1
02:47:14,583 --> 02:47:15,281
www.Cincinnati-oh.Gov/citicable.

2
02:47:15,281 --> 02:47:16,183
>> Councilmember Harris: all

3
02:47:16,183 --> 02:47:18,500
right, we will begin. Welcome

4
02:47:18,500 --> 02:47:19,553
to budget and finance, I'm your

5
02:47:19,553 --> 02:47:21,688
committee chair reggie harris,

6
02:47:21,688 --> 02:47:23,523
joined today by the committee

7
02:47:23,523 --> 02:47:24,624
vice chair councilmember

8
02:47:24,624 --> 02:47:26,125
cramerding, we have

9
02:47:26,125 --> 02:47:27,460
councilmember anna albi,

10
02:47:27,460 --> 02:47:29,460
councilmember jeffreys, vice

11
02:47:29,729 --> 02:47:30,764
mayor kearney with us,

12
02:47:30,764 --> 02:47:31,731
councilmember owens,

13
02:47:31,731 --> 02:47:33,731
councilmember johnson,

14
02:47:33,866 --> 02:47:35,768
councilmember walsh, PRESIDENT

15
02:47:35,768 --> 02:47:37,470
Pro tem parks. From the

16
02:47:37,470 --> 02:47:39,870
administration from our budget

17
02:47:41,274 --> 02:47:43,843
office we have DR. Dudas, from

18
02:47:43,843 --> 02:47:45,845
finance DR. Dudas and there is

19
02:47:45,845 --> 02:47:48,845
sore faaborg. We have robert

20
02:47:49,849 --> 02:47:52,118
neely joined by our new trainee

21
02:47:52,118 --> 02:47:56,318
deputy clerk jill, I did not get

22
02:47:57,691 --> 02:48:00,226
a last name. Ocean. And so we

23
02:48:00,226 --> 02:48:02,228
will welcome jill, joining at a

24
02:48:02,228 --> 02:48:04,497
very interesting meeting. Okay.

25
02:48:04,497 --> 02:48:06,265
So we have a lot to accomplish

26
02:48:06,265 --> 02:48:09,735
in this meeting. We have a

27
02:48:09,735 --> 02:48:13,335
number of items before us. As

28
02:48:14,307 --> 02:48:18,507
we do every year. And then once

29
02:48:19,346 --> 02:48:22,715
we get through these items we

30
02:48:22,715 --> 02:48:24,984
will come to the three parts of

31
02:48:24,984 --> 02:48:29,184
our budget. And so we will take

32
02:48:29,189 --> 02:48:29,522
up and we will pass the city

33
02:48:29,522 --> 02:48:31,522
manager

34
02:48:33,760 --> 02:48:36,160
citymanager's recommended budget and

35
02:48:37,300 --> 02:48:38,397
then take up and pace the mayor

36
02:48:38,397 --> 02:48:40,300
us amendments to the budget and

37
02:48:40,300 --> 02:48:42,735
then we'll take up and consider

38
02:48:42,735 --> 02:48:43,502
the motions proposed by reply

39
02:48:43,502 --> 02:48:45,902
colleagues which are amendments

40
02:48:46,138 --> 02:48:47,540
to both of those budgets. And

41
02:48:47,540 --> 02:48:50,900
then though will leave us with

42
02:48:50,900 --> 02:48:51,945
the final budget that we will

43
02:48:51,945 --> 02:48:54,380
then, the law department will do

44
02:48:54,380 --> 02:48:55,715
a quick 36 hour turn around and

45
02:48:55,715 --> 02:48:58,170
present a final ordinance that

46
02:48:58,170 --> 02:48:59,386
has all of those amendments.

47
02:48:59,386 --> 02:49:02,355
We'll do that in special session

48
02:49:02,355 --> 02:49:03,522
on wednesday morning and we will

49
02:49:03,522 --> 02:49:06,522
pass that wednesday and. That

50
02:49:07,760 --> 02:49:09,729
is the plan.

51
02:49:09,729 --> 02:49:11,298
we have 7 speakers for public

52
02:49:11,298 --> 02:49:12,599
comment. One person on zoom, I

53
02:49:12,599 --> 02:49:15,134
don't know if they have logged

54
02:49:15,134 --> 02:49:17,237
in yet. We'll start in person.

55
02:49:17,237 --> 02:49:20,837
You have two minutes when you

56
02:49:22,175 --> 02:49:25,775
speak and first speaker is kevin

57
02:49:27,446 --> 02:49:29,446
finn.

