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Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

April 6, 2026 ·1:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 38 items

  1. 1 PRESENTATIONS
  2. 2 Department of City Planning & Engagement
  3. 2 Also in attendance were Dr. Andrew Dudas, Budget Director, Steve Webb, Finance Department and Colleen Swim, Law Department. The meeting began at 1:05pm and adjourned at 3:23pm.
  4. 3 Katherine Keough-Jurs, Director
  5. 4 Office of Environment and Sustainability
  6. 5 Oliver Kroner, Director
  7. 6 City Credit Overview
  8. 7 Davenport & Company
  9. 8 Kyle Laux, Senior Vice-President
  10. 9 Roland Kooch, Senior Vice-President
  11. 10 A.J. Allen, Associate Vice-President
  12. 11 AGENDA
  13. 12 URBAN FORESTRY ASSESSMENT
  14. 1. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/1/2026, DETERMINING to proceed with a special assessment for the Urban Forestry Program for the calendar year 2027, for the control of blight and disease of shade trees and for planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees in the public right-of-way in the City of Cincinnati's Urban Forestry Maintenance District. 202601181 Recommend Passage Emergency
  15. 2. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/1/2026, LEVYING a special assessment for the Urban Forestry Program for calendar year 2027 for control of blight and disease of shade trees and for planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees within the public right-of-way in the City of Cincinnati's Urban Forestry Maintenance District. 202601191 Recommend Passage
  16. 15 FUNDING AGREMEENT
  17. 3. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/1/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a funding agreement with Groundwork Ohio River Valley to provide one-time operational funding for Green Cincinnati Plan climate resilience programming in Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to expend up to $50,000 of existing resources from Office of Environment and Sustainability General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x104x7400 to provide one-time operational funding to Groundwork Ohio River Valley for Green Cincinnati Plan climate resilience programming in Cincinnati; and DECLARING such expenditure to serve a public purpose by supporting Green Cincinnati Plan implementation in Cincinnati. 202601192 Recommend Passage Emergency
  18. 17 TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS
  19. 4. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/1/2026, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $565,000 from various capital improvement program project accounts to decrease the funding allocated to those accounts in accordance with Schedule A of the attached Schedule of Transfer; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Railway Trust Infrastructure Fund 712 to an existing capital improvement program project account to provide resources for a certain capital improvement program project account in accordance with Schedule B of the attached Schedule of Transfer; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $65,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to an Enterprise Services General Fund non-personnel operating budget account in accordance with Schedule C of the attached Schedule of Transfer. 202601194 Recommend Passage Emergency
  20. 19 GRANTS AND DONATIONS
  21. 5. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/1/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of $2,000 from the American Heart Association to support the Cincinnati Health Department’s participation in the Ambulatory Quality Improvement Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8571. 202601195 Recommend Passage
  22. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/1/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation from Taking Root and the University of Cincinnati, valued at up to $40,000, consisting of land improvements on City-owned property in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202601193 Recommend Passage Emergency
  23. 22 UNCLAIMED FUNDS
  24. 7. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/1/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept up to $11,056.91 from the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Unclaimed Funds to reimburse the City for unclaimed funds owed to the City; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit unclaimed funds as follows (i) up to $81.92 in the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102, (ii) up to $639.72 in the unappropriated surplus of Community Health Center Activities Fund 395, and (iii) up to $10,335.27 in unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050. 202601197 Recommend Passage Emergency
  25. 24 COMMUNICATIONS
  26. 8. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601206 Held
  27. 9. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Johnson regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601207 Held
  28. 10. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Owens regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601208 Held
  29. 11. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601209 Held
  30. 12. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Nolan regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601226 Held
  31. 13. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601227 Held
  32. 14. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Albi regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601232 Held
  33. 15. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember James regarding Budget Priorities for FY27 Recommended Budget. 202601230 Held
  34. 33 PRESENTATIONS
  35. 16. PRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 4/6/2026, regarding Department of City Planning and Engagement (CPE) Budget Presentation. 202601204 Filed
  36. 17. PRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 4/6/2026, regarding Office of Environment and Sustainability (OES) Budget Presentation. 202601203 Filed
  37. 18. PRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 4/6/2026, regarding Capital Planning, Debt Capacity, and Debt Affordability. 202601231 Filed
  38. 37 ADJOURNMENT