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November 13, 2025 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 76 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 1 Council convened at 2:01 P.M., Mayor Aftab Pureval, Presiding.
  3. 2 Council observed a moment of silent prayer and recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
  4. 3 There being no objection, the Minutes of the previous session of council were Approved and Filed.
  5. 3 In attendance were City Manager Sheryl Long, City Solicitor Emily Smart Woerner and Clerk of Council Anthony Covington.
  6. 4 MS. KEARNEY
  7. 1. ORDINANCE, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AMENDING Ordinance No. 175-2025, which established Cincinnati’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and other sexual and gender identities (LGBTQIA+) Commission, to change various provisions related to the composition of the Commission and the length of the appointment terms for Commission members. 202501988 Referred to Healthy Neighborhoods Committee
  8. 6 MR. JEFFREYS
  9. 7 MR. CRAMERDING
  10. 2. MOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Cramerding, WE MOVE that the ** administration prepare a report within 90 days to assess the feasibility of establishing a "lift assistance fee" through the Cincinnati Fire Department; we ask that the report include the following: (1) Process for fee collection; (2) Anticipated revenue impact; (3) Recommended criteria for exemptions; (4) Establish a clear definition of a repeat offender; (5) the responsibilities of the State of Ohio in regulating nursing homes and skilled nursing facilitates as it relates to patient care. (BALANCE ON FILE IN CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202502009 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  11. 9 CITY MANAGER
  12. 3. REPORT, dated 11/13/2025 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for ATFV Italian LLC, 5380 Medpace Way. (#10007360-3, New, D5J) [Objections: None] 202501945 Filed
  13. 4. REPORT, dated 11/13/2025 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for SUZ ATH, 5392 Medpace Way. (#10008166-2, New, D5J D6) [Objections: None] 202501946 Filed
  14. 5. REPORT, dated 11/13/2025 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Social Coffee & Wine LLC, 1833 Vine Street. (#10006666-1, TRFO, D5 D6) [Objections: Yes] 202501947 Filed
  15. 6. REPORT, dated 11/13/2025 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Tandem Hospitality Group, LLC, 21c Cincinnati, 609 Walnut Street. (#10009053-1, New, D5A) [OBJECTIONS: Yes] 202501956 Filed
  16. 7. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AMENDING Ordinance 8-2022, as previously amended by Ordinance No. 118-2024, to reconcile a difference between Ordinance 8-2022, as previously amended by Ordinance No. 118-2024, and the project grant agreement for the scheduled payment of funds awarded to the Western Hills Viaduct project; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of up to $29,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund No. 401, “Transit Infrastructure Fund Grants” to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x222392, “Western Hills Viaduct Transit Grant,” to provide resources for transit-related roadway infrastructure improvements for the Western Hills Viaduct. 202501965 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  17. 8. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $12,847.50 to AGAR, LLC from City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x0000x7289 for outstanding charges related to the Queen City Slam basketball tournament held on August 9, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. 202501966 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  18. 9. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $10,500 to Matlock Electric Company Inc. from operating budget account nos. 101x303x3030x7256 and 101x303x3030x7399 for materials and services to refurbish an Ohio River pump station motor from April 10, 2025 to July 15, 2025, pursuant to the then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. 202501967 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  19. 10. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $8,462.12 from Printing Services/Stores Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 201x101x9120x7211 to United Direct Solutions, LLC for mail processing and postage services provided to the City between July 1, 2025, and August 31, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. 202501968 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  20. 11. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $1,201.84 from Printing Services/Stores Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 201x101x9100x7239 to Key Blue Prints, Inc. for printing and production services provided to the City between July 1, 2025 and August 31, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. 202501969 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  21. 12. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Municipal Workers Local 250, the updated terms of which are reflected in the attached summary. 202501970 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  22. 13. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262325, “Ohio River Trail Oasis ODOT Grant PID 122971,” to provide resources for the acquisition of rights-of-way for a 4.5-mile-long bike and pedestrian improvement project connecting Sawyer Point in the west and Carrel Street in the east, following the northern railroad track; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate an Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) Pedestrian & Bicycle Special Solicitation grant of up to $5,000,000 awarded through the ODOT Pedestrian & Bicycle Special Solicitation Grant Program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262325, “Ohio River Trail Oasis ODOT Grant PID 122971”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262325, “Ohio River Trail Oasis ODOT Grant PID 122971”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to do all things necessary and proper, including executing necessary agreements, to cooperate with the Director of ODOT to complete this project. 202501971 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  23. 14. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $949,000 from capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251600, "Economic Development Initiatives - GF," to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $674,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7200 to provide resources for the Neighborhoods in Focus Initiative; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $275,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Buildings and Inspections General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x211x7200 to provide resources for the Neighborhoods in Focus Initiative; and DECLARING that providing operating support for the Neighborhoods in Focus Initiative serves a public purpose because the program will foster local improvements and investment and increase neighborhood vitality. 202501972 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  24. 15. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,097.23 to the Hamilton County Engineer’s Office Maintenance Department from Greater Cincinnati Water Works Water Works Fund operating budget account no. 101x304x4040x7299 as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to snow and ice removal and salt application on Mason Montgomery Road at Seven Gables Road from January 27, 2025, to February 1, 2025. 202501973 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  25. 16. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations and contributions of plants, lanterns, and sponsorships from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation, valued at approximately $32,225.82, to benefit various City parks. 