Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 6/16/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202501182 11.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING for the appropriation of funds and authorization of expenditures from General Fund 050 in the amount of $542,701,740 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, reflecting a portion of the Recommended FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget totaling $543,001,740, per the attached Schedule of Appropriation, to provide for the current expenses and other expenses of the City; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $3,516,260 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Bond Retirement Fund 151 to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund in the amount of $2,336,140 and the Early Retirement Incentive Program (“ERIP”) in the amount of $1,180,120; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $21,429,160 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to provide for the FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget portion of the expenseRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501181 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING for the appropriation of funds and authorization of expenditures of $300,000 from General Fund 050 as leveraged support for the African American Chamber of Commerce for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, reflecting a portion of the Recommended FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget totaling $543,001,740, per the attached Schedule of Appropriation, Schedule 1, to provide for the current expenses and other expenses of the City of Cincinnati. (VICE MAYOR KEARNEY IS EXCUSED FROM THIS ITEM)Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501208 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING for the transfer and appropriation for the current expenses and other expenditures of the Restricted Revenue Funds of the City in the total amount of $453,841,300 for operating requirements, capital outlay, and debt service for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, as specified by this Ordinance and according to the attached Schedules of Appropriation; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $12,050 from the unappropriated surplus of the Convention Center Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund Public Building Improvement Bonds for energy improvements; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $820 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Aviation Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund Public Building Improvement Bonds for energy improvements; AUTHORIRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501221 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $7,224,948 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer Part A; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,224,948 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to preserve resources for commitments made in FY 2025 that will be fulfilled in FY 2026; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $7,224,948 from balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 effective July 1, 2025; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $7,224,948 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various operating budget accounts in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer Part B effective July 1, 2025, to provide resources for various programs and services approved by Council in FY 2025; and AUTHORIZING the expenditure of $150,000 in local matching resources for Ohio DepartmRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501203 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, APPROVING AND ADOPTING a Capital Improvement Program and Budget for FY 2026; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of taxes and other revenue and existing funds to carry out certain parts of the Capital Improvement Program; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of proceeds from the Cincinnati Southern Railway Infrastructure Trust to other parts of the Capital Improvement Program; and DECLARING certain projects for which funds are being transferred and appropriated to be for a public purpose, all to carry out the FY 2026 Capital Improvement Program.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501242 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, APPROVING AND ADOPTING a Capital Improvement Program and Budget for FY 2026; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 982, “Parking System Facilities Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for Parking System Facilities capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 983, “Convention Center Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for Convention Center capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 984, “General Aviation Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for General Aviation capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 985, “Municipal Golf Activities Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for Municipal Golf Activities capital improvements by having monies transferred from other Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501238 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $1,684,421 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $493,579 from permanent improvement program project account no. 758x101x251057, “Sundance Film Festival - GFCO,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,178,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various operating budget accounts within General Fund 050 according to Schedule A of the attached Schedules of Transfer, to implement the Mayor’s recommended changes to the FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,037,174 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the establishment of permanent improvement program project account no. 758x164x2Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501240 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $98,000 from the General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $98,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide one-time leveraged support resources for the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, effective July 1, 2025. (VICE MAYOR KEARNEY IS EXCUSED FROM THIS ITEM)Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501239 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $250,000 from permanent improvement program project account no. 758x101x251057, “Sundance Film Festival - GFCO,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $250,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide one-time special event support resources for River Roots, effective July 1, 2025.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501223 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000,000 BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE REFUNDING AND/OR THE CASH DEFEASANCE (WITH MONIES AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE), OF ALL OR A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS LISTED ON ATTACHMENT A, AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS THRESHOLD IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501225 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $73,625,000 BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING ALL OR A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BONDS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OUTSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BONDS LISTED ON ATTACHMENT A, AND PROVIDING FOR A REFUNDING SAVINGS THRESHOLD IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501217 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS, BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $10,650,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENTS.