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Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/12/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Agenda Packet Agenda Packet
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202500930 11.ReportREPORT, dated 5/7/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding funding sources for businesses impacted by City construction projects. (Reference Document # 202402527)Filed  Action details Not available
202500940 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $14,057 from General Fund Audit and Examiners Fees Non-Departmental non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x941x0000x7418 as a moral obligation to CCH Incorporated for outstanding charges related to software licenses and maintenance services from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500941 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a funding agreement with Adopt A Class to provide one-time operational support to the program; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to expend existing resources of up to $20,000 from the City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide one-time operational support to Adopt A Class; and DECLARING such expenditure to serve a public purpose.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500942 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251928, “Walnut Hills Recreation Improvements RCF,” for the installation of a turf infield at Owls Nest and various improvements at the Ashland Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $150,000 from the Reds Community Fund for the installation of a turf infield at Owls Nest and various improvements at the Ashland Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit $150,000 from the Reds Community Fund into Fund 319x8571, “Contributions For Recreation Purposes,” for the installation of a turf infield at Owls Nest and various improvements at the Ashland Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to transfer and appropriate $150,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund 319, “Contributions For Recreation Purposes,” into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251928, “Walnut Hills Recreation Improvements RCF,” for the installation of a turf infield at Owls Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500945 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $23,971,572 within the General Fund from and to various operating accounts and the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide funds for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,800,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $120,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x255x232520, “Centennial II Office Renovation,” to provide resources for the renovation of Department of Economic Inclusion office space; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $180,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252505, “Fleet Replacements,” to provide resourcesRecommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500943 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $10,676,473 existing within certain Restricted Funds and the unappropriated surplus of certain Restricted Funds according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments through the end of FY 2025; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252534, “Fleet Replacements - Pharmacy Vehicle,” to provide resources for the Cincinnati Health Department to acquire or replace automotive or motorized equipment necessary to facilitate pharmacy delivery services; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $40,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252534, “Fleet Replacements - Pharmacy Vehicle,” to provide resources for a pharmacy delivery vehicle.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500944 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of Lots 1-14 of Erkenbrecher Avenue Subdivision and Dedication Plat as a portion of Erkenbrecher Avenue, a public right-of-way for street purposes in the Avondale and Corryville neighborhoods of Cincinnati.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202500938 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Development Agreement with 441 Vine Street Owner LLC, an affiliate of Victrix Investments LLC, pertaining to the mixed-use redevelopment of an existing structure located at Units 2 and 3, W. Fifth Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, which is property commonly known as the Carew Tower, and providing for City assistance to the project in the form of a rebate of a portion of the service payments in lieu of taxes imposed in connection with a proposed thirty-year property tax exemption for improvements pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.41, subject to the passage by Council of a separate ordinance authorizing such tax exemption. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List ).Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500939 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Rhinegeist Properties, LLC, authorizing a five-year extension to an existing tax exemption previously authorized by Council for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 1910 Elm Street, in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202500967 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/7/2025, AMENDING Attachment A to Ordinance No. 340-2020 to remove the School for Creative and Performing Arts from the special assessment for the Over-the-Rhine South Special Improvement District for service plan years 2023 and 2024; and AUTHORIZING the Hamilton County Auditor to remove the special assessment for plan years 2023 and 2024 levied upon the property of the School for Creative and Performing Arts, Parcel No. 076-0001-0166-00.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available