58
02:49:30,283 --> 02:49:33,883
>> thank you very much. My name

59
02:49:33,887 --> 02:49:36,389
is kevin finn, PRESIDENT Of

60
02:49:36,389 --> 02:49:38,580
strategic gist to prevent

61
02:49:38,580 --> 02:49:39,920
homelessness, we coordinate

62
02:49:39,920 --> 02:49:41,461
services for it's homelessness

63
02:49:41,461 --> 02:49:42,962
in hamilton county. We have

64
02:49:42,962 --> 02:49:45,362
been going against national

65
02:49:45,899 --> 02:49:48,299
trends, nationally from 2017 to

66
02:49:49,702 --> 02:49:51,838
2022 there was a 6% increase in

67
02:49:51,838 --> 02:49:54,407
homelessness and locally we had

68
02:49:54,407 --> 02:49:56,810
a 16% decrease in people on the

69
02:49:56,810 --> 02:49:59,110
street, in a shelter, or fleeing

70
02:49:59,110 --> 02:50:00,480
domestic violence. So, the

71
02:50:00,480 --> 02:50:02,150
reason why we, this is not

72
02:50:02,150 --> 02:50:04,500
rocket science, the reason we

73
02:50:04,500 --> 02:50:06,185
have been able to reduce

74
02:50:06,185 --> 02:50:07,187
homelessness is we take a

75
02:50:07,187 --> 02:50:09,187
multilayer approach to

76
02:50:09,322 --> 02:50:10,957
homelessness prevention. And we

77
02:50:10,957 --> 02:50:13,357
provide prevention services that

78
02:50:14,270 --> 02:50:15,629
are not available in all

79
02:50:15,629 --> 02:50:16,430
communities. There is emergency

80
02:50:16,430 --> 02:50:18,830
rental assistance available for

81
02:50:19,532 --> 02:50:20,934
people who have eviction

82
02:50:20,934 --> 02:50:22,568
notices, shelter diversion for

83
02:50:22,568 --> 02:50:24,471
people who are already doubled

84
02:50:24,471 --> 02:50:26,306
up and at risk of entering a

85
02:50:26,306 --> 02:50:28,174
shelter, and then coming next

86
02:50:28,174 --> 02:50:31,344
month thanks to you all we have

87
02:50:31,344 --> 02:50:33,513
the impact award project using

88
02:50:33,513 --> 02:50:35,140
predictive data analytics. My

89
02:50:35,140 --> 02:50:36,750
point is in order to reduce

90
02:50:36,750 --> 02:50:38,919
homelessness we have to have

91
02:50:38,919 --> 02:50:40,487
multiple layers of homelessness

92
02:50:40,487 --> 02:50:42,487
prevention services, meanwhile

93
02:50:43,323 --> 02:50:44,424
the federal government does not

94
02:50:44,424 --> 02:50:46,424
fund homelessness prevention

95
02:50:46,660 --> 02:50:47,828
while they are the largest

96
02:50:47,828 --> 02:50:50,163
funder of homeless services.

97
02:50:50,163 --> 02:50:52,866
They do not do prevention. This

98
02:50:52,866 --> 02:50:54,734
is why we need local funding to

99
02:50:54,734 --> 02:50:55,802
support prevention act

100
02:50:55,802 --> 02:50:57,802
advertise. Historically the

101
02:50:57,971 --> 02:51:00,140
city has been one of the largest

102
02:51:00,140 --> 02:51:01,541
funders of the shelter diversion

103
02:51:01,541 --> 02:51:04,744
program until two years ago when

104
02:51:04,744 --> 02:51:06,780
the city stopped funding it.

105
02:51:06,780 --> 02:51:09,149
The draft budget proposed by the

106
02:51:09,149 --> 02:51:10,651
city manager very much mirrored

107
02:51:10,651 --> 02:51:13,287
national trends in that most of

108
02:51:13,287 --> 02:51:15,880
the funding went to people who

109
02:51:15,880 --> 02:51:17,230
were already homeless and again

110
02:51:17,230 --> 02:51:19,326
what we really need is for local

111
02:51:19,326 --> 02:51:21,462
dollars to go to prevention. So

112
02:51:21,462 --> 02:51:23,797
I wanted to come here today and

113
02:51:23,797 --> 02:51:25,598
speak in favor of funding being

114
02:51:25,598 --> 02:51:27,998
moved to shelter diversion

115
02:51:28,569 --> 02:51:30,403
because it is a key layer to our

116
02:51:30,403 --> 02:51:31,405
homelessness prevention system.

117
02:51:31,405 --> 02:51:32,172
Thank you.

118
02:51:32,172 --> 02:51:34,172
>> Councilmember Harris: thank

119
02:51:36,443 --> 02:51:38,912
you. Next speaker is rick

120
02:51:38,912 --> 02:51:40,912
degree we

121
02:51:45,119 --> 02:51:48,119
greiwe, I'm sorry that is

122
02:51:48,522 --> 02:51:50,323
a vowel con innocent vowel

123
02:51:50,323 --> 02:51:52,526
cluster that will be

124
02:51:52,526 --> 02:51:54,526
challenging.

125
02:51:56,129 --> 02:51:57,531
>> [Indiscernible] Thank you for

126
02:51:57,531 --> 02:51:58,999
the opportunity to speak today.

127
02:51:58,999 --> 02:52:01,301
On behalf of all of the

128
02:52:01,301 --> 02:52:03,700
volunteers and now staff that is

129
02:52:03,700 --> 02:52:05,839
working on america river roots

130
02:52:05,839 --> 02:52:09,377
I'm here that you vote yes on

131
02:52:09,377 --> 02:52:10,911
item 54 to allocate additional

132
02:52:10,911 --> 02:52:12,460
$250,000 to america's river

133
02:52:12,460 --> 02:52:13,447
roots. We're going to be using

134
02:52:13,447 --> 02:52:15,749
your money and the money raised

135
02:52:15,749 --> 02:52:17,551
from sponsors to staff up this

136
02:52:17,551 --> 02:52:19,719
event is just 16 months away.

137
02:52:19,719 --> 02:52:21,855
We just hired a executive

138
02:52:21,855 --> 02:52:23,558
director three weeks ago, hire a

139
02:52:23,558 --> 02:52:25,958
marketing director next month,

140
02:52:25,960 --> 02:52:27,761
hire other people to help us

141
02:52:27,761 --> 02:52:31,660
market and sale all the tickets

142
02:52:31,660 --> 02:52:31,798
that we have to sell. So this

143
02:52:31,798 --> 02:52:33,868
ace full blown operation. We

144
02:52:33,868 --> 02:52:36,703
also need to put deposits down

145
02:52:36,703 --> 02:52:38,703
for national entertainers, 50%

146
02:52:38,807 --> 02:52:42,243
down in the next 6 months. We

147
02:52:42,243 --> 02:52:43,411
also have to reserve riverboats

148
02:52:43,411 --> 02:52:45,811
coming from 8 different cities.

