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Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/17/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202502009 11.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Cramerding, WE MOVE that the Administration establish a “Lift Assistance Fee” for non-emergency lift runs conducted by the Cincinnati Fire Department considering a rate of $800 to $1,000 per lift run, consistent with cost-recovery estimates of firefighter time, vehicle operation, and readiness impact - comparable to other cities. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED)   Not available Not available
202501973 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,097.23 to the Hamilton County Engineer’s Office Maintenance Department from Greater Cincinnati Water Works Water Works Fund operating budget account no. 101x304x4040x7299 as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to snow and ice removal and salt application on Mason Montgomery Road at Seven Gables Road from January 27, 2025, to February 1, 2025.   Not available Not available
202501966 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $12,847.50 to AGAR, LLC from City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x0000x7289 for outstanding charges related to the Queen City Slam basketball tournament held on August 9, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.   Not available Not available
202501968 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $8,462.12 from Printing Services/Stores Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 201x101x9120x7211 to United Direct Solutions, LLC for mail processing and postage services provided to the City between July 1, 2025, and August 31, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.   Not available Not available
202501969 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $1,201.84 from Printing Services/Stores Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 201x101x9100x7239 to Key Blue Prints, Inc. for printing and production services provided to the City between July 1, 2025 and August 31, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.   Not available Not available
202501967 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $10,500 to Matlock Electric Company Inc. from operating budget account nos. 101x303x3030x7256 and 101x303x3030x7399 for materials and services to refurbish an Ohio River pump station motor from April 10, 2025 to July 15, 2025, pursuant to the then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.   Not available Not available
202501971 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262325, “Ohio River Trail Oasis ODOT Grant PID 122971,” to provide resources for the acquisition of rights-of-way for a 4.5-mile-long bike and pedestrian improvement project connecting Sawyer Point in the west and Carrel Street in the east, following the northern railroad track; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate an Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) Pedestrian & Bicycle Special Solicitation grant of up to $5,000,000 awarded through the ODOT Pedestrian & Bicycle Special Solicitation Grant Program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262325, “Ohio River Trail Oasis ODOT Grant PID 122971”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262325, “Ohio River Trail Oasis ODOT Grant PID 122971”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to do all things necessary and proper,   Not available Not available
202501974 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations and contributions of plants, lanterns, and sponsorships from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation, valued at approximately $32,225.82, to benefit various City parks.   Not available Not available
202501965 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AMENDING Ordinance 8-2022, as previously amended by Ordinance No. 118-2024, to reconcile a difference between Ordinance 8-2022, as previously amended by Ordinance No. 118-2024, and the project grant agreement for the scheduled payment of funds awarded to the Western Hills Viaduct project; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $29,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund No. 401, “Transit Infrastructure Fund Grants” to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x222392, “Western Hills Viaduct Transit Grant,” to provide resources for transit-related roadway infrastructure improvements for the Western Hills Viaduct.   Not available Not available
202501972 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $949,000 from capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251600, "Economic Development Initiatives - GF," to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $674,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7200 to provide resources for the Neighborhoods in Focus Initiative; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $275,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Buildings and Inspections General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x211x7200 to provide resources for the Neighborhoods in Focus Initiative; and DECLARING that providing operating support for the Neighborhoods in Focus Initiative serves a public purpose because the program will foster local improvements and investment and increase neighborhood vitality.   Not available Not available
202501982 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Pleasant Ridge Development Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $425,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Pleasant Ridge Equivalent Fund 523 (Pleasant Ridge TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 523x164x7400 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $25,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Pleasant Ridge Equivalent Fund 523 (Pleasant Ridge TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 523x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the acquisition of real property in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the acquisition of real p   Not available Not available
202501989 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located at 119 Calhoun Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $330,000 from the unappropriated surplus of CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund 487 (CUF/Heights TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 487x164x7400 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property located at 119 Calhoun Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $30,000 from the unappropriated surplus of CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund 487 (CUF/Heights TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund personnel operating budget account no. 487x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the acquisition of real property locat   Not available Not available
202501993 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, to facilitate acquisition of real property located in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $4,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Municipal Public Improvement Equivalent Fund 491 to the City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 491x101x7400 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property located at 1141 Central Avenue; and DECLARING that expenditures from the City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 491x101x7400 for the acquisition of real property located at 1141 Central Avenue are for a public purpose and constitute an eligible “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code), to be made in the furtherance of urban redevelopment, in the City of Cincinnati.   Not available Not available
202501970 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Municipal Workers Local 250, the updated terms of which are reflected in the attached summary.   Not available Not available