Public Safety & Quality of Life
Council Chambers, Room 300
Agenda — 12 items
- 1 ROLL CALL
- 3 The meeting began at 9:31 a.m.and ended at 10:59 a.m.. CM Harris also sat in on the meeting and left at 10:54 a.m. Also in attendance were City Manager Long, Lt Comeaux, and Kevin Frank from Law.
- 5 PRESENTATIONS
- 7 “Response Time”
- 8 Chief Theetge, Cincinnati Police Dept
- 10 Plush Settlement
- 11 AGENDA
- 1. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Harris, Johnson, Walsh, Jeffreys and Cramerding, WE MOVE that the administration create and execute a plan for parking “blitzes’ where resources are dedicated towards ticketing and informing offenders in high impact areas. This should focus on issues related to quality of life, including blocking the sidewalk or other public right-of-way, fire hydrants, bus stops or lanes, accessible ramps or other accessible infrastructure, bike lanes, fire lanes, and street cleaning dates. This should be accompanied by periodic updates on the effectiveness of the blitzes. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).
- 2. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney and Councilmember Johnson, Individuals who already are struggling financially can be further harmed by old, low-level misdemeanor crimes that can prevent them from obtaining employment and/or housing, and sometimes result in the loss of custody of their children. According to the Center for Community Change, two-thirds of people detained in jails report an income of less than $12,000. We request a report within 90 days on the feasibility and next steps for City Council to take the following actions: 1. Unilaterally, automatically and annually purge and dismiss capiases and warrants that are seven years old for low-lying, non-violent misdemeanor crimes. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED).
- 3. PRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 3/19/2024, regarding the Change in Response Times.
- 4. COMMUNICATION, dated 3/19/24 submitted by Councilmember Johnson from the Plush Family regarding the Plush settlement.
- 17 ADJOURNMENT