202501974 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  26. 17. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Pleasant Ridge Development Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $425,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Pleasant Ridge Equivalent Fund 523 (Pleasant Ridge TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 523x164x7400 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $25,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Pleasant Ridge Equivalent Fund 523 (Pleasant Ridge TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 523x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the acquisition of real property in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the acquisition of real property to be a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(A)(8)) that will benefit and/or serve the District 23 - Pleasant Ridge Incentive District, subject to compliance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business%3e).> 202501982 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  27. 18. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located at 119 Calhoun Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $330,000 from the unappropriated surplus of CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund 487 (CUF/Heights TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 487x164x7400 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property located at 119 Calhoun Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $30,000 from the unappropriated surplus of CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund 487 (CUF/Heights TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund personnel operating budget account no. 487x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the acquisition of real property located at 119 Calhoun Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the acquisition of real property located at 119 Calhoun Street in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati to be a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(A)(8)) that will benefit and/or serve the District 8-Clifton Heights-University Heights-Fairview (CUF) District Incentive District, subject to compliance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43 (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business%3e).> 202501989 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  28. 19. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, RENAMING Mercy Health Place in the Bond Hill neighborhood to “Patricia McCollum Way.” 202501991 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee
  29. 20. REAPPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M.M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the reappointment of Allison McKenzie to the Historic Conservation Board for a term of three years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Female/White) 202501992 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  30. 21. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, on 11/13/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, to facilitate acquisition of real property located in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $4,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Municipal Public Improvement Equivalent Fund 491 to the City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 491x101x7400 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property located at 1141 Central Avenue; and DECLARING that expenditures from the City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 491x101x7400 for the acquisition of real property located at 1141 Central Avenue are for a public purpose and constitute an eligible “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code), to be made in the furtherance of urban redevelopment, in the City of Cincinnati. 202501993 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  31. 22. REPORT, dated 11/13/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding city-owned or city-maintained cemeteries. (Reference Document # 202500444) 202501997 Referred to Climate, Environment & Infrastructure Committee
  32. 23. REPORT, dated 11/13/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding capital arts grant program. (Reference Document # 202501623) 202501998 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee
  33. 24. REAPPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the reappointment of Josh Tolchinski to the Board of Building Appeals for a term of five years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Male/White) 202501999 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  34. 25. REAPPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the reappointment of Kyle Jenkins to the Board of Building Appeals for a term of five years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Male/White) 202502000 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  35. 26. REAPPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the reappointment of Jamie Accurso to the Board of Building Appeals for a term of five years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Female/White) 202502001 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  36. 27. APPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the appointment of John Wulsin to the Historic Conservation Board for a term of three years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Male/White) 202502002 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  37. 28. REAPPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the reappointment of John Yung to the Historic Conservation Board for a term of three years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Male/White) 202502003 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  38. 29. REAPPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the reappointment of Pamela Smith-Dobbins to the Historic Conservation Board for a term of three years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Female/Black) 202502004 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  39. 30. REAPPOINTMENT submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/13/2025, recommending the reappointment of Jonathan Bennie to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a term of three years from November 13, 2025. This appointment is submitted to the City Council for its approval. (Male/White) 202502005 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  40. 38 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
  41. 31. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262322, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 STBG PID 115756,” to provide resources for a two-mile long Complete Street along Gilbert Avenue, beginning at Court Street and ending at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, including but not limited to intersection and traffic signal improvements, bus stop improvements, shortened crosswalks, and protected bike lanes; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate grant resources of up to $8,800,000 for a Surface Transportation Block Grant (ALN 20.205) awarded by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262322, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 STBG PID 115756”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262322, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 STBG PID 115756”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements and do all things necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources. 202501922 Passed Pass
