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[3:19] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[3:21] right, we'll begin. Welcome to

[3:23] budget and finance, I'm your

[3:24] committee chair reggie harris.

[3:25] Joined today with with the

[3:27] commit vice chair, councilmember

[3:28] cramerding, we have

[3:30] councilmember anna albi and

[3:31] councilmember jeffreys,

[3:32] councilmember owens,

[3:35] councilmember johnson,

[3:37] councilmember walsh. I believe

[3:39] the vice mayor will be in

[3:41] shortly, so is PRESIDENT Pro tem

[3:43] parks. We have from the

[3:44] administration DR. Dudas from

[3:46] budget, monica morton from

[3:48] finances, and DR. Brandenburg

[3:50] from law. Robert neely is our

[3:53] clerk. We have one public

[3:58] comment stephan pryor the floor

[4:08] is yours.

[4:10] >> don't look at me like that's

[4:11] correct man. Good afternoon,

[4:13] good afternoon. As a matter of

[4:15] fact off will looks what's up

[4:16] DR. Andrew over there, I see you

[4:22] over there too. Off that look,

[4:22] $197,000 for the red bikes just

[4:23] to get fixed?

[4:25] You need to get some brand new

[4:29] bikes. Those bikes are so old.

[4:31] You got news ones coming in, I

[4:32] hope so. Those bikes are so old

[4:35] I don't want to get on it. I

[4:38] talked to the couple council

[4:40] members meeka owens, and scotty

[4:42] johnson, and I talked about that

[4:43] aggregation program. I keep

[4:46] talking about it, DR. Andrew,

[4:48] and they keep sending letters in

[4:50] the mail to my family members

[4:52] and saying we're going to

[4:54] automatically opt you back in if

[4:55] you don't respond to this

[4:57] letter. It feels like a threat.

[4:59] it feels like the energy company

[5:00] is threatening people and they

[5:02] need to stop them letters. If

[5:03] you opt out one time, you

[5:05] shouldn't have to keep operating

[5:07] back in and they automatically

[5:09] operating you back in and that's

[5:11] kind of wrong, that's real

[5:13] wrong, that's extortion it feels

[5:14] likes extortion and they

[5:15] threatening you. So we have to

[5:17] figure that out. I'm here today

[5:19] to talk about this five million

[5:21] dollars, DR. Andrew, we need to

[5:23] find out where it is going and

[5:26] what project it is going to

[5:28] toward. So people can be

[5:29] accounted for and transparent

[5:31] about money that's move around

[5:33] in the pot. You are the

[5:35] DR. Doctor you got to will he

[5:36] people know sometimes. Please

[5:40] maine know what's going on,

[5:42] DR. Andrew. And seth walsh,

[5:44] quit playing that video game on

[5:46] that phone and pay attention

[5:47] when I'm talking it is important

[5:50] today. I see you too cramerding

[5:51] you are looking on the glasses

[5:53] on your knows, put them on your

[5:54] face so they won't fall off.

[5:56] Make sure you do that you need

[5:58] to be more paying attentions

[6:00] what's going on, I feel good

[6:02] today. I'm in my good mood

[6:04] today. DR. Andrew, and the

[6:06] crew, I don't want to leave you

[6:07] out city solicitor's, police in

[6:08] the back. I love you guys, I

[6:11] can't do nothing about it. All

[6:12] right.

[6:14] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[6:16] you. All right. DR. Dudas,

[6:19] let's jump into our agenda.

[6:21] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[6:23] number 1 is a grant ordinance.

[6:26] This is from councilmember

[6:28] jeffreys. It would authorizes a

[6:35] grant of $3,765 from the william9

[6:36] william.

[6:37] >> Councilmember Albi: pom row

[6:38] foundation. These are to

[6:42] partially offset a orcal marker

[6:44] for cincinnati historic dunbar

[6:46] community previously known as

[6:49] corsica hollow a

[6:50] african-american community on

[6:51] the western edge of

[6:51] madisonville.

[6:53] These funds would come through

[6:55] ohio history connection. There

[6:59] is a additional $380 required

[7:01] for the historical marker, which

[7:04] there are existing funds in the

[7:07] city manager's office budget to

[7:08] cover.

[7:08] >> Councilmember Harris:

[7:09] councilmember jeffreys?

[7:10] >> Councilmember Jeffreys:

[7:12] awesome, thank you. This is

[7:14] about a year plus in the

[7:16] makerring, so for those of you

[7:19] who are not familiar dunbar is a

[7:21] neighborhood that used to be in

[7:22] madisonville.

