Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

Council Chambers, Room 300

Agenda — 23 items

1. 1 PRESENTATIONS
2. 1 ROLL CALL
3. 2 Human Services Update
4. 3 Mike Moroski, Executive Director, Human Services Chamber of Hamilton County
5. 5 AGENDA
6. 6 EXECUTIVE SESSION
7. 7 Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(4)
8. 9 GRANTS AND DONATIONS
9. 1. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant valued at up to $280,000 from The Recycling Partnership, which includes a monetary grant of up to $155,000 and a grant of in-kind services valued at up to $125,000; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to appropriate up to $155,000 of the grant resources to provide recycling collection, education, and supplies to residents at large, multifamily properties in Cincinnati; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit up to $155,000 of the grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8571, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 25RPGrant, “2025 Recycling Partnership Grant.” 202500815 Recommend Passage
10. 2. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $3,388 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. 050x227x72000 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. 202500821 Recommend Passage Emergency
11. 3. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $3,243,210.67 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioners’ Fund for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit donated funds of $3,242,210.67 into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 revenue account no. 430x8571 for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit donated funds of $1,000 into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 revenue account no. 430x8572 for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,856,333.46 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to various operating budget accounts to provide resources for horticultural supplies, maintenance contracts, salary reimbursements, acquiring Krohn Conservatory’s gift shop inventory, and other vital costs associated with running the City’s parks; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $206,266.69 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to the unappropriated surplus of Sawyer Point Fund 318; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252040, “Sawyer Point Improvements,” to provide resources for improvements to Sawyer Point including electrical improvements at Kroger Promenade, plumbing and irrigation upgrades, Geologic Timeline Path stone and lighting work, and gateway sculpture improvements; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x252041, “Riverwalk Signage,” to provide resources for the design, fabrication, and installation of signage improvements for Sawyer Point; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,180,610.52 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to various capital improvement program project accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to provide resources for various Parks Department capital improvement program projects. 202500824 Recommend Passage Emergency
12. 14 FUNDING AGREEMENTS
13. 4. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with the Abercrumbie Group to provide one-time operational support for upcoming signature events; AUTHORIZING the City Manager’s Office to expend resources of up to $100,000 from the City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide one-time operational support to the Abercrumbie Group for upcoming signature events; and DECLARING such expenditure to serve a public purpose. 202500817 Recommend Passage Emergency
14. 5. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to expend existing resources of up to $100,000 from the City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide one-time operational support to the Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion to support its production of the 2025 Black Family Reunion in Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion to provide one-time operational support for its production of the 2025 Black Family Reunion; and DECLARING such expenditure to serve a public purpose. 202500822 Recommend Passage
15. 18 JOB CREATION TAX CREDIT AGREEMENT
16. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the execution of a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement with Prospiant, Inc., pursuant to which the company agrees to create 120 new jobs at 7108 Shona Drive in the Roselawn neighborhood of Cincinnati and, for a period of eight years, the City agrees to provide an income tax credit equal to forty percent of City income tax revenue from such new jobs. 202500826 Recommend Passage Emergency
17. 21 EASEMENTS
18. 7. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/23/2025, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a permanent easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for a sidewalk on behalf of the pedestrian public through and across certain real property in the City of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the easement as recorded in Official Record 15371, Pages 1317, Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office, and the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.0468 acre tract of real property as a portion of Dana Avenue, a public right-of-way, in the Evanston neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202500827 Recommend Passage
19. 24 REPORTS
20. 8. REPORT, dated 4/23/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding contract status for FY25 funding recipients. (Reference Document # 202402105) 202500807 Filed
21. 27 PRESENTATION
22. 9. PRESENTATION, submitted by Councilmember Cramerding, dated 04/25/2025, regarding Human Services Update. 202500905 Filed
23. 30 ADJOURNMENT