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Wednesday, September 17, 2025 · Government meeting record

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LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENT, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Parks, Johnson and Cramerding, Pursuant to Article II, Section 5a of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati, WE MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council-designate beginning on Monday, September 22, 2025, through October 31, 2025, for the purpose of training with the incumbent Clerk of Council, Melissa Autry before she retires. WE FURTHER MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council from November 1, 2025, through the end of the current Council term.

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  • Item 6.

    LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENT, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Parks, Johnson and Cramerding, Pursuant to Article II, Section 5a of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati, WE MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council-designate beginning on Monday, September 22, 2025, through October 31, 2025, for the purpose of training with the incumbent Clerk of Council, Melissa Autry before she retires. WE FURTHER MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council from November 1, 2025, through the end of the current Council term.

    approved - A motion was made that this Appointment be Confirmed. The motion carried by the following vote:
  • Item 15.

    MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration allocate $35,000 from the reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergencies, and One Time Needs to support Build Cincy, the annual conference that focuses on increasing the number of women and minority developers in Cincinnati and providing informational tools to scale the capacity of existing development companies. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE)

    approved - A motion was made that this Motion be Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:
  • Item 18.

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $12,130 from Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x4053x7289 as a moral obligation to ForPsych Corporation for outstanding charges related to services rendered for fitness-for-duty evaluations completed in Fiscal Year 2025.

    approved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:
  • Item 19.

    ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $46,080 from the Murray & Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation to administer an internship program for temporary placement of up to eight interns; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Citizens Jobs Fund revenue account No. 308x8571.

    approved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:
  • Item 17.

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,366.14 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally CLEAR Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x7100x7212 as a moral obligation to T-Mobile USA for wireless air card services in mobile data computers used by police patrol cars throughout Hamilton County law enforcement agencies.

    approved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:

Money

  • $5,420,000 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,420,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Related Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,420,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various General Fund personnel and non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to fund police public safety measures and deter violent crime in the Central Business District and other crime hot spots in the City.

  • $5,420,000 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,420,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Related Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,420,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various General Fund personnel and non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to fund police public safety measures and deter violent crime in the Central Business District and other crime hot spots in the City.

  • $5,420,000 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,420,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Related Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,420,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various General Fund personnel and non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to fund police public safety measures and deter violent crime in the Central Business District and other crime hot spots in the City.

  • $643,263 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $643,263 within General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $965,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Stormwater Management Fund 107 to various non-personnel and property operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources to the Department of Law for Private Lot Abatement Program collection agency fees and the Department of Public Services for the purchase of streetsweepers; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Community Health Center Activities Fund 395 to a Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget account according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $265,390 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to various Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures.

  • $643,263 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $643,263 within General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $965,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Stormwater Management Fund 107 to various non-personnel and property operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources to the Department of Law for Private Lot Abatement Program collection agency fees and the Department of Public Services for the purchase of streetsweepers; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Community Health Center Activities Fund 395 to a Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget account according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $265,390 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to various Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures.

  • $643,263 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $643,263 within General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $965,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Stormwater Management Fund 107 to various non-personnel and property operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources to the Department of Law for Private Lot Abatement Program collection agency fees and the Department of Public Services for the purchase of streetsweepers; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Community Health Center Activities Fund 395 to a Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget account according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $265,390 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to various Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures.

  • $150,000 · MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration allocate $150,000 from the General Fund Contingency Account to support the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s Security Safe Zone Proposal for 2025-2026. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE)

  • $61,725.90 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $61,725.90 from the Village of St. Bernard to capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming,” to install traffic calming infrastructure along sections of East Mitchell Avenue, a portion of which is located within the Village of St. Bernard; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming.”

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  • $61,725.90 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $61,725.90 from the Village of St. Bernard to capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming,” to install traffic calming infrastructure along sections of East Mitchell Avenue, a portion of which is located within the Village of St. Bernard; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming.”

  • $61,725.90 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $61,725.90 from the Village of St. Bernard to capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming,” to install traffic calming infrastructure along sections of East Mitchell Avenue, a portion of which is located within the Village of St. Bernard; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming.”

  • $49,192.90 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x262534, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $49,192.90 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x262534, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete.”

  • $46,080 · ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $46,080 from the Murray & Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation to administer an internship program for temporary placement of up to eight interns; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Citizens Jobs Fund revenue account No. 308x8571.

  • $46,080 · ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $46,080 from the Murray & Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation to administer an internship program for temporary placement of up to eight interns; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Citizens Jobs Fund revenue account No. 308x8571.