149
02:52:45,879 --> 02:52:47,615
So there is a lot to put money

150
02:52:47,615 --> 02:52:50,170
toward this year and we will use

151
02:52:50,170 --> 02:52:52,417
your money effectively. Again,

152
02:52:52,886 --> 02:52:53,987
this is projected to have a

153
02:52:53,987 --> 02:52:54,923
hundred million dollar plus

154
02:52:54,923 --> 02:52:57,758
impact on the community. We're

155
02:52:57,758 --> 02:52:58,925
going to fill the hotels in a

156
02:52:58,925 --> 02:53:01,128
year when the convention center

157
02:53:01,128 --> 02:53:04,131
is empty because it is closed.

158
02:53:04,131 --> 02:53:06,266
A year when we want to build our

159
02:53:06,266 --> 02:53:07,534
exciting tourism brand which is

160
02:53:07,534 --> 02:53:09,570
getting better each year and we

161
02:53:09,570 --> 02:53:13,609
have lots of plans to not only

162
02:53:13,609 --> 02:53:14,742
bringing people here for the

163
02:53:14,742 --> 02:53:17,244
event to extend their take with

164
02:53:17,244 --> 02:53:18,412
tours to the freedom trail,

165
02:53:18,412 --> 02:53:19,913
kentucky bur bone train and

166
02:53:19,913 --> 02:53:22,482
others. We want too give

167
02:53:22,482 --> 02:53:24,882
worldwide media ya' impressions,

168
02:53:25,119 --> 02:53:26,887
it is the kick off event for

169
02:53:26,887 --> 02:53:29,156
america's 250th and river

170
02:53:29,156 --> 02:53:31,250
culture, the roots of music,

171
02:53:31,250 --> 02:53:33,761
question seen and culture. So

172
02:53:33,761 --> 02:53:34,228
we're excited to bring this

173
02:53:34,228 --> 02:53:35,229
event to.

174
02:53:35,229 --> 02:53:37,365
Cincinnati and america and we

175
02:53:37,365 --> 02:53:39,800
look forward to thank you for

176
02:53:39,800 --> 02:53:40,600
your support.

177
02:53:40,600 --> 02:53:42,600
>> Councilmember Harris: thank

178
02:53:45,239 --> 02:53:48,839
you. Our next speakers is peg,

179
02:53:49,643 --> 02:53:51,643
welcome.

180
02:53:51,979 --> 02:53:53,981
>> good afternoon, I just wanted

181
02:53:53,981 --> 02:53:56,883
to come before you briefly to

182
02:53:56,883 --> 02:53:59,887
say thank you and speak in

183
02:53:59,887 --> 02:54:01,889
support of item number 54 on

184
02:54:01,889 --> 02:54:04,910
your agenda. As I said last

185
02:54:04,910 --> 02:54:05,392
week bethany house is so

186
02:54:05,392 --> 02:54:07,862
grateful to the city manager, to

187
02:54:07,862 --> 02:54:10,431
the mayor u and to all of you

188
02:54:10,431 --> 02:54:11,899
for the support for our full

189
02:54:11,899 --> 02:54:14,299
continuum of services to

190
02:54:15,402 --> 02:54:18,402
homeless families. As you know,

191
02:54:22,176 --> 02:54:23,677
more than 2800 families call the

192
02:54:23,677 --> 02:54:25,646
homeless hotline each month

193
02:54:25,646 --> 02:54:29,246
looking for help. Not all of

194
02:54:29,750 --> 02:54:31,318
them need the full blown help,

195
02:54:31,318 --> 02:54:33,687
kevin spoke to that earlier.

196
02:54:33,687 --> 02:54:36,957
But many of them are already

197
02:54:36,957 --> 02:54:39,259
homeless, living in their cars,

198
02:54:39,259 --> 02:54:41,395
having to move on from friends

199
02:54:41,395 --> 02:54:43,964
or family, even now we're

200
02:54:43,964 --> 02:54:46,567
finding people living in storage

201
02:54:46,567 --> 02:54:50,167
units. So we do appreciate this

202
02:54:50,838 --> 02:54:53,207
help for shell at the. Until we

203
02:54:53,207 --> 02:54:55,442
can scale and see the results of

204
02:54:55,442 --> 02:54:56,744
our prevention work, which we

205
02:54:56,744 --> 02:54:58,790
very much support and

206
02:54:58,790 --> 02:55:01,790
participate in, we are still

207
02:55:01,382 --> 02:55:04,118
going to need emergency shelter.

208
02:55:04,118 --> 02:55:06,754
So, I want to also thank you for

209
02:55:06,754 --> 02:55:08,589
funding our partners the shelter

210
02:55:08,589 --> 02:55:10,989
diversion work with strategies

211
02:55:11,959 --> 02:55:14,359
to end homelessness, the

212
02:55:14,729 --> 02:55:16,898
landlord incentives and the

213
02:55:16,898 --> 02:55:18,566
eviction prevention rental

214
02:55:18,566 --> 02:55:21,235
assistance money for st. Vincent

215
02:55:21,235 --> 02:55:23,204
de paul. We'll continue to work

216
02:55:23,204 --> 02:55:25,973
with you and for you to serve

217
02:55:25,973 --> 02:55:29,243
the families of the city, 81% of

218
02:55:29,243 --> 02:55:31,780
the families that we serve do

219
02:55:31,780 --> 02:55:32,980
come from their previous

220
02:55:32,980 --> 02:55:36,580
residence in the city. And we

221
02:55:38,186 --> 02:55:39,787
urge your passage of item 54,

222
02:55:39,787 --> 02:55:40,554
thank you.

