Good afternoon. Welcome to today's public comment. You'll have two minutes to address council as I call your name. Our first speaker is Mrs. Carol Cunningham. Welcome. Oh, one second, Miss Cunningham. You can sit there if you'd like. Okay, we're ready. Good afternoon, Mayor Afab Pirval and all the members of city council. Um, my level of achieving resolve for the problems I've had is right here. an appointment with an attorney. It has taken great effort as I present before you this day concerning Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health, a servicing agency's despicable actions of case managers Emily Bender three years ago, tripping me, causing me a rotator cuff injury. currently Andrew Dupant, my case manager, who I have said I don't want him. He has done nothing. Uh I have no phone. I had no food. I had hard I mean I had little food, no water, no trips to the grocery store two times canled. And um so I the agency has sent me representatives lacking professional care of job performance did cause shock and awe of my mind, body, soul and spirit. Um and um it it's it's something has to be done. So I need the attorney. >> Thank you, Miss Cunningham. >> Thank you. >> Our next speaker is a Aiko Camura, welcome. Footage of the bombing of the girls elementary school in Iran shows that the bombing was most likely dropped by the US military over um over being the Israeli military. Our government killed 170 little girls and 14 teachers. US and Israeli bombs on on Iran in the last week have killed over 1,000 people. And 30% of those people were children. A few days ago, President Trump used an emergency authority to sell more than 20,000 bombs worth $650 million to Israel without congressional approval. Those bombs will be dropped on the people of Palestine and the people of Iran. The flames of war are once again spreading across West Asia due to Trump strikes on Iran and due to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people that we have allowed to occur for over two years. This must stop. Divest from genocide of Palestinians. Divest from weapons manufacturers and divest from more. Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Welcome back. It was good to see you. Stefon Prior, welcome. Oh, you got a new rig. >> Yes, sir. >> Yes, sir. We can't see oursel up here no more. We got a >> Well, that looks good. Now, >> anyway, good afternoon. Look at you smiling, Jeff Craminine. That's good. You can smile. There's 200. No, there's $420,000 each for the immigrate immigrants and refu refugee law center. Y'all should not vote on that. Y'all should y'all should not even vote on that, y'all. He you Ryan James, you told me that was for rent. Part of that was for rent for uh tendants. And it say each. It don't say nothing about the tendance about helping them at all. It's helping out refugees. And they don't even speak English. Y'all giving up money to them. That's wrong. This This city need money. The community need money. Come on now. $420,000. That's a lot of money. And this new rec center that's going up, make sure the Cincinnati Recreation Commission and uh Cincinnati Recreation runs that center. Not 3CDC. Not at all. And then the word on the street, they said when they had that brawl down on Fourth Street, 3CDC got $28 million slid to them without us knowing. So I hope that's not true. 28 million, mayor, that's a lot of money you giving 3DC and they got all these 17 parking lots making a lot of money and ain't returning anything to the city. Something ain't right on that on that clock. And this receiverhip program, y'all need to dismantle that. Y'all need to put that into law to dismantle that to help people with their homes or their properties because it's real sad that $420,000 can help people in stay in their homes. No tax abatement, none of that, Nicole. Not at all. Nicole, you up there too with them. So, y'all need to start helping the community for real. It won't hurt the aggregation program. Mika Owens, y'all need to dismantle that. The energy is is high. We we paying too much to do. Think about the consideration of helping people, y'all. Real talk. All right. I love you guys. And guess what? You can't do a damn thing about it. All right. Nicole with the shout out. >> Stanford Pool. Welcome. >> Are you right? >> Get that. Today I just went to a a Cincinnati firefighter funeral. Irvin Mitchell, good firefighter. He served the city and I didn't see nobody from here to to say he did a good job. And then we got all this money that you sold the railroad. You said no new taxes. You going to fix the the roads and you're going to fix the firehouses. Now I understand you want to take a a 10% layoff people to lie to people that voted for you people. That's a shame. Then you get a bunch of rich guys that live in Indian Hill and um K union Kentucky, put them together, gave them $2 million, a million out of our money and another million out of the ground some way to come up with schemes. The people voted for y'all to do the right thing. But you're letting the rich guys make all the decision. You sell it. They say sell the airport. You lease it for 35 years. People only pay for a house for 30. What kind of criminal stuff is it? You don't do nothing for the poor people. Last week you took Sandy House. Your your law department, your your building department, and y'all stealing property from black and brown people. Now, get me right. We got some whites loser, but your main target is black and brown people in that neighborhood to fill your pockets. Mayor, you know better. You said you going to stop the corruption. All y'all did is do more corruption. Now look at you now. Look at you now. Scotty brought some people in here and told you they were doing criminal and racist. Your building department and your law department and you did nothing. Lady Palestinian died and the lady get spit on out there. You did nothing. You let a white man come in here and said he got the right to call black people the n-word. Nothing. >> Jonathan Nortman. Welcome. It's good to see some actions from this council that prioritize people that have been put in harm's way by ICE and our federal government. And it's good, as Ryan