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Name: Cincinnati Cincinnati City Council
Start: 2025-06-11
Location: Council Chambers, Room 300

June 11, 2025 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 155 items

2 ROLL CALL
2 Council convened at 2:43 P.M., Mayor Aftab Pureval, Presiding.
3 Council observed a moment of silent prayer and recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
4 There being no objection, the Minutes of the previous session of council were Approved and Filed.
4 In attendance were City Manager Sheryl Long, City Solicitor Emily Smart Woerner and Clerk of Council Melissa Autry.
5 MAYOR AFTAB
6 Banks Community Authority
1. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Noah Nixon to the Banks Community Authority for a term of two years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA) 202501228 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
8 Lunken Airport Oversight & Advisory Board
2. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint H. Jane Sites to the Lunken Airport Oversight & Advisory Board for a term of three years expiring in June of 2028. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White) 202501234 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
3. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $1,684,421 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $493,579 from permanent improvement program project account no. 758x101x251057, “Sundance Film Festival - GFCO,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,178,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various operating budget accounts within General Fund 050 according to Schedule A of the attached Schedules of Transfer, to implement the Mayor’s recommended changes to the FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,037,174 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the establishment of permanent improvement program project account no. 758x164x261620, “Bond Hill Neighborhood Revitalization - GF,” to provide resources to revitalize the Bond Hill neighborhood; AUTHORIZING the establishment of permanent improvement program project account no. 758x164x261612, “Findlay Market Revitalization - GF,” to provide resources for building improvements needed to revitalize Findlay Market; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $7,037,174 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various capital or permanent improvement program project accounts for inclusion in the Capital Improvement Program and Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 as set forth in Schedule B of the attached Schedules of Transfer to implement the Mayor’s recommended changes to the FY 2026 General Capital Budget; AUTHORIZING the allocation of $2,000,000 of existing funds within permanent improvement program project account no. 758x164x261600, “Economic Development Initiatives,” to support the renovation of the Robert O’Neal Multicultural Arts Center (ROMAC) to implement the Mayor’s recommended changes to the FY 2026 General Capital Budget; and DECLARING certain projects to be for a public purpose, all to carry out the FY 2026 Capital Improvement Program. 202501238 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
4. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $250,000 from permanent improvement program project account no. 758x101x251057, “Sundance Film Festival - GFCO,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $250,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide one-time special event support resources for River Roots, effective July 1, 2025. 202501239 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
5. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $98,000 from the General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $98,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7400 to provide one-time leveraged support resources for the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, effective July 1, 2025. (VICE MAYOR KEARNEY IS EXCUSED FROM THIS ITEM) 202501240 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
13 MS. KEARNEY
14 MS. PARKS
15 MS. ALBI
16 MR. CRAMERDING
17 MR. NOLAN
18 MS. OWENS
6. RESOLUTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, President Pro Tem Parks, and Councilmembers Albi, Cramerding, Nolan and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Frances “Francie” Garber Pepper and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for her tireless dedication to the betterment of the Cincinnati Community. 202501207 Passed Pass
20 MS. KEARNEY
7. RESOLUTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Tazara Prophett and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for her outstanding athletic accomplishments in track and field. 202501210 Passed Pass
8. RESOLUTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Haviland Fairman; and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for Haviland’s outstanding athletic accomplishments in track and field. 202501244 Passed Pass
9. RESOLUTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Malakai Lewars and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for Malakai’s outstanding athletic accomplishments in track and field. 202501245 Passed Pass
10. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Gholson Avenue at Reading Road in the Avondale neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Patricia Milton Way” in honor of Patricia Milton and in recognition of her countless hours of diligent volunteer service in the Avondale neighborhood and in the City of Cincinnati including her efforts to secure a HUD Choice Neighborhood grant which provided 29.5 million dollars in investments to the Reading Road corridor in Avondale. 202501248 Referred to Healthy Neighborhoods Committee
25 MR. JOHNSON
11. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Johnson, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, TO SUBMIT to the electors of the City of Cincinnati an amendment to Section 3 of Article V, “Civil Service,” of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati that will create an incentive for individuals who have completed a public safety internship to pursue public safety careers with the city. 202501237 Referred to Public Safety & Governance Committee
27 MR. JEFFREYS
12. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the City Administration issue a report within 90 days that outlines the following: Street rehabilitation, maintenance, and pothole repair operations of peer cities. Potential benefits of bringing street rehabilitation operations in-house. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202501249 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
29 CITY MANAGER
13. REPORT, dated 6/11/2025 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 IBPOE of W Lodge 1061, DBA IBPOE of W Alpha Lodge #1, 3520 Warsaw Avenue. (#411896910615, New, D4) [Objections: None] 202501081 Filed
14. REPORT, dated 6/11/2025 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 Wagwan Jerki LLC, DBA Gees Caribbean Kitchen, 140 W McMillan Street. (#9343906, D1, New) [Objections: None] 202501138 Filed
15. REPORT, dated 6/11/2025 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 Childrens Theatre of Cincinnati, 1112 Walnut Street (#1465581, New, D5H) [Objections: None] 202501167 Filed
16. REPORT, dated 6/11/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Leon Bridges & Charley Crockett - ICON Festival Stage. 202501172 Filed
17. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $104,405.52 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally (CLEAR) Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x1100x7367 as a moral obligation to NEC Corporation of America for maintenance support of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System. 202501173 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
18. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AMENDING Ordinance No. 105-2025, which authorized the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant valued at up to $280,000 from The Recycling Partnership, to allow the City greater flexibility to receive the grant resources in the form of monetary resources, in-kind services, or a combination of both. 202501174 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
19. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $100,000 from the Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation, Inc., including an in-kind donation of a 2025 Ford Explorer outfitted with a canine transport package for the Cincinnati Police Department Wellness Squad and therapy dog, Stella, as well as a monetary donation to support fuel and maintenance costs of the donated vehicle; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Public Safety Special Projects Fund revenue account no. 456x8571. 202501175 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
20. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $332.49 from Department of Buildings & Inspections General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x211x9000x7364 to Pieczonka Unlimited for the purchase of safety shoes for building inspectors, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. 202501176 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
21. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $766.24 from Department of Buildings & Inspections Stormwater Management Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 107x212x7000x7278 to EMES Lawn Care, LLC for waste dumping services performed in October 2021, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. 202501177 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
22. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $205,000 from the Ault Park Advisory Council to provide resources for construction of a new playground at Ault Park; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252048, “Ault Park Playground,” to provide resources for the construction of a new playground at Ault Park; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $205,000 from Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252048, “Ault Park Playground,” to provide resources for the construction of a new playground at Ault Park. 202501178 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
23. REPORT, dated 6/11/2025 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 Prim Hospitality LLC, 70 W 5th Street. (#7082638, New, TREX, TFOL, D1 D2 D3A D3) [OBJECTIONS: Yes] 202501179 Filed
24. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate Water Supply Revolving Loan Account loan funding of up to $41,000,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority to reimburse costs incurred by the Greater Cincinnati Water Works to replace aging water mains and service lines; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the loan funds into Water Works Capital Improvement Fund revenue account no. 756x8569. 202501180 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
25. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING for the appropriation of funds and authorization of expenditures of $300,000 from General Fund 050 as leveraged support for the African American Chamber of Commerce for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, reflecting a portion of the Recommended FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget totaling $543,001,740, per the attached Schedule of Appropriation, Schedule 1, to provide for the current expenses and other expenses of the City of Cincinnati. (VICE MAYOR KEARNEY IS EXCUSED FROM THIS ITEM) 202501181 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
26. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING for the appropriation of funds and authorization of expenditures from General Fund 050 in the amount of $542,701,740 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, reflecting a portion of the Recommended FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget totaling $543,001,740, per the attached Schedule of Appropriation, to provide for the current expenses and other expenses of the City; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $3,516,260 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Bond Retirement Fund 151 to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund in the amount of $2,336,140 and the Early Retirement Incentive Program (“ERIP”) in the amount of $1,180,120; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $21,429,160 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to provide for the FY 2026 General Fund Operating Budget portion of the expenses of the Cincinnati Health Department; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $1,014,680 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Citizens Job Fund 308 to provide resources for the Career Pathways Initiative; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $18,430 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Enterprise Technology Solutions Fund 702 to provide resources for debt service for the ERIP; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing Fund 346 to provide resources for the Special Code Enforcement Program; AMENDING the Sections of Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code regarding the compensation schedules of employees in Divisions 0, 5, 7 (LAW), 8, and 9 by applying a three percent wage adjustment for non-represented employees to constitute the new classification and salary range schedule for these classifications and to provide for wage adjustments effective June 22, 2025; and REVISING the Department of Buildings and Inspections fee schedule to reflect the annual consumer price index adjustment of three percent applied to fees charged for services related to property permitting and maintenance. 202501182 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
27. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $12,810 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x199x1910x7289 to Abel Enterprises Inc., dba Abel Building Systems, for outstanding charges related to alarm monitoring maintenance and installation services provided to the City from January 2025 through March 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. 202501183 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
28. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant, effective FY 2026, valued at up to $1,250 from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center’s RISE Communities program to purchase air quality monitors and fund additional air quality improvement initiatives in Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8556, effective FY 2026. 202501184 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
29. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to apply for, accept, and appropriate Water Supply Revolving Loan Account loan funding of up to $13,000,000, comprised of $6,890,000 in principal forgiveness and $6,110,000 in zero-interest loan funding, from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority to assist with the cost of replacing public and private lead service lines within the Greater Cincinnati Water Works service area; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to receive and deposit loan funds into Fund Numbers 756x8569, 756x8527, 312x8569, and 312x8527. 202501185 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
30. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252317, “EV Charging OTR Garages Grant PID 122817,” to provide resources for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in parking garages located in Over-The-Rhine (“OTR”); AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $895,972 from the Carbon Reduction Program funds awarded from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, as administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ALN 20.205), to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252317, “EV Charging OTR Garages Grant PID 122817”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252317, “EV Charging OTR Garages Grant PID 122817”; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252358, “EV Charging OTR Garages - 3CDC Contribution,” to provide a contribution to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure in OTR Garages; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a contribution of up to $250,000 from Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252358, “EV Charging OTR Garages - 3CDC Contribution”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these resources. 202501186 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
31. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $66,296.95 from the Ford Motor Company to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252505, “Fleet Replacements,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the cash value of the credits received from the purchase of automotive parts. 202501189 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
32. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $150,000 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant program to remodel the Dyer Sprayground in the West End neighborhood. 202501191 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
33. REPORT, dated 6/11/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Kroger Wellness Festival. 202501192 Filed
34. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $4,741.54 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x199x1910x7289 as a moral obligation to Motion Picture Licensing Corporation for motion picture licensing services from January through April 2025. 202501193 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
35. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,227,016 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR West Equivalent Fund 482 (Downtown/OTR West TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 482x162x7200 to provide resources to Reid Flats, LLC, an affiliate of The Model Group, to support the rehabilitation of nine rental units affordable to households whose income does not exceed sixty percent of the Area Median Income (AMI) (the “Project”), as part of a larger renovation of residential units in a mixed-use multi-family project known as the Reid Flats project; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $40,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR West Equivalent Fund 482 to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 482x162x7100 for project management costs associated with the Project; and DECLARING that expenditures from the Department of Community and Economic Development Downtown/OTR West Equivalent Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 482x162x7200 and Department of Community and Economic Development Downtown/OTR West Equivalent Fund personnel operating budget account no. 482x162x7100 to support the Project are for a public purpose and constitute a “Housing Renovation” (as defined in Revised Code (“R.C.”) Section 5709.40(A)(3)) that are within the District 3-Downtown/OTR West District Incentive District, subject to compliance with R.C. Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>>). 202501194 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
36. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $700,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR East Equivalent Fund 483 (Downtown/OTR East TIF District) to Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 483x164x7200 to provide resources in the form of a loan to Grammers Place, LLC, or another affiliate of Urban Sites acceptable to the City Manager, to fund the renovation and construction of the residential component of the mixed-use development project located at 1422-1450 Walnut Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati (“The Lockhart”), as allowed by Ohio law; and DECLARING that expenditures from Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 483x164x7200 related to the renovation and construction activities associated with the residential component of The Lockhart are for a public purpose and constitute a “Housing Renovation” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code (“R.C.”) Section 5709.40(A)(3)) that is located within the District 4-Downtown/OTR East District Incentive District, subject to compliance with R.C. Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202501195 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
37. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant, effective FY 2026, of up to $80,000 from the State of Ohio Department of Health Creating Healthy Communities program to reimburse the City for personnel and non-personnel expenses related to its Healthy Communities Program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536, effective FY 2026. 202501196 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
38. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of $910,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) through the EPA Community Grants program funded by Congressionally Directed Spending (ALN 66.202) to assist with the cost of replacing public and private lead service lines in the Greater Cincinnati Water Works service area; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to receive and deposit grant funds for public lead service line replacement into Water Works Capital Permanent Improvement Fund revenue account number 756x8547, and grant funds for private lead service line replacement into Water Works Private Lead Service Line Replacement Special Revenue Fund revenue account number 312x8547; and DECLARING such expenditures to be for a public purpose. 202501197 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
39. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $26,689 from capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x0000x7671x222000, “Park Infrastructure Rehabilitation,” as a moral obligation to Nelson Stark Company for additional plumbing repairs completed at Yeatman’s Cove in August 2024. 202501198 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
40. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of up to $975,000 from CinciVTICA, LLC to support the operations and maintenance of the Cincinnati streetcar; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into Streetcar Operations Fund revenue account no. 455x8645. 202501199 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
41. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Lunken Airport Lease Agreement with JGAS Aviation, LLC, pursuant to which the City will extend the term for an additional five years and lease 6.41 acres of land at Lunken Airport, Lease Areas 59, 60, and 61, for expansion of business operations and construction of new facilities. 202501200 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
42. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 1.6960-acre tract of real property as a portion of Walworth Avenue, a public right-of-way for street purposes in the East End neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202501201 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
43. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $2,000 effective FY 2026 from the State of Ohio Department of Development’s TechCred Credential Reimbursement Program to reimburse Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x7200 for eligible costs incurred by the Cincinnati Police Department in providing its employees with technology-focused credentials; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8533. 202501202 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
44. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, APPROVING AND ADOPTING a Capital Improvement Program and Budget for FY 2026; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of taxes and other revenue and existing funds to carry out certain parts of the Capital Improvement Program; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of proceeds from the Cincinnati Southern Railway Infrastructure Trust to other parts of the Capital Improvement Program; and DECLARING certain projects for which funds are being transferred and appropriated to be for a public purpose, all to carry out the FY 2026 Capital Improvement Program. 202501203 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
45. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $7,920 from Employee Safety and Risk Management non-personnel operating budget account no. 212x135x1000x7289 as a moral obligation to Eurofins Eaton Analytical, LLC for outstanding charges related to industrial hygiene sample analysis services provided from April 23, 2025 to May 8, 2025. 202501204 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
46. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $206,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251600, “Economic Development Initiatives - GF,” to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $206,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7400 to support Wesley Community Services, LLC’s relocation to 1750 Logan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. 202501205 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
47. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $100,000 from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation through Cincinnati Public Schools to provide resources to remodel the Mt. Airy Recreation Area in the Mt. Airy neighborhood; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251926 “Mt. Airy Recreation Improvements Grant,” to provide resources to complete the improvements to the Mt. Airy Recreation Area; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into new capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251926, “Mt. Airy Recreation Improvements Grant.” 202501206 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
48. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING for the transfer and appropriation for the current expenses and other expenditures of the Restricted Revenue Funds of the City in the total amount of $453,841,300 for operating requirements, capital outlay, and debt service for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, as specified by this Ordinance and according to the attached Schedules of Appropriation; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $12,050 from the unappropriated surplus of the Convention Center Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund Public Building Improvement Bonds for energy improvements; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $820 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Aviation Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund Public Building Improvement Bonds for energy improvements; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $107,250 from the unappropriated surplus of the Street Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund Public Building Improvement Bonds for energy improvements in the amount of $59,770 and the Early Retirement Incentive Program (“ERIP”) in the amount of $47,480; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $768,790 from the unappropriated surplus of the Income Tax-Infrastructure Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund Public Building Improvement Bonds for energy improvements in the amount of $580,970 and the ERIP in the amount of $187,820; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $38,390 from the unappropriated surplus of the Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund Public Building Improvement Bonds for energy improvements in the amount of $3,580 and the ERIP in the amount of $34,810; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $19,420 from the unappropriated surplus of the County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally (CLEAR) Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the Bond Retirement Fund to pay the City’s FY 2026 General Fund debt service obligations related to bonds issued to fund the ERIP; AMENDING Ordinance No. 50-2018 by changing the name of Parking System Facilities Fund reserve account no. 102x3443 from “Hampton Inn Garage - Reserve for Capital Projects” to “Reserve for Parking Structural Maintenance & Repair” and by changing its purpose to reservation of resources for future structural maintenance and repair projects for parking facilities; AUTHORIZING transfers from the unappropriated surplus of the Parking System Facilities Fund of $50,000 to reserve account no. 102x3441, “U-Square Garage - Reserve for Capital Projects,” and of $20,000 to reserve account no. 102x3442, “VP3 Garage - Reserve for Capital Projects” to make contractually obligated payments for repairs to each garage, and of $400,000 to reserve account no. 102x3443, “Reserve for Parking Structural Maintenance & Repair” to reserve resources for future structural maintenance and repair projects; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a formula grant of up to $330,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (ALN 20.507), to provide funding for streetcar operations in FY 2026; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $800,000 from the Ohio Department of Transportation Ohio Transit Partnership Program (“OTP2”) (ALN 20.205) to provide funding for streetcar operations in FY 2026; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the Federal Transit Administration formula grant funds and OTP2 grant funds into Streetcar Operations Fund revenue account no. 455x8554. 202501208 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
49. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS, BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $9,455,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING STREET IMPROVEMENTS. 202501215 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
50. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS, BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $24,175,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING PUBLIC BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. 202501216 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
51. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH BONDS, BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $10,650,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENTS. 202501217 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
52. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $130,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Oakley Equivalent Fund 499 (Oakley TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 499x164x7200 to provide resources for public parking improvements at the MadTree Brewing Co. public parking lot; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $15,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Oakley Equivalent Fund 499 to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 499x164x7100 to provide resources for administrative project delivery costs associated with the public parking improvements at the MadTree Brewing Co. public parking lot; and DECLARING expenditures related to MadTree Brewing Co.’s public parking lot improvements to be a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code) that will benefit and/or serve the District 20 - Oakley 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>). 202501219 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
53. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $7,224,948 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer Part A; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,224,948 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to preserve resources for commitments made in FY 2025 that will be fulfilled in FY 2026; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $7,224,948 from balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3422, “Discretionary Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 effective July 1, 2025; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $7,224,948 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various operating budget accounts in accordance with the attached Schedule of Transfer Part B effective July 1, 2025, to provide resources for various programs and services approved by Council in FY 2025; and AUTHORIZING the expenditure of $150,000 in local matching resources for Ohio Department of Development Brownfield Remediation grants that The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority applied for to expand the area-wide urban setting designation in the east, north, and west regions, in the amount of $50,000 each. 202501221 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
54. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, DECLARING the intent to appropriate to public use certain real property interests required to construct, establish, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair, and preserve a shared use path along Reading Road, Whittier Street, Fredonia Avenue, and thru to Blair Court, commonly known as Wasson Way Phase 7. 202501222 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
55. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000,000 BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE REFUNDING AND/OR THE CASH DEFEASANCE (WITH MONIES AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE), OF ALL OR A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS LISTED ON ATTACHMENT A, AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS THRESHOLD IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. 202501223 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
56. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR (I) THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF WATER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025A (THE “2025A BONDS”) OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS; AND (II) THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF WATER SYSTEM REFUNDING REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025B (THE “2025B BONDS”) OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $198,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE REFUNDING AND/OR (III) THE CASH DEFEASANCE (WITH MONIES AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE), OF ALL OR A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING BONDS OF THE CITY; (IV) AUTHORIZING A PLEDGE OF AND LIEN ON WATER SYSTEM REVENUES TO SECURE ANY 2025A BONDS AND 2025B BONDS; (V) AUTHORIZING ONE OR MORE SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST AGREEMENTS; AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SECURE ANY 2025A BONDS AND 2025B BONDS; AND (VI) AUTHORIZING ANY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO EFFECTUATE ANY DEFEASANCE. 202501224 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
57. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $73,625,000 BY THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING ALL OR A PORTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BONDS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OUTSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BONDS LISTED ON ATTACHMENT A, AND PROVIDING FOR A REFUNDING SAVINGS THRESHOLD IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. 202501225 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
58. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $1,912,260 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (“HOPWA”) Grant Program (ALN 14.241) to fund various Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Fund 465 project accounts in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the 2025 Annual Action Plan to provide funding to projects and operating allocations for the HOPWA Grant Program; ANNOUNCING the City’s intention to use this sum for projects and operating allocations for the HOPWA Grant Program in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the 2025 Annual Action Plan, and to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan. 202501226 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
59. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL PROJECT), OR NOTES IN ANTICIPATION THEREOF, OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, STATE OF OHIO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS; AUTHORIZING A PLEDGE AND LIEN ON CERTAIN REVENUES AND OTHER CITY RESOURCES TO SECURE SUCH BONDS OR NOTES; AUTHORIZING NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO SECURE SUCH BONDS OR NOTES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 202501227 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
60. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled WSL #3677-GCWW Easement Plat - E-1085, as recorded in Plat Book 496, Page 58 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202501229 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
61. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251634, “Fourth, Fifth, and Walnut Streetscape” to complete streetscape improvements on 4th Street, 5th Street, and Walnut Street (the “Streetscape Improvements”); ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251635, “Fourth, Fifth, and Walnut Streetscape - TIF” to complete the Streetscape Improvements; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $2,000,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x222399, “Western Hills Viaduct” to the unappropriated surplus of Street Improvement Bond Fund 858; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Street Improvement Bond Fund 858 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251634, “Fourth, Fifth, and Walnut Streetscape” to complete the Streetscape Improvements; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $3,718,358 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR East Equivalent Fund 483 (Downtown/OTR East TIF District) to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251635, “Fourth, Fifth, and Walnut Streetscape - TIF” to complete the Streetscape Improvements; and DECLARING that the Streetscape Improvements constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code (“R.C.”) Section 5709.40(A)(8)) that will benefit and/or serve the District 4-Downtown/OTR East District Incentive District, subject to compliance with R.C. Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202501230 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
62. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $2,571,769.89 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Home Investment Partnerships (“HOME”) Grant Program (ALN 14.239), to fund various Home Investment Trust Fund 411 project accounts in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the 2025 Annual Action Plan to fund projects and operating allocations for the HOME Grant Program; ANNOUNCING the City’s intention to use this sum for projects and operating allocations for the HOME Grant Program in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule, the 2025 Annual Action Plan, and the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan. 202501231 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
63. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Delhi Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled Water Main Easement Dedication Plat (E-1099), as recorded in Plat Book 493, Page 24 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202501232 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
64. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $11,063,082.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program (ALN 14.218) to various newly established Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 project accounts, in accordance with Section A of the attached Appropriation Schedule and in accordance with the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan, to fund projects and operating allocations for the CDBG Program; AUTHORIZING the return to source of $1,128,908.22 from various Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 project accounts to the unappropriated surplus of Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 to realign available grant resources in accordance with Section B of the attached Appropriation Schedule; AUTHORIZING the appropriation of $1,128,908.22 from the unappropriated surplus of Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 to various existing Community Development Block Grant Fund 304 project accounts to realign resources with program needs in accordance with Section C of the attached Appropriation Schedule; ANNOUNCING the City’s intention to use these sums for projects and operating allocations for the CDBG Program in accordance with the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, the 2025 Annual Action Plan, and the attached Appropriation Schedule, and to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan. 202501233 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
65. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled WSL #3695-Sedona Reserve - E-1102, as recorded in Plat Book 493, Pages 81-82 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202501235 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
66. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate $981,932.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Solutions Grant (“ESG”) Program (ALN 14.231) to various newly established Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 project accounts in accordance with the attached Schedule of Appropriation, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan to fund projects and operating allocations for the ESG Program; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $157,350.64 from Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 project account no. 445x101x4452421, “Homeless Shelters and Housing ’24,” to the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 to realign available grant resources; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $157,350.64 from the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Shelter Grant Fund 445 to existing Emergency Shelter Grant project account no. 445x101x4452415, “Rapid Re-Housing ’24,” to realign resources with program needs; ANNOUNCING the City’s intention to use these sums for projects and operating allocations for the ESG Program in accordance with the attached Schedule of Appropriation, the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the 2025 Annual Action Plan and to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to file the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the 2025 Annual Action Plan. 202501236 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
67. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AMENDING Attachment A to Ordinance No. 487-2021 to align the legal description for Lunken Airport Lease Area 53 with existing aeronautical and nonaeronautical boundaries. 202501241 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
68. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, APPROVING AND ADOPTING a Capital Improvement Program and Budget for FY 2026; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 982, “Parking System Facilities Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for Parking System Facilities capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 983, “Convention Center Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for Convention Center capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 984, “General Aviation Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for General Aviation capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 985, “Municipal Golf Activities Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for Municipal Golf Activities capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to establish Fund No. 987, “Stormwater Management Capital,” to account through the use of project numbers for Stormwater Management capital improvements by having monies transferred from other sources; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of revenue and existing funds to carry out certain parts of the Capital Improvement Program; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,447,000 from various restricted and special revenue funds to various capital and permanent improvement project accounts according to the attached Schedules to continue and complete certain capital and permanent improvement projects listed in the Schedules; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $25,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Water Works Fund 101 to Water Works Capital Improvement Fund 756, to continue funding for the current Capital Improvement Program, which includes new water mains, water main replacements, treatment plant improvements, system development, tanks, pumping stations, and private development; AUTHORIZING the use and expenditure of $55,830,000 for Greater Cincinnati Water Works Capital Improvements; and DECLARING the permanent improvement program project, Strategic Housing Initiatives Program SHPIF, to be for a public purpose. 202501242 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
69. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/11/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and Western Water Company (“Western Water”) for wholesale water service for a period of twenty years. 202501243 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
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70. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Candace Sabers, Government Relations, Vice President, 625 Eden Parkway, Floor 1, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (HEALTH POLICY AND ADVOCACY) 202501250 Filed
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71. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Parks, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, REPEALING Ordinance No. 352-2023, passed by Council on October 25, 2023, pertaining to the expenditure of $29,000 from Special Events Fund 314 to provide resources for Girls in Government programming. 202501142 Passed Emergency Pass
72. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing Fund 346 to provide resources for a private sewer line replacement; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $750,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x271x7200 to provide resources for necessary fleet repairs before the end of FY 2025. 202501143 Passed Emergency Pass
73. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $600,000, effective FY 2026, from the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection Public Health Lead Safe Housing Program to provide resources to the Cincinnati Health Department to assist in the control of lead paint, dust, and soil hazards in residential properties, and to provide lead prevention education and training in local high-risk communities; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536. 202501156 Passed Pass
74. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252047, “CROWN ORT Safety Grant”; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate State of Ohio Capital Budget grant resources of up to $140,000, to be distributed by the Ohio Office of Budget and Management and as authorized by House Bill 2 for Fiscal Years 2025-2026, to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252047, “CROWN ORT Safety Grant,” to provide resources for the removal of railroad tracks and ties and repaving a portion of the Ohio River Trail/Oasis Trail; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit State of Ohio Capital Budget grant funds into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252047, “CROWN ORT Safety Grant”; and AUTHORZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources. 202501151 Passed Pass
93 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Parks, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, REPEALING Ordinance No. 352-2023, passed by Council on October 25, 2023, pertaining to the expenditure of $29,000 from Special Events Fund 314 to provide resources for Girls in Government programming. 202501142 Emergency clause to remain Pass
75. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $20,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to Water Works non-personnel operating budget account no. 101x301x7200 for supplies, services, and costs associated with Greater Cincinnati Water Works Source Water Protection Program to educate the public on water quality at events such as Greater Cincinnati Water University; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to receive and deposit grant funds into Water Works Fund revenue account no. 101x8527. 202501145 Passed Emergency Pass
94 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Parks, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, REPEALING Ordinance No. 352-2023, passed by Council on October 25, 2023, pertaining to the expenditure of $29,000 from Special Events Fund 314 to provide resources for Girls in Government programming. 202501142 Suspension of the three readings Pass
76. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of up to $5,000 from the Trust for Public Land to reimburse the City for expenses incurred to support events and activities related to the 2024 National Walk to a Park Day held between October 3 and October 13, 2024; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into W.M. AMPT Free Concerts Fund revenue account no. 8572, “Donations - General Purpose”. 202501147 Passed Pass
77. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $60,000 from the Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation, Inc. to support the Children in Trauma Intervention Camp; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Public Safety Special Projects Fund revenue account 456x8571. 202501144 Passed Emergency Pass
96 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing Fund 346 to provide resources for a private sewer line replacement; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $750,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x271x7200 to provide resources for necessary fleet repairs before the end of FY 2025. 202501143 Emergency clause to remain Pass
78. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,741 within the General Fund, from and to various City Council operating budget accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to realign the office budgets of various Councilmembers; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $8,700 from Councilmember Nolan’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x014x7100 and $1,250 from Councilmember Nolan’s General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x014x7200, for a total of $9,950, to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for short-term emergency rental assistance initiatives; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,200 from Councilmember Owens’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7100 and $500 from Councilmember Owens’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7200, for a total of $2,700, to City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for Access to Counsel; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,700 from Councilmember Parks’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x027x7100 and $1,000 from Councilmember Parks’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x027x7200, for a total of $8,700 to Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7400 to provide resources for the Urban League’s Building Futures Program. 202501155 Passed Emergency Pass
97 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing Fund 346 to provide resources for a private sewer line replacement; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $750,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x271x7200 to provide resources for necessary fleet repairs before the end of FY 2025. 202501143 Suspension of the three readings Pass
79. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $81,280.30 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x232522, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment. 202501146 Passed Emergency Pass
80. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $5,679.13 from Cincinnati Parks Department Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 430x202x5100x7278 as a moral obligation to Mad Scientist Associates, LLC for invasive species removal in Burnet Woods for the service period of December 2024. 202501153 Passed Emergency Pass
99 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $600,000, effective FY 2026, from the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection Public Health Lead Safe Housing Program to provide resources to the Cincinnati Health Department to assist in the control of lead paint, dust, and soil hazards in residential properties, and to provide lead prevention education and training in local high-risk communities; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536. 202501156 Suspension of the three readings Pass
81. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AMENDING Ordinance No. 11-2025, which authorized the Greater Cincinnati Water Works to expend up to $30,000 for the installation of separate private water service lines for 2112, 2114, 2116, 2118, and 2122 St. Leo Place in the North Fairmount neighborhood, to correctly identify the GCWW non-personnel operating budget account no. as 101x301x1000x7266. 202501148 Passed Emergency Pass
82. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, DETERMINING to proceed with special street lighting assessments in Lighting Group 3 for three years beginning August 1, 2024, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 727.23, on the streets or portions of the streets described in Attachment A hereto. 202501149 Passed Pass
101 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252047, “CROWN ORT Safety Grant”; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate State of Ohio Capital Budget grant resources of up to $140,000, to be distributed by the Ohio Office of Budget and Management and as authorized by House Bill 2 for Fiscal Years 2025-2026, to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252047, “CROWN ORT Safety Grant,” to provide resources for the removal of railroad tracks and ties and repaving a portion of the Ohio River Trail/Oasis Trail; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit State of Ohio Capital Budget grant funds into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252047, “CROWN ORT Safety Grant”; and AUTHORZING the City Manager to enter into any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources. 202501151 Suspension of the three readings Pass
83. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, TO LEVY special assessments to pay for a portion of the cost of special street lighting in Lighting Group 3, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 727.25, for the three-year period beginning on August 1, 2024. 202501150 Passed Pass
84. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Second Amendment to Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Traction Partners, LLC, amending an agreement previously authorized by Council for a 100 percent tax exemption of the value of improvements made to real property located at 432 Walnut Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, removing the obligation for the company to obtain certification of compliance with LEED standards. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202501157 Passed Emergency Pass
103 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $20,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to Water Works non-personnel operating budget account no. 101x301x7200 for supplies, services, and costs associated with Greater Cincinnati Water Works Source Water Protection Program to educate the public on water quality at events such as Greater Cincinnati Water University; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to receive and deposit grant funds into Water Works Fund revenue account no. 101x8527. 202501145 Emergency clause to remain Pass
85. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati (the “City”) for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of the City of Cincinnati in accordance with the plat entitled CIN 321 - Bigelow St. Phase 3 GCWW Easement No. 1075, as recorded in Plat Book 490, Page 81 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202501159 Passed Emergency Pass
