[1:15] www.Cincinnati-oh.Gov/citicable. Owens

[4:00] >> Councilmember Harris: welcome

[4:01] to budget and finance, I'm the

[4:02] reggie harris joined by

[4:04] councilmember cramerding, we

[4:07] have councilmember walsh and

[4:09] johnson and owens, council

[4:10] members anna albi and jeffreys.

[4:11] From the administration DR.

[4:14] Dudas from budget, monica morton

[4:16] from finances,er today faaborg

[4:20] from law. Our clerk is robert

[4:24] neely. We s do not or --

[4:27] PRESIDENT Pro tem parks in the

[4:31] house. I don't know why I said

[4:33] that.

[4:36] [Laughter].

[4:37] >> [Indiscernible].

[4:38] >> Councilmember Harris: wow,

[4:40] okay, I guess it is going to be

[4:45] one of those mondays. All

[4:49] right. And we will have two

[5:24] public speakers.

[5:25] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[5:28] right. Public speakers, we have

[5:30] two public speakers, first is

[5:32] evan walker, you have the

[5:36] privilege of the floor for 2

[5:44] munitz.

[5:46] >> hello, council thank you for

[5:49] having me. I'm co-founder

[5:50] cincinnati skate park project.

[5:52] Spoken here a few times, been to

[5:54] a few budget sessions and just

[5:57] want to thank council and the

[6:00] city for backing skateboarding,

[6:02] for coming out in support of

[6:06] what is a very unique and

[6:08] specifically urban sport,

[6:11] sometimes people call it a art,

[6:12] lifestyle, it is transportation

[6:16] source. And I know the city

[6:18] pushing for complete streets,

[6:20] streets that are safe I safe are

[6:22] for pedestrians. We the green

[6:24] cincinnati plan pushing for more

[6:25] sustainable transport. We want

[6:27] to make it easier for people to

[6:30] get around town, get out of

[6:32] cars, get active. And, you

[6:35] know, also we know that kids, we

[6:39] want to keep kids engaged and

[6:40] skateboarding is uniquely

[6:41] popular support with young

[6:43] people. And so we want to find

[6:45] as many ways possible to get

[6:47] them outside, get them active.

[6:50] We're working on a skate park

[6:51] with your support and this will

[6:52] help us get kids to the skate

[6:56] park without needing to get a

[6:58] ride, find a way there. They

[7:00] can skate and we skate around

[7:02] town, people can skate to work.

[7:04] I think the timing is good with

[7:07] the olympics in paris this

[7:08] summer, skateboarding will be in

[7:11] the olympics it is time to make

[7:12] it morsel here

[7:15] can be here in

[7:16] cincinnati and thank you for

[7:18] your efforts in doing that.

[7:19] >>

[7:19] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[7:22] you, next is randy brown. You

[7:23] have the privilege of the floor

[7:25] for two minutes.

[7:26] >> thank you councilmember

[7:28] harris, council for having us

[7:30] this afternoon. I'm randy

[7:33] brown, homeowner, skateboarder,

[7:34] live and work in city of

[7:36] cincinnati for the past 13

[7:38] years. I'm here to support this

[7:42] change to the city legislation.

[7:44] Like evan walker my friend said,

[7:46] I work with the skate park

[7:47] project. Skateboarding and

[7:50] roller skating, are safe and

[7:52] environmentally sustainable,

[7:53] healthy forms of transportation

[7:56] and recreation. I think it is

[7:58] long over due, frankly, that the

[8:01] city welcome skateboards and

[8:05] roller skates and skating and

[8:06] coasting on city streets for a

[8:09] variety of rosemary that are

[8:10] enumerated in the whereas

[8:11] clauses and thank you for

[8:13] considering this change to your

[8:14] legislation.

[8:16] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[8:19] you. All right, has the zoom

[8:21] speaker logged on?

[8:22] No, all right. That concludes

[8:25] public comment. We'll jump into

[8:28] the agenda.

[8:29] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair item

[8:32] number 1 is ray municipal code

[8:33] modification. This ordinance

[8:38] would modify provisions of 723,

[8:40] streets and sidewalks, use

[8:42] regulations of the communes pal

[8:45] code. It would and skating or

[8:48] coasting devices, skateboards

[8:50] and other coasting device

[8:51] regulation, essentially this

[8:54] would expand where skateboards

[8:56] and similar coasting devices can

[8:59] be utilized on certain city

[9:01] streets. And what operators of

[9:07] those devices must do in terms

[9:10] of pedestrians. So this amends

[9:15] streets and sidewalks use

[9:16] regulations.

[9:17] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[9:19] you, so I will also hand it over

[9:22] to my colleague, MR. Jeffreyses,

[9:23] we have been working on this for

[9:26] a white while now. And you know

[9:28] at the heart this ordinance I

[9:32] think really affirms our

[9:36] commitment we made when we

[9:39] allocated, $500,000 for new

[9:41] skating facilities and our

[9:45] traffic laws are out of date.

