City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you. Thank you.

Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today's public forum. As I call your name, you'll have two minutes to address counsel. Our first speaker is Gary A. Tate, the second. Welcome.

Good afternoon. I'm Gary Tate, principal of Rothenberg Preparatory Academy, and I'm representing the CMAC today, the Cincinnati Metropolitan Athletic Conference. I want to thank you. Thank you, Mayor Kearney, Mayor Pervol, Pro Tem Scottie Johnson, and Councilmember Albee on providing us with funds for our first ever City League Football Conference that we will be having. It's hosting over 100 of our student athletes that will give them the skills that go beyond the football field and also prepare them for life outside after graduation. So we thank you all for that. And hopefully we can continue on with this partnership.

Thank you, sir. We appreciate you coming in. Stanford Poole, welcome.

Well, as we keep on coming down here, asking for this council to help the people that voted for them, and y'all keep on giving rich people the money, anything they want. They want a stadium downtown, and that area said no, you build it anyhow. You had real estate people come in here, say your building department is corrupt and doing stuff to them, and you did nothing there. It was six of them. And I'd have came in here and told you that the building department is corrupt and criminal. It's taking black and brown people property illegally. The building department stood right here and said, they go to the poor neighborhood and write them up and then tell them to give their property, not buy, not borrow, just like he did in Black Wall Street, Tulsa. Only thing missing, you shot them in the head and drag them to a hole. If you ain't interested in that history, you black guys and you white guys and women, you need to look it up what Tulsa, Rosewood, what happened. You're doing the same thing right now. in Cincinnati, and you think Trump bad? Y'all doing the same thing. You taking our parks, don't belong to you. The airport don't belong to you. Acting like it's your stuff and taking our money and doing what you want to do. If you ain't rich and got money, you don't listen to them. We'd ask you to stop your building department taking property. Up on Gilbert, they're getting ready to tear a lady house down. Your inspector lied to her. lied to her. Sandy took two houses, lied to her. So you got a bunch of liars here. You let a woman get spit on out on your property. You let a woman get abused here when you could have let her get downstairs. But you had to do just like Trump and his ice. It's a shame thing. And y'all supposed to be educated. Palestinian people asked for a letter. You people wouldn't even write a letter.

Our next speaker is Rob Remlier. Welcome.

Israel is the primary threat to the national security of the United States of America. I spoke here last Wednesday and explained why this is true. Then on Saturday, June 6th, the Pentagon confirmed this is true. The Defense Intelligence Agency announced the counterintelligence threat from Israel is, quote, critical. Israel's spies on the United States of America are leaders and citizens. Vast systems of blackmail exist and are used to control opposition. Jeffrey Epstein was one such system of leveraged blackmail. AIPAC practices extend far beyond lobbying. The problem extends far beyond Washington DC. I speak now to reassert the sovereignty of the United States of America. Central banking owned by private persons is an institutional problem. Major media outlets owned by registered foreign agents is a cultural problem. Essential defense contractors holding multiple passports is a loyalty problem. These are but a few of our problems. Zionism is embedded within the United States of America. Israel exists with our money, weapons, and geopolitical force. There is no alliance between these two nations. No alliance exists. It is a myth, it is fiction, and it is the oft-repeated lie. There is no functional reciprocity or loyalty from Israel. It is purely abuse, equally as failed diplomacy, liability, and disrespect. I give no oath to Israel. I owe no fealty to that foreign nation. We must decouple our interests from the state of Israel. All laws granting legal preference and protection to Israel must be annulled. Ohio laws granting special status to Israel must be made void. We are free to vote our dollars and to deny financial support to Israel. Be loud with it. Boycott, divest, sanctions.

Thank you. Todd Zinsser, welcome.