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501216 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS, BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $24,175,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING PUBLIC BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501215 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS, BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $9,455,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING STREET IMPROVEMENTS.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501224 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR (I) THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF WATER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025A (THE “2025A BONDS”) OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS; AND (II) THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF WATER SYSTEM REFUNDING REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025B (THE “2025B BONDS”) OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $198,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE REFUNDING AND/OR (III) THE CASH DEFEASANCE (WITH MONIES AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE), OF ALL OR A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING BONDS OF THE CITY; (IV) AUTHORIZING A PLEDGE OF AND LIEN ON WATER SYSTEM REVENUES TO SECURE ANY 2025A BONDS AND 2025B BONDS; (V) AUTHORIZING ONE OR MORE SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST AGREEMENTS; AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SECURE ANY 2025A BONDS AND 2025B BONDS; AND (VI) AUTHORIZING ANY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO EFFECTUATE ANY DEFEASANCE.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501233 116.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $11,063,082.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program (ALN 14.218) to various newly established Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 project accounts, in accordance with Section A of the attached Appropriation Schedule and in accordance with the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan, to fund projects and operating allocations for the CDBG Program; AUTHORIZING the return to source of $1,128,908.22 from various Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 project accounts to the unappropriated surplus of Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 to realign available grant resources in accordance with Section B of the attached Appropriation Schedule; AUTHORIZING the appropriation of $1,128,908.22 from the unappropriated surplus of Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 to various existing Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 project accounts to rRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501236 117.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $981,932.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Solutions Grant (“ESG”) Program (ALN 14.231) to various newly established Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 project accounts in accordance with the attached Schedule of Appropriation, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan to fund projects and operating allocations for the ESG Program; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $157,350.64 from Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 project account no. 445x101x4452421, “Homeless Shelters and Housing ’24,” to the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 to realign available grant resources; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $157,350.64 from the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 to existing Emergency Shelter Grant project account no. 445x101x4452415, “Rapid Re-Housing ’24,” to realign resources with program needs; ANNOUNCING the City’s intentionRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501231 118.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $2,571,769.89 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Home Investment Partnerships (“HOME”) Grant Program (ALN 14.239), to fund various Home Investment Trust Fund 411 project accounts in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the 2025 Annual Action Plan to fund projects and operating allocations for the HOME Grant Program; ANNOUNCING the City’s intention to use this sum for projects and operating allocations for the HOME Grant Program in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025 Annual Action Plan, and the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501226 119.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $1,912,260 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (“HOPWA”) Grant Program (ALN 14.241) to fund various Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Fund 465 project accounts in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the 2025 Annual Action Plan to provide funding to projects and operating allocations for the HOPWA Grant Program; ANNOUNCING the City’s intention to use this sum for projects and operating allocations for the HOPWA Grant Program in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the 2025 Annual Action Plan, and to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501194 120.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,227,016 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR West Equivalent Fund 482 (Downtown/OTR West TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 482x162x7200 to provide resources to Reid Flats, LLC, an affiliate of The Model Group, to support the rehabilitation of nine rental units affordable to households whose income does not exceed sixty percent of the Area Median Income (AMI) (the “Project”), as part of a larger renovation of residential units in a mixed-use multi-family project known as the Reid Flats project; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $40,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR West Equivalent Fund 482 to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 482x162x7100 for project management costs associated with the Project; and DECLARING that expenditures from the Department of Community and Economic Development Downtown/Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501195 121.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $700,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR East Equivalent Fund 483 (Downtown/OTR East TIF District) to Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 483x164x7200 to provide resources in the form of a loan to Grammers Place, LLC, or another affiliate of Urban Sites acceptable to the City Manager, to fund the renovation and construction of the residential component of the mixed-use development project located at 1422-1450 Walnut Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati (“The Lockhart”), as allowed by Ohio law; and DECLARING that expenditures from Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 483x164x7200 related to the renovation and construction activities associated with the residential component of The Lockhart are for a public purpose and constitute a “Housing Renovation” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code (“R.C.”) Section 5709.40(A)(3)) that is locaRecommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501219 122.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $130,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Oakley Equivalent Fund 499 (Oakley TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 499x164x7200 to provide resources for public parking improvements at the MadTree Brewing Co. public parking lot; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $15,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Oakley Equivalent Fund 499 to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 499x164x7100 to provide resources for administrative project delivery costs associated with the public parking improvements at the MadTree Brewing Co. public parking lot; and DECLARING expenditures related to MadTree Brewing Co.’s public parking lot improvements to be a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code) that will benefit and/or serve the District 20 - Oakley Incentive Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501230 123.