162x7200 and DCED personnel operating budget account no. 494x162x7100 associated with the renovation of the residential units in a miRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402154 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/9/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251618, “Roselawn Streetscape - TIF,” to provide resources for the rehabilitation and replacement of portions of the Reading Road streetscape within the public right-of-way in the Roselawn neighborhood business district; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $45,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Roselawn Equivalent Fund 528 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251618, “Roselawn Streetscape - TIF,” to provide resources for the rehabilitation and replacement of portions of the Reading Road streetscape within the public right-of-way in the Roselawn neighborhood business district; and DECLARING that rehabilitation and replacement of portions of the Reading Road streetscape within the public right of way in the Roselawn neighborhood business district constitutes a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined by Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code), that will benefit and/Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402179 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source General Fund 050 of $3,600,000 from capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x251029, “Green Cincinnati Sustainability Initiatives - GF,” to realign sources with uses; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $3,400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Fund 883, “Revolving Energy Loan,” to provide resources for building and fleet upgrades pursuant to the goals of the 2023 Green Cincinnati Plan (“GCP”); and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $200,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Office of Environment and Sustainability General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x104x7400 to provide additional resources to support the 2023 GCP Seeds of Change Program.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202402216 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/21/2024, ESTABLISHING department number 014, “Councilmember Evan Nolan,” to establish an office budget for newly appointed Councilmember Evan Nolan; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $97,375 from Councilmember Reggie Harris’ General Fund personnel services operating budget account no. 050x021x7100 to Councilmember Evan Nolan’s General Fund personnel services operating budget account no. 050x014x7100 to provide personnel resources to the office budget for newly appointed Councilmember Evan Nolan; and further AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,820 from Councilmember Reggie Harris’ General Fund contractual services account no. 050x021x7200 to Councilmember Evan Nolan’s General Fund contractual services account no. 050x014x7200 to provide non-personnel resources to the office budget for newly appointed Councilmember Evan Nolan.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402204 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Councilmember Walsh, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $75,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, “Reserve for Operating Budget Contingencies,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $75,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide resources to the Cincinnati Ballet; to partner with the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) and the City of Cincinnati to put on a month-long Nutcracker-themed activation in Washington Park in December 2024.Recommend Passage EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202402188 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement 2901 Glendora LLC, an affiliate of Uptown Rental Properties, LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 2901 Glendora Avenue in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of approximately 14,386 square feet of residential space consisting of eleven residential units, which construction shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total construction cost of approximately $3,148,356. (COUNCILMEMBER NOLAN IS EXCUSED FROM THIS ITEM)Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402182 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $1,400,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Eviction Protection Grant Program (ALN 14.537) to provide resources for legal representation of tenants in eviction proceedings.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202402138 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/9/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 155-2024, which authorized the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $25,000, effective FY 2025, from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Fund (ALN 15.904) through the Ohio History Connection’s Certified Local Government Grant Program to provide resources for the development of a Multiple Property Documentation Form for the historic designation of Cincinnati’s brewery resources, to increase the grant resource value to up to $31,481.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402171 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate additional grant funds of up to $500,000 from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Municipal Bridge Program (ALN 20.205) to capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x202361, “Brighton Approach Bridge Grants,” to provide additional resources for the Brighton Approach Bridge Replacement Project; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the additional grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x202361, “Brighton Approach Bridge Grants.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402175 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 272-2023 to increase the amount of funding the City Manager is authorized to accept from the Highway Safety Improvement Program, as awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation, from up to $6,143,865 to up to $9,900,000, and to appropriate the additional amount of up to $3,756,135 to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x242348, “Harrison Avenue Improvements HSIP Grant,” to provide resources to right-size Harrison Avenue from Queen City Avenue to Kling Avenue by reducing vehicle lanes to three and implementing other various safety improvements along the corridor.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402173 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $30,000 from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network under the Resilience Hub Fund for Resilient Power Systems to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to perform a resilience hub assessment, prepare a resilience hub plan, and conduct an energy audit with solar assessment at the Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio offices in the Avondale neighborhood; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8571.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402180 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $499,917 from the Energy Futures Grant Program (ALN 81.041) awarded by the United States Department of Energy to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to research strategies that will reduce the energy burden for disadvantaged communities through deployment of community solar power and implementation of new rate structures; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund 436x8543, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 25DOEEF, “FY 2025 DOE Energy Futures Grant.”Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402186 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $10,000,000 from the United States Department of Energy Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Assistance for the Adoption of the Latest and Zero Building Energy Codes program (ALN 81.117) to provide resources to help create the Ohio High Performance Building Hub and to assist with the implementation of building performance standards in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, and Cleveland; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund 436x8543, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 25DOEIRA, “FY 2025 DOE Ohio High Performance Building Hub.”Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402155 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/9/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $252,873 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program - Local Solicitation (ALN 16.738) to provide funding for additional Police Visibility Overtime and for the Sexual Assault Advocate program contract with Women Helping Women; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Justice Assistance Grant Fund 478x8553, project account no. 24JAG.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402174 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 229-2024 to increase the amount of grant funds for which the City Manager is authorized to apply for, accept, and appropriate, from $275,000 to $298,000.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402140 116.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/9/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of goods and professional services from the Reds Community Fund valued at up to $150,000 for the installation of a turf infield at the Madisonville Recreation Area.indefinite postponement  Action details Not available
202402212 117.OrdinanceORDINANCE (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/21/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251923, “Madisonville Baseball Field RCF,” to provide resources for the installation of a turf infield and related improvements at the Madisonville Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $150,000 from the Reds Community Fund to provide resources for the installation of a turf infield and related improvements at the Madisonville Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit $150,000 from the Reds Community Fund into Fund 319x8571, “Contributions For Recreation Purposes,” to provide resources for the installation of a turf infield and related improvements at the Madisonville Recreation Area; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to transfer and appropriate $150,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund 319, “Contributions For Recreation Purposes,” into newly established capital improvement program project account no 980x199x251923, “Madisonville Baseball Field RCF,” to provide resources Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402187 118.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the payment of $3,288.22 from Parks Department Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 non-personnel operating budget account no. 430x202x3126x7332 to Doppes Lumber for charges related to the purchase of lumber and supplies during the period of May 10, 2024, through June 28, 2024.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402183 119.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/16/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 169-2024, which authorized the City Manager to accept a cash donation of $89,000 from the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund and an in-kind donation of goods and professional services from Playground Equipment Services, Inc. valued at up to $61,000 for the installation of a turf infield at the Bond Hill Recreation Area by correctly identifying the source of the in-kind donation of goods and professional services as the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund; and AUTHORIZING payment of $61,000 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x231903, “Athletics Facilities Renovation,” and $89,000 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x241917, “Bond Hill Baseball Field RCF,” to Playground Equipment Services, Inc. as a moral obligation for the installation of a turf infield at the Bond Hill Recreation Area sports field and recreation area; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to provide payment of Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402162 120.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Cramerding, AUTHORIZING the disbursement of $200,000 of Major Events Funding included in the Approved FY 2025 General Fund Operating Budget Update for the River Roots event.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available