Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/9/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202401989 21.PresentationPRESENTATION, submitted by Councilmember Harris from Councilmember Jeffreys dated 9/9/24 titled Cincinnati Property Tax Taskforce, Overview, Findings and Recommendations.Filed  Action details Not available
202401981 12.CommunicationCOMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, regarding the Cincinnati Property Tax Task Force: Overview, Findings, and Recommendations.Filed  Action details Not available
202401980 13.CommunicationCOMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh, regarding the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council with potential drawbacks of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs).Filed  Action details Not available
202401937 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/5/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $150,000 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks program to redevelop the former City playground located at 1721 Linn Street into a community greenspace.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202401946 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/5/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a Compost & Food Waste Reduction Grant (ALN 10.935) of up to $400,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of diverting distressed food loads from landfills to food rescue organizations and creating composting infrastructure to divert food waste from landfills.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202401950 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/5/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $30,000 from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network to perform a resilience hub assessment, prepare a resilience hub plan, and conduct an energy audit with solar assessment at the Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio offices in the Avondale neighborhood.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202401948 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/5/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate grant resources of up to $150,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY 2024 Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities (ALN 16.015), to expand the Cincinnati Police Department’s GRASP program and provide training to regional police and fire agencies; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368x8553, project account no. 24RIDM.Recommend Passage  Action details Not available
202401949 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/5/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $125,000 to source Fund 050, “General Fund,” from capital improvement program project account no. 980x101x231036, “Communication Equipment - GFCO”; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $125,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for the redesign of the City’s official website.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202401943 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/5/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $178,977.20 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x232522, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment.Recommend Passage Emergency  Action details Not available
202401953 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/3/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,125,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Avondale Equivalent Fund 468 to Department of Community and Economic Development (“DCED”) non-personnel operating budget account no. 468x162x7200 to provide resources for the construction of affordable housing at property located at 548-588 Blair Avenue in Avondale; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $40,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Avondale Equivalent Fund 468 to DCED personnel operating budget account no. 468x162x7100 to provide staffing resources to support the construction of affordable housing at property located at 548-588 Blair Avenue in Avondale; and DECLARING that expenditures from DCED non-personnel operating budget account no. 468x162x7200 and from DCED personnel operating account no. 468x162x7100 relating to the construction of affordable housing at property located at 548-588 Blair Avenue in Avondale are for a public purpose and constitute a “Housing Renovation” (as defined in SecRecommend Passage EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202401947 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/5/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Supreme Bright Cincinnati, LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 105 E. 4th Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into (i) approximately 490,789 square feet of commercial space, consisting of an approximately 280-room hotel with meeting and ballroom space, and a restaurant/bar; and (ii) approximately 27,936 square feet of residential space, consisting of approximately sixteen residential rental units, which remodeling shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold, or Platinum standard or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total construction cost of approximately $102,000,000. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List Recommend Passage EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202401922 112.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh, WE MOVE that the Administration prepare a report and updated policy within 30 days for supporting small businesses during road closures.Adopt  Action details Not available