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251634, “Fourth, Fifth, and Walnut Streetscape” to complete streetscape improvements on 4th Street, 5th Street, and Walnut Street (the “Streetscape Improvements”); ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251635, “Fourth, Fifth, and Walnut Streetscape - TIF” to complete the Streetscape Improvements; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $2,000,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x222399, “Western Hills Viaduct” to the unappropriated surplus of Street Improvement Bond Fund 858; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Street Improvement Bond Fund 858 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251634, “Fourth, Fifth, and Walnut Streetscape” to complete the Streetscape Improvements; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $3,718,358 from the unappropriated surplus ofRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501205 124.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $206,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251600, “Economic Development Initiatives - GF,” to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $206,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7400 to support Wesley Community Services, LLC’s relocation to 1750 Logan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501173 125.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $104,405.52 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally (CLEAR) Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x1100x7367 as a moral obligation to NEC Corporation of America for maintenance support of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501204 126.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $7,920 from Employee Safety and Risk Management non-personnel operating budget account no. 212x135x1000x7289 as a moral obligation to Eurofins Eaton Analytical, LLC for outstanding charges related to industrial hygiene sample analysis services provided from April 23, 2025 to May 8, 2025.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501198 127.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $26,689 from capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x0000x7671x222000, “Park Infrastructure Rehabilitation,” as a moral obligation to Nelson Stark Company for additional plumbing repairs completed at Yeatman’s Cove in August 2024.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501193 128.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $4,741.54 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x199x1910x7289 as a moral obligation to Motion Picture Licensing Corporation for motion picture licensing services from January through April 2025.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501176 129.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $332.49 from Department of Buildings & Inspections General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x211x9000x7364 to Pieczonka Unlimited for the purchase of safety shoes for building inspectors, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501177 130.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $766.24 from Department of Buildings & Inspections Stormwater Management Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 107x212x7000x7278 to EMES Lawn Care, LLC for waste dumping services performed in October 2021, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501183 131.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $12,810 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x199x1910x7289 to Abel Enterprises Inc., dba Abel Building Systems, for outstanding charges related to alarm monitoring maintenance and installation services provided to the City from January 2025 through March 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501174 132.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AMENDING Ordinance No. 105-2025, which authorized the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant valued at up to $280,000 from The Recycling Partnership, to allow the City greater flexibility to receive the grant resources in the form of monetary resources, in-kind services, or a combination of both.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501184 133.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant, effective FY 2026, valued at up to $1,250 from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center’s RISE Communities program to purchase air quality monitors and fund additional air quality improvement initiatives in Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8556, effective FY 2026.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501196 134.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant, effective FY 2026, of up to $80,000 from the State of Ohio Department of Health Creating Healthy Communities program to reimburse the City for personnel and non-personnel expenses related to its Healthy Communities Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536, effective FY 2026.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501202 135.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $2,000 effective FY 2026 from the State of Ohio Department of Development’s TechCred Credential Reimbursement Program to reimburse Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x7200 for eligible costs incurred by the Cincinnati Police Department in providing its employees with technology-focused credentials; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8533.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501191 136.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $150,000 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant program to remodel the Dyer Sprayground in the West End neighborhood.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501206 237.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $100,000 from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation through Cincinnati Public Schools to provide resources to remodel the Mt. Airy Recreation Area in the Mt. Airy neighborhood; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251926 “Mt. Airy Recreation Improvements Grant,” to provide resources to complete the improvements to the Mt. Airy Recreation Area; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251926, “Mt. Airy Recreation Improvements Grant.”Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501186 138.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252317, “EV Charging OTR Garages Grant PID 122817,” to provide resources for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in parking garages located in Over-The-Rhine (“OTR”); AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $895,972 from the Carbon Reduction Program funds awarded from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, as administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ALN 20.205), to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252317, “EV Charging OTR Garages Grant PID 122817”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252317, “EV Charging OTR Garages Grant PID 122817”; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252358, “EV Charging OTR Garages - 3CDC Contribution,” to provide a contribution to install electric vehicle charging infrastruRecommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501197 139.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of $910,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) through the EPA Community Grants program funded by Congressionally Directed Spending (ALN 66.202) to assist with the cost of replacing public and private lead service lines in the Greater Cincinnati Water Works service area; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to receive and deposit grant funds for public lead service line replacement into Water Works Capital Permanent Improvement Fund revenue account number 756x8547, and grant funds for private lead service line replacement into Water Works Private Lead Service Line Replacement Special Revenue Fund revenue account number 312x8547; and DECLARING such expenditures to be for a public purpose.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501178 140.