202400994

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/3/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a Compost & Food Waste Reduction Grant (ALN 10.935) of up to $400,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (the “USDA Grant”) to support diverting food loss and waste from landfills, increasing food recovery and transformation, and creating compost; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the USDA Grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 revenue account no. 436x8543; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund of $100,000 from capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x231029, “Green Cincinnati Sustainability Initiatives - GF”; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $100,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to provide matching resources for the USDA Grant.

Ordinance Passed Emergency Introduced March 29, 2024

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