  42. 32. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262324, “Lick Run Connector STBG Grant PID 120850”, to provide resources for a 2.4 mile bicycle and pedestrian improvement project known as the Lick Run Connector that will begin at the intersection of White Street and Queen City Avenue in the east and the intersection of Rapid Run Road and Glenway Avenue to the west, and also connecting to Dunham Recreation Complex; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate an Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Regional Council of Governments Surface Transportation Block Grant (ALN 20.205) of up to $8,800,000 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262324, “Lick Run Connector STBG Grant PID 120850”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262324, “Lick Run Connector STBG Grant PID 120850”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements and do all things necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources. 202501958 Passed Pass
  43. 33. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and employees of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to solicit and accept monetary and in-kind donations from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and other appropriate sources to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s 2025 Toy Drive and related holiday season programming; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit monetary donations into Contributions for Recreation Purposes Fund 319 revenue account no. 319x8571. 202501959 Passed Emergency Pass
  44. 34. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate proceeds of $3,238,784.59 from the FY 2026 sale of renewable energy certificates (“RECs”) as follows: $647,756.92 to General Fund 050, $1,198,350.30 to Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Fund 701, and $1,392,677.37 to Water Works Fund 101; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the REC proceeds as follows: $647,756.92 into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8962, $1,198,350.30 into Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Fund revenue account no. 701x8962, and $1,392,677.37 into Water Works Fund revenue account no. 101x8962; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $647,756.92 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Revolving Energy Loan Fund 883 so that the resources may be reinvested into other City energy projects. 202501923 Passed Emergency Pass
  45. 42 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262322, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 STBG PID 115756,” to provide resources for a two-mile long Complete Street along Gilbert Avenue, beginning at Court Street and ending at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, including but not limited to intersection and traffic signal improvements, bus stop improvements, shortened crosswalks, and protected bike lanes; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate grant resources of up to $8,800,000 for a Surface Transportation Block Grant (ALN 20.205) awarded by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262322, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 STBG PID 115756”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262322, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 STBG PID 115756”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements and do all things necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources. 202501922 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  46. 35. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 982x248x262408, “Parking Facility Safety Improvements,” to provide resources for safety improvements at City-owned parking garages and lots; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $400,000 from the Parking System Facilities Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 102x3443, “Reserve for Parking Structural Maintenance & Repair,” to the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 982x248x262408, “Parking Facility Safety Improvements.” 202501921 Passed Emergency Pass
  47. 36. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, DECLARING that the City’s expenditures from Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7200 for Main Street Small Business Support Programming serve a public purpose because the small business operating support will foster local improvements and investments and increase neighborhood vitality in Over-the-Rhine. 202501924 Passed Emergency Pass
  48. 44 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262324, “Lick Run Connector STBG Grant PID 120850”, to provide resources for a 2.4 mile bicycle and pedestrian improvement project known as the Lick Run Connector that will begin at the intersection of White Street and Queen City Avenue in the east and the intersection of Rapid Run Road and Glenway Avenue to the west, and also connecting to Dunham Recreation Complex; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate an Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Regional Council of Governments Surface Transportation Block Grant (ALN 20.205) of up to $8,800,000 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262324, “Lick Run Connector STBG Grant PID 120850”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262324, “Lick Run Connector STBG Grant PID 120850”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements and do all things necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources. 202501958 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  49. 37. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and the City of Fairfield, Ohio, for the continued sale of standby water to the City of Fairfield. 202501926 Passed Emergency Pass
  50. 38. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute the Seventh Amendment to the Butler County Water Area Contract to extend the term of the current agreement whereby the City of Cincinnati, through its Greater Cincinnati Water Works, provides surplus water to Butler County for wholesale and retail use. 202501927 Passed Emergency Pass
  51. 46 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and employees of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to solicit and accept monetary and in-kind donations from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and other appropriate sources to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s 2025 Toy Drive and related holiday season programming; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit monetary donations into Contributions for Recreation Purposes Fund 319 revenue account no. 319x8571. 202501959 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  52. 39. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Cramerding, WE MOVE that the administration prepare a report within 30 days covering the city’s option for energy aggregation through shared electricity procurement. The report should cover the city’s current work regarding energy aggregation and how possible partnerships with groups such as SOPEC would affect customers’ electricity bills. 202501981 Adopted Pass
  53. 47 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and employees of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to solicit and accept monetary and in-kind donations from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and other appropriate sources to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s 2025 Toy Drive and related holiday season programming; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit monetary donations into Contributions for Recreation Purposes Fund 319 revenue account no. 319x8571. 202501959 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  54. 40. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City and Teamsters Local 100, the updated terms of which are reflected in the attached summary. 202501957 Passed Emergency Pass
  55. 41. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/10/2025, AMENDING Resolution No. 61-2025, which determined the petition for the Convention District Community Authority complied with the Ohio Revised Code and fixed the time and place for a hearing to reschedule the hearing for December 1, 2025 so as to better align with Council’s calendar. 202501990 Passed Emergency Pass