223
02:55:40,554 --> 02:55:42,554
>> Councilmember Harris: thank

224
02:55:44,425 --> 02:55:48,250
you. Our next speaker is john

225
02:55:51,500 --> 02:55:53,500
williams. Welcome.

226
02:55:55,360 --> 02:55:58,360
>> good afternoon, I'm here also

227
02:55:58,440 --> 02:56:00,574
to ask to increase the support

228
02:56:00,574 --> 02:56:02,477
for river roots. I think that

229
02:56:02,477 --> 02:56:04,779
this event is going to be a

230
02:56:04,779 --> 02:56:06,347
signature event that the city

231
02:56:06,347 --> 02:56:08,490
needs to be behind. Yesterday I

232
02:56:08,490 --> 02:56:10,585
had the opportunity to go out to

233
02:56:10,585 --> 02:56:12,319
the heritage center out in

234
02:56:12,319 --> 02:56:14,955
sharonville. There was an event

235
02:56:14,955 --> 02:56:18,250
put on by crystal kendrick our

236
02:56:18,250 --> 02:56:20,294
root to freedom. And I had a

237
02:56:20,294 --> 02:56:21,596
chance to actually promote river

238
02:56:21,596 --> 02:56:24,310
roots and explain to folks what

239
02:56:24,310 --> 02:56:26,367
it is all about and what took me

240
02:56:26,367 --> 02:56:28,435
was that there was a very

241
02:56:28,435 --> 02:56:31,505
diverse rout crowd out there and

242
02:56:31,505 --> 02:56:33,730
whether it was for more

243
02:56:33,730 --> 02:56:35,443
information about what role the

244
02:56:35,443 --> 02:56:37,344
river played in freedom or

245
02:56:37,344 --> 02:56:39,847
whether it was bringing tall

246
02:56:39,847 --> 02:56:41,416
stacks back, there was a broad

247
02:56:41,416 --> 02:56:42,817
support for it. So I'm here to

248
02:56:42,817 --> 02:56:45,553
tell you that although it is in

249
02:56:45,553 --> 02:56:46,720
the a cnn survey but so far at

250
02:56:46,720 --> 02:56:48,556
least a hundred people I talked

251
02:56:48,556 --> 02:56:50,792
to are supportive of this. And

252
02:56:50,792 --> 02:56:52,259
so we would ask that council get

253
02:56:52,259 --> 02:56:55,530
behind this and I believe that

254
02:56:55,530 --> 02:56:58,366
it is going to be a signature

255
02:56:58,366 --> 02:57:01,690
event that will kick off the

256
02:57:01,690 --> 02:57:03,638
birth of our nation and we're in

257
02:57:03,638 --> 02:57:07,238
the best position at this time

258
02:57:07,775 --> 02:57:09,176
to actually bring this in. So

259
02:57:09,176 --> 02:57:10,612
we would ask for increased

260
02:57:10,612 --> 02:57:12,113
support and we thank you for the

261
02:57:12,113 --> 02:57:12,813
support at this point. Thank

262
02:57:12,813 --> 02:57:13,614
you.

263
02:57:13,614 --> 02:57:15,614
>> Councilmember Harris: thank

264
02:57:16,417 --> 02:57:19,417
you. Our next speaker is

265
02:57:26,594 --> 02:57:28,594
jonathan adee.