[9:46] For non car users and we're

[9:49] beginning to make them reflect

[9:54] urban multimodal environmental,

[9:56] this idea of multimodal

[9:57] transportation that we talked

[9:59] about. When we think about

[10:00] complete streets ordinance,

[10:03] vision zero, our investments in

[10:06] traffic calming connected

[10:08] communities are and putting our

[10:09] streets as placing places that

[10:11] are welcoming all users. When

[10:13] we think about this ordinance it

[10:15] lays out a couple things t. Lays

[10:18] our out our prioritization for

[10:19] skateboarding in the whereas

[10:22] clauses so remove skateboarding

[10:23] from the traffic code and heard

[10:25] at the city office of

[10:26] administration hearings, not

[10:27] court. It eliminates the

[10:29] possibility of jail time and

[10:31] reduces the fine. It cleans up

[10:33] the code to more clearly define

[10:35] skating or coasting device so

[10:37] there is no ambiguity when it

[10:39] comes to roller belating, non

[10:42] electric execute s, it remoms

[10:44] outdated regulating

[10:46] skateboarding, section 3 of the

[10:48] owe ever that skating and

[10:50] coasting devices so one without

[10:52] do and safety and rights of

[10:55] pedestrians and occupants of

[10:59] other vehicles to endanger the

[11:01] life, limb, or property a.

[11:04] Sidewalks or other areas without

[11:05] exercising reasonable or

[11:08] ordinary control and in weaving

[11:11] or zigzag course and that

[11:12] necessary for safe operation or

[11:14] in compliance with the law or at

[11:17] speed greater than is reasonable

[11:19] and prudent under the conditions

[11:22] then existing. Our officers

[11:25] have been work with the lieu

[11:27] department for I think a year

[11:30] and a half on this. So the law

[11:32] department has been incredible

[11:34] in doing their due diligence to

[11:38] make sure that we're still

[11:38] staying comply and the with law

[11:39] and keeping people safe, but

[11:42] we're not criminalizing over

[11:43] criminalizing skateboarding when

[11:45] we're investing in skate parks

[11:47] and seeing here go skateboard

[11:50] but here are all these offenses.

[11:52] So with that I will turn it over

[11:54] to councilmember jeffreys.

[11:55] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: a few

[11:57] things to adhere. So this is

[12:02] about making skateboarding more

[12:05] can be, if you vie light it you

[12:07] could have jail time which seems

[12:10] over the top if you

[12:11] skateboarding it a

[12:12] administrative fine as it should

[12:15] be. It adds a few things which

[12:19] you mention zig-zagging, things

[12:19] like that are not safe and says

[12:21] says that's not reasonable and

[12:22] also speed. So we want to make

[12:24] sure that people are doing it

[12:27] responsibly but that it is also

[12:28] a mode of transportation for

[12:31] folks who do want to do it. So,

[12:33] I think it is a good update to

[12:35] our code to make sure that it is

[12:38] a now a mode of transportation

[12:39] for more people but also the

[12:41] people who do skateboard are

[12:43] mindful 6 doing it in a very

[12:48] responsible way.

[12:49] >> Councilmember Johnson: we do

[12:52] want to be more friendly in

[12:53] different modes of

[12:55] transportation, absolutely. But

[12:57] and I'm glad law is looking into

[12:59] it. But we also want to -- and

[13:02] said it, MR. CHAIRMAN, and I

[13:04] know you and MR. Jeffreys have

[13:07] looked into this. But we want

[13:11] to make sure safety

[13:17] safeties the number 1 issue for both

[13:18] skateboarders and those still

[13:21] operating motor vehicles. We

[13:23] just don't want it -- I pray

[13:25] that we are making sure that

[13:29] even if we got to get back to

[13:30] skateboard lanes, fantastic, but

[13:33] we want to make sure that skate

[13:34] boarders and vehicles are not

[13:36] meeting each other because

[13:39] that's not going to be a good

[13:41] mix. That mix never wins. We

[13:44] don't win when cars meet cars,

[13:47] so I thank you, I'm all for

[13:50] making sure different modes of

[13:51] transportation and skateboarding

[13:54] is not a crime. As a police

[13:57] officer, years ago, it was

[13:59] ridiculous how some officers

[14:01] responded to skate boarders. I

[14:04] just pray that everybody is

[14:08] making sure safeties the number

[14:10] one issue. Thank you,

[14:10] MR. CHAIRMAN.

[14:11] >> Councilmember Harris: thank

[14:12] you, and I think and to your

[14:15] point one of the things that the

[14:19] law department did was add in

[14:20] additional language that

[14:22] actually defined that piece so

[14:25] that piece around zig-zagging if

[14:26] we're fought going to create

[14:29] this sort of space for it, what

[14:31] we didn't provide was like what

[14:33] does it mean. So to your point,

[14:36] I think that was law

[14:38] department's very, they north

[14:40] star was like we do want to

[14:42] decriminalize it but we want to

[14:44] have very clear guidance on what

[14:46] is permissible, what isn't and

[14:49] how folks should be operating.