  56. 49 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate proceeds of $3,238,784.59 from the FY 2026 sale of renewable energy certificates (“RECs”) as follows: $647,756.92 to General Fund 050, $1,198,350.30 to Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Fund 701, and $1,392,677.37 to Water Works Fund 101; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the REC proceeds as follows: $647,756.92 into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8962, $1,198,350.30 into Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Fund revenue account no. 701x8962, and $1,392,677.37 into Water Works Fund revenue account no. 101x8962; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $647,756.92 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Revolving Energy Loan Fund 883 so that the resources may be reinvested into other City energy projects. 202501923 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  57. 50 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
  58. 50 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate proceeds of $3,238,784.59 from the FY 2026 sale of renewable energy certificates (“RECs”) as follows: $647,756.92 to General Fund 050, $1,198,350.30 to Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Fund 701, and $1,392,677.37 to Water Works Fund 101; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the REC proceeds as follows: $647,756.92 into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8962, $1,198,350.30 into Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Fund revenue account no. 701x8962, and $1,392,677.37 into Water Works Fund revenue account no. 101x8962; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $647,756.92 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Revolving Energy Loan Fund 883 so that the resources may be reinvested into other City energy projects. 202501923 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  59. 51 PUBLIC SAFETY & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
  60. 42. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 911, “Miscellaneous Misdemeanors,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 911-28, “Special Extended Curfew District for Minors,” to create a new special extended curfew district in the Short Vine area of the Corryville neighborhood to better address juvenile crime and support juvenile safety in Cincinnati. 202501961 Passed Emergency Pass
  61. 52 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 982x248x262408, “Parking Facility Safety Improvements,” to provide resources for safety improvements at City-owned parking garages and lots; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $400,000 from the Parking System Facilities Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 102x3443, “Reserve for Parking Structural Maintenance & Repair,” to the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 982x248x262408, “Parking Facility Safety Improvements.” 202501921 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  62. 53 No announcements at this time.
  63. 53 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 982x248x262408, “Parking Facility Safety Improvements,” to provide resources for safety improvements at City-owned parking garages and lots; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $400,000 from the Parking System Facilities Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 102x3443, “Reserve for Parking Structural Maintenance & Repair,” to the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 982x248x262408, “Parking Facility Safety Improvements.” 202501921 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  64. 54 Council adjourned at 2:25 P.M.
  65. 55 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, DECLARING that the City’s expenditures from Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7200 for Main Street Small Business Support Programming serve a public purpose because the small business operating support will foster local improvements and investments and increase neighborhood vitality in Over-the-Rhine. 202501924 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  66. 56 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, DECLARING that the City’s expenditures from Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7200 for Main Street Small Business Support Programming serve a public purpose because the small business operating support will foster local improvements and investments and increase neighborhood vitality in Over-the-Rhine. 202501924 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  67. 58 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and the City of Fairfield, Ohio, for the continued sale of standby water to the City of Fairfield. 202501926 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  68. 59 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and the City of Fairfield, Ohio, for the continued sale of standby water to the City of Fairfield. 202501926 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  69. 61 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute the Seventh Amendment to the Butler County Water Area Contract to extend the term of the current agreement whereby the City of Cincinnati, through its Greater Cincinnati Water Works, provides surplus water to Butler County for wholesale and retail use. 202501927 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  70. 62 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute the Seventh Amendment to the Butler County Water Area Contract to extend the term of the current agreement whereby the City of Cincinnati, through its Greater Cincinnati Water Works, provides surplus water to Butler County for wholesale and retail use. 202501927 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  71. 65 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City and Teamsters Local 100, the updated terms of which are reflected in the attached summary. 202501957 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  72. 66 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the City and Teamsters Local 100, the updated terms of which are reflected in the attached summary. 202501957 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  73. 68 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/10/2025, AMENDING Resolution No. 61-2025, which determined the petition for the Convention District Community Authority complied with the Ohio Revised Code and fixed the time and place for a hearing to reschedule the hearing for December 1, 2025 so as to better align with Council’s calendar. 202501990 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  74. 69 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/10/2025, AMENDING Resolution No. 61-2025, which determined the petition for the Convention District Community Authority complied with the Ohio Revised Code and fixed the time and place for a hearing to reschedule the hearing for December 1, 2025 so as to better align with Council’s calendar. 202501990 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  75. 73 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 911, “Miscellaneous Misdemeanors,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 911-28, “Special Extended Curfew District for Minors,” to create a new special extended curfew district in the Short Vine area of the Corryville neighborhood to better address juvenile crime and support juvenile safety in Cincinnati. 202501961 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  76. 74 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/5/2025, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 911, “Miscellaneous Misdemeanors,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 911-28, “Special Extended Curfew District for Minors,” to create a new special extended curfew district in the Short Vine area of the Corryville neighborhood to better address juvenile crime and support juvenile safety in Cincinnati. 202501961 Suspension of the three readings Pass