104 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $20,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to Water Works non-personnel operating budget account no. 101x301x7200 for supplies, services, and costs associated with Greater Cincinnati Water Works Source Water Protection Program to educate the public on water quality at events such as Greater Cincinnati Water University; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to receive and deposit grant funds into Water Works Fund revenue account no. 101x8527. 202501145 Suspension of the three readings Pass
86. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled Skytop Redevelopment 5218 Beechmont Avenue WSL 3684 - Skytop Redevelopment E-1092 as recorded in Plat Book 491, Page 53 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202501160 Passed Pass
87. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, ORDAINING new Section 401-84, “Affordability Customer Assistance Program” of Chapter 401, “Water Works” of Division H, “Water Rates” of Title IV, “Public Utilities,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code for the purpose of implementing a modified water rate structure for qualifying low-income senior citizens and disabled veteran customers reflecting a 25 percent reduction from the generally applicable water rates. 202501161 Passed Pass
106 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of up to $5,000 from the Trust for Public Land to reimburse the City for expenses incurred to support events and activities related to the 2024 National Walk to a Park Day held between October 3 and October 13, 2024; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into W.M. AMPT Free Concerts Fund revenue account no. 8572, “Donations - General Purpose”. 202501147 Suspension of the three readings Pass
88. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, APPROVING the petition for the 2026-2029 Services Plan that was submitted by property owners within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District; APPROVING the 2026-2029 Services Plan adopted by Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District, Inc.; and DECLARING the necessity of assessing the real property within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District in order to raise funds for the implementation of the 2026-2029 Services Plan in accordance with Chapters 727 and 1710 of the Ohio Revised Code. 202501162 Passed Emergency Pass
108 REVISED
108 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $60,000 from the Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation, Inc. to support the Children in Trauma Intervention Camp; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Public Safety Special Projects Fund revenue account 456x8571. 202501144 Emergency clause to remain Pass
109 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
109 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $60,000 from the Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation, Inc. to support the Children in Trauma Intervention Camp; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Public Safety Special Projects Fund revenue account 456x8571. 202501144 Suspension of the three readings Pass
110 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
89. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Johnson, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Pendleton Street at 12th Street in the Pendleton neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Verdin Bell Way” in honor of The Verdin Company and their 183-year legacy of craftmanship, innovation, and service in the City of Cincinnati. 202501051 Passed Emergency Pass
111 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,741 within the General Fund, from and to various City Council operating budget accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to realign the office budgets of various Councilmembers; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $8,700 from Councilmember Nolan’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x014x7100 and $1,250 from Councilmember Nolan’s General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x014x7200, for a total of $9,950, to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for short-term emergency rental assistance initiatives; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,200 from Councilmember Owens’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7100 and $500 from Councilmember Owens’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7200, for a total of $2,700, to City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for Access to Counsel; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,700 from Councilmember Parks’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x027x7100 and $1,000 from Councilmember Parks’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x027x7200, for a total of $8,700 to Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7400 to provide resources for the Urban League’s Building Futures Program. 202501155 Emergency clause to remain Pass
90. ORDINANCE, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, ESTABLISHING Cincinnati’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and other sexual and gender identities (“LGBTQIA+”) Commission, to advise and make recommendations to the Mayor, Council, and the Administration on all issues of concern for LGBTQIA+ individuals within Cincinnati. 202501132 Passed Pass
112 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,741 within the General Fund, from and to various City Council operating budget accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to realign the office budgets of various Councilmembers; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $8,700 from Councilmember Nolan’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x014x7100 and $1,250 from Councilmember Nolan’s General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x014x7200, for a total of $9,950, to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for short-term emergency rental assistance initiatives; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,200 from Councilmember Owens’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7100 and $500 from Councilmember Owens’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7200, for a total of $2,700, to City Manager’s Office non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for Access to Counsel; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $7,700 from Councilmember Parks’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x027x7100 and $1,000 from Councilmember Parks’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x027x7200, for a total of $8,700 to Department of Community and Economic Development General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7400 to provide resources for the Urban League’s Building Futures Program. 202501155 Suspension of the three readings Pass
113 PUBLIC SAFETY & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
91. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/29/2025, MODIFYING the Cincinnati Municipal Code (“CMC”) by REPEALING Chapter 407, “Public Vehicles,” and Chapter 408, “Drivers’ Licenses for Public Vehicles,” in their entirety to reflect the changing nature of the transportation industry and the sharp decline in the number of traditional public vehicles operating within Cincinnati; MODIFYING Chapter 1419, “Additional Development Regulations,” of the CMC by AMENDING Section 1419-40, “Public Vehicle Operations and Service,” to account for the repeal of Chapters 407 and 408 of the CMC; and AMENDING Section 6, “Administrative Services,” of Article II, “City Manager,” of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati to account for the repeal of Chapters 407 and 408 of the CMC. 202501100 Passed Pass
114 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $81,280.30 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x232522, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment. 202501146 Emergency clause to remain Pass
92. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 307, "Classified Compensation Schedules," of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 819 to move the classification of and new salary schedule plan for Alternative Response Community Service Officer from Division 0 to Division D1. 202501154 Passed Emergency Pass
115 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $81,280.30 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x232522, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment. 202501146 Suspension of the three readings Pass
93. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, MODIFYING Article II, “City Manager,” of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati by ORDAINING new Section 24, “Office of Opportunity,” to establish the new Office of Opportunity, and REPEALING existing Section 24, “Office of Human Relations.” 202501152 Passed Emergency Pass
117 No announcements at this time.
117 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $5,679.13 from Cincinnati Parks Department Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 430x202x5100x7278 as a moral obligation to Mad Scientist Associates, LLC for invasive species removal in Burnet Woods for the service period of December 2024. 202501153 Emergency clause to remain Pass