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $205,000 from the Ault Park Advisory Council to provide resources for construction of a new playground at Ault Park; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252048, “Ault Park Playground,” to provide resources for the construction of a new playground at Ault Park; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $205,000 from Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252048, “Ault Park Playground,” to provide resources for the construction of a new playground at Ault Park.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501175 141.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $100,000 from the Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation, Inc., including an in-kind donation of a 2025 Ford Explorer outfitted with a canine transport package for the Cincinnati Police Department Wellness Squad and therapy dog, Stella, as well as a monetary donation to support fuel and maintenance costs of the donated vehicle; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Public Safety Special Projects Fund revenue account no. 456x8571.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501199 142.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of up to $975,000 from CinciVTICA, LLC to support the operations and maintenance of the Cincinnati streetcar; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into Streetcar Operations Fund revenue account no. 455x8645.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501180 143.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate Water Supply Revolving Loan Account loan funding of up to $41,000,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority to reimburse costs incurred by the Greater Cincinnati Water Works to replace aging water mains and service lines; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the loan funds into Water Works Capital Improvement Fund revenue account no. 756x8569.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501185 144.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to apply for, accept, and appropriate Water Supply Revolving Loan Account loan funding of up to $13,000,000, comprised of $6,890,000 in principal forgiveness and $6,110,000 in zero-interest loan funding, from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority to assist with the cost of replacing public and private lead service lines within the Greater Cincinnati Water Works service area; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to receive and deposit loan funds into Fund Numbers 756x8569, 756x8527, 312x8569, and 312x8527.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501189 145.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $66,296.95 from the Ford Motor Company to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252505, “Fleet Replacements,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the cash value of the credits received from the purchase of automotive parts.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501200 146.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Lunken Airport Lease Agreement with JGAS Aviation, LLC, pursuant to which the City will extend the term for an additional five years and lease 6.41 acres of land at Lunken Airport, Lease Areas 59, 60, and 61, for expansion of business operations and construction of new facilities.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501241 147.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AMENDING Attachment A to Ordinance No. 487-2021 to align the legal description for Lunken Airport Lease Area 53 with existing aeronautical and nonaeronautical boundaries.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501201 148.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 1.6960-acre tract of real property as a portion of Walworth Avenue, a public right-of-way for street purposes in the East End neighborhood of Cincinnati.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501222 149.Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, DECLARING the intent to appropriate to public use certain real property interests required to construct, establish, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair, and preserve a shared use path along Reading Road, Whittier Street, Fredonia Avenue, and thru to Blair Court, commonly known as Wasson Way Phase 7.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202501229 150.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled WSL #3677-GCWW Easement Plat - E-1085, as recorded in Plat Book 496, Page 58 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501232 151.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Delhi Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled Water Main Easement Dedication Plat (E-1099), as recorded in Plat Book 493, Page 24 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501235 152.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled WSL #3695-Sedona Reserve - E-1102, as recorded in Plat Book 493, Pages 81-82 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501243 153.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and Western Water Company (“Western Water”) for wholesale water service for a period of twenty years.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501249 154.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the City Administration issue a report within 90 days that outlines the following: Street rehabilitation, maintenance, and pothole repair operations of peer cities. Potential benefits of bringing street rehabilitation operations in-house. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).Adopt  Action details Not available
202501255 155.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Johnson, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $7,500 from Councilmember Johnson’s General Fund personnel services operating budget account no. 050x023x7100 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7500 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Recreation Special Activities Fund 323; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $7500 from the unappropriated surplus of Recreation Special Activities Fund 323 to Cincinnati Recreation Commission (“CRC”) Recreation Special Activities non-personnel operating budget account no. 323x199x7200 to provide resources for CRC senior programming.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202501256 156.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh, Reallocating Funding for the Cincinnati Art Museum Facilities Fund.AdoptPass Action details Not available
202501258 157.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding, Albi, Parks, Walsh Jeffreys and Nolan, WE MOVE that the Administration prepare an ordinance that adds the following items to the FY2026 Budget: Economic Development African American Chamber of Commerce $50,000. (VICE MAYOR KEARNEY IS EXCUSED FROM THIS ITEM)Adopt  Action details Not available
202501259 158.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding, Walsh, Albi, Parks, Jeffreys and Nolan, Council Budget Adjustment Motion for the FY2026 Recommended Budget, WE MOVE that the Administration prepare an ordinance that adds the following items to the FY2026 Budget: Arts- ArtWorks- $100,000, Arts- Learning Through Art- $30,000, Economic Development- Catalytic Neighborhood Futures- $1,000,000, Economic Development- CincyTech- $175,000, Economic Development-Cintrifuse- $150,000, Economic Development- Downtown Neighborhood Plan- $100,000, Economic Development- Film Commission- $100,000, Economic Development-Mill Creek Corridor Planning Project-$275,000, Economic Development-The Port- $100,000, Economic Development- Quick Strike Acquisition Fund- $1,000,000, Economic Development- Sports Commission- $250,000 (BALANCE ON FILE IN CLERKS OFFICE).AdoptPass Action details Not available
202501261 159.MotionMOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the $1 million for fleet is re-allocated where it can have real impact (BALANCE ON FILE IN CLERKS OFFICE). .Failed of AdoptionFail Action details Not available