[7:24] It was dissected

[7:27] by red bank expressway anchor

[7:29] circa the main street is still

[7:31] there, but it has been

[7:32] completely redeveloped. And so

[7:34] the back story on this is the

[7:36] community as I say over a year

[7:37] and a half, two years ago

[7:39] reached out and said, hey, they

[7:41] want some acknowledgment of the

[7:44] history. And so over the course

[7:45] of several months we

[7:47] collaborated with them, went out

[7:49] to talk about the sign and the

[7:50] words on the sign as well as

[7:52] where the right location is,

[7:54] including going on-site. And we

[7:55] have identified that location

[7:59] right on corsica and bank

[8:01] express way. And we have

[8:03] aligned the sign wording with

[8:05] the community way with folks in

[8:07] the community and so this is

[8:08] really meaningful for people in

[8:10] the community. There used to be

[8:11] what they called dunbar days

[8:12] where the community got

[8:14] together. They want to use this

[8:17] as an anchor for bringing those

[8:19] back. And so what we're

[8:21] authorizing here today is it is

[8:22] national foundation that helps

[8:24] support some of these historic

[8:26] markers. They are paying over

[8:28] 90% of it and then as DR. Dudas

[8:30] said there is about $300 that

[8:33] the city will pay, so city

[8:34] manager thank her for her

[8:36] support on that. So, once we

[8:38] approve this, then they will

[8:41] actually make the marker and

[8:43] then we'll do a unveiling and

[8:45] invite everyone to the

[8:46] unveiling, the community will do

[8:48] an unveiling of the marker. I

[8:50] have thed withing here of the

[8:53] two sides of the marker if folks

[8:55] are interested. But it is a

[8:56] huge support from the community

[8:59] for this. And thank you.

[9:00] >> Councilmember Harris:

[9:02] absolutely, it's wonderful.

[9:05] Absolutely. Great, without --

[9:07] >> Councilmember Albi: I wanted

[9:08] to thank councilmember jeffreys

[9:09] for leading this over the past

[9:10] year and a half, two years. As

[9:12] you mentioned he did come to the

[9:13] community council I watts there

[9:15] that night and this means a lot

[9:17] of we had members of our

[9:19] community who grew up in den bar

[9:21] when you presented the community

[9:22] council I want to highlight how

[9:24] much this means to the folks who

[9:26] grew up in that community and

[9:29] sadly saw it torn down to make

[9:31] way for red bank. So, thank you

[9:34] for all your hard work on this.

[9:34] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: to

[9:36] add on that, I would say that

[9:38] evening was probably one of the

[9:39] most meaningful and powerful

[9:41] that I have had on council. I

[9:43] mean I had a roomful of people,

[9:45] maybe a hundred plus, very

[9:47] diverse old, young, black,

[9:49] white, it was very cathartic for

[9:51] the community. You had members

[9:53] of the community who talked

[9:55] being displaced and folks

[9:56] sitting next to them who in the

[10:00] end sad I had no idea, I thought

[10:02] it was incredibly powerful this

[10:04] just going through this exercise

[10:08] with the community.

[10:09] >> Councilmember Harris: for me,

[10:12] one of the most powerful

[10:14] madisonville experiences was

[10:15] with you, PRESIDENT Pro tem

[10:19] parks, we were out and you

[10:21] walked me through we were just

[10:23] like going around the

[10:24] neighborhood you were like let

[10:26] me tell you about this street

[10:28] corner, this family, and

[10:31] connecting it to present things

[10:32] that happen on the council. One

[10:34] thing I never forget, you sort

[10:37] of connect it had to how

[10:40] neighbors migrate between in

[10:41] neighborhoods. And so I just

[10:43] think, yeah, I appreciate you

[10:45] doing that and just like the

[10:47] deep history, mean there are a

[10:48] lot of communities that have a

[10:50] lot of deep history I got the

[10:51] insight through being able to

[10:54] like learn about it from your

[10:56] family. PRESIDENT Pro tem

[10:58] parks?

[10:59] >> Councilmember Parks: good.

[11:03] I'm happy about that. My aunts

[11:05] lived in madisonville, my

[11:07] mother's sisters, one in

[11:09] silverton one in madisonville.

[11:11] And so as a kid, you know, we

[11:13] went to birthday parties and

[11:15] sleep overs. My cousins were

[11:19] there. They are like sister

[11:23] cousins. And so I know about

[11:25] dunbar neighborhood and the

[11:28] cemetery and just all of the

[11:30] history, the richness of

[11:35] madisonville. So, this -- what?

[11:36] >> [Indiscernible].

