Meeting Name: Cincinnati City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/12/2022 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers, Room 300
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202200046 11.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Vice-Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney to the City Planning Commission as the Member of Cincinnati City Council. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA)ConfirmedPass Action details Not available
202200067 12.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Councilmember Jeff Cramerding to the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Retirement System for a term of four years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Male/White)Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202200069 13.AppointmentAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Councilmember & President Pro Tem Victoria Parks to the Board of Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its rules. (Female/AA)Held one week pursuant to rule of council  Action details Not available
202200082 14.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE that the Cincinnati City Council committee meeting times for Wednesday January 19th, 2022 be amended as follows: The Equitable Growth & Housing Committee will meet @ 11:00 a.m., The Climate, Environment & Infrastructure Committee will meet @ 1:00 p.m. This is a one-time amendment to the committee meeting schedule. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)AdoptedPass Action details Not available
202200082 1 MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE that the Cincinnati City Council committee meeting times for Wednesday January 19th, 2022 be amended as follows: The Equitable Growth & Housing Committee will meet @ 11:00 a.m., The Climate, Environment & Infrastructure Committee will meet @ 1:00 p.m. This is a one-time amendment to the committee meeting schedule. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)Immediate ConsiderationPass Action details Not available
202200039 15.ReportREPORT, dated 1/12/2022 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for CROWN CANTINA LLC, 326 E. 8th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#18333260005, D3A, NEW) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202200042 16.ReportREPORT, dated 1/12/2022 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for CROWN CANTINA LLC, 326 E. 8th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#18333260005, D1, D2, D3, TRANSFER) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202200044 17.ReportREPORT, dated 1/12/2022 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for BTM PROPEROUS LLC, DBA ROOKWOOD POTTERY FOOD & BEVERAGE CO, 1077 Celestial Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (#1041869, D1, D2, D3, TRANSFER) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202200048 18.ReportREPORT, dated 1/12/2022 submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for POUR LLC, DBA POUR LOUNGE, 4034 Hamilton Avenue, 1st FL & BSMT & PATIO, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223. (#7058840, D5, D6, TRANSFER) [Objections: NONE]Filed  Action details Not available
202200051 19.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AMENDING Ordinance No. 079-2021 to change the funding purpose of a pending grant application with the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services, from “building renovations” to “supplies and equipment,” in support of the Crime Gun Intelligence Center.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200052 110.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AMENDING Ordinance No. 0320-2021 to change the deposit reference from Justice Assistance Grant Fund 368, project account no. 21JAG, to Justice Assistance Grant Fund 478, project account no. 21JAG.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200053 111.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Grant of up to $60,000 from the State of Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of funding a program to reduce deaths and injuries resulting from vehicular accidents due to speeding, loss of control, restraint violations, operating a vehicle under the influence, and commercial and motorcycle safety infractions.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200054 112.OrdinanceORDINANCE submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant in an amount up to $60,000 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services, for the purpose of providing funds for the FY 2021-2022 Impaired Driving Enforcement Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Fund 368, Account No. 21IDEP.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200055 113.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AUTHORIZING the acceptance and deposit into General Fund Revenue account 050x8932 of $35,750 as payment for attorney fees related to litigation in the City of Cincinnati v. FirstEnergy, et. al. court case; and AUTHORIZING the appropriation of $35,750 to the Law Department’s General Fund 050 non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x111x7200 for the purpose of providing funds for legal expenses.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200056 114.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $29,091 from the Ohio Urban Transit Program awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation to the Streetcar Operations Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 455x236x7200 for the purpose of providing resources for preventative maintenance on the streetcar system; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into Special Revenue Fund 455, “Streetcar Operations.”Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200057 115.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital improvement program project account no. 980x181x221801, “Interview Recording Equipment,” for the purpose of providing resources for the licensing and installation of video equipment and software for electronic recording of interviews; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of the sum of $21,800 from the Citizen Complaint Authority non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x181x1000x7289 to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $21,800 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x181x221801, “Interview Recording Equipment.”Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200058 116.