  • $35,000 · MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration allocate $35,000 from the reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergencies, and One Time Needs to support Build Cincy, the annual conference that focuses on increasing the number of women and minority developers in Cincinnati and providing informational tools to scale the capacity of existing development companies. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE)

  • $12,130 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $12,130 from Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x4053x7289 as a moral obligation to ForPsych Corporation for outstanding charges related to services rendered for fitness-for-duty evaluations completed in Fiscal Year 2025.

  • $12,130 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $12,130 from Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x4053x7289 as a moral obligation to ForPsych Corporation for outstanding charges related to services rendered for fitness-for-duty evaluations completed in Fiscal Year 2025.

  • $12,130 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $12,130 from Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x4053x7289 as a moral obligation to ForPsych Corporation for outstanding charges related to services rendered for fitness-for-duty evaluations completed in Fiscal Year 2025.

  • $3,366.14 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,366.14 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally CLEAR Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x7100x7212 as a moral obligation to T-Mobile USA for wireless air card services in mobile data computers used by police patrol cars throughout Hamilton County law enforcement agencies.

  • $3,366.14 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,366.14 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally CLEAR Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x7100x7212 as a moral obligation to T-Mobile USA for wireless air card services in mobile data computers used by police patrol cars throughout Hamilton County law enforcement agencies.

  • $3,366.14 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,366.14 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally CLEAR Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x7100x7212 as a moral obligation to T-Mobile USA for wireless air card services in mobile data computers used by police patrol cars throughout Hamilton County law enforcement agencies.

  • $438.16 · ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $438.16 from Clerk of Council General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x041x0000x7415 to Cincinnati Copiers Incorporated dba ProSource for printer and copier services provided from June 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.

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Minutes textCincinnati City Council — Minutes