Good afternoon. Thank you. Todd Zinser from West Price Hill. Now that the budget is pretty much baked, I did want to comment on the former music center. And I don't really know how else to put it, but I thought it was a major embarrassment how that was handled by the city. It bypassed the regular order for the budget. I thought the way the development projects were supposed to be introduced to the city was through the city administration. Who approached who for that $8 million? If the symphony or MEMI approached a member of council, the member of council was supposed to direct them to the city administration. But the way it sounds, How did the five people who voted for that resolution, how did they get informed? And when did they all decide they were going to vote on it? Those are all highly irregular. And I think what you need to do is do an after action, go back and find out the who, the what, the when. You do a timeline because I don't think the city should be embarrassed like that again. We're talking about the symphony orchestra, We're talking about the Farmer Foundation. These are important parties. And if you go back and look at that March 18th meeting, the sponsor of the resolution didn't know what she was talking about. She let the public think that the city had looked at all this, and the city manager came back and said that that wasn't the case. That's all highly irregular, and I hope that it doesn't happen again. Thank you. Thank you. Paul Bean, welcome.

Please don't record me. I've been down here several times. You haven't installed my program. You don't want to use it. You have to give it back. You know, you put me on the spot. I've been down here for an accident. It's the tip of the murder case, and you pissing all over me. You pissing on me like you're pulling your pants down right now, you know, without a blindfold. How many times do I have to come down here and talk to myself? You just stole from me. You just disrespect me. And you didn't want to look farther than that. You just took all my rights and threw them out as a taxpayer. All of them. You had done no research on this program. Well, all you've done is research on the program because you say it costs too much money, but you don't want to give it back. You made a performance when you trot down your little aisle, and he made a statement and told me it costs too much money. Anything that costs too much money, you're supposed to use to save lives in the city anyway. Ain't that right? and we under oath somewhere, you done stole, you done disrespect me, I don't get no justice, and I've been talking to myself for almost three years and a half. That is ridiculous. As a taxpayer, where do we draw the line of communication? When you don't have none, there's no justice in there. Is that about right? So when you say we wasting our time, when we come here and hear your silence, and I never heard one of you speak a day in your life to me. Not now, not one. But God got something for you, hold on.

Stephon Pryor, welcome.

Good afternoon, good afternoon, council. The city cable needed to get turned back on this way, had a camera tilt on this way because it's showing our backside. Y'all need to turn it around. That's why I come up here and film the face of them because they face need to be on city cable. Please, mayor, make sure you put that in. We need them cameras back on over here so they can see us, not our backside. But I'm here today to talk about the residential parking. Residential parking permit, only two neighborhoods got that, Nicole. Two neighborhoods. Pendleton and over the Rhine. Walnut Hills don't got permit parking for residents. West End don't got it. It's straight up wrong. Y'all need to dismantle that and ban that because you can't even find a parking space to park. After hours. And it's that sad that's just been going on for many years. Y'all need to ban that residential parking permit. It don't make sense. They didn't even put a mailer out in mails and let people know they was going to do that. That's wrong. That's dirty. We know that in 2013 when Cranley was dealing with Exron, they was going to do a $91 million deal. I remember that like it was yesterday. But it's sad, though, that y'all changed the parking like that. Then y'all got parking enforcers out at 10 o'clock at night giving out parking tickets. That's a shame. It shouldn't be like that. If the city from 9 to 5, parking permit, I mean not parking permit, but parking enforcement should be 9 to 5 too, or 9 to 6. They shouldn't be out there that thirsty for y'all getting tickets out to people just trying to have a good time at Washington Park, watch concerts and everything. They're getting parking tickets. That's wrong. So this residential parking, y'all need to ban that, please. Ryan James, do something. You ain't did nothing yet. Do something, please. I love you guys and nothing you can do about it. Thank you. Thank you.

Our next speaker is Jonathan Nortman. Welcome.