266
02:57:28,830 --> 02:57:31,230
>> good afternoon everybody. I

267
02:57:31,800 --> 02:57:33,100
want to thank council and the

268
02:57:33,100 --> 02:57:35,401
mayor's office and city

269
02:57:35,403 --> 02:57:36,710
manager's office for once again

270
02:57:36,710 --> 02:57:37,705
supporting keep cincinnati

271
02:57:37,705 --> 02:57:39,508
beautiful as we attempt to make

272
02:57:39,508 --> 02:57:42,508
cincinnati the cleanest city in

273
02:57:42,911 --> 02:57:44,145
the midwest. As I indicated

274
02:57:44,145 --> 02:57:45,179
before, cincinnati can be clean

275
02:57:45,179 --> 02:57:46,848
without being beautiful but it

276
02:57:46,848 --> 02:57:48,483
can't be beautiful without being

277
02:57:48,483 --> 02:57:50,685
clean. I want to thank you for

278
02:57:50,685 --> 02:57:53,388
supporting the adopt a spot

279
02:57:53,388 --> 02:57:54,922
motion that is before budget and

280
02:57:54,922 --> 02:57:56,524
finance. And this represents

281
02:57:56,524 --> 02:57:57,525
something that's pretty

282
02:57:57,525 --> 02:57:59,227
different for keep cincinnati

283
02:57:59,227 --> 02:58:00,863
beautiful, we have been

284
02:58:00,863 --> 02:58:03,263
tinkering around the margins

285
02:58:03,331 --> 02:58:04,866
with a million pounds or sore we

286
02:58:04,866 --> 02:58:07,369
pick up through great american

287
02:58:07,369 --> 02:58:09,337
clean up events and illegal

288
02:58:09,337 --> 02:58:10,972
dumping events, but this

289
02:58:10,972 --> 02:58:12,674
represents a place in a block by

290
02:58:12,674 --> 02:58:13,808
block message we can clean up

291
02:58:13,808 --> 02:58:15,810
another million pounds of trash

292
02:58:15,810 --> 02:58:18,120
from the city on an annual

293
02:58:18,120 --> 02:58:20,182
basis. As I indicated before,

294
02:58:20,182 --> 02:58:22,250
this also represents a

295
02:58:22,250 --> 02:58:23,117
partnership between the city and

296
02:58:23,117 --> 02:58:24,518
keep cincinnati beautiful and

297
02:58:24,518 --> 02:58:26,388
the private funder. And this is

298
02:58:26,388 --> 02:58:28,656
going to represent a new

299
02:58:28,656 --> 02:58:31,560
business model coming forward

300
02:58:31,292 --> 02:58:33,280
and other leveraged partners do

301
02:58:33,280 --> 02:58:36,280
this as well letter whereby

302
02:58:37,165 --> 02:58:39,670
we're soliciting money we're

303
02:58:39,670 --> 02:58:42,670
coming with private funders to

304
02:58:42,337 --> 02:58:43,905
make this a more inclusive kind

305
02:58:43,905 --> 02:58:45,873
of operation. The work that

306
02:58:45,873 --> 02:58:47,175
we're doing also around illegal

307
02:58:47,175 --> 02:58:49,110
dumping which looks like we'll

308
02:58:49,110 --> 02:58:51,120
get a million pounds of diverted

309
02:58:51,120 --> 02:58:52,947
dumping material from our

310
02:58:52,947 --> 02:58:55,830
landfills and from our city

311
02:58:55,830 --> 02:58:58,860
streets and also along the sides

312
02:58:58,860 --> 02:59:00,588
of hillsides, is also go going

313
02:59:00,588 --> 02:59:01,389
to be another public private

314
02:59:01,389 --> 02:59:02,757
partnership we're looking to

315
02:59:02,757 --> 02:59:04,258
move forward with. I want to

316
02:59:04,258 --> 02:59:06,270
thank the city for your support

317
02:59:06,270 --> 02:59:08,163
and excited to see at least on

318
02:59:08,163 --> 02:59:11,499
12 or 13 adopters come in on the

319
02:59:11,499 --> 02:59:13,268
ground floor for this project.

320
02:59:13,268 --> 02:59:13,702
>> Mayor Pureval: thank you.

321
02:59:13,702 --> 02:59:14,469
>>

322
02:59:14,469 --> 02:59:16,469
>> Councilmember Harris: thank

323
02:59:17,204 --> 02:59:20,204
you, next speaker is sally

324
02:59:23,311 --> 02:59:25,113
grimes.

325
02:59:25,113 --> 02:59:26,848
>> good morning, thank you so

326
02:59:26,848 --> 02:59:28,450
much for having us all here gain

327
02:59:28,450 --> 02:59:29,718
today. I'm sally grimes,

328
02:59:29,718 --> 02:59:31,453
executive director of activities

329
02:59:31,453 --> 02:59:32,754
beyond the classroom I will be

330
02:59:32,754 --> 02:59:34,756
short and sweet, I just wanted

331
02:59:34,756 --> 02:59:36,358
to come and say thank you for

332
02:59:36,358 --> 02:59:37,526
all of your support of

333
02:59:37,526 --> 02:59:39,926
activities beyond the classroom

334
02:59:40,280 --> 02:59:41,620
and I look forward to spent

335
02:59:41,620 --> 02:59:42,864
spending the next year and

336
02:59:42,864 --> 02:59:45,166
beyond figuring out how we can

337
02:59:45,166 --> 02:59:46,568
figure out how to help children

338
02:59:46,568 --> 02:59:48,369
have more opportunities after

339
02:59:48,369 --> 02:59:49,437
school, keep them safe, off the

340
02:59:49,437 --> 02:59:52,974
streets, and I look forward to

341
02:59:52,974 --> 02:59:53,875
working with each of you on

342
02:59:53,875 --> 02:59:54,643
that. Thank you.

343
02:59:54,643 --> 02:59:56,411
>> Councilmember Harris: thank

344
02:59:56,411 --> 03:00:00,110
you very much. Our next speaker

345
03:00:09,358 --> 03:00:11,358
is allen woods.

346
03:00:13,861 --> 03:00:16,230
>> [Indiscernible] It says do

347
03:00:16,230 --> 03:00:18,367
not touch the red button, missed

348
03:00:18,367 --> 03:00:19,668
that part a. Pole gees. First

349
03:00:19,668 --> 03:00:20,969
and foremost I want to thank the

350
03:00:20,969 --> 03:00:23,471
budget and finance committee for

351
03:00:23,471 --> 03:00:25,306
allowing us this forum and shout

352
03:00:25,306 --> 03:00:27,910
on the to the committee CHAIRMAN

353
03:00:27,910 --> 03:00:30,245
And your entire staff. My alan

354
03:00:30,245 --> 03:00:32,547
woods, co-founder of mortar of

355
03:00:32,547 --> 03:00:34,249
we're building businesses and

356
03:00:34,249 --> 03:00:36,649
transforming cities. For the

357
03:00:36,718 --> 03:00:38,530
past ten years your ongoing

358
03:00:38,530 --> 03:00:39,221
financial support and other

359
03:00:39,221 --> 03:00:41,957
supports that have you given us

360
03:00:41,957 --> 03:00:43,391
have allowed us to continue to

361
03:00:43,391 --> 03:00:44,225
grow throughout this community

362
03:00:44,225 --> 03:00:45,727
creating more opportunities for

363
03:00:45,727 --> 03:00:47,280
small businesses to get the

364
03:00:47,280 --> 03:00:48,830
tools and resources that they

365
03:00:48,830 --> 03:00:51,830
need to grow their enterprises,

366
03:00:51,900 --> 03:00:54,690
to be able to hire. At we

367
03:00:54,690 --> 03:00:56,772
continued to grow locally your

368
03:00:56,772 --> 03:00:58,473
support has enabled us to have

369
03:00:58,473 --> 03:00:59,808
439 graduates locally in

370
03:00:59,808 --> 03:01:01,910
cincinnati of our programs and

371
03:01:01,910 --> 03:01:03,378
on this thursday we will add

372
03:01:03,378 --> 03:01:05,481
another 30 to that number, so

373
03:01:05,481 --> 03:01:07,115
you're all invited to that

374
03:01:07,115 --> 03:01:09,515
graduation taking place at

375
03:01:10,185 --> 03:01:12,585
memorial hall. In 2022 our

376
03:01:12,821 --> 03:01:14,356
graduates provided 6.7 million

377
03:01:14,356 --> 03:01:16,357
in total revenue to the city.