[14:51] All right. Without objection

[14:54] we'll move item number 1 for

[14:54] passage.

[14:56] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[15:00] number 2 is a ordinance from the

[15:01] finances didn't department this

[15:03] would establish a new fund, this

[15:07] would be general gust grands

[15:09] 404. This would be utilized to

[15:11] account for revenue from various

[15:14] grant sources. Essentially due

[15:17] to the proliferation of grants

[15:20] the city has been receiving of

[15:21] late as well as some

[15:24] prohibitions of putting grant

[15:27] funding not general fund this

[15:30] will help us seeing graph gate

[15:32] and track grant resources going

[15:33] moved.

[15:34] >> Councilmember Harris: I love

[15:35] this is a new problem we have to

[15:38] deal with. So cued us to all of

[15:40] the departments for putting in

[15:42] the work and hustle that we have

[15:45] this many grants that we're

[15:47] managing and so that we actually

[15:49] have to amend our processes to

[15:51] support that. So, it is a good

[15:53] problem to have.

[15:55] >> Councilmember Albi: I want to

[15:56] emphasize what you said, this is

[15:58] a good problem to have, I'm

[16:00] grateful to everybody 1 in the

[16:01] vagues that's going after these

[16:03] grants to sure o serve our city

[16:04] and residents and amazing work

[16:06] to tap into these funding

[16:08] sources. So really glad this is

[16:09] going to be make that process

[16:12] more efficient and make it

[16:13] easier for our smaller

[16:13] departments to

[16:15] to be able to go

[16:16] after grant funding. Thank you

[16:20] for bringing this.

[16:20] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[16:22] objection we'll move item number 2 for passage.

[16:24] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[16:27] number 3 is a grant ordinance

[16:29] from the department of city

[16:30] planning and engagement. This

[16:37] is a 25,000-dollar grant it

[16:38] organize with the U.S.

[16:40] Department 69 interior and

[16:42] historic preservation fund which

[16:44] grant funding is passed through

[16:47] the ohio history connection

[16:49] certified local government grant

[16:50] program. The resources are to

[16:53] be used to develop a

[16:55] multiproperty, multiple property

[16:57] documentation form for the

[16:58] historic designation of

[17:00] cincinnati's brewery resources.

[17:02] And this will be the first grant

[17:05] ordinance that will utilize the

[17:09] new general gust grants fund.

[17:10] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: so,

[17:11] let let me explain what this is.

[17:13] So we have been working for

[17:14] several months with people in

[17:16] the preservation community on

[17:18] this initiative. Which seems

[17:22] kind of bizarre brewery tunnels

[17:23] but what uc shares with us is we

[17:26] have more brewery tunnels than

[17:27] anywhere in the united states,

[17:29] maybe even the world. Why?

[17:31] because we have a laggerring

[17:33] industry. When we brewed lagger

[17:36] beers you have to have a certain

[17:38] temperature and air conditioning

[17:40] wasn't around so we built out

[17:42] tunnels. St. Louis, milwaukee

[17:43] filled them in over time. We

[17:47] still have a lot of them. And

[17:49] this ordinance here is to apply

[17:52] for some grants to finish

[17:53] cataloging what those are. Why

[17:55] does it matter?

[17:56] So we would then apply for

[17:59] what's called a multisite

[18:00] designation engaging with the

[18:02] property owners, but this is a

[18:04] huge opportunity for the city.

[18:06] Think about this as a tourist

[18:08] already people come and tour the

[18:11] brewery tunnels, which are cool.

[18:14] You know, and organizations or

[18:16] companies like ghost baby which

[18:19] if you haven't been to ghost

[18:20] baby it is amazing have

[18:23] commercial lized it. And it is

[18:25] a huge opportunity to.

[18:27] Protect these but then also

[18:29] ultimately create a new tourist

[18:31] even more robust tourist

[18:32] attraction that's something very

[18:34] unique cincinnati. So super

[18:37] excited for this to apply for

[18:41] the grant.

[18:43] >> Councilmember Harris:

[18:46] awesome.

[18:47] >> Councilmember Owens: thank

[18:48] you, you identity everything

[18:49] these are assets that in your on

[18:51] city that we should cherish.

[18:54] Who knows what we can can come

[18:56] about as we save them and turn

[18:58] them into productive things.

[19:01] Thank you.

[19:02] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[19:08] objection we'll move item number 3 for page passage.

[19:08] >>

[19:09] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair item

[19:10] number 4 is a ordinance from

[19:12] councilmember owens, this would

[19:15] authorizes the city manager and

[19:17] employees of councilmember

[19:18] owens' staff to solicit and

[19:19] accept donations of money, in

[19:21] kind contributions and other

[19:23] things of value from the

[19:25] business community, individual

[19:27] benefactors and other available

[19:31] sources. These would be used to

[19:34] facilitate the mind your

[19:36] business mental health summit

[19:38] JUNE first.

