Woohoo! Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, we got the mics back. That's exciting. >> Good afternoon. Welcome to today's citizens forum. Uh, as I call your name, you'll have two minutes to address council. Our first speaker is Mrs. Carol Cunningham. Welcome. >> Honorable Mayor Act, an apology is necessary. I could not see the forest for the foliage in the trees while um holding a double ampute elderly woman in a wheelchair whose rental payment had increased to thousand dollars more than her SSI disability amount. I wept uncontrollably and told her you would not let that happen and affirm clerk of courts will not execute such an eviction notice as that. Both property managers and residents undergo an extensive investigation and I am very pleased to have received an attorney and with the help of uh also vice mayor Jan Michelle Kernney. I want to commend each and every one of you. Scotty. Uh Jeff and I, we see each other while he's out jogging some mornings. And um I just want to let you know you have done more than any preiding mayor and I honor you today and I lift you up and I believe in you, your vision because when earnings, education increase, crime decreases and all of