801 Plum Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202City of Cincinnati Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes 2:00 PM Council Chambers, Room 300Wednesday, September 17, 2025 REVISED Council convened at 2:03 P.M., Mayor Aftab Pureval, Presiding. ROLL CALL Councilmember Anna Albi, President Pro Tempore Victoria Parks, Councilmember Seth Walsh, Councilmember Scotty Johnson, Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Kearney, Councilmember Jeff Cramerding, Councilmember Mark Jeffreys, Councilmember Meeka Owens, and Councilmember Evan Nolan In attendance were City Manager Sheryl Long, City Solicitor Emily Smart Woerner and Clerk of Council Melissa Autry. Council observed a moment of silent prayer and recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. There being no objection, the Minutes of the previous session of council were Approved and Filed. MAYOR AFTAB MS. KEARNEY MR. WALSH MS. ALBI MR. JOHNSON MS. PARKS MR. CRAMERDING MR. JEFFREYS MR. NOLAN MS. OWENS Page 1 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 1. MOTION, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, Vice Mayor Kearney, Councilmembers Walsh, Albi, Johnson, Parks, Cramerding, Jeffreys, Nolan and Owens, WE MOVE that the City Administration settle the lawsuit and subsequent appeal surrounding the Labor-Management Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Fire Fighters Union Local 48. WE FURTHER MOVE that the City Administration use funding from the FY25 closeout to cover any financial impact from the settlement. 202501721 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee 2. MOTION, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Owens, Jeffreys, Albi, Walsh, Nolan, Parks, Johnson and Cramerding, WE MOVE that the City and the Union agree to create a new leave code that specifically applies to follow-up appointments related to an employee’s prior occupational cancer diagnosis. (BALANCE ON FILE WITH THE CLERK’S OFFICE). 202501751 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee MR. JEFFREYS 3. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING the Mill Creek Alliance and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for the Mill Creek Alliance’s thirty years of dedicated service to restore and enhance the Mill Creek Alliance. 202501723 Passed Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0055-2025 MS. OWENS 4. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING the members of the Human Services Advisory Committee (“HSAC”) and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for HSAC’s commitment to providing recommendations to Council for the FY2026/2027 biennium budget for human services funding. 202501746 Passed Page 2 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0056-2025 MR. JEFFREYS MS. ALBI 5. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Albi, WE MOVE that the administration work in partnership with the Hamilton County administration to report back on efforts to: Identify 1,371 surface parking lots spots within walking distance from Paycor stadium that can be dedicated for tailgating during Cincinnati Bengals games. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202501757 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee MS. KEARNEY MS. PARKS MR. JOHNSON MR. CRAMERDING A motion was made by Vice Mayor Kearney, seconded by Councilmember Johnson for immediate consideration of the Legislative Appointment. 6. LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENT, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Parks, Johnson and Cramerding, Pursuant to Article II, Section 5a of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati, WE MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council-designate beginning on Monday, September 22, 2025, through October 31, 2025, for the purpose of training with the incumbent Clerk of Council, Melissa Autry before she retires. WE FURTHER MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council from November 1, 2025, through the end of the current Council term. 202501750 Confirmed Page 3 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Immediate Consideration Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: MS. KEARNEY 7. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration allocate $150,000 from the General Fund Contingency Account to support the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s Security Safe Zone Proposal for 2025-2026. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) 202501654 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee CITY MANAGER 8. REPORT, dated 9/10/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for 2025 DAV5K. 202501685 Filed 9. REPORT, dated 9/17/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Girls on the Run (Fall). 202501700 Filed 10. REPORT, dated 9/17/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Run Like Hell 5K. 202501702 Filed 11. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $438.16 from 202501722 Page 4 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Clerk of Council General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x041x0000x7415 to Cincinnati Copiers Incorporated dba ProSource for printer and copier services provided from June 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance. Referred to Budget & Finance Committee 12. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x262534, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $49,192.90 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x262534, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete.” 202501724 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee 13. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 723-42, “Mobile Food Vending,” to clarify and better align the Cincinnati Municipal Code with best practices for regulating mobile food vending in the public right-of-way to protect the health, safety, and welfare in the City. 202501734 Referred to Public Safety & Governance Committee 14. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Development Agreement with Atrium Tower One, L.P. and Acabay Atrium Two, L.P., pertaining to the redevelopment of an existing building into approximately 200 residential rental units, on property located at 201 E. Fourth Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, which property is commonly known as the Atrium One building, and providing for City assistance to the project in the form of (1) a rebate of a portion of service payments in lieu of taxes imposed in connection with a proposed thirty-year property tax exemption for improvements pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.41, subject to the passage by Council of a separate ordinance authorizing such tax exemption, and (2) a rebate of a portion of the service payments in lieu of taxes imposed in connection with the tax exemption previously authorized by Ordinance No. 95-2024. 202501747 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE 15. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration allocate $35,000 from the reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergencies, and One Time Needs to support Build Cincy, the annual conference that focuses on increasing the number of women and minority developers in Cincinnati and providing informational tools to scale the capacity of existing development companies. (BALANCE ON FILE IN 202501653 Page 5 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 THE CLERK’S OFFICE) Adopted Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: 16. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,420,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Related Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,420,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various General Fund personnel and non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to fund police public safety measures and deter violent crime in the Central Business District and other crime hot spots in the City. 202501699 Passed Emergency Councilmember Albi Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney No: Enactment No: 0290-2025 Emergency clause to remain Councilmember Albi Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Page 6 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney No: Enactment No: 0290-2025 Suspension of the three readings Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0290-2025 17. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,366.14 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally CLEAR Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x7100x7212 as a moral obligation to T-Mobile USA for wireless air card services in mobile data computers used by police patrol cars throughout Hamilton County law enforcement agencies. 202501667 Passed Emergency Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0291-2025 Emergency clause to remain Page 7 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0291-2025 Suspension of the three readings Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0291-2025 18. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $12,130 from Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x4053x7289 as a moral obligation to ForPsych Corporation for outstanding charges related to services rendered for fitness-for-duty evaluations completed in Fiscal Year 2025. 202501663 Passed Emergency Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0292-2025 Emergency clause to remain Page 8 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0292-2025 Suspension of the three readings Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0292-2025 19. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $46,080 from the Murray & Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation to administer an internship program for temporary placement of up to eight interns; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Citizens Jobs Fund revenue account No. 308x8571. 202501664 Passed Emergency Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0293-2025 Suspension of the three readings Page 9 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0293-2025 20. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $61,725.90 from the Village of St. Bernard to capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming,” to install traffic calming infrastructure along sections of East Mitchell Avenue, a portion of which is located within the Village of St. Bernard; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming.” 202501668 Passed Emergency Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0294-2025 Emergency clause to remain Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Page 10 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Enactment No: 0294-2025 Suspension of the three readings Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0294-2025 21. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $643,263 within General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $965,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Stormwater Management Fund 107 to various non-personnel and property operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources to the Department of Law for Private Lot Abatement Program collection agency fees and the Department of Public Services for the purchase of streetsweepers; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Community Health Center Activities Fund 395 to a Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget account according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $265,390 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to various Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures. 202501758 Passed Emergency Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0295-2025 Page 11 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Emergency clause to remain Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0295-2025 Suspension of the three readings Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0295-2025 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS PUBLIC SAFETY & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE 22. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE the City Administration to take all needed action to trim, maintain, or remove items of city owned landscaping to improve sightlines for public safety infrastructure. WE FURTHER MOVE that the city administration ensures that the trimming, maintenance, or removal does not affect the goal of the Green Cincinnati Plan of maintaining 40% urban tree canopy. 202501662 Adopted Page 12 of 14