[11:37] >> Councilmember Parks: the

[11:39] creamy whip, other the creamy

[11:42] whip in madisonville, that's

[11:48] right. So thank you. Thank you

[11:49] councilmember, this is

[11:52] wonderful. Thank you. I

[11:53] appreciate your time and

[11:56] attention to it.

[11:57] >> Councilmember Harris: agreed.

[11:58] All right, without objection

[12:00] we'll move item number 1 for

[12:01] passage.

[12:02] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[12:04] number 2 is a grant ordinance

[12:06] for the cincinnati health

[12:07] department, this would be a

[12:14] grant of up to $349,000 from

[12:16] ohio department of health,

[12:19] community and faith based infant

[12:21] and maternal health support

[12:23] services program grant. The

[12:27] goal here is to focus on

[12:28] improving maternal health and

[12:30] birth outcomes through the

[12:33] increase of prenatal and post

[12:35] pardon doctors visits and

[12:38] supporting nutrition of mothers.

[12:39] >> Councilmember Harris: yeah,

[12:40] I'm glad to see this grant. I

[12:42] know in our city and region the

[12:46] past decade or so we have been

[12:50] really making huge strides and

[12:52] investments in maternal health

[12:54] and over come some of toes

[12:57] disparities. Kudos to the

[12:58] health department.

[12:59] >> Councilmember Albi: I want to

[13:00] highlight we're in the middle of

[13:02] nation at black maternal health

[13:05] week, it is APRIL 11-17. This

[13:06] is important week to recognize

[13:09] there are some very stark

[13:12] statistics and facts about how

[13:14] maternal health so pull a couple

[13:15] data from 36 states finds that

[13:17] more than 80% of pregnancy

[13:19] related deaths were preventable.

[13:21] And black women are

[13:22] approximately 3 times more

[13:24] likely to die from a pregnancy

[13:26] related cause than white women.

[13:28] So I am really glad to see this

[13:29] grant come through. It is such

[13:32] an important thing and it is

[13:34] important to the making sure

[13:37] that our city continues to grow,

[13:41] thrive, and people are healthy,

[13:42] especially expect and mothers,

[13:43] I'm excited to have this before

[13:44] us.

[13:44] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[13:45] right, without objection we'll

[13:51] move item number 2 for passage.

[13:53] >> DR. Dudas: item 3 is a grant

[13:55] nor the police department. This

[13:59] is the drive to succeed 2024

[14:00] grant. The administration would

[14:03] ask that this item be held for

[14:06] one week. Police was just

[14:08] notified of a slight increase in

[14:12] the grant award amount and given

[14:14] that, we would like to hold this

[14:16] for a week and come back with a

[14:19] b version with the increased

[14:23] grant amount.

[14:24] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[14:26] objection we'll hold item number 3.

[14:29] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[14:29] number 3 is a grant ordinance

[14:31] for the cincinnati recreation

[14:36] commission. This is a grant up

[14:41] to $191,000 from the hamilton

[14:43] county digital divide public

[14:44] wi-fi grant program. These

[14:47] funds would enable crc to

[14:49] install public wi-fi

[14:52] infrastructure at various crc

[14:54] park locations.

[14:57] >> Councilmember Harris:

[14:59] fantastic.

[15:00] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: do we

[15:02] know the locations, DR. Dudas,

[15:04] where these are going?

[15:05] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, to

[15:07] the councilmember, I have not

[15:09] seen the final list of

[15:11] locations, but we can coordinate

[15:14] with crc to identify where those

[15:15] are.

[15:16] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: I ask

[15:18] the in part I was out at winton

[15:22] hill recently and this is a big

[15:22] issue not just at the crc but in

[15:24] the community is wi-fi access,

[15:27] that was the genesis of my

[15:27] question.

[15:30] >> Councilmember Harris:

[15:31] absolutely. All right. Without

[15:36] objection we'll move item number 4 for passage.

[15:37] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair item

[15:40] number 5 is a donation for the

[15:41] cincinnati police department.

[15:45] This is an in-kind donation of a

[15:46] therapy dog related equipment

[15:49] and supplies and training

[15:53] services. This value is $8,000.

[15:57] The dog is coming from the k-9s

[16:00] for warriors group. And the

[16:03] therapy dog will be utilized by

[16:06] the police department's peer

[16:11] support team.

[16:12] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[16:14] objection we'll move item number 5 for passage.

[16:16] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[16:19] number 6 is a donation ordinance

[16:20] for the department of

[16:22] transportation and engineering.

[16:25] This is a scholarship that is

[16:28] being donated valued at $3,300.

[16:34] This is from the north carolina

[16:38] toto, nacto, the will send one

[16:43] dote employee to the nacto

[16:45] designing cities 2024 conference

[16:48] next month in miami, florida.