[19:39] >> Councilmember Harris: I think

[19:42] that's hilarious, minding your

[19:44] business, councilmember owens.

[19:45] >> Councilmember Owens: thank

[19:47] you, sounds like we did the name

[19:49] justice. So yeah so mental

[19:51] health is such an important

[19:53] topic and anytime we elevate

[19:54] this conversation in the

[19:56] community we should do that. So

[20:00] coming offer heels of the just

[20:02] bro tour, we want to continue

[20:03] this. The city has, you know,

[20:06] we have the ability to convene

[20:08] and to continue to highlight the

[20:10] need. But taking it a step

[20:13] further where it is an event

[20:15] that's going to be based on

[20:18] plenary sessions, fire side

[20:19] chat, all these opportunities

[20:22] around learning, ceu being able

[20:25] to people to benefit from that.

[20:28] So, education, destigmatizing

[20:29] families, suicide, all of these

[20:31] pieces. This related to item

[20:33] number 6, it will be at the

[20:34] freedom center. We are, would

[20:36] go in conjunction with the

[20:38] mental health recovery board so

[20:43] it should be an exciting day.

[20:43] >> Councilmember Albi: thank

[20:45] you, well thank you

[20:46] councilmember owens for this

[20:48] mental health is so important.

[20:50] Mental health emotional well

[20:51] being all that being able to

[20:52] work through that is obviously

[20:53] important. So I would like to

[20:56] understand a little more

[20:57] procedurally how items 4 and 6

[20:59] work together. Is it

[21:00] essentially like the city is

[21:03] like doing a loan for

[21:04] this/excellent and repayment?

[21:06] I don't know whoever can walk me

[21:08] through that process.

[21:09] >> Councilmember Owens: we will

[21:11] accept donations and item number 6 will allow us to get

[21:12] this event going. So that would

[21:16] be how it would work.

[21:17] >> Councilmember Albi: isn't I

[21:18] haven't something like this, so

[21:23] where do knows initial $20,000

[21:26] go?

[21:28] What is it paying for?

[21:30] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, to

[21:34] the councilmember, so item

[21:36] number 6 a laws essentially

[21:39] utilizes resources from the

[21:42] general fund balance seat

[21:43] reserve account and enables the

[21:47] city to have funding available

[21:49] to do the certified contracts

[21:52] for speakers and any other costs

[21:54] related to that in advance of

[21:56] when the donations would be

[21:59] received. Once the donations

[22:00] are received, then that funding

[22:03] would be replenished. And item

[22:06] number 6 con taken legislation

[22:09] that would return the $20,000 to

[22:13] that reserve by JUNE 15th,

[22:15] assuming that donations are

[22:18] received in that amount.

[22:19] >> Councilmember Albi: so if I'm

[22:20] understanding correctly the up

[22:22] front costs are going mostly to

[22:25] speaker fees or rental fees for

[22:27] the space?

[22:29] >> DR. Dudas: yes, that's my

[22:29] understanding.

[22:30] >> Councilmember Albi: thank you

[22:32] so much. And then I'm sorry one

[22:33] more question because you said

[22:35] JUNE 15, that's the fundraising

[22:37] goal for item number 4 and if we

[22:40] MISS That deadline, does

[22:41] anything happen?

[22:42] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, to

[22:45] the councilmember, the ordinance

[22:46] returns the money from the

[22:49] general fund to the reserves so

[22:51] we would have to have an

[22:52] accounting of what was received

[22:56] versus what was spent. We have

[22:57] estimated $20,000 as the

[22:58] expenditures, we'll have to see

[23:00] what the final amount is and

[23:02] we'll have to see the final

[23:04] donation amount comes to to

[23:06] reconcile on JUNE 15th.

[23:07] >> Councilmember Albi: thank

[23:08] you. Appreciate that.

[23:10] >> Councilmember Harris: so I

[23:11] think in general councilmember

[23:14] anna albi I planned 3 events.

[23:18] It always the timing is always a

[23:21] challenge, but typically when

[23:22] you fund raise it is -- even

[23:24] though we're the city, we have

[23:25] to pay for everything, pay for

[23:27] the use of the space, pay for

[23:29] the av, insurance costs, there

[23:32] is speaker costs, there is food

[23:36] costs, there is crab rat and

[23:40] materials, so you will see in

[23:42] upcoming budget my office will

[23:44] have a budget request for black

[23:46] developers conference, but

[23:48] that's because the timing

[23:49] allowed for me to do it before.

[23:52] But just in terms of the being

[23:54] in the prey perimeters 6 costs

[23:58] for an event is well within what

[24:00] that would cost.

