Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
Council Chambers, Room 300
Agenda — 19 items
- 2 AGENDA
- 4 GRANTS AND DONATIONS
- 1. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for and accept a grant of $3,765 from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to create a historical marker in Cincinnati’s historic Dunbar Community.
- 2. ORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $349,136 from the Ohio Department of Health’s Community and Faith Based Infant and Maternal Health Support Services program to improve maternal health and birth outcomes by increasing prenatal and postpartum doctors’ visits and supporting nutrition of mothers; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536.
- 3. ORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $54,600 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio Traffic Safety Office, Drive to Succeed 2024 Grant, to provide community-based scholarships to eligible students for driver education training; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, project account no. 24DTS.
- 4. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $191,362 from the Hamilton County Digital Divide Public Wi-Fi grant program (ALN 21.027) to install public Wi-Fi infrastructure at various Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC) park locations; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Recreation Federal Grant Projects Fund 324x8551.
- 5. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of a therapy dog, related equipment and supplies, and training services from K9s for Warriors, valued at up to $8,093, to be used by the Cincinnati Police Department’s Peer Support Team.
- 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a scholarship donation valued at up to $3,300 from the National Association for City Transportation Officials (“NACTO”) for one Department of Transportation and Engineering employee to attend the NACTO Designing Cities 2024 Conference on May 7 - 10, 2024 in Miami, Florida.
- 12 TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS
- 7. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,000,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x3425, “Affordable Housing,” to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x164x7200 to provide resources for the Cincinnati Development Fund (CDF) to use for affordable housing initiatives; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $280,000 from the balance sheet reserve account no. 102x3443, “Hampton Inn Garage - Reserve for Capital Projects,” to the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $280,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Parking System Facilities Fund 102 to the Division of Parking Facilities non-personnel operating budget account no. 102x248x7200 to provide resources to fulfill contractual obligations to 3000 Vine, LLC.
- 15 URBAN FORESTRY ASSESSMENT
- 8. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, ESTABLISHING the 2025 Urban Forestry Program Assessment Equalization Board, appointing three members thereto, and setting the time and place for hearings.
- 18 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES
- 9. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/10/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to take all necessary and proper actions to cooperate with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation to facilitate the replacement of pedestrian bridges with a new shared-use path bridge over Interstate 71, Interstate 471, and U.S. Route 22 from Van Meter Street, in the Mount Adams neighborhood, to East Court Street in connection with the Ohio Department of Transportation’s bridge construction and maintenance project in the City of Cincinnati.
- 21 MOTIONS
- 10. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, Councilmembers Johnson and Parks, WE MOVE that the City of Cincinnati reposition the Center for Closing the Health Gap as a line item in its operating budget - as it was historically - and remove it from the category of Human Services. The Center for Closing the Health Gap is not a human services provider. Rather, its mission is to eliminate racial and health disparities in the Greater Cincinnati community through education, advocacy, and outreach targeting the African American, Latino, and White Appalachian populations. The vision of Closing the Health Gap is to make Greater Cincinnati a healthier region for all. (STATEMENT ATTACHED)
- 24 BUDGET POLICY MOTION
- 11. MOTION, dated 04/12/2024, submitted by Councilmembers Harris, Albi, Walsh, Owens, Parks, Cramerding, Jeffreys, Johnson and Vice Mayor Kearney; Council Budget Policy Direction to City Administration for FY25 Budget Update; WE MOVE that the City Administration prepare a Fiscal Year 2025 Recommended General Fund Budget which respects the following policy guidelines and priorities: (BALANCE ON FILE IN CLERK’S OFFICE)
- 28 ADJOURNMENT