378
03:01:16,357 --> 03:01:17,526
So we are super excited to

379
03:01:17,526 --> 03:01:19,940
continue to give them the tools

380
03:01:19,940 --> 03:01:21,830
and resources they need to be

381
03:01:21,830 --> 03:01:23,898
able to do that. Our iron chest

382
03:01:23,898 --> 03:01:24,733
fund this year will cross the

383
03:01:24,733 --> 03:01:26,100
threshold of a million dollars

384
03:01:26,100 --> 03:01:28,270
that we put directly back into

385
03:01:28,270 --> 03:01:29,938
the hands of our entrepreneurs

386
03:01:29,938 --> 03:01:32,341
to enable them to hire, to

387
03:01:32,341 --> 03:01:35,276
increase their spaces that they

388
03:01:35,276 --> 03:01:37,512
occupy, and to be able to makeup

389
03:01:37,512 --> 03:01:39,912
dates and infrastructure and

390
03:01:40,916 --> 03:01:43,916
physical locations. I want to

391
03:01:44,419 --> 03:01:45,720
encourage you to consider the

392
03:01:45,720 --> 03:01:46,789
item 51 increasing and that

393
03:01:46,789 --> 03:01:48,230
mortar has so that at the same

394
03:01:48,230 --> 03:01:49,724
time we can increase our

395
03:01:49,724 --> 03:01:52,328
graduates and the impact that we

396
03:01:52,328 --> 03:01:53,828
have on small businesses here in

397
03:01:53,828 --> 03:01:56,465
this city. And this fall we

398
03:01:56,465 --> 03:01:57,833
will be opening our head

399
03:01:57,833 --> 03:01:59,935
quarters in walnut hills, so I'm

400
03:01:59,935 --> 03:02:02,170
sub super excited about that

401
03:02:02,170 --> 03:02:05,170
because that means that we're

402
03:02:05,306 --> 03:02:08,760
are creating more space and

403
03:02:08,760 --> 03:02:10,145
opportunities for dreamers and

404
03:02:10,145 --> 03:02:12,181
doers with more and poo it will

405
03:02:12,181 --> 03:02:15,781
have a increase impact in our

406
03:02:16,485 --> 03:02:17,252
community. Thank you very much.

407
03:02:17,252 --> 03:02:17,686
>> Councilmember Johnson:

408
03:02:17,686 --> 03:02:19,686
MR. CHAIRMAN?

409
03:02:20,422 --> 03:02:22,358
Excuse me, what time is

410
03:02:22,358 --> 03:02:22,758
graduation, you through that out

411
03:02:22,758 --> 03:02:24,758
there.

412
03:02:24,927 --> 03:02:27,620
>> I will send that to your

413
03:02:27,620 --> 03:02:29,620
e-mail. The graduation,

414
03:02:29,631 --> 03:02:33,231
5:30 P.M. At memorial hall is

415
03:02:33,435 --> 03:02:35,971
when the we'll do like an expo

416
03:02:35,971 --> 03:02:37,807
in the lower level and the

417
03:02:37,807 --> 03:02:38,107
pitches start upstairs. Thank

418
03:02:38,107 --> 03:02:38,907
you.

419
03:02:38,907 --> 03:02:39,841
>> Councilmember Johnson: thank

420
03:02:39,841 --> 03:02:40,542
you, MR. CHAIRMAN.

421
03:02:40,542 --> 03:02:42,542
>> Councilmember Harris:

422
03:02:42,777 --> 03:02:45,177
absolutely. This thursday, this

423
03:02:45,880 --> 03:02:48,280
thursday, yes. Okay. Last

424
03:02:51,420 --> 03:02:53,820
speaker is amy thompson.

425
03:02:56,692 --> 03:02:58,360
Welcome.

426
03:02:58,360 --> 03:02:59,828
>> good to see you all. Thank

427
03:02:59,828 --> 03:03:02,365
you for having us here today. I

428
03:03:02,365 --> 03:03:04,833
just wanted to come out and say

429
03:03:04,833 --> 03:03:06,668
thank you, amy thompson on

430
03:03:06,668 --> 03:03:07,803
behalf of cincinnati youth

431
03:03:07,803 --> 03:03:09,105
collaborative. At the core we

432
03:03:09,105 --> 03:03:11,505
are a mentoring organization

433
03:03:11,507 --> 03:03:13,509
focused on helping young people

434
03:03:13,509 --> 03:03:14,911
graduate on that pathway to

435
03:03:14,911 --> 03:03:17,113
success. One of the things I

436
03:03:17,113 --> 03:03:17,847
love is our name, the

437
03:03:17,847 --> 03:03:19,381
collaborative, and so I'm

438
03:03:19,381 --> 03:03:21,984
looking at our friends back here

439
03:03:21,984 --> 03:03:23,553
and we do a lot of this work in

440
03:03:23,553 --> 03:03:25,210
partnership. So I wanted to say

441
03:03:25,210 --> 03:03:27,623
thank you again. Have I seen

442
03:03:27,623 --> 03:03:29,425
him of you involved in our

443
03:03:29,425 --> 03:03:30,626
programs, whether it is our job

444
03:03:30,626 --> 03:03:32,394
for america's graduates

445
03:03:32,394 --> 03:03:33,862
programs, showing up at saturday

446
03:03:33,862 --> 03:03:35,964
hoops, I'm just thankful to all

447
03:03:35,964 --> 03:03:37,867
of you. So thank you for the

448
03:03:37,867 --> 03:03:39,368
strong consideration and really

449
03:03:39,368 --> 03:03:40,970
appreciate everyone.

