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Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/20/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202501880 11.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Organized and Dedicated Employees, Inc. (CODE), the updated terms of which are reflected in the attached summary.   Not available Not available
202501881 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City and the Cincinnati Building Trades Council, the updated terms of which are reflected in the attached summary.   Not available Not available
202501851 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, ESTABLISHING new project account no. 304x101x40424001, “PRO Housing 2024,” to expand affordable housing and incentivize the development of vacant lots through construction subsidies and prototypes for middle housing types; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $2,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (ALN 14.023) program to newly established project account no. 304x101x40424001, “PRO Housing 2024”; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Community Development Block Grant Fund 304x8543 project account no. 304x101x40424001, “PRO Housing 2024.”   Not available Not available
202501873 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $250,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Clean Investment Fund grant program (ALN 66.957), as a subrecipient through the Coalition for Green Capital (dba the American Green Bank Consortium), to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to support market-building activities for energy-related projects; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 26EPANCIF, “FY 2026 EPA NCIF Grant.”   Not available Not available
202501875 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $2,082,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FY 2025 Homeland Security Grant Program, Urban Area Security Initiative (the “UASI Grant”) (ALN 97.067) to assist the City in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept the transfer of equipment and supplies valued at up to $1,889,500 from the Hamilton County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, which acts as the regional fiscal agent for the UASI Grant; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $192,500 to support the Greater Cincinnati Fusion Center; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368x8553, project account no. 25UASI.   Not available Not available
202501850 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $25,569 from the Cincinnati Police Department Community Preventive Education Program to operate the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s Queen City Safety While Integrating Skills and Hoops (SWISH) Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes,” revenue account no. 319x8571.   Not available Not available
202501882 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $36,080 awarded through the Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) Ohio Urban Transit Program (“UTP”) to provide resources for preventative maintenance of the Cincinnati Streetcar System; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the UTP grant resources into General Government Grants Fund revenue account no. 404x8534, Department of Transportation and Engineering project account no. 25UTP, “Urban Transit Program 2025”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to do all things necessary to cooperate with the Director of ODOT to complete this project.   Not available Not available
202501852 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of $1,131,037 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioners’ Fund to provide resources for horticultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary and benefits reimbursements, and other operational expenses; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the funds into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund revenue account no. 430x8571.   Not available Not available
202501876 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and deposit a donation of up to $112,233 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation for horticultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary reimbursements, and other vital costs associated with running the City’s parks; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit up to $57,749 in donated resources into Park Donations and Special Activity Fund revenue account no. 326x8571; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit up to $54,484 in donated resources into Cincinnati Riverfront Park Fund revenue account no. 329x8571.   Not available Not available
202501879 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of up to $256,117.52 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Board of Visitors to provide resources for horticultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary reimbursements, and other vital costs associated with running the Bicentennial Commons at Sawyer Point; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into Sawyer Point Fund revenue account no. 318x8571.   Not available Not available
202501877 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $256,117 from the unappropriated surplus of Sawyer Point Fund 318 to various personnel and non-personnel operating accounts, according to Section A of the attached Schedule of Transfer, to realign sources with uses and provide for the continued operation of Parks Department activities; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $55,080 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Riverfront Park Fund 329 to various non-personnel operating accounts, according to Section B of the attached Schedule of Transfer, to realign sources with uses and provide for the continued operation of Parks Department activities.   Not available Not available
202501878 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/15/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,186 to Harris Distributing Co. from Office of Environment and Sustainability General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x104x5000x7419 as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to the storage of recycling containers, solar panels, and bicycle racks from May to September 2025.   Not available Not available
202501858 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/8/2025, AMENDING Sections 730-1-C2, “Commercial Establishment,” 730-1-C3, “Commercial Waste,” and 730-5, “General Provisions,” to clarify requirements for commercial waste haulers, by providing that asbestos waste, right-of-way waste, and waste generated by public school districts does not qualify as commercial waste, and further providing that commercial waste haulers serving buildings and grounds owned and operated by the City of Cincinnati require franchises.   Not available Not available