American dollars are being used to disappear people. This is not a far away issue. It is happening here in Cincinnati. Yasser is a 50-year-old Palestinian man, a husband, a father with no criminal record. Originally here on a green card, he was living in Cincinnati when ICE kidnapped him at home in front of his children. They have held him in detention at Butler County for almost a year. At this time, however, his location is unknown and all attempts by his family and community to locate him are met with silence. Even if he has been deported, deported, there is no indication where he would be sent. Because of the intertwining of Zionism in our government, Palestine isn't even an option. Throughout his detention, his family has waited for a process to take place that will finally allow them to see their husband and father again. But the process they've been waiting on is not one guided by morality or justice. It is fueled by racism and hatred. When it captures someone, they don't care what kind of threat this person presents. They just care what they can get away with. We've seen this already with Lekha Cordia, a Palestinian held for more than a year despite court orders demanding her release. With Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian green card holder taken, held, and transferred without communication to his wife and lawyer. With Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegally deported to Sikot, the El Salvadoran mega-prison riddled with human rights abuses and our government's refusal to bring him back. The same people watching genocide and apartheid take place in their homeland are under threat of our terrorist forces here kidnapping them in this home everything we've allowed and funded abroad is merely a sign of what is to come for us all we've watched hate crimes take place and then watch the same happen on this very doorstep we saw a woman murdered in her car in minneapolis and we see a car stopped in the west bank by the idf shooting through the windshield killing a seven-month-old baby whose mother is now in critical condition from the same bullet that pierced the hand of her husband and the head of her son 73% of ICE detainees have no criminal record, but these are people caged up, malnourished, mistreated, and missing. People pulled from their loved ones and then wiped from our databases. We cannot continue fueling the growth of this violence, and we cannot continue staying.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Our next speaker is Mike Yulehorn on Zoom. Thank you, sir.

Yes, hello.

Can you hear me? Yes, go ahead, Mike.

Yes, well thank you for having me today. Today I'm here as a friendly reminder that we have not received payment of your past due invoices. Now, a lot of people might be wondering why I would say that. Why would I be invoicing the City Council members? Well, it's very simple. The City Council members invoice all of the citizens of Cincinnati and the surrounding areas through Greater Cincinnati Water Works when they're providing absolutely nothing other than being ready to provide something and people having access to it. Well, if they can do it, why can't every business? Like mine, for example. Therefore, I'm following the City of Cincinnati Council members. method of billing people and invoicing the city council members for being ready to provide all of you with my business services and you have access to them. All you have to do is call me at 513-833-7057. That's exactly why I was told by Greater Cincinnati Water Works that they can invoice me. Now imagine when every company starts invoicing like that. But you're not paying the kind of invoices you expect people to pay across Cincinnati and beyond. My property that I purchased was in the city of Forest Park, which their law actually states that you only need to follow the rules of Greater Cincinnati Water Works when you desire the water service. I was not desiring the public water service until I contacted them to turn it on. But I was invoiced for two months anyway. I thought it was illegal, but the city of Cincinnati has been getting away with it for decades. So I guess I'm going to have to follow the precedent that Greater Cincinnati Waterworks does when people don't pay their invoices for providing absolutely nothing. And I guess I'm going to have to sue all of you, just like Greater Cincinnati Waterworks does when people don't pay their invoices for providing absolutely nothing. I hope that it doesn't come to that. I've been coming here month after month.

Thank you. That concludes the Citizens Forum portion of our meeting today. We will reconvene for the business portion at 2 p.m. Thank you.

Thank you. you Thank you. Bye.

Good afternoon, everyone. We will begin today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council, and the clerk will please call the roll.

Councilmember Johnson.

Here.

Vice Mayor Kearney. Council Member Nolan?

Here.

Council Member Owens?

Here.

Council Member Walsh? Council Member Albee? Council Member Kramerding?

Here.

Council Member James?

Here.

Council Member Jeffries?

Here. Please stand for a moment of silence.

I'm sorry, may I mention that I'm here as well? Vice Mayor Kearney, thank you.

Now the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

The minutes from the previous meeting will be approved and filed without objection. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. We have quite a long agenda today, so let's get to it. Item number one is the reappointment of Amy Spiller to the port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. Roll call on confirmation of the reappointment, please.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens?

Yes.

Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee?

Yes.

Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries? Yes.

Item two is the reappointment of Dr. Randy Berlue to the Citizen Complaint Authority. Roll call on confirmation of the reappointment, please.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh? Yes. Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding? Yes. Councilmember James?

Here.

Yes. Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Items 3 through 104 are as indicated. Item 105, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and return to source of $14,044 from Councilmember Kearney's general fund personnel services operating budget account to the unappropriate surplus of general fund effective immediately.

Suspension, please.

Councilmember Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Councilmember Nolan. Yes. Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh. Yes. Councilmember Albee. Yes. Councilmember Kramerding.

Yes.

Councilmember James.

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries.

Yes.

Mr. Kramerding.

Yes, Mayor. If a council member has excess funds in their office budget, they can transfer them to a good cause. There's a lot of parameters and rules about what can be done, but the Vice Mayor has done many good and wonderful things, and I will let her describe them.