[24:00] >> Councilmember Owens: yes, all

[24:02] of those items I thought were

[24:03] talking specific account

[24:04] numbers, but yeah, all those

[24:06] pieces will help us get this

[24:07] going. We will certainly not go

[24:13] over budget with this event.

[24:13] >> Councilmember Harris: okay.

[24:15] We're talking about number 4

[24:17] without objection, item number 4

[24:19] we'll move item number 4 fore

[24:19] passage.

[24:21] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[24:25] number 5 this is a transfer

[24:26] ordinance for councilmember anna

[24:28] albi. This would transfer $500,

[24:31] these are existing funds with in

[24:34] the councilmember's budget being

[24:37] transferred from personnel to

[24:40] non personnel for budget

[24:41] realignment purposes.

[24:42] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[24:43] right. Without objection we'll

[24:45] move item number 5 for passage.

[24:48] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[24:51] number 6 as previously discussed

[24:53] is the companion ordinance to

[24:55] item number 4 related to the

[24:56] minding your business mental

[24:58] health summit this. Would

[25:01] utilize or transfer $20,000 from

[25:04] the general fund balance sheet

[25:09] reserve reserve for budget

[25:11] contingency. And that as city

[25:13] manager's budget that would

[25:16] allow for certification of funds

[25:18] to various contracts and

[25:22] expenses related to the summit

[25:25] while fundraising continues.

[25:28] And then it does return those

[25:35] dollars to source as of JUNE 15.

[25:36] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[25:37] right.

[25:37] >> Councilmember Owens: one more

[25:39] thing to happen, it is happening

[25:45] JUNE 1 at the freedom center.

[25:45] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[25:47] objection we'll move item number 6 for passage.

[25:50] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[25:52] number 7 this is the final

[25:55] adjustment ordinance for the yen

[25:56] year end for the general fund.

[25:59] So this does several things,

[26:02] primarily this authorizes the

[26:08] transfer of $15 million with in

[26:09] the general fund. The final

[26:12] adjustment ordinance is the

[26:13] ordinance, the ordinances we do

[26:15] at the end of the year to ensure

[26:17] that all department accounts

[26:20] have enough funding to meet

[26:22] their expenses through the end

[26:25] of the fiscal year. In this

[26:28] case in the general fund of that

[26:32] $15.2 million that's being

[26:34] transferred, 9.7 million is

[26:36] within an operations those are

[26:38] existing and that transferred

[26:39] within departments or from one

[26:42] department to another. There is

[26:44] the remaining $5.5 million is

[26:46] what we would consider a

[26:47] supplemental appropriation, so

[26:50] this is above and beyond what

[26:52] was authorized in the general

[26:56] fund in the budget. Of that

[26:59] $5.5 million, police has a need

[27:00] of $1.8 million, and fire has a

[27:04] need of $3.8 million primarily

[27:06] related to over time expenses as

[27:08] we have documented in our

[27:11] monthly budget monitoring

[27:13] reports. This ordinance also

[27:15] accomplishes three other things,

[27:19] first is $591,000 in the fire

[27:22] department budget that is being

[27:23] trans period from the general

[27:25] fund to the fire grants and

[27:27] donations fund. These funds

[27:30] were originated from a grant to

[27:31] provide resources for a health

[27:34] case worker and other expenses

[27:37] socialed with the social service

[27:38] outreach program. This will

[27:39] make those funds available so

[27:42] those services can continue past

[27:46] the end of the fiscal year. The

[27:49] second additional item is

[27:51] $200,000 that is being

[27:53] transferred to the special

[27:56] events fund. This will provide

[27:58] resources for summer in cincy

[28:01] programming to help reduce youth

[28:03] violence since that's a summer

[28:04] program that crosses fiscal

[28:06] years so this will make those

[28:07] funds available for the entirety

[28:10] of the summer. And third there

[28:14] is a transfer and appropriation

[28:15] of $410,000 from the general

[28:17] fund to the existing capital

[28:20] improvement program project

[28:21] account for the martin luther

[28:24] king junior monument. This will

[28:26] provide enough resources to

[28:29] complete the project based on

[28:31] current estimates for the scope

[28:37] of the project.

[28:39] >> Councilmember Harris: any

[28:40] questions?

[28:41] All right. Without objection

[28:45] we'll move item number 7 for

[28:45] passage.

[28:46] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[28:49] number 8 this is the final

[28:51] adjustment ordinance for the

[28:53] restricted funds so similar in

[28:55] concept but for the restricted

[28:57] funds. This will guarantee all

[29:01] of those funds have sufficient

[29:03] resources to make it to the end

[29:05] of the fiscal year. The

[29:09] restricted funds ordinance

[29:13] transfers $8.7 million,

[29:14] $7.1 million so the vast

[29:16] majorities within an

[29:17] appropriations meaning those are

[29:19] existing funds that are being

[29:22] transferred within those funds

[29:24] from areas of savings to areas

[29:26] of needs. There are

[29:28] $1.7 million worth of

[29:29] supplemental appropriations,

[29:32] those supplemental

[29:35] appropriations cross 8 funds.

