Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 11/4/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202402276 11.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with ACG Garfield LLC, thereby authorizing a twelve-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 9 Garfield Place in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 55,084 square feet of residential space, including approximately 52 residential rental units, at a total construction cost of approximately $5,400,000.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402277 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement 607 Main Holdings, LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 607 Main Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 3,060 square feet of commercial space on the first floor and approximately 10,750 square feet of residential space on the upper floors, consisting of thirteen residential units, at a total construction cost of approximately $3,098,578.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202402281 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $46,080 from the Murray & Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation to administer an internship program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Citizens Jobs Fund revenue account no. 308x8571.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202402282 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations and contributions of skating rink design services, a CVG model for the Krohn Holiday Show, and an event panel from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation, valued at approximately $169,363.43, to benefit various City parks.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202402328 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Albi, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation valued at up at $3,600 from the Strong Cities Network and the National League of Cities for Councilmember Albi and one Council Assistant to attend the four-day 2024 City Summit Conference beginning on November 13, 2024, in Tampa, Florida.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402283 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252309, “Madisonville Pedestrian Safety - TIF,” to provide resources for the installation of traffic calming infrastructure in the Madisonville neighborhood (the “Madisonville Traffic Calming Project”); AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $500,000 from Madisonville Equivalent Fund 498 to newly created capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252309, “Madisonville Pedestrian Safety - TIF,” to provide resources for the Madisonville Traffic Calming Project; and DECLARING that expenditures from capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252309, “Madisonville Pedestrian Safety - TIF,” are for a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code (“ORC”)) that will benefit and/or serve the District 19 - Madisonville Incentive District, subject to compliance with ORC Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202402284 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/30/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,037,174 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Deferred Appropriations,” to preserve resources the City received from Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc. pursuant to a Property Investment Reimbursement Agreement repayment to be used to support projects benefitting neighborhoods affected by the closure of the Bon Secours Mercy Health facility in the Bond Hill neighborhood.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402329 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Albi, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $325,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, “Reserve for Operation Budget Contingencies,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $275,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide one-time leveraged support resources to Advance Peace Gun Violence prevention program; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $50,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide one-time resources for Government Square safety initiatives including food and other resources needed for youth.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402330 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $65,000 from balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3440, “Infrastructure and Capital Project Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; ESTABLISHING new permanent improvement program project account no. 758x164x251619, “West End Sports Bar and Grill - GFCO,” to provide one-time resources and appropriation of $65,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to newly established permanent improvement program project account no. 758x164x251619, “West End Sports Bar and Grill - GFCO,” to provide one-time resources to complete the West End Sports Bar and Grill project.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402331 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, Councilmembers Albi, Cramerding, Jeffreys, Johnson, Nolan, Owens, Parks and Walsh, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, ESTABLISHING permanent improvement program project account nos. 758x101x251057, “Sundance Film Festival - GFCO”; 758x104x251058, “Green Project Home Repairs - GFCO”; 758x164x251629, “MORTAR - GFCO”; and 758X164X251630, “Country Meat Market Place - GFCO”; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $13,500,000 from balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3440, “Infrastructure and Capital Project Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $13,500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various capital and permanent improvement program project accounts according to the attached Scheduled A of the Capital Budget Schedule of Transfer to provide resources for identified one-time infrastructure and capital projects for identified urgent needs; and DECLARING the newly established permanent improvement program projects to be for a public purpose, all Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202402343 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale Agreement with the Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation pursuant to which the City of Cincinnati will sell, for $1.00, certain real property located in the City of Cincinnati, County of Hamilton Ohio, consisting of approximately 1.05 acres, and identified as a portion of Hamilton County Auditor’s Parcel No. 192-0069-0008 in the South Cumminsville neighborhood of Cincinnati, in order to facilitate the remediation of the property.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available