Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
Council Chambers, Room 300
Agenda — 30 items
- 1 PRESENTATIONS
- 1 ROLL CALL
- 3 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES
- 4 Jerry Wilkerson, Director
- 5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- 6 Markeia Carter, Director
- 7 OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
- 8 Oliver Kroner, Director
- 10 AGENDA
- 12 REPORTS
- 1. REPORT, dated 3/26/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Sidewalk Tree Conflict Repair Process. (Reference Document # 202401119)
- 2. REPORT, dated 3/26/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding The Finance and Budget Monitoring Report for the Period Ending January 31, 2025.
- 3. REPORT, dated 3/24/2025, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Department of City Planning and Engagement revised fees. (Reference Document # 202402596)
- 17 FEE ADJUSTMENTS
- 4. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/16/2024, AUTHORIZING the Department of City Planning and Engagement (“DCPE”) to adjust fees charged for certain services for planning-related functions and in administering the Cincinnati Zoning Code to allow the DCPE to recover a higher portion of its true cost of the services provided.
- 20 TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATIONS
- 5. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Cramerding, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $1,294,008 from balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3440, “Infrastructure and Capital Project Reserve,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $300,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x241900, “Outdoor Facilities Renovation,” to provide resources for the Camp Washington Skate Park project; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $994,008 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x252586, “Fleet Replacements - GF,” to provide resources for the purchase of automotive and motorized equipment for the Department of Public Services, the Fire Department, and the Police Department.
- 23 DONATIONS
- 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/26/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind media promotion donation from Urban One, Inc. dba Radio One valued at up to $35,200 in support of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission and the Radio One Spring Fling 2025 Festival Event on April 19, 2025.
- 26 EXPENDITURE AUTHORIZATIONS
- 7. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/26/2025, AUTHORIZING the expenditure of $1,900,000 from OneOhio Opioid Distributor Settlement funds for a grant program in partnership with Hamilton County to provide resources to community partners for harm reduction programming, and $304,000 to Hamilton County Public Health for expansion of the Harm Reduction/Stigma-Free Access for Everyone Service program.
- 29 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
- 8. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/31/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funding Agreement with Oskamp Flats Limited Partnership to facilitate the renovation of existing buildings on the real property located at 223 W. 4th Street and 26 W. 7th Street in the Downtown neighborhood of Cincinnati into a new residential development; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,810,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown South/Riverfront Equivalent Fund 481 to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 481x164x7200 to provide resources for the renovation and construction activities of the residential component of the project at 223 W. 4th Street in the Downtown neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $30,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown South/Riverfront Equivalent Fund 481 to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 481x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the renovation and construction activities of the residential component of the project at 223 W. 4th Street in the Downtown neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 481x164x7200 and Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 481x164x7100 related to the renovation and construction activities associated with the new residential development at 223 W. 4th Street in the Downtown neighborhood to be a public purpose and constitute a “Housing Renovation” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(A)(3)) that is located within the District 2 - Downtown South/Riverfront District Incentive District, subject to compliance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>).
- 32 VACATING PROPERTY
- 9. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/31/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to take any and all steps as necessary in order to vacate as public right-of-way and retain approximately 0.0759 acres of real property, being a portion of Goose Alley in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
- 35 PRESENTATIONS
- 10. PRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/31/2025, regarding the Department of Public Services’ (DPS) Budget Presentation.
- 11. PRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/31/2025, regarding the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Budget Presentation.
- 12. PRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/31/2025, regarding the Office of Environment and Sustainability (OES) Budget Presentation.
- 40 ADJOURNMENT