Vice Mayor. Thank you. So, we do have surplus funds. We were able to allocate some to CRC for the Youth to Work program expansion. We're also giving some to the Special Events Fund, and that is to help Principal Gary Tate with his conference, his CMAC conference for high school football players. And then we're also allocating a portion to our Department of Opportunity and Resident Services for the mobile market.

Further comments? Roll call on passage. Councilmember Johnson? Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney? Council Member Nolan? Yes. Council Member Owens? Yes. Council Member Walsh? Yes. Council Member Albee? Yes. Council Member Kramerding?

Yes.

Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries? Yes.

Roll call on emergency.

Council Member Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Council Member Nolan? Yes. Council Member Owens? Yes. Council Member Walsh? Yes. Council Member Albee? Yes. Council Member Kramerding? Yes. Council Member James? Yes. Council Member Jeffries?

Yes. Item 106, first reading please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer of $5,000 from the general fund balance sheet reserve account reserved for special event support to the unappropriated surplus of general fund effective July 1st, 2026.

Suspension.

Councilmember Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney.

Yes.

Councilmember Nolan. Yes. Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh. Yes. Councilmember Albee. Yes. Councilmember Kramerding. Yes. Councilmember James. Yes. Councilmember Jeffries.

Yes. Mr. Kramerding. Refer to the vice mayor again. Vice mayor.

Thank you. So this was mentioned before, but this is the way that legal suggested that we designate the portion to special events fund so that they go to help the CMAC conference that Pastor Gary Tate is doing at UC with our high school football players. Further comments?

Ms. Albee.

Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor, for this. I also want to shout out Jenna, my office, who worked with Principal Tate on this as well. So thank you, Jenna, for your work and looking forward. There you are. Looking forward to this event and hoping in the future we'll be able to build this out to include girls sports in addition to the boys sports. Thank you.

Further comments? Roll call and passage, please.

Councilmember Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Councilmember Nolan. Yes. Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh. Yes. Councilmember Albee. Yes. Councilmember Kramerding. Yes. Councilmember James. Yes. Councilmember Jeffries.

Yes. Roll call on emergency. Councilmember Johnson.

Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Councilmember Nolan. Yes. Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh. Yes. Councilmember Albee. Yes. Councilmember Kramerding.

Yes.

Council Member James? Yes. Council Member Jeffries?

Yes. Item 107, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer of $7,557 within the general fund from and to various city council general fund operating budget accounts according to the attached schedule of transfer to realign the office budget to various city council members.

Roll call on suspension.

Council Member Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Council Member Nolan?

Yes.

Council Member Owens?

Yes.

Council Member Walsh?

Yes.

Council Member Albee. Yes. Council Member Kramerding.

Yes.

Council Member James.

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries.

Yes.

Mr. Kramerding.

This is another realignment, internal realignment within the council office's budget. I don't know if any individual council members want to comment.

Further comments? Roll call on passage, please.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James? Yes. Councilmember Jeffries? Yes.

Roll call on emergency.

Council Member Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Council Member Nolan?

Yes.

Council Member Owens? Yes. Council Member Walsh?

Yes.

Council Member Albee? Yes. Council Member Kramerding?

Yes.

Council Member James? Yes. Council Member Jeffries?

Yes.

Item 108, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and appropriation of $116,627.30 from the unappropriated surplus of the miscellaneous permanent improvement fund to existing capital improvement program project account fleet replacements obsolete.

Roll call on suspension.

Council Member Johnson.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney.

Yes.

Council Member Nolan.

Yes.

Council Member Owens.

Yes.

Council Member Walsh.

Yes.

Council Member Albee. Yes. Council Member Kramerding.

Yes.

Council Member James.

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries. Yes.

Mr. Kramerding.

Yeah, occasionally the city sells obsolete vehicles, be that police cars, fire engines, ambulances. The money from that sale goes back into reinvest in new fleet.

Other comments? Roll call on passage.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh? Yes. Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James? Yes. Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. And emergency?

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Item 109, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to appropriate resources generated by interest earnings in the amount of up to $3,700,000 to Capital Improvement Program Project Account Convention Center District Development Grant.