[29:37] The municipal golf fund needs

[29:39] additional resources due to wear

[29:41] and tear on the golf courses due

[29:46] to increased rounds of play.

[29:48] The storm water utility fund

[29:51] requires additional resources

[29:53] for a portion of the additional

[29:56] costs of the city's recycling

[29:59] contract. And cincinnati

[30:00] recreation commission recreation

[30:03] special activities funds

[30:03] requires supplemental

[30:05] appropriation related to the a

[30:08] quality exhibit bonus and

[30:10] recruitment plan that council

[30:11] put in the place last summer.

[30:13] So there will provide enough

[30:16] funds to cover those expenses.

[30:18] And five funds require minor

[30:21] adjustments for worker

[30:25] compensation insurance.

[30:26] >> Councilmember Harris:

[30:26] councilmember johnson?

[30:27] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank

[30:29] you, MR. CHAIRMAN, DR. Dudas I

[30:32] don't know if this question is

[30:34] even answerable. How many years

[30:39] behind are we running in some of

[30:41] these maintenance issues?

[30:43] I mean, I do understand that you

[30:45] are getting more people out on

[30:47] our golf courses and things like

[30:49] that. But I'm just, I don't

[30:50] know like I said I don't know if

[30:53] that's a question that could be

[30:57] answered, but it is just amazing

[31:01] what has been left undone in

[31:03] this city.

[31:05] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, to

[31:08] the councilmember, for golf the

[31:11] both the revenues and expenses

[31:13] are the had municipal golf fund

[31:15] so it is self contained.

[31:16] Generally what happens is as

[31:19] rounds of play increase, which

[31:21] generates more wear and tear on

[31:23] the course, that also generates

[31:25] additional revenue in the fund.

[31:28] So what recreation does is

[31:30] assess the condition of the

[31:32] courses each year and as revenue

[31:35] is sufficient, utilizes that to

[31:37] keep the maintenance of the

[31:40] courses up. So it is in that

[31:42] fund it is more so year to year,

[31:44] at least in terms of keeping the

[31:48] courses play able.

[31:51] >> Councilmember Jeffreys:

[31:51] MR. CHAIRMAN?

[31:55] I just a comment outtook

[31:57] on the

[31:59] aquatic's bonus for the last two

[32:01] or three years we haven't been

[32:03] able to hire enough life guards,

[32:04] it is awesome that we figure it

[32:06] had out and clearly we got the

[32:08] bone is right, staffing right,

[32:10] so kudos to crc and the

[32:11] administration for working it.

[32:13] it is a lot of hard work to make

[32:14] sure we have the life guards,

[32:18] but the fact that we have the

[32:21] aquatic's bonus and it enables

[32:22] us to hire people means the

[32:24] pools can be open. So

[32:24] congratulations and thank you

[32:30] for all of your work.

[32:32] >> Councilmember Harris: 24 in

[32:35] 24!. Without objection we'll

[32:37] move item number 8 for passage.

[32:39] >> DR. Dudas: item number 9 is a

[32:42] legislative resolution from the

[32:43] department department of

[32:44] transportation and engineering

[32:47] as part of the 2023 sidewalk

[32:48] safety program. This resolution

[32:51] declares the need for emergency

[32:53] repairs that have already been

[32:55] made to sidewalks, curbs, and/or

[32:57] gutters at a variety of

[32:58] locations and allows for the

[33:01] city to levy property tax

[33:05] assessment for the cost of those

[33:07] repairs. So property owners

[33:09] were noticed of the need to make

[33:11] repairs, having not made those

[33:13] repairs the work was completed

[33:16] by the city. So this resolution

[33:19] would levy the assessment to

[33:22] collect on those repairs. In

[33:24] all, there is 132 parcels

[33:30] identified for total of

[33:32] $257,000.

[33:33] >> Councilmember Harris: all

[33:34] right. Without objection we'll

[33:37] move item number 9 for passage.

[33:39] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[33:43] number 10 this is a report,

[33:44] these next three items relate to

[33:49] the urban forestry assessment.

[33:52] We have just for a refresher

[33:54] step 1 has already been

[33:55] completed to move forward with

[33:59] the forestry assessment. There

[34:04] were objections to that

[34:05] assessment. And council

[34:06] authorized the creation of the

[34:08] urban forestry program

[34:11] assessment equalization board

[34:15] which met on APRIL 30 to hear

[34:16] the objection the. The

[34:19] objection came from csx railroad

[34:20] for nine parcels. This report

[34:22] details the finding of the board

[34:24] which was to maintain the

[34:28] assessment as currently

[34:30] configured. The ohio revised

[34:33] code does require approval of

[34:36] this report before taking on the

[34:42] next two steps in the urban

[34:45] forestry assessment process.

