Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

Council Chambers, Room 300

Agenda — 28 items

1. 1 AGENDA
2. 1 ROLL CALL
3. 2 EXECUTIVE SESSION
4. 2 Also in attendance were Colleen Swim, Law, Dr. Andrew Dudas, Budget Director and Steve Webb, Finance Director. The meeting began at 1:02pm, entered into Executive Session at 1:24pm and adjourned at 3:37pm.
5. 3 Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code121.22(G)(3)
6. 4 ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD
7. 1. ORDINANCE, submitted by Councilmember Owens, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 1041, “Environmental Advisory Board,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 1041-5, “Board membership, meetings, and governance,” to increase the maximum number of Environmental Advisory Board members. 202600036 Recommend Passage
8. 6 REPORTS
9. 2. REPORT, dated 1/7/2026, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Sawyer Point Playground Replacement. (Reference Document # 202402487) 202600004 Approve & File
10. 3. REPORT, dated 1/7/2026, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Finance and Budget Monitoring Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2025. 202600005 Approve & File
11. 4. REPORT, dated 1/7/2026, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Cincy On Track Funded Project Statuses. (Reference Document # 202501820) 202600050 Approve & File
12. 10 TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS
13. 5. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $79,345.81 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x262534, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment using proceeds from the sale and subrogation of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment. 202600018 Recommend Passage Emergency
14. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x261947, “Golf Facilities Improvements,” to provide resources for building improvements, pavement installation, and irrigation enhancements at City-owned golf courses; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x261948, “Golf Equipment,” to provide resources for equipment acquisition for operating and maintaining City-owned golf courses, including but not limited to golf carts and agronomic equipment; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $4,179,267.75 from capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x251922, “Neumann Clubhouse Replacement,” to the unappropriated surplus of Park and Recreation Improvement Bond Fund 860; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $4,179,267.75 from the unappropriated surplus of Park and Recreation Improvement Bond Fund 860 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x261947, “Golf Facilities Improvements,” to provide resources for building improvements, pavement installation, and irrigation enhancements at City-owned golf courses; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Municipal Golf Activities Fund 105 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x261947, “Golf Facilities Improvements,” to provide resources for building improvements, pavement installation, and irrigation enhancements at City-owned golf courses; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Municipal Golf Activities Fund 105 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 985x195x261948, “Golf Equipment,” to provide resources for equipment acquisition for operating and maintaining City-owned golf courses, including but not limited to golf carts and agronomic equipment. 202600032 Recommend Passage Emergency
15. 13 GRANTS AND DONATIONS
16. 7. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, AMENDING Ordinance No. 129-2022 to increase the amount of a grant sub-award that the City Manager is authorized to apply for, accept, and appropriate from $36,000 to $38,515 because the Cincinnati Police Department provided more services than originally anticipated pursuant to a FY 2022 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (ALN 16.590) grant. 202600017 Recommend Passage
17. 8. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of six Trek Service Electric mountain bikes valued collectively at approximately $30,000 and one bicycle towable REX-1 stretcher and towing accessories valued at approximately $3,700 to be used by the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Bike Unit. 202600015 Recommend Passage Emergency
18. 16 PAYMENTS
19. 9. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026 AUTHORIZING the payment of $4,742.50 from Emergency Communications Center General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x103x0000x7418 as a moral obligation payment to CentralSquare Technologies, LLC (dba Tritech Software Systems) for the annual maintenance fees associated with the Field Ops software during FY 2024 and FY 2025. 202600030 Recommend Passage Emergency
20. 10. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, AUTHORIZING a payment of $14,750 from the Cincinnati Police Department Criminal Activity Forfeiture - State Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 369x227x4010x7299 as a moral obligation to The S.T.A.R. Chapter Foundation, Inc. for outstanding charges related to the Rising STAR Youth Bowling Program, which was awarded funding through the City’s Community Preventive Education Program. 202600014 Recommend Passage Emergency
21. 11. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, AUTHORIZING a payment of $4,675 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission Recreation Special Activities Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 323x199x1910x7289 to Juggler Dave and Friends, LLC as a moral obligation for outstanding charges for entertainment services provided between June and August 2025. 202600031 Recommend Passage Emergency
22. 20 LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
23. 12. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, 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 6, 2026, funds derived from such taxes which may be in the county treasury to the account of the City of Cincinnati. 202600020 Recommended for Passage Emergency
24. 22 DEDICATION TO PUBLIC USE
25. 13. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, DEDICATING, ACCEPTING, AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.0656-acre tract of real property as a portion of Beechmont Avenue, a public right-of-way for street purposes in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202600021 Recommend Passage
26. 24 MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES
27. + +14. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/7/2026, MODIFYING Chapter 509, “Parking Meters,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 509-2, “Types of Parking Meters,” 509-5, “Parking in Metered Spaces or Spaces Requiring Payment,” and 509-7, “Unmetered Parking,” to update the on-street parking requirements in the Cincinnati Municipal Code with current best practices and useful technology for the parking industry. 202600044 Recommend Passage
28. 26 ADJOURNMENT