450
03:03:40,970 --> 03:03:42,970
Thank you.

451
03:03:43,205 --> 03:03:45,205
>> Councilmember Harris: thank

452
03:03:46,809 --> 03:03:50,412
you. All right, so we are going

453
03:03:50,412 --> 03:03:54,120
to jump into the agenda. So,

454
03:03:55,840 --> 03:03:57,686
just to remind everyone. Items

455
03:03:57,686 --> 03:04:00,389
1-7 we're going to pass those as

456
03:04:00,389 --> 03:04:02,392
they are, that is the city

457
03:04:02,392 --> 03:04:03,192
manager's recommended budget and

458
03:04:03,192 --> 03:04:04,426
the mayor's recommended budget.

459
03:04:04,426 --> 03:04:05,794
We will make our amendments and

460
03:04:05,794 --> 03:04:07,763
motions later, but we're going

461
03:04:07,763 --> 03:04:10,599
to go through these items and

462
03:04:10,599 --> 03:04:12,435
pass those items. They are also

463
03:04:12,435 --> 03:04:13,669
split out as well for some

464
03:04:13,669 --> 03:04:15,971
recusals that colleagues have to

465
03:04:15,971 --> 03:04:17,773
do. So we'll take a pause and

466
03:04:17,773 --> 03:04:21,373
allow that to happen. And then

467
03:04:22,444 --> 03:04:24,980
we'll jump into the budget.

468
03:04:24,980 --> 03:04:26,548
We're going to -- there is a

469
03:04:26,548 --> 03:04:28,150
another item that needs to

470
03:04:28,150 --> 03:04:30,519
recusal so we'll pause to do

471
03:04:30,519 --> 03:04:32,654
that so folks can leave and then

472
03:04:32,654 --> 03:04:34,723
at the end we'll take up our

473
03:04:34,723 --> 03:04:38,323
council motion that is will a

474
03:04:39,361 --> 03:04:39,629
mend what we pass and items 1-7.

475
03:04:39,629 --> 03:04:41,163
Yep?

476
03:04:41,163 --> 03:04:41,463
All right. DR. Dudas, take it

477
03:04:41,463 --> 03:04:43,298
away.

478
03:04:43,298 --> 03:04:45,367
>> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

479
03:04:45,367 --> 03:04:48,367
number 1 this is the ordinance

480
03:04:49,370 --> 03:04:50,606
that would implement the city

481
03:04:50,606 --> 03:04:53,600
manager's recommended budget for

482
03:04:53,943 --> 03:04:56,646
fiscal year 2025 for the general

483
03:04:56,646 --> 03:04:59,646
fund, it is the overwhelming

484
03:05:00,315 --> 03:05:03,315
majority of the general fund

485
03:05:04,345 --> 03:05:04,425
expenditures for fiscal year

486
03:05:04,425 --> 03:05:05,621
2025. This ordinance also

487
03:05:05,621 --> 03:05:08,210
includes the various transfers

488
03:05:09,691 --> 03:05:10,993
that are needed to pay debt

489
03:05:10,993 --> 03:05:13,362
service, it includes the

490
03:05:13,362 --> 03:05:14,930
transfer out to the cincinnati

491
03:05:14,930 --> 03:05:16,432
health district fund for the

492
03:05:16,432 --> 03:05:17,766
general fund support of the

493
03:05:17,766 --> 03:05:20,166
health department, it includes

494
03:05:21,871 --> 03:05:26,710
the transfer out of funds to the

495
03:05:26,342 --> 03:05:27,609
citizens' job fund for youth

496
03:05:27,609 --> 03:05:29,609
employment programming. It

497
03:05:31,180 --> 03:05:33,582
includes the transfer out of

498
03:05:33,582 --> 03:05:35,840
funds for the emergency

499
03:05:35,840 --> 03:05:37,860
remediation of rental housing

500
03:05:37,860 --> 03:05:39,422
defects as part of the buildings

501
03:05:39,422 --> 03:05:41,422
& inspections special code

502
03:05:41,457 --> 03:05:43,457
enforcement program. It

503
03:05:45,610 --> 03:05:47,461
includes amending the municipal

504
03:05:49,699 --> 03:05:51,267
code for wage increases for non

505
03:05:51,267 --> 03:05:53,667
represented employees and it

506
03:05:55,204 --> 03:05:57,604
includes the fiscal year 2025

507
03:05:57,974 --> 03:06:01,143
permit and fee schedule for the

508
03:06:01,143 --> 03:06:03,143
department of buildings &

509
03:06:03,379 --> 03:06:04,180
inspections.

510
03:06:04,180 --> 03:06:06,180
>> Councilmember Harris: without

511
03:06:11,540 --> 03:06:11,854
objection we'll move item number 1 for passage.

512
03:06:11,854 --> 03:06:14,854
>> DR. Dudas: item number 3 is

513
03:06:15,558 --> 03:06:18,558
the remaining portion of the

514
03:06:18,928 --> 03:06:20,130
expenditures for the fiscal year

515
03:06:20,130 --> 03:06:22,130
2025 general fund operating

516
03:06:23,660 --> 03:06:26,335
budget as proposed by the city

517
03:06:26,335 --> 03:06:27,904
manager. This would provide 350 --

518
03:06:27,904 --> 03:06:30,304
>> Councilmember Harris: can we

519
03:06:32,410 --> 03:06:34,441
hold for one moment.