[34:45] >> Councilmember Harris: seeing

[34:47] no objection we'll approve and

[34:49] file item number 10.

[34:51] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[34:55] number 11 this is the ordinance

[34:59] that would carry out step 2 of

[35:00] the urban forestry assessment

[35:02] process. So this ordinance

[35:06] would determine to proper seatd

[35:07] with special assessment for

[35:10] calendar year 2025 for that

[35:15] urban forestry assessment.

[35:16] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[35:18] objection we'll move item number 11 for passage.

[35:20] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[35:23] number 12 this is the third and

[35:25] final step in the urban forestry

[35:28] assessment process. This would

[35:30] levy the special assessment for

[35:34] calendar year five.

[35:35] >> Councilmember Harris:

[35:36] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[35:40] objection we'll move item number 13, item number 12,

[35:43] miskeeping ahead, for passage.

[35:45] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[35:47] number 13 is a report. This is

[35:51] a report related to a council

[35:53] motion that requested an

[35:55] analysis of the feasibility of

[35:58] the ault park fourth of JULY

[36:01] fireworks continuity. The

[36:04] report outlines three options.

[36:08] One, which is to continue with a

[36:14] con sorb crumb or essentially

[36:16] reassume community group

[36:20] managing the process. Second

[36:24] option would be for parks

[36:24] department to self proper dues

[36:26] the fireworks celebration at a

[36:30] cost of about $32,000 annually.

[36:34] Or three, do a hybrid model with

[36:37] community fundraising and parks

[36:41] producing the fireworks

[36:44] celebration.

[36:46] >> thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN, I

[36:47] want to thank parks department

[36:48] for putting this report

[36:49] together. They have worked in

[36:51] lock step with my office in

[36:53] having conversations with the

[36:54] various community groups to get

[36:57] a solid late of the land of what

[37:01] is happening and the high try

[37:02] history. At this time we have a

[37:04] plan to execute over the next

[37:07] plan between the parks

[37:09] department and my offers to

[37:10] chase down the feasibility.

[37:11] We're not seeking money from to

[37:13] council at this point. That's

[37:14] not part of the game plan we

[37:15] have here.

[37:16] Nine initial plan that we

[37:18] understand from the stakeholders

[37:22] is that the fund fundraising is

[37:25] still possible to make it a

[37:27] reality. It has has a shored

[37:28] deadline to make JULY 4 work.

[37:30] We're working and a long term

[37:32] plan to ultimately hand this

[37:34] back to the community to make

[37:36] this sustainable. What's going

[37:38] gone on with this event it has

[37:39] expend run by the same group of

[37:43] volunteers for decades and the

[37:45] next wave hasn't stepped up yet.

[37:47] This is a call to action for

[37:50] them to do so. Anyone who has

[37:53] interest in this reach out to my

[37:54] office and parks department.

[37:57] The time line is very tight but

[37:58] hopefully we'll be back to you

[38:00] with what the next steps are.

[38:01] But again I know there has been

[38:03] concerns we're going to ask

[38:04] council to pay for this. That's

[38:05] not the plan at this stage. It

[38:07] is to help support the

[38:10] community, make it through this

[38:11] bridge year.

[38:12] >> Councilmember Harris: glad to

[38:15] hear that. Also glad to hear

[38:19] parks band width won't be

[38:21] strained. All right. What's

[38:21] that 13?

[38:23] That's a report, right so we'll

[38:28] approve and file that. Item

[38:28] number 14.

[38:32] >> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

[38:33] number 14 is a motion. This was

[38:35] sub petted by councilmember

[38:38] jeffreys, parks, walsh and anna

[38:41] albi, this is request for a

[38:43] report to understand the makeup

[38:46] of the boots on the ground work

[38:47] force in city projects,

[38:50] essentially this would you'll

[38:53] liz payroll data to inform

[38:54] worker inclusion so looking at

[38:57] the workers on city projects

[38:58] specific jobs and projects with

[39:03] the city and how does that mesh

[39:05] with the minority women business

[39:06] enterprise goals.

[39:07] >> Councilmember Harris: I was

[39:10] so confused by this report last

[39:13] week because I immediately

[39:14] thought about the boots on the

[39:16] ground fund and finally we did

[39:19] our report out and we did our

[39:21] meeting they made it but I could

[39:23] not wrap my hand around what you

[39:25] were asking. Now it is all

[39:26] clear, councilmember jeffreys.

