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Meeting Name: Budget and Finance Committee Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 1/30/2023 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202300388 11.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, AMENDING the name of capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x222004, “Biochar Replication Bloomberg Grant” to “Biochar Replication Facility”; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $300,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Park Board Permanent Improvement Fund 752 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x222004, “Biochar Replication Facility”; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate resources in an amount of $300,000 from Great Parks of Hamilton County to capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x222004, “Biochar Replication Facility,” for the purpose of implementing a biochar production facility; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind gift of excess wood debris and compost from Great Parks of Hamilton County for use in the biochar facility.   Not available Not available
202300389 12.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in an amount of up to $15,000 from the Lead Exposure Prevention and Healthy Homes Program, funded by the Ohio Department of Health, to increase lead testing rates for children at risk for lead exposure and to build awareness of this issue in Ohio; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536. ..recommendation PASS   Not available Not available
202300390 13.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $1,000 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, for the purpose of providing resources to fund the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s Winton Hills summertime field trip to the Indianapolis Children’s Museum for children residing in the Winton Hills neighborhood; and AUTHORIZING the Finance Director to deposit the grant funds into Contributions for Recreation Purposes Fund 319 revenue account no. 319x8571.   Not available Not available
202300391 14.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation from Hamilton County Public Health in an amount of up to $500,000 for the purpose of providing additional funding for a multidisciplinary social services outreach pilot program; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into General Fund 050; and further AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x271x7200 for the purpose of providing additional funding for a multidisciplinary social services outreach pilot program.   Not available Not available
202300393 15.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x239x232393, “CTCS OTR Fiber OPWC Grant,” for the purpose of providing Ohio Public Works Commission (“OPWC”) grant resources to upgrade and install a fiber optic Coordinated Traffic Control System (“CTCS”) in the Over-the-Rhine (“OTR”) neighborhood (HAM VAR CTCS OTR West End PID 115277); AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant in an amount of up to $7,500,000 from the OPWC Funding Round 37 program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x239x232393, “CTCS OTR Fiber OPWC Grant,” for the purpose of providing OPWC grant resources to upgrade and install a fiber optic CTCS in the OTR neighborhood; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources; and further AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit such grant resources in an amount up to $7,500,000 into newly established capital improvement program project account n   Not available Not available
202300396 16.OrdinanceORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x239x232370, “CTCS OTR Fiber OKI Grant,” for the purpose of providing grant resources to upgrade and install a fiber optic Coordinated Traffic Control System (“CTCS”) in the Over-the-Rhine (“OTR”) neighborhood (HAM VAR CTCS OTR West End PID 115277); AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of up to $6,000,000 from the Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality program awarded through the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (“OKI”) Regional Council of Governments (ALN 20.205) to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x239x232370, “CTCS OTR Fiber OKI Grant,” for the purpose of providing resources to upgrade and install a fiber optic CTCS in the OTR neighborhood; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources; and further AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit such grant resources in an amount up to $6,000,000 into newly   Not available Not available
202300394 17.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $1,000 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Harry F. and Mary Ann Fry Fund for the purpose of providing resources for the operation of the Office of Human Relations.   Not available Not available
202300395 18.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, AUTHORIZING a payment of $10,795.86 to Women Helping Women (“WHW”), a gender-based abuse prevention and victim assistance organization, as a moral obligation for services provided to the City of Cincinnati over the past year as part of WHW’s victim advocate program in Hamilton County Municipal Court, to be paid from the Law Department’s General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x112x7000x7281.   Not available Not available
202300406 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/25/2023, MODIFYING Title VII, “General Regulations,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by amending Section 723-16, “Sidewalk Vending,” of Chapter 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” to clarify the definition of the University District and ensure consistency in the Cincinnati Municipal Code.   Not available Not available