Cincinnati City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025 Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: 23. ORDINANCE, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, MODIFYING the provisions of Title VIII, “Business Regulations,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ORDAINING new Chapter 487, “Hookah and Other Smoking Establishments,” to regulate the operating hours of hookah and other smoking establishments and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of Cincinnati residents and visitors. 202501682 Passed Emergency Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0296-2025 Suspension of the three readings Councilmember Albi President Pro Tempore Parks Councilmember Walsh Councilmember Johnson Vice Mayor Kearney Councilmember Cramerding Councilmember Jeffreys Councilmember Owens Councilmember Nolan Yes: Enactment No: 0296-2025 No announcements at this time. Council adjourned at 2:57 P.M. Page 13 of 14

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  • Agenda item 6.Other meeting itemsapproved - A motion was made that this Appointment be Confirmed. The motion carried by the following vote:

    LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENT, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Parks, Johnson and Cramerding, Pursuant to Article II, Section 5a of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati, WE MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council-designate beginning on Monday, September 22, 2025, through October 31, 2025, for the purpose of training with the incumbent Clerk of Council, Melissa Autry before she retires. WE FURTHER MOVE that Anthony Covington be appointed to the position of Clerk of Council from November 1, 2025, through the end of the current Council term.

  • Agenda item 15.Land useapproved - A motion was made that this Motion be Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:

    MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration allocate $35,000 from the reserve for Weather Events, Other Emergencies, and One Time Needs to support Build Cincy, the annual conference that focuses on increasing the number of women and minority developers in Cincinnati and providing informational tools to scale the capacity of existing development companies. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE)

    $35,000

  • Agenda item 18.Budget and financeapproved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $12,130 from Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x227x4053x7289 as a moral obligation to ForPsych Corporation for outstanding charges related to services rendered for fitness-for-duty evaluations completed in Fiscal Year 2025.

    $12,130

  • Agenda item 19.Budget and financeapproved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:

    ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $46,080 from the Murray & Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation to administer an internship program for temporary placement of up to eight interns; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Citizens Jobs Fund revenue account No. 308x8571.

    $46,080

  • Agenda item 17.Budget and financeapproved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING a payment of $3,366.14 from County Law Enforcement Applied Regionally CLEAR Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 457x093x7100x7212 as a moral obligation to T-Mobile USA for wireless air card services in mobile data computers used by police patrol cars throughout Hamilton County law enforcement agencies.

    $3,366.14

  • Agenda item 20.Budget and financeapproved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/10/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $61,725.90 from the Village of St. Bernard to capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming,” to install traffic calming infrastructure along sections of East Mitchell Avenue, a portion of which is located within the Village of St. Bernard; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252383, “Pedestrian Safety Improvements/Major Street Calming.”

    $61,725.90

  • Agenda item 16.Budget and financeapproved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $5,420,000 from General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2580, “Reserve for Weather Related Events, Other Emergency and One-Time Needs,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $5,420,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to various General Fund personnel and non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to fund police public safety measures and deter violent crime in the Central Business District and other crime hot spots in the City.

    $5,420,000

  • Agenda item 7.Budget and financeNo recorded outcome

    MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration allocate $150,000 from the General Fund Contingency Account to support the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s Security Safe Zone Proposal for 2025-2026. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE)

    $150,000

  • Agenda item 3.Resolutionsapproved - A motion was made that this Resolution be Passed. The motion carried by the following vote:

    RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING the Mill Creek Alliance and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for the Mill Creek Alliance’s thirty years of dedicated service to restore and enhance the Mill Creek Alliance.

  • Agenda item 4.Budget and financeapproved - A motion was made that this Resolution be Passed. The motion carried by the following vote:

    RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING the members of the Human Services Advisory Committee (“HSAC”) and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for HSAC’s commitment to providing recommendations to Council for the FY2026/2027 biennium budget for human services funding.

  • Agenda item 21.Budget and financeapproved - A motion was made that this Ordinance be Passed Emergency. The motion carried by the following vote:

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $643,263 within General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $965,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Stormwater Management Fund 107 to various non-personnel and property operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources to the Department of Law for Private Lot Abatement Program collection agency fees and the Department of Public Services for the purchase of streetsweepers; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Community Health Center Activities Fund 395 to a Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget account according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $265,390 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to various Cincinnati Health Department non-personnel operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to provide resources for planned expenditures.

    $643,263

  • Agenda item 11.Budget and financeNo recorded outcome

    ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 9/17/2025, AUTHORIZING the payment of $438.16 from Clerk of Council General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x041x0000x7415 to Cincinnati Copiers Incorporated dba ProSource for printer and copier services provided from June 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance.

    $438.16

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