118 Council adjourned at 4:03 P.M.
118 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $5,679.13 from Cincinnati Parks Department Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 430x202x5100x7278 as a moral obligation to Mad Scientist Associates, LLC for invasive species removal in Burnet Woods for the service period of December 2024. 202501153 Suspension of the three readings Pass
120 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AMENDING Ordinance No. 11-2025, which authorized the Greater Cincinnati Water Works to expend up to $30,000 for the installation of separate private water service lines for 2112, 2114, 2116, 2118, and 2122 St. Leo Place in the North Fairmount neighborhood, to correctly identify the GCWW non-personnel operating budget account no. as 101x301x1000x7266. 202501148 Emergency clause to remain Pass
121 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, AMENDING Ordinance No. 11-2025, which authorized the Greater Cincinnati Water Works to expend up to $30,000 for the installation of separate private water service lines for 2112, 2114, 2116, 2118, and 2122 St. Leo Place in the North Fairmount neighborhood, to correctly identify the GCWW non-personnel operating budget account no. as 101x301x1000x7266. 202501148 Suspension of the three readings Pass
123 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, DETERMINING to proceed with special street lighting assessments in Lighting Group 3 for three years beginning August 1, 2024, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 727.23, on the streets or portions of the streets described in Attachment A hereto. 202501149 Suspension of the three readings Pass
125 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, TO LEVY special assessments to pay for a portion of the cost of special street lighting in Lighting Group 3, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 727.25, for the three-year period beginning on August 1, 2024. 202501150 Suspension of the three readings Pass
127 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Second Amendment to Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Traction Partners, LLC, amending an agreement previously authorized by Council for a 100 percent tax exemption of the value of improvements made to real property located at 432 Walnut Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, removing the obligation for the company to obtain certification of compliance with LEED standards. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202501157 Emergency clause to remain Pass
128 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Second Amendment to Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Traction Partners, LLC, amending an agreement previously authorized by Council for a 100 percent tax exemption of the value of improvements made to real property located at 432 Walnut Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, removing the obligation for the company to obtain certification of compliance with LEED standards. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202501157 Suspension of the three readings Pass
130 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati (the “City”) for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of the City of Cincinnati in accordance with the plat entitled CIN 321 - Bigelow St. Phase 3 GCWW Easement No. 1075, as recorded in Plat Book 490, Page 81 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202501159 Suspension of the three readings Pass
132 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled Skytop Redevelopment 5218 Beechmont Avenue WSL 3684 - Skytop Redevelopment E-1092 as recorded in Plat Book 491, Page 53 of the Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202501160 Suspension of the three readings Pass
134 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, ORDAINING new Section 401-84, “Affordability Customer Assistance Program” of Chapter 401, “Water Works” of Division H, “Water Rates” of Title IV, “Public Utilities,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code for the purpose of implementing a modified water rate structure for qualifying low-income senior citizens and disabled veteran customers reflecting a 25 percent reduction from the generally applicable water rates. 202501161 Suspension of the three readings Pass
136 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, APPROVING the petition for the 2026-2029 Services Plan that was submitted by property owners within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District; APPROVING the 2026-2029 Services Plan adopted by Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District, Inc.; and DECLARING the necessity of assessing the real property within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District in order to raise funds for the implementation of the 2026-2029 Services Plan in accordance with Chapters 727 and 1710 of the Ohio Revised Code. 202501162 Emergency clause to remain Pass
137 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, APPROVING the petition for the 2026-2029 Services Plan that was submitted by property owners within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District; APPROVING the 2026-2029 Services Plan adopted by Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District, Inc.; and DECLARING the necessity of assessing the real property within the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District in order to raise funds for the implementation of the 2026-2029 Services Plan in accordance with Chapters 727 and 1710 of the Ohio Revised Code. 202501162 Suspension of the three readings Pass
142 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Johnson, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Pendleton Street at 12th Street in the Pendleton neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Verdin Bell Way” in honor of The Verdin Company and their 183-year legacy of craftmanship, innovation, and service in the City of Cincinnati. 202501051 Emergency clause to remain Pass
143 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Johnson, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Pendleton Street at 12th Street in the Pendleton neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Verdin Bell Way” in honor of The Verdin Company and their 183-year legacy of craftmanship, innovation, and service in the City of Cincinnati. 202501051 Suspension of the three readings Pass
145 ORDINANCE, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, ESTABLISHING Cincinnati’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and other sexual and gender identities (“LGBTQIA+”) Commission, to advise and make recommendations to the Mayor, Council, and the Administration on all issues of concern for LGBTQIA+ individuals within Cincinnati. 202501132 Suspension of the three readings Pass
148 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/29/2025, MODIFYING the Cincinnati Municipal Code (“CMC”) by REPEALING Chapter 407, “Public Vehicles,” and Chapter 408, “Drivers’ Licenses for Public Vehicles,” in their entirety to reflect the changing nature of the transportation industry and the sharp decline in the number of traditional public vehicles operating within Cincinnati; MODIFYING Chapter 1419, “Additional Development Regulations,” of the CMC by AMENDING Section 1419-40, “Public Vehicle Operations and Service,” to account for the repeal of Chapters 407 and 408 of the CMC; and AMENDING Section 6, “Administrative Services,” of Article II, “City Manager,” of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati to account for the repeal of Chapters 407 and 408 of the CMC. 202501100 Suspension of the three readings Pass
150 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 307, "Classified Compensation Schedules," of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 819 to move the classification of and new salary schedule plan for Alternative Response Community Service Officer from Division 0 to Division D1. 202501154 Emergency clause to remain Pass
151 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 307, "Classified Compensation Schedules," of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 819 to move the classification of and new salary schedule plan for Alternative Response Community Service Officer from Division 0 to Division D1. 202501154 Suspension of the three readings Pass
153 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, MODIFYING Article II, “City Manager,” of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati by ORDAINING new Section 24, “Office of Opportunity,” to establish the new Office of Opportunity, and REPEALING existing Section 24, “Office of Human Relations.” 202501152 Emergency clause to remain Pass
154 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 6/4/2025, MODIFYING Article II, “City Manager,” of the Administrative Code of the City of Cincinnati by ORDAINING new Section 24, “Office of Opportunity,” to establish the new Office of Opportunity, and REPEALING existing Section 24, “Office of Human Relations.” 202501152 Suspension of the three readings Pass