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, ESTABLISHING new special revenue fund, Fund No. 401, “Transit Infrastructure Fund Grants,” for the purpose of receiving and depositing grant resources from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (“SORTA”) Transit Infrastructure Fund program to be used for transit related roadway infrastructure improvements in the City of Cincinnati and the repayment of debt service for transit related roadway infrastructure improvements, including the Western Hills Viaduct; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x222388, “Beekman Street Transit Grant,” for the purpose of providing resources for improvements including, but not limited to, street rehabilitation, retaining wall rehabilitation, and pedestrian safety on Beekman Avenue from Hopple Street to Elmore Street; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x222389, “Paxton Avenue Transit Grant,” for the purpose of providing resources for improvements including, but not limited to, street rehabilitReferred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200059 117.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of third-party ballfield renovation services provided by the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund valued at $100,000, for the purpose of ballfield renovations at select Cincinnati Recreation Commission locations.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200060 118.OrdinanceORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a rebate in the amount of up to $100,000 from Dynegy Energy Services, LLC and deposit it in the General Fund; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept annual rebates in the amount of up to $100,000 from Dynegy Energy Services, LLC and deposit them in the General Fund for each fiscal year from FY 2023 through FY 2026; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit rebates from Dynegy Energy Services, LLC into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8228.Referred to Budget & Finance Committee  Action details Not available
202200083 119.ResolutionRESOLUTION submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/12/2022, EXPRESSING the support of the Mayor and City Council for the City to collaborate with Hamilton County and other regional stakeholders to generate a comprehensive strategy for redevelopment of the Duke Energy Convention Center and surrounding properties into a true convention center district, including through the engagement of 3CDC for planning and management services related to such district.Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee  Action details Not available
202200062 120.SuccessorSUCCESSOR (UPDATED) submitted by the Clerk of Council that the Successor Designation Certificate for Scotty Johnson was received.Filed  Action details Not available
202200063 121.Oath of OfficeOATH OF OFFICE, dated 1/4/2022 for the following Councilmembers-Elect for the term ending 2024; Cramdering, Harris, Jeffreys, Johnson, Kearney, Keating, Landsman, Owen and Parks.Filed  Action details Not available
202200064 122.Oath of OfficeOATH OF OFFICE, dated 1/4/2022 for Mayor-Elect Aftab Pureval for the term ending 2026.Filed  Action details Not available
202103224 123.Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY), submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/10/2022, Adopting the Calendar Year Budget for Current Operating Expenses of the City of Cincinnati for the calendar year 2023 and submitting the same to the County Auditor. (Version B)Passed EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202103224 1 Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY), submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/10/2022, Adopting the Calendar Year Budget for Current Operating Expenses of the City of Cincinnati for the calendar year 2023 and submitting the same to the County Auditor. (Version B)Emergency clause to remainPass Action details Not available
202103224 1 Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY), submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/10/2022, Adopting the Calendar Year Budget for Current Operating Expenses of the City of Cincinnati for the calendar year 2023 and submitting the same to the County Auditor. (Version B)Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202103363 124.Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/5/2022, DESIGNATING specific City personnel to request advances from the Auditor of Hamilton County as required by Sections 321.34 of the Ohio Revised Code; and REQUESTING that the Auditor of Hamilton County draw, and the Treasurer of Hamilton County pay on such draft to the Treasurer of the City of Cincinnati weekly beginning January 18, 2022, funds derived from taxes which may be in the county treasury to the account of the City of Cincinnati.Passed EmergencyPass Action details Not available
202103363 1 Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/5/2022, DESIGNATING specific City personnel to request advances from the Auditor of Hamilton County as required by Sections 321.34 of the Ohio Revised Code; and REQUESTING that the Auditor of Hamilton County draw, and the Treasurer of Hamilton County pay on such draft to the Treasurer of the City of Cincinnati weekly beginning January 18, 2022, funds derived from taxes which may be in the county treasury to the account of the City of Cincinnati.Emergency clause to remainPass Action details Not available
202103363 1 Legislative ResolutionRESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Paula Boggs Muething, City Manager, on 1/5/2022, DESIGNATING specific City personnel to request advances from the Auditor of Hamilton County as required by Sections 321.34 of the Ohio Revised Code; and REQUESTING that the Auditor of Hamilton County draw, and the Treasurer of Hamilton County pay on such draft to the Treasurer of the City of Cincinnati weekly beginning January 18, 2022, funds derived from taxes which may be in the county treasury to the account of the City of Cincinnati.Suspension of the three readingsPass Action details Not available
202200061 125.MotionMOTION, dated 01/07/2022, submitted by Councilmembers Harris, Owens and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that City Council approve an expenditure to support staffing increases for entry-level firefighter recruits in 2022, City Council will consider the American Rescue Plan Act 2022 funds as a possible source of funding. City Administration will prioritize funding the staffing increases in the FY 2023 Budget. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)AdoptedPass Action details Not available
202200050 126.MotionMOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Johnson, Parks, Owens and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE for the City Administration to prepare a report on the fleet needs of the City of Cincinnati’s Fire Department including the type and number of vehicles to be purchased, the cost, and the City funding source. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)AdoptedPass Action details Not available
202200066 127.MotionMOTION, WE MOVE that the following Councilmembers be appointed to the committees listed below for the 2022-24 term of Cincinnati City Council and that such committees convene on the days and times indicated: (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) STATEMENT ATTACHEDAdoptedPass Action details Not available