James pointed out, that we are looking to make sure our local government is not contributing to that harm, either directly or indirectly. But there are some things we must be clear on in this discussion. There was caution around these measures and how they might impact the relationship of our city with our other federal bodies. But what we have seen isn't normal. These forces carrying out extrajudicial killings, invading homes, violating legal orders, and operating without warrants. They are not working in service of people. And this administration doesn't seek to use any federal body for us. Pete Hgsth called for defense workers, including civilians, to aid in the immigration and deportation of of efforts. Sorry, deportation efforts. The White House is already blocking the FBI and intelligence officials from warning local law enforcement about supposed terror threats. They aren't being used for the people. They're being used against them. The only relationship ICE deserves from us is prosecution. It is up to all of our cities to stand up and draw the line of what will not be tolerated. It's good that we want to limit ISIS's use of the city's infrastructure and facilities, but this still relies on the ability to trust ICE. This administration and the companies providing these tools uh and that they will weaponize. You can look to cities like Nashville that passed similar measures dealing with the same companies, but ultimately found that these restrictions aren't enough to keep these uh this technology from them. Trump and ICE have long proven they will defy courts and the law. We know that these companies that have been eager to operate in genocide and apartheid in Palestine won't hesitate to cooperate in Trump's racist endeavors here either. The only way to be certain is to end these deals. This government lies about who it targets here and abroad. They say they're deporting violent villains while the vast majority have no criminal record. They say they're making cities safer while they occupy them. They say they're fighting for women's liberation while they kill more than 170 little girls in a school in Iran. This country doesn't work for us, but the city can be better. We can show that people are our priority, and the only ones that don't belong here is this murderous Trump administration currently rolling through town. We must stop contributing to the harm. We must end these partnerships and divest. >> Thank you. Uh, moving to Zoom, Mike Ulehorn. Welcome. Hello. Can you hear me now? >> Yes. Go ahead, Mike. >> Great. Thank you very much. So, I don't know if everybody realizes it or not, but Elon Musk, who I'm sure everybody there loves so much, with his SpaceX, has launched nearly 10,000 satellites with his Starlink program so that the world can have satellite internet. Now, it's being beamed to all of us all the time, everywhere we go. Right now, it's being bean to us, whether we want it or not. Can you imagine if he started charging every single person on the planet $10 a month just because he's ready to provide us internet and we have access to it because it's getting bean to us. And he could steal $10 a month from every person who's not even using it. That's exactly what Greater Cincinnati Waterworks does to every citizen in their service area. Even if you're not using the water, if they have it turned off at the meter, providing you with absolutely nothing, they will steal money from you every single month. I think maybe I need to call up SpaceX and see if I can get a hold of Elon Musk and tell him that he can do that because you guys set the precedent that every company can charge people a minimum monthly charge just for being ready to provide something and people having access to it. How would everybody feel like that if they got a bill every month from Elon Musk for his Starlight program? I wonder if anybody's going to do anything about Greater Cincinnati Waterworks doing that cuz that's what you're doing. Every month they charge for nothing. Nothing at all. Nobody calls me. Please give me a call. 5138337057. Hopefully we can get this resolved so that they're no longer stealing money from people. But you guys pass the law that allows them to do that and you collect that money every month. >> Thanks, Mike. That concludes uh the citizens forum. We will be in recess until 2 p.m. when the business meeting will begin. Thank you. Hey, hey hey hey. N. N. tickle tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tickle tickle tickle jingle tickle tickle tickle tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tickle tingle. I am round. Hey Wow. Heat. Heat. Hey, Hey, hey hey. Heat. Heat. Hey. Hey, hey hey. Natal. Good afternoon. Welcome to today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council. We will now begin and the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Walsh >> here. >> Council member Albby >> here. >> Council member Kramering here. Council member James >> here. >> Council member Jeff >> here. >> Council member Johnson. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> I'm here but virtually. >> Council member Nolan >> here. >> Council member Owens >> here. >> Please stand for a moment of silence. And 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. >> Thank you. The minutes from the previous meeting will be approved and filed without objection. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. As the vice mayor just mentioned, she'll be joining via Zoom. However, as a reminder, she will not be able to vote during today's session. Moving to our agenda, item one is the appointment of Mia Revolta to the Cincinnati Retirement System. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson. Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Item two is the appointment of Dave Crockett to the Lan Airport Oversight and Advisory Board. Roll call on the confirmation of the appointment, please. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Mr. Johnson, would you like to be um recorded as a yes for item one, which is the appointment of Mia Revolta to the Cincinnati Retirement System? >> Yes. Thank you, Chair. >> Thank you, President Johnson. Items 3 through 22 are all reappointments. They are of uh they are all reappoints to the um Workforce Council of Southwest Ohio Board of Directors. The individuals are Brian Wright, Jordan Vogel, Timothy Thornton, Carol Sason Williams, John Thomas, Jesse Simmons, Jennifer Rotor, Asia Park, Sua Pie, Raina McFaran, Rodney Harden, Brian Griffin, Chanel Gentry, Chris Fredell, Katherine Fitzgerald, Mark Derig, Andrew Crum, Natasha Chestnut, Heather Bocher, and Hope Arthur. Without objection, we will have one roll call vote on items 3 through 22. Hearing no objections. Roll call on confirmation of items three through 22, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Items 23 through 45 are as indicated. Item 46, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer of $1,300 within the general fund for Vice Mayor Kernney's general fund personnel operating budget account to Vice Mayor Kernney's general fund non-personnel operating budget account to realign the office budget for Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Kitting, may I have the vice mayor introduce this item? >> That would be fine. Vice Mayor, >> thank you. So, this is um allocating some of the money from our our personnel budget to our non-personnel budget, mainly office supplies and cell phones, uh just to make sure we have enough to cover us until the end of the year. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Any further comments? >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramer, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 47, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $154 from the clerk of council general fund non-personnel operating budget account to Cincinnati Copers Incorporated doing business as ProSource for printer and copier services provided from May 1st, 2025 through May 31st, 2025 pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the director of finance. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramer, >> this is a small then and now payment for printing services and it came out of the uh clerk of council's office. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 48, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $5,878.77 to Terracon Consultants from Cincinnati Fire Department general fund non-personnel operating budget account for environmental sampling services at firehouse 12 provided on behalf of the office of environment and sustainability pursuant to the attached thin and certificate from the director of finance. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Karding? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Uh the city did some air quality sampling. This is uh in conjunction with firehouse number 12 in Camp Washington. Just there's some industrial facilities down there. Just a minute. Want to make sure that it's a safe environment for our firefighters. >> Further comments? Roll call on passage. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 49, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $13,335 to CCH Incorporated from general fund audit and examiners fees non-EP departmental non-personnel operating budget account as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to software licenses and maintenances maintenance services from January 1, 2026 through December 31st, 2026. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> Mayor, this is a moral obligation. It's for audit fees and it is uh for software and maintenance services. >> Further comments? Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Yes. Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 50, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate a donation of $5,000 from the Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation to support police recruitment efforts by the Cincinnati Police Department. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kane, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Kermiting. >> Uh thank you to the Blue the Blue Line Foundation for their contribution. They are a uh regular uh partner of the cities in these endeavors. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Item 51, first reading. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to adopt a cyber security program for the city of Cincinnati in compliance with section 9.64 of the Ohio Revised Code. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> the Ohio State Legislators mandating that the city adopt a cyber security program. Uh, the city already had a cyber security program. This ordinance just makes that clear. >> Thank you. Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Item 52. First reading, please. An ordinance modifying the provisions of chapter 108 administrative services of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by repealing section 108-9 press passes to streamline the CMC and to express the city support of open and accessible municipal government. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Kermiting. >> I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Owens. >> Miss Owens, >> thank you. Yes. A long time ago, uh, so first of all, we are updating and modernizing this part of our municipal code. A long time ago, we used to require media to get a media pass from a safety director. We also, which we no longer have, we also associated that with a fee. And so now that we are in the modern era, one, we know that media that comes into this building, they all have credentials. And so, uh, we also don't want to make it hard to access for the media to access this place as well. So, again, this is just an update. >> Further comments, Miss Albby. >> Uh, I'm grateful for this update. I'm always thankful for our amazing reporters today. Becca, holding it down for covering local government. It is so important that our press uh cover what happens at city hall. So, thank you, Becca, and all the reporters who are usually here but got scared away by the weather. So, thank you. Are the comments? Let's really think this one through. The Just kidding. All right. Roll call on passage please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 53, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a funding agreement