[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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