[16:50] >> Councilmember Harris: I mean

[16:51] they could have picked a better

[16:52] location.

[16:54] >> they should have picked miami

[16:57] in JANUARY, that would have been

[16:59] nice. The only comment is

[17:01] similar to the training that

[17:01] councilmember cramerding talks

[17:03] about. I think this is great

[17:06] the continuing to make sure our

[17:07] employees are trained on the

[17:09] latest and greatest, thank them

[17:10] for this.

[17:12] >> that's right. All right.

[17:13] Without objection we'll move

[17:17] item number 6 for passage.

[17:19] >> DR. Dudas: item number 7 is a

[17:22] mid year adjustment ordinance

[17:27] for the dced, there are two

[17:29] items included here in this

[17:31] ordinance. The first is the

[17:35] transfer of $5 million from the

[17:37] general fund balance sheet

[17:37] reserve a down affordable

[17:39] housing. This is the five

[17:41] million dollars that was set

[17:46] aside as part of the fiscal year

[17:47] 2023 close out process. The

[17:49] department is now transferring

[17:52] and we are appropriating those

[17:54] funds department of community

[17:56] and economic development non

[17:58] person operating budget which

[18:01] will facilitate providing those

[18:03] resources to the cincinnati

[18:04] development fund for affordable

[18:06] housing projects. The second

[18:10] part of the ordinance is

[18:12] transferring $280,000 from a

[18:15] balance sheet reserve account

[18:17] hampton in reserve account for

[18:18] capital projects. This is

[18:21] funding that easies in parking

[18:23] system facilities fund 102. It

[18:26] is being transferred and

[18:28] appropriated to the operating

[18:30] budget for parking, division of

[18:33] parking facilities. Those funds

[18:37] will be utilized for satisfying

[18:40] the terms of a garage finances

[18:43] agreement which is with 3,000

[18:46] vine llc. In both cases

[18:47] existing funds are being

[18:50] utilized and transferred in this

[18:51] ordinance.

[18:52] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[18:57] you, DR. Dudas. I also wanted

[18:59] to say we often have these mid

[19:02] year adjustment orders or second

[19:06] orders odds because allocation

[19:08] of dollars at the budget, at the

[19:10] conclusion of the budget process

[19:11] doesn't then get those dollars

[19:14] to projects. And so, for people

[19:17] who track it closely you will

[19:19] likely see allocations come

[19:21] before us multiple times based

[19:23] on the expenditures these

[19:25] dollars are not new. Second

[19:26] thing I want to highlight I want

[19:29] to bring back the $5 million

[19:33] that we're transferring to cdf,

[19:34] those dollars are in our motion

[19:40] that we passed I think MARCH 23

[19:43] or 22, 23, it is fine. When we

[19:46] passed it, we essentially said

[19:48] that those dollars had to be

[19:49] highly learned and those dollars

[19:53] had to go to projects affordable

[19:54] to 80% ami or lower. And so

[19:57] want toking just highlight that

[19:59] those city dollars that we set

[20:02] aside have a specific earmark in

[20:07] use in cdf. All right. Without

[20:10] objection we'll move item number 7 for passage.

[20:12] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[20:16] number 8 is a ordinance, this is

[20:18] related to the urban forestry

[20:19] assessment. This ordinance from

[20:24] parks will establish the 2025

[20:25] urban forestry program

[20:27] assessment equalization board.

[20:29] This is a requirement under the

[20:32] ohio revised code when there are

[20:35] objections to the urban forestry

[20:37] assessment there are current

[20:38] objections, so this ordinance

[20:41] would appoint three

[20:43] disinterested free holders,

[20:44] hamilton county residents but

[20:48] not city residents to the

[20:49] scalings board and they

[20:50] equalization

[20:52] board and they will meet on

[20:54] APRIL 30 at 12:30 P.M. To hear

[20:58] the objections to the

[21:00] assessment.

[21:00] >> Councilmember Harris: great.

[21:02] Without objection we'll move

[21:04] item number 8 for passage.

[21:06] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[21:08] number 9 is a ordinance that

[21:09] would authorizes the city

[21:11] manager to take all necessary

[21:14] and proper actions to cooperate

[21:20] with the director of the owe dot

[21:24] this is related to odot's

[21:25] planned replacement of

[21:27] pedestrian bridges with a shared

[21:31] use path bridge over interstate

[21:34] 71, interstate 471 and route 22

[21:37] from van meter street in mt.

[21:40] Adams to east court street.

[21:43] This work is being done by odot

[21:45] but the agreement is necessary

[21:47] for the city to make right of

[21:49] way and city property available

[21:54] for odot to use as part of the

[21:56] project.