Roll call on suspension.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens?

Yes.

Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries?

Yes. Mr. Kramerding. Mayor, as the clerk indicated, this item refers to the Convention Center District Development Grant. That account had interest in the amount of $3.7 million. That interest will be reinvested in the project.

Further comments? Roll call on passage, please.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens?

Yes.

Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee?

Yes.

Councilmember Kramerding? Yes. Councilmember James? Yes. Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Roll call to emergency.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Council Member Owens?

Yes.

Council Member Walsh?

Yes.

Council Member Albee? Yes. Council Member Kramerding?

Yes.

Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries?

Yes. Item 110, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate $10,925,956 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program to various newly established Community Development Block Grant Fund project accounts.

Roll call and suspension.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James? Yes. Councilmember Jeffries? Yes.

Mr. Kramerding? Yeah, Mayor, these items are critically important, especially as we go through the budget, because when it comes to our human service dollars, A tremendous amount of money comes from these housing and urban development grants. So hats off to Director Sutter and her team that do all the work. A lot of exciting work will be funded by these. I do have to note with some changes in Washington, the grants are smaller than they have been in the past, and this will lead to real cuts and fewer services that we are able to provide our citizens and children than we have in the past.

Thank you. Further comments? Roll call on passage.

Council Member Johnson.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Council Member Nolan. Yes. Council Member Owens. Yes. Council Member Walsh. Yes. Council Member Albee. Yes. Council Member Kermiting. Yes. Council Member James.

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries.

Yes. Roll call on emergency.

Council Member Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Council Member Nolan.

Yes.

Council Member Owens. Yes. Council Member Walsh.

Yes.

Council Member Albee. Yes. Council Member Kermiting.

Yes.

Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries?

Yes. Thank you. Item 111, first reading, please.

Emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate $2,596,978.03 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Home Improvement Partnerships Grant Program.

Roll call on suspension.

Council Member Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Council Member Nolan?

Yes.

Council Member Owens? Yes. Council Member Walsh? Yes. Council Member Albee? Yes. Council Member Kramerding?

Yes.

Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries?

Yes.

Mr. Cramerton.

Thank you, Mayor. I should have added on the previous, I introduced the item, but I didn't talk about the specifics. On the previous item, number 110, that is a $10.9 million grant specifically for the CDBG program or the Community Development Block Grant Program. 111, this ordinance is a $2.6 million grant specifically for home investments.

Further comments? Roll call on passage, please. Councilmember Johnson. Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Councilmember Nolan. Yes. Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh. Yes. Councilmember Albee. Yes. Councilmember Kramerding.

Yes.

Councilmember James.

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries. Yes.

And emergency.

Councilmember Johnson. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James? Yes. Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Thank you. Item 112, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate $972,328 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Emergency Solutions Grant Program.

Roll call on suspension.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney.

Yes.

Councilmember Nolan.

Yes.

Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh.

Yes.

Councilmember Albee.

Yes.

Councilmember Kramerding.

Yes.

Councilmember James.

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries.

Yes.

Mr. Kramerding. This is a $972,000 HUD grant specifically focused on emergency solutions.

Further comments? Roll call on passage.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee?

Yes.

Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes.

We'll call an emergency.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens?

Yes.

Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee?

Yes.

Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Item 113, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate a grant of $2,043,145 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Opportunities for persons with AIDS.

Roll call on suspension.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee?

Yes.

Councilmember Kermiting? Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries?

Yes.

Mr. Kramerding. Mayor, this is the fourth of the quadrilogy of HUD grants. This one is $2 million that specifically is targeted towards individuals living with AIDS.

Further comments? Roll call on passage, please.

Council Member Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Council Member Nolan?

Yes.

Council Member Owens?

Yes.

Council Member Walsh? Yes. Council Member Albee?

Yes.

Council Member Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James.

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries.

Yes. Emergency please.

Councilmember Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Councilmember Nolan.

Yes.

Councilmember Owens.

Yes.

Councilmember Walsh.

Yes.

Councilmember Albee.

Yes.

Councilmember Kramerding.

Yes.

Councilmember James.

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries.

Yes.

Item 114, first reading, please.

Emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept a grant of up to $24,620 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to reimburse the Cincinnati Parks Department.

