Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/17/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202500471 11.MotionMOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Cramerding, WE MOVE that the Cincinnati Parks Department work with Great Parks of Hamilton County to evaluate: The Futures Commission’s recommendation to have Great Parks manage Mt. Airy Forest and French Park, any associated costs to Great Parks, as well as any cost savings to Cincinnati Parks. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).AdoptPass Action details Not available
202500472 12.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Cramerding, WE MOVE that within 90 days, the Cincinnati Parks Department and Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC) evaluate the Futures Commission’s proposal for transferring the management of the 954 acres of greenspace currently under CRC to Cincinnati Parks, including any implications for staffing, equipment, potential cost savings, and the ability of CRC to focus on managing recreation centers and continue to deliver best-in-class programming. (STATEMENT ATTACHED).Adopt  Action details Not available
202500476 13.ReportREPORT, dated 3/12/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding current availability and quality of lactation rooms in City properties. (Reference Document # 202402435)Filed  Action details Not available
202500461 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a U.S. Department of Energy Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation grant (ALN 81.117) of up to $100,000 from the University of Cincinnati to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to research and develop building performance standards; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 25DOERECI, “FY 2025 DOE Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation.”Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500462 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $15,881 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Mosquito Control Grant Program to investigate the prevalence of mosquito vectors and the incidence of infection in the mosquito populations, to identify density locations for mosquito vector species, and to educate communities in the immediate area on how to reduce the mosquito populations; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202500473 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF NOT TO EXCEED $5,525,000 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (OTR HEALTH CENTER PROJECT), OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION THEREOF, OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS; AUTHORIZING A PLEDGE AND LIEN ON CERTAIN REVENUES AND OTHER CITY RESOURCES TO SECURE SUCH BONDS OR NOTES; AUTHORIZING NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO SECURE SUCH BONDS OR NOTES.Held  Action details Not available
202500474 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF NOT TO EXCEED $29,005,000 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (FINDLAY COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT), OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION THEREOF, OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS; AUTHORIZING A PLEDGE AND LIEN ON CERTAIN REVENUES AND OTHER CITY RESOURCES TO SECURE SUCH BONDS OR NOTES; AUTHORIZING NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO SECURE SUCH BONDS OR NOTES.Held  Action details Not available
202500463 18.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/10/2025, regarding the Cincy On Track Update.Held  Action details Not available
202500494 19.PresentationPRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/17/2025, regarding the Performance Based Budgeting and Quality of Life and Budget Priorities Survey.Filed  Action details Not available
202500519 110.PresentationPRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/17/2025, regarding the City Manager’s Strategic Priorities.Filed  Action details Not available
202500520 111.PresentationPRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/17/2025, regarding the Emergency Communication Center (ECC) Department Budget Presentation.Filed  Action details Not available
202500529 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to take any and all steps as may be necessary in order to vacate as public right-of-way and retain approximately 0.1341 acres of public right-of-way, being a portion of Republic Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.Held  Action details Not available
202500530 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/17/2025, DEDICATING, ACCEPTING, AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.0332-acre tract of real property as a portion of Bardes Alley, a public right-of-way in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.Held  Action details Not available