520
03:07:01,370 --> 03:07:03,370
[Indiscernible]

521
03:07:03,706 --> 03:07:06,375
>> DR. Dudas: to the chair, this

522
03:07:06,375 --> 03:07:07,143
is part 2 of the general fund

523
03:07:07,143 --> 03:07:09,543
operating budget ordinance that

524
03:07:11,172 --> 03:07:11,245
would implement the city

525
03:07:11,245 --> 03:07:13,245
manager's recommended budget.

526
03:07:13,483 --> 03:07:15,180
This is the remaining $350,000

527
03:07:15,180 --> 03:07:15,985
which is for leveraged support

528
03:07:15,985 --> 03:07:18,385
for the african-american chamber

529
03:07:18,822 --> 03:07:19,622
of commerce.

530
03:07:19,622 --> 03:07:20,689
>> Councilmember Harris: great w

531
03:07:20,689 --> 03:07:23,689
out objection we'll move item

532
03:07:34,804 --> 03:07:35,638
number 2 for passage.

533
03:07:35,638 --> 03:07:38,638
>> DR. Dudas: item number 3 is

534
03:07:39,175 --> 03:07:40,760
the fiscal year 2025 restricted

535
03:07:40,760 --> 03:07:43,760
funds operating budget so this

536
03:07:43,846 --> 03:07:45,748
would implement the city

537
03:07:45,748 --> 03:07:46,649
manager's recommended restricted

538
03:07:46,649 --> 03:07:47,917
funds budget for the principle

539
03:07:47,917 --> 03:07:50,253
restricted funds. This also

540
03:07:50,253 --> 03:07:52,653
includes the various transfers

541
03:07:53,523 --> 03:07:54,990
out required for debt service

542
03:07:54,990 --> 03:07:57,390
payments. The requirements of

543
03:07:57,927 --> 03:08:00,960
transfers for various reserve

544
03:08:00,960 --> 03:08:03,960
accounts, and it includes the

545
03:08:03,990 --> 03:08:06,990
annual payment for the wex

546
03:08:07,804 --> 03:08:09,271
garage, it now includes the

547
03:08:09,271 --> 03:08:11,671
related payment for the

548
03:08:12,241 --> 03:08:14,770
transient occupancy tax for the

549
03:08:14,770 --> 03:08:16,477
convention center project. And

550
03:08:17,480 --> 03:08:19,883
it also accepts the various

551
03:08:19,883 --> 03:08:22,883
formula grants that are provided

552
03:08:24,540 --> 03:08:24,788
for streetcar operations.

553
03:08:24,788 --> 03:08:26,389
>> Councilmember Harris: all

554
03:08:26,389 --> 03:08:28,789
right. Without objection we'll

555
03:08:32,461 --> 03:08:33,630
move item number 3 for passage.

556
03:08:33,630 --> 03:08:34,698
>> DR. Dudas: item number 4 is a

557
03:08:34,698 --> 03:08:36,990
ordinance that would authorizes

558
03:08:36,990 --> 03:08:39,990
the transfer and return to

559
03:08:41,638 --> 03:08:44,380
source of $6.150 million. These

560
03:08:47,900 --> 03:08:48,278
are fiscal year appropriations

561
03:08:48,278 --> 03:08:50,380
that are being transferred to

562
03:08:50,380 --> 03:08:52,481
the balance sheet reserve

563
03:08:52,481 --> 03:08:54,481
account deferred appropriations.

564
03:08:55,851 --> 03:08:58,851
These are for various projects

565
03:08:59,880 --> 03:09:00,289
and programs that have not been

566
03:09:00,289 --> 03:09:02,689
completed during fiscal year

567
03:09:02,926 --> 03:09:05,926
2024. So this will make those

568
03:09:06,696 --> 03:09:09,960
funds available beginning JULY

569
03:09:09,198 --> 03:09:11,400
first of 2024. This would

570
03:09:11,400 --> 03:09:13,903
include funds for the public

571
03:09:13,903 --> 03:09:14,470
safety facilities master plan,

572
03:09:14,470 --> 03:09:16,272
neighborhood historic

573
03:09:16,272 --> 03:09:18,272
preservation program, violence

574
03:09:18,875 --> 03:09:20,875
prevention initiatives, the

575
03:09:21,577 --> 03:09:23,713
fleet electrification, warm up

576
03:09:23,713 --> 03:09:25,815
cincy, recycling consult, energy

577
03:09:25,815 --> 03:09:27,815
management software,

578
03:09:27,817 --> 03:09:29,319
neighborhood catalytic capital

579
03:09:29,319 --> 03:09:31,187
improvement, nbdip, tax

580
03:09:31,187 --> 03:09:33,187
abatements study, 7 hills

581
03:09:33,222 --> 03:09:35,222
neighborhood house, shillito

582
03:09:35,558 --> 03:09:36,726
building operating expenses, the

583
03:09:36,726 --> 03:09:38,294
building restoration present

584
03:09:38,294 --> 03:09:40,694
development activities for king

585
03:09:41,630 --> 03:09:41,898
records, and the home safe tax

586
03:09:41,898 --> 03:09:42,632
relief program.

587
03:09:42,632 --> 03:09:43,466
>> Councilmember Harris: all

588
03:09:43,466 --> 03:09:45,866
right, without objection we'll

589
03:09:47,937 --> 03:09:49,739
move item number 4 for passage.

590
03:09:49,739 --> 03:09:53,339
>> DR. Dudas: to the chair, item

591
03:09:53,744 --> 03:09:55,445
number 5 is the ordinance for

592
03:09:55,445 --> 03:09:56,747
the capital budget, specifically

593
03:09:56,747 --> 03:09:59,747
the general capital budget and