Roll call and suspension.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Councilmember Nolan.

Yes.

Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh. Yes. Councilmember Albee. Yes. Councilmember Kramerding.

Yes.

Councilmember James.

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries.

Yes.

Mr. Kramerding.

For those watching at home and in the audience, this takes us to the grant section of the agenda. The first grant is $24,600 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. This is for a permanent butterfly that will be hung, installed at the outside of Cronin Conservatory. It will be, it will change and adapt depending on the, what is happening inside the conservatory.

Further comments? Roll call on passage.

Council Member Johnson.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Council Member Nolan. Yes. Council Member Owens. Yes. Council Member Walsh. Yes. Council Member Albee. Yes. Council Member Kramerding. Yes. Council Member James. Yes. Council Member Jeffries.

Yes. Roll call on emergency.

Council Member Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Council Member Nolan. Yes. Council Member Owens. Yes. Council Member Walsh.

Yes.

Council Member Albee.

Yes.

Council Member Kramerding.

Yes.

Council Member James.

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries.

Yes. Item 115, first reading please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $56,151 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to the Cincinnati Riverfront Park Fund non-personnel operating budget account.

Roll call and suspension.

Council Member Johnson.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Council Member Nolan.

Yes.

Council Member Owens.

Yes.

Council Member Walsh.

Yes.

Council Member Albee.

Yes.

Council Member Kramerding.

Yes.

Council Member James.

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries.

Yes. Mr. Kramerding. Another generous grant from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. This one was used for additional security during the large events at the riverfront parks during the summer.

Further comments? Roll call on passage, please.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney?

Yes.

Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh? Yes. Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding? Yes. Councilmember James? Yes. Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Roll call on emergency.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh? Yes. Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Item 116, first reading please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for a grant of up to $150,000 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks grant program.

Roll call and suspension.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James? Yes. Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Mr. Kramerding? Yeah, this ordinance allows the city to apply for a Ohio Department of Natural Resources grant. The grant would be used for the acquisition and rehabilitation of public outdoor recreation area.

Further comments? Roll call on passage, please.

Councilmember Johnson?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh? Yes. Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries? Yes.

And emergency.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan?

Yes.

Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh? Yes. Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes. Item 117, first reading please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept a grant of up to $25,000 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to reimburse the Cincinnati Parks Department.

Roll call on suspension.

Council Member Johnson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Council Member Nolan. Yes. Council Member Owens. Yes. Council Member Walsh.

Yes.

Council Member Albee. Yes. Council Member Kramerding.

Yes.

Council Member James.

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries. Yes. Mr. Kramerding.

Yeah, a busy day of Parks Foundation grants. Sometimes I encourage people to write thank you notes to these grantors. This might be a good opportunity for some of us that served on the Parks Foundation to send them a nice note. This one was very important. It paid for scholarships and busing for kids to go to the Explore Nature program.

Further comments? Roll call and passage, please.

Council Member Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Council Member Nolan? Yes. Council Member Owens? Yes. Council Member Walsh? Yes. Council Member Albee? Yes. Council Member Kramerding?

Yes.

Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries? Yes.

Roll call on emergency.

Council Member Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Council Member Nolan? Yes. Council Member Owens? Yes. Council Member Walsh? Yes. Council Member Albee? Yes. Council Member Kramerding?

Yes.

Council Member James?

Yes.

Council Member Jeffries?

Yes. Item 118, first reading, please.

An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate $29,804 from the Ford Motor Company to existing Capital Improvement Program project account fleet replacements.

Roll call on suspension.

Councilmember Johnson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kearney? Yes. Councilmember Nolan? Yes. Councilmember Owens? Yes. Councilmember Walsh?

Yes.

Councilmember Albee? Yes. Councilmember Kramerding?

Yes.

Councilmember James?

Yes.

Councilmember Jeffries?

Yes.

Mr. Kremerding.

The city is accepting some credits from the Ford Motor Company that can be used for fleet repairs and services.

Further comments? Roll call and passage, please.

Councilmember Johnson.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Kearney. Yes. Councilmember Nolan. Yes. Councilmember Owens. Yes. Councilmember Walsh.

Yes.

Councilmember Albee. Yes. Councilmember Kremerding.

Yes.