with Pleasant Ridge Development Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located at 6130, 6134, 6136, and 6146 Montgomery Road in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes, >> Mr. Kmerding. >> Mayor, I know that I and my colleagues are very excited about this project. It's a big win for Pleasant Ridge uh for their business district along Montgomery, right where it connects with Ridge. There's already a number of, you know, stable businesses. It it's a it's a very solid business district, but this development uh is really going to take it to the next level. Congratulation to all the Pleasant Rich stakeholders, the CDC and the community council that worked in tandem with the businesses. This is going to provide for some traffic calming, some property acquisition, and and really transform the entire Pleasant Ridge business district. >> Further comments? Uh, Pleasant Ridge is on the move. I I reiterate your excitement and um really looking forward to this project progressing. Roll call on passage. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Kramer? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramer, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 54, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance establishing new permanent improvement program account, YW.CA shelter improvements to provide one-time resources for improvements to the YW.CA shelter for survivors of domestic violence. Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Claring, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramer. >> Mayor, this ordinance came from a motion from the vice mayor providing funding for the YWCA. We had uh some conversation in the finance committee about the source. This was part of the carryover process. >> Further comments? Roll call and pass. Oh, I'm sorry, Vice Mayor. >> Okay. I wanted to just comment on it if you >> Please, please go ahead. >> Yeah, I just, you know, I just really want to thank council for uh considering this. Um, as we know, Ohio had a 37% increase in domestic violence last year. And unfortunately, Hamilton County led Ohio in the most domestic violence incidents in the state. Uh and just most people know uh but in case in case some folks didn't, the YW.CA operates the only domestic violence shelter in our region and their new Francancy Garber Pepper House of Healing in Aendale doubles the shelter capacity and can house up to 120 people at a time, which is which is huge and this is wonderful. So, their request for this additional uh $200,000 from the carryover uh is for necessary safety measures such as cameras, security doors, also for accessibility improvements, and also for improvements to the basement. And so, I thank council for considering this necessary funding. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh any further comments, Mr. Kramer? >> Yeah, mayor. I I made uh this clearing committee, but I'll be voting no on 44 and 47. I certainly respect both these organizations, their missions. Uh there is a need. It's just a matter of of the source uh that these come from. So I'll be voting no on 44 and 40 54 and 57. >> Thank you. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call and passage for item 54, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> no. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 55, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and appropriation of $92,371.67 from the unappropriated surplus of general fund to the city manager's office non-personnel operating budget account to provide onetime resources to support the center for closing the health gaps health expo in 2026 as well as its numerous other impactful initiatives throughout the year. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, I'll if she's willing, I'll defer to the vice mayor to introduce this uh ordinance. >> Vice Mayor, please. >> Absolutely. Thank you. So, uh the Center for Closing the Health Gap uh is going to host its annual health expo at Washington Park on April 25th uh and needed $100,000 for that endeavor. uh which really is life-saving. So many free screenings, educational workshops, uh a lot of really good information and and and really health care. And so, um I I asked for the funds to come from our our new special projects funding. However, um the city manager's office found out that there's still 92,371 uh dollars left in uh the Center for Closing Health Gaps 2025 budget. And so administration uh suggested that we use that 92,000 and the city manager offered to cover uh the balance of that uh for the 100,000 which is about 7,700 and something. So uh so this motion is for that um for the center for closing the health gap uh to be able to use the money left in their budget from 25 and also um that additional uh $7,000 plus from the city manager for a total of $100,000 for the health expo. So in other words, it's not coming from the carryover special projects. >> Thank you, vice mayor. Further comments? Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 56, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer of $100,000 from the general fund balance sheet reserve account reserved for special event support to the unappropriate surplus of general fund. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Kering? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member James. >> Mr. James, >> it's a very exciting item here, the uh passing of the majority of the carryover budget. There's some fantastic causes here with supporting the immigration law center, um access to council, as well as the getting the Weston Bar and Grill across the last stage here. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Mr. James. Um, and Mr. Kramering, we are on item 56, which is an emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer of $100,000 from general fund balance, uh, sheet reserve account reserved for special event support to the unappropriated surplus of general fund. I think Mr. James was introducing item 57. >> Mr. James, would you like to move item number 56? I defer to Council Member Johnson. >> Mr. Johnson, >> thank you. Thank you. We We look a little alike, but not I'm a little older than he is. But anyway, >> hold on. That I'm >> not you. I'm talking to Crarine. >> Not you. >> Laid back. >> Little levity. It's all good. But hey, this this would uh this would come from the special events fund and it's the Aenddale film festival that provides job opportunities and uh a camp for young people that also are introduced are in that are uh interested in in front of and behind the cameras. We've had filmmakers over the last couple of years come as far away from California. It's a great partnership with the University of Cincinnati and their film department and just a lot of amazing great talent that uh shows up on this particular day for the Aenddale Film Festival. This helps also to assist employment as I said with youth from all across the city. It's a great event. If you haven't been there uh I suggest you you come and see. You will be amazed at the talent that is out there in young people in producing uh and directing films. To be quite honest, um it's been an amazing I think three-year run and um we look forward to the fourth year being a great success. Also, >> thank you, President Johnson. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Item 57, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer of $490,000 from the general fund balance sheet reserve account reserve for operating budget contingencies to the unappropriate surplus of the general fund. >> All right, Mr. James, you're up. >> Here we go. Uh I am uh offended to be mixed up with Council Member Johnson here. I'm tremendously more charismatic. Um but yeah, I think this is a fantastic motion. Uh this is uh the usage of for the folks at home. This is the for the usage of the uh operation contingency portion of the carryover budget. Uh very excited. I think this serves as the first time that my office has got to actually uh work with funding here. So, thank you for the tremendous harmony and tremendous collaboration amongst my colleagues here to get across the finish line. Uh we're very excited to support the immigration law center access to council as well as uh complete the development of Western Bar and Grill which should be opening this summer. So, thank you so much. >> Thank you for the comments, Miss Owens. >> Thank you. Yes. uh saying thank you colleagues for just getting this across the finish line and I think we make really good investments that are uh timely. Uh thank you to supporting families with access to counsel. They really appreciate it. And just as a reminder, we are conducting another eviction observation tomorrow. We do this uh once a month. Uh but courtroom B, the Hamilton County Justice Center, 9:15, you can meet us and you can see these dollars being put to good work. >> Thank you. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call on passage of item 57, please. >> Did we do suspension, sir? >> Oh, I'm so sorry. We may not have. Roll call on suspension, please. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramerang, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Thank you for the correction, Mr. Clerk. Uh, roll call and passage, please. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, yes. >> Council member Kering, >> no. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> That concludes the business portion of our agenda. I have uh a couple of uh announcements. First, congratulations to the PCEL Marian girls basketball uh team on reaching the state semi-finals for the sixth straight time. It's incredible. Their next game is tomorrow up in Dayton. Um and I'm confident we'll all be cheering them on. Uh and of course, a big congrats to the Aken boys uh basketball team, Swoop on winning districts and continuing on. really proud of our young people continuing to excel. City Manager Long, do you have any announcements? >> I don't have any announcements, Mayor. Thank you. >> Thank you. Council announcements. >> Uh, yeah. Vice Mayor, then Miss Albby, then Miss Owens. >> Oh, was that you? Okay. Sorry, guys. Yes. >> Miss Owens, then Miss Albby. >> So, yeah. No, just picking up on the March Madness theme. So, this Sunday is the March Madness selection show. And so, we are also excited about our Oh, there you go, Zach. uh our college teams that are competing uh both men's and women's and I have to give a special shout out to my alma mater as well as the city manager's alma mater Miami University uh for a perfect season love and honor 31 and0 and we're super excited for them and also to recognize that there is a former tab senator on the team uh uh Ian Elmer so we are excited moving our pushing our regional teams on to success Yes, >> that's great. Thank you, Miss Albby. >> Yeah, thank you. I want to welcome Jenna Schaefer to my office joining as policy director. Uh she should hopefully look familiar to my colleagues having uh volunteered for the past few months as a fellow in Council Member Jeff office. So, thank you also to Council Member Jeff for sparing this wonderful talent. Excited to have Jenna aboard. >> Welcome, Jenna. We're so excited to work with you. >> Further announcements. Just >> Yes, Miss Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, I got to mention, uh, Summit Boys just won the regional. I mean, they play for the regional championship Saturday morning at Centa Center. They won last night. An amazing game against North College Hill up in Fairborne, Ohio. And then um we have to also shout out the Summit boys and girls soccer team have won the state championship three years in a row. So we will be bringing them down. I'll be >> conversing with the superstar Hall of Famer over there from Summit to uh bring them in to make sure they're properly recognized. And this is a this is an amazing run that they've had in the soccer team and we hope the boys basketball team can win Saturday to play go to the final four. So thank you Mr. Chair. >> Thank you Mr. President. Further announcements seeing none meetings are oh one second Mr. Kramer please. Sorry. I just want to remind citizens and and my colleagues that we will uh gather together tonight at 5:30 at the North Aenddale Rec Center for the second of our budget hearings. Thank you. Okay, final call. Seeing none, meetings adjourned.