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Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/7/2021 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202102643 11.OrdinanceORDINANCE, dated 8/26/2021, submitted by Councilmember Goodin, from Andrew W. Garth, City Solicitor, MODIFYING Title I, “Council and Corporation Miscellany,” by enacting new Chapter 119, “Prohibition on the Solicitation or Acceptance of Campaign Contributions from Persons with a Financial Interest in City Business,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code to restore public trust in elected officials by prohibiting the solicitation or acceptance of campaign contributions from persons having a financial interest in City business while it is pending before Council; and MODIFYING Section 1501-8, “Class C-1 Civil Offenses,” of Title XV, “Code Compliance and Hearings,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code to establish penalties for certain violations of Chapter 119.   Not available Video Video
202102641 12.MotionMOTION, dated 08/24/2021, submitted by Councilmember Mann, WE MOVE that the City Administration prepare a report to lay out a roadmap to implement the recommendations of the Economic Development Reform Panel. Report Attached. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Video Video
202102593 13.MotionMOTION, dated 8/4/2021, submitted by Councilmember Sundermann, WE MOVE that City Council make no law restricting access to public or private establishments based on the requirement of “vaccine passports” or other proof of vaccination against COVID-19. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Video Video
202102648 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any and all agreements and take such other steps as may be necessary in order to lease City-owned real property at 2010 Auburn Avenue in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati to Sunnyside Child Development Center, Inc., or other affiliated organization acceptable to the City Manager.   Not available Video Video
202102649 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/2/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with Starstone US Intermediaries, Inc., pursuant to which the company agrees to create 55 new jobs at 201 E. Fifth Street in downtown Cincinnati and, for a period of 4 years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to 35% of City income tax revenue from such new jobs.   Not available Video Video
202102650 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Hyde Park Hotel Partners, LLC, thereby authorizing a 13-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 2654 Madison Road in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the construction of a 103-room hotel, 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 $11,771,503.   Not available Video Video
202102656 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (B VERSION) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, LEVYING assessments for unpaid costs for necessary sidewalk, sidewalk area, curb and gutter construction, reconstruction and emergency repairs conducted at miscellaneous locations by the City of Cincinnati through its Sidewalk Safety Program, made in accordance with Cincinnati Municipal Code Sections 721-149 through 721-169.   Not available Video Video
202102653 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, AMENDING Ordinance 265-2020 to correct a clerical error in Exhibit 1 to the ordinance so that the list of properties to be assessed the unpaid costs of the private lead service line replacement is complete.   Not available Video Video
202102658 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation from Fifth Third Bank of 27 new Munchkin Arm & Hammer diaper pails valued at up to $810, for use by the Cincinnati Health Department’s Tobacco Free Living Program, for the purpose of providing incentives to pregnant Cincinnati citizens and educating them on the harmful effects of tobacco use before, during and post pregnancy.   Not available Video Video
202102659 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation from Marathon Petroleum of equipment valued at up to $4,100 for use by Cincinnati Fire Department Fire Boat 3 and Heavy Rescue companies.   Not available Video Video
202102660 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation totaling $500,000 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioner’s Fund for the purpose of purchasing horticultural supplies, executing maintenance contracts, providing staff reimbursements, acquiring Krohn gift shop inventory, and providing resources for other vital costs associated with running the City’s parks; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit the funds into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430.   Not available Video Video
202102662 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in the amount of up to $125,000 in FY 2020 Project Safe Neighborhoods funds from the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio administered by the Office of Criminal Justice Services (Assistance Listing Number 16.609), for analysis software to be installed at the Crime Gun Intelligence Center to assist crime and data analysts to produce intelligence-led operations; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, Project Account No. 20PSN.   Not available Video Video
202102667 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, AUTHORIZING the payment in an amount not to exceed $190,000 as a moral obligation to Level 3 Communications LLC for unpaid services rendered in relation to work on the City’s primary internet circuit, expansion of the County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally bandwidth to meet increased needs, work on one of the Greater Cincinnati Water Works internet circuits in Lebanon, Ohio, and an emergency increase to the remote work circuit to support the work-from-home initiative put in place at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Not available Video Video
202102676 114.MotionMOTION, dated 8/31/2021, submitted by Councilmember Keating, WE MOVE that the City Administration provide a REPORT regarding the feasibility and cost of staffing Crossing Guards at the locations outlined by CPS, adding crosswalks to the locations outlined by CPS, installing School Zone Flashers at the locations outlined by CPS, and providing additional Traffic Control at the schools outlined by CPS. WE FURTHER MOVE that the administration also include alternative methods of addressing these issues, if relevant. The requests outlined by CPS will be attached to the document and have been discussed and compiled by the crossing guard coordinator and city planners. WE FURTHER MOVE that this report addresses any other requests by the community that were brought to light during the Budget and Finance Committee Meeting on Monday, August 30th during the conversation around the METRO/CPS decision. WE FURTHER MOVE that this report be completed to give Council enough time to consider these changes in the discussion and votes on “Carry Over Funds.”   Not available Video Video
202102652 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 9/1/2021, LEVYING assessments for unpaid costs for necessary sidewalk, sidewalk area, curb and gutter construction, reconstruction and emergency repairs conducted at miscellaneous locations by the City of Cincinnati through its Sidewalk Safety Program, made in accordance with Cincinnati Municipal Code Sections 721-149 through 721-169.   Not available Video Video