[21:57] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: this

[21:58] is a great project. There is a

[22:00] bridge there now as people know

[22:02] it is narrow and a little run

[22:04] down. If you look at the new

[22:05] designs that odot which they did

[22:07] a fair amount of engagement and

[22:11] surveys of folks, a lot wider

[22:13] bridge for both pedestrians and

[22:15] cyclists and easier to get up.

[22:18] It connects downtown and mt.

[22:20] Adams in the a lot better more

[22:23] efficient way.

[22:24] >> Councilmember Harris: agreed

[22:27] greed. Without objection we'll

[22:28] put item number 9 on for

[22:28] passage.

[22:31] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[22:33] number 10 is a motion submitted

[22:33] by --

[22:34] >> Vice Mayor Kearney: excuse

[22:36] me, I'm sorry, excuse me for

[22:38] interrupting I was going to say

[22:39] this is our motion and we're

[22:42] indefinite postponing it.

[22:43] >> Councilmember Harris: great.

[22:44] >> Vice Mayor Kearney: sorry to

[22:45] interrupt.

[22:46] >> Councilmember Harris: item 10

[22:49] we'll indefinite postpone.

[22:51] We'll move to item number 11.

[22:52] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[22:54] number 11 this is at budget

[22:57] policy motion. This is from

[22:59] councilmember harris, anna albi,

[23:01] walsh, parks, cramerding,

[23:03] jeffreys, johnson and the vice

[23:06] mayor. It provides council's

[23:07] budget policy direction to the

[23:09] city administration for the

[23:14] fiscal year 2025 budget update.

[23:14] >> Councilmember Harris: great,

[23:16] thank you. First I want to

[23:18] extend a hard I thank you to all

[23:21] my colleagues for your work on

[23:22] this.

[23:24] Some folks have asked why are we

[23:26] doing this this way and we're

[23:27] being more broad at the

[23:29] beginning. One of the things

[23:30] that the administration had a

[23:30] conversation with our office

[23:33] about that, I actually really

[23:35] precious that in the budget

[23:36] process having a broader sense

[23:38] of what our values are and our

[23:40] goals can also help with sort of

[23:42] the allocation of existing

[23:43] revenue, so it is not always

[23:46] about what is the new spend but

[23:48] like that we might be spending

[23:49] dollars in areas that are a

[23:51] priority for us so they have a

[23:53] larger understanding of what's

[23:54] important. When the city

[23:55] manager comes back she can

[23:57] address some of these things and

[23:59] n a more comprehensive way I

[24:00] thought that made sense. We

[24:01] will get back to the process

[24:03] where we're starting to get down

[24:08] a little bit more into the weeds

[24:09] but this broader sense will be

[24:10] helpful and hopefully see more

[24:17] of our values reflected. Yeah?

[24:21] >> I want to thank you your job

[24:23] a good job of organizing this.

[24:26] It can be really unwieldy and so

[24:28] many things we want to do and

[24:29] accomplish, and this helps us a

[24:33] lot of thank you for the

[24:34] process.

[24:34] >> Councilmember Harris: credit

[24:37] to my chief of staff, gus, he's

[24:39] incredibly organized, very good

[24:44] handle on this. And I think,

[24:46] you know, they meet weekly and

[24:49] all in touch. Yeah.

[24:52] Absolutely. All right.

[24:53] >> Councilmember Owens: thank

[24:54] you, I will add the same echos,

[24:56] thank you so much for creating a

[24:58] great process. I do think this

[25:00] was a more efficient way to talk

[25:03] about in a comprehensive manner

[25:04] our priorities. And so it was

[25:08] good to see that we are largely

[25:10] aligned. And so being proactive

[25:12] in what community safety means

[25:15] for cincinnati, identifying

[25:16] growth at the neighborhood

[25:18] level, certainly important.

[25:19] Service delivery, all of those

[25:21] pieces that keep a city

[25:23] functioning and growing and

[25:26] recognize that's we know our tax

[25:26] dollars are not treatment as it

[25:28] relates to non-profits and

[25:30] competitive processes,

[25:32] extremely, extremely important.

[25:33] Twenty-two to your office and

[25:37] all of my colleagues.

[25:38] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[25:38] right. So without objection

[25:42] we'll move item number 11 for

[25:44] passage. And with that, this

[25:45] meeting is adjourned.

[25:47] -captioning questions call

[25:48] 305-3991. Program info visit

[25:59] www.Cincinnati-oh.Gov/citicable.

Budget and Finance Committee on 2024-04-15 1:00 PM

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