[39:27] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: so we

[39:30] have been working with her

[39:33] office on this for sometime. It

[39:37] started with like we as a city

[39:37] have goals for minority

[39:39] inclusion in terms of who owns

[39:41] the business, but we don't have

[39:44] any goals for on any job site

[39:47] how many minority or women

[39:49] workers, browned, are actually

[39:51] on the site. So if we ask today

[39:52] a hundred people on a

[39:54] construction site, how many are

[39:56] win and minorities, we have no

[39:58] idea. And so we don't measure

[40:00] that. So we looked at a bunch

[40:03] of different options. The best

[40:06] is certified payroll, it is a

[40:08] contractor certifies literally

[40:10] by the individual, the

[40:11] individual fil sow where do they

[40:12] live, do they live in the city,

[40:15] outside the city, in a different

[40:16] state, are they minority, women,

[40:20] et cetera. And we're able to

[40:22] therefore understand what

[40:24] percentage minorities on all

[40:26] trades and projects are on city

[40:27] prevailing wage projects, how

[40:30] many are women, how many live in

[40:32] the city or out side the city,

[40:35] union, non union. At goal of

[40:36] this is to, you know, the whole

[40:39] idea of what gets measured gets

[40:40] done. If we're not measuring it

[40:44] we have no idea how many women

[40:45] or minorities are on this we

[40:47] can't measure progress. It

[40:49] might only be 5 or 10% in which

[40:51] case we say how can we through

[40:53] building futures, other

[40:56] initiatives build up the number

[40:58] of minorities and women on these

[41:00] contracts. So that's the goal.

[41:02] So they are able to produce this

[41:03] report because we have been

[41:05] working with them. This code

[41:08] notifies it and it will be super

[41:10] helpful. We hear often the

[41:12] unions talk about a lot of folks

[41:13] coming in from tennessee and

[41:14] other places. This will be able

[41:17] to get the data to show how many

[41:19] people are, woulding on city

[41:20] projects, who live in the city,

[41:22] outside the city, or outside the

[41:24] state and be able to set goals

[41:29] as a result.

[41:30] >> Councilmember Johnson: thank

[41:31] you for that clarification

[41:35] because I was, I'm like I was

[41:36] confused. But and like I said,

[41:39] thank you for that

[41:41] clarification. With this we're

[41:42] going, it sounds like we're

[41:45] going to break this down not

[41:49] only women owned but black,

[41:51] because minority is a broad term

[41:55] and a lot of times women owned

[41:56] businesses are classified, they

[41:58] are classified as minority

[42:00] businesses, so when you say

[42:01] minority, are we breaking this

[42:04] down to see how many blacks, are

[42:08] on these jobs, et cetera, et

[42:09] cetera?

[42:09] >> Councilmember Jeffreys: so it

[42:11] is less about the business owner

[42:13] than like how many people, so

[42:15] let's say they are electricians,

[42:17] of the hundred electricians how

[42:19] many are minority versus women?

[42:21] I think we can break it down

[42:23] even further like minority in

[42:26] terms of his pack panic or

[42:27] african-american or other if

[42:29] that's desired, I think the goal

[42:31] first was just get the helps

[42:32] measure. If you have, you know,

[42:35] a thousand laborers on a job,

[42:37] how many are minority, how many

[42:40] are women is what's coming back.

[42:41] >> I thank you for that a lot of

[42:44] times, I get it minority women

[42:46] are considered a minority, but

[42:48] if we are going to dive into

[42:50] this, I would like to so a break

[42:51] down like I said I appreciate

[42:53] what you are doing, I do, I

[42:54] appreciate this motion all the

[42:56] way around but if we're going to

[42:58] dive into break it down, then it

[43:03] needs to be broke down to women,

[43:06] blacks, et cetera, et cetera.

[43:07] >> Councilmember Jeffreys:

[43:08] totally, think it is a great

[43:09] point and the administration is

[43:12] hearing that and can reflect

[43:12] that.

[43:13] >> Councilmember Harris: yeah, I

[43:16] think this report is really

[43:18] smart because I have often

[43:20] wondered if we're talking

[43:21] impact, I've always thought

[43:23] about a situation in which what

[43:26] happens if you might have let's

[43:29] say a predominantly white

[43:31] institution but their employment

[43:35] is 40% or 50%, right?

[43:36] So minority or women, that has

[43:39] still has a positive impact and

[43:41] to to know that we can measure

[43:45] both ownership but also actual

[43:46] jobs on the ground I think is

[43:49] really smart as well. It gets

[43:52] us to our goals I think in/more

[43:54] comprehensive way.

[43:54] Councilmember anna albi?

[43:55] >> Councilmember Albi: I wanted

[43:58] to highlight we've got some big

[43:59] projects cotyle up in the city,

[44:00] right, that are going to be fall

[44:03] into this budget. So being

[44:05] able, I'm very intrigued by who

[44:06] lives in the city. We're

[44:07] bringing good paying jobs to the

[44:09] city, are they staffed by

[44:09] residents?

[44:10] So that's something I know I

[44:16] will be looking out for in this

[44:18] report.

[44:19] >> Councilmember Harris: without

[44:24] objection we'll move item number 14 for -- yeah item

[44:30] number 14 for passage. Anything

[44:30] else?

[44:32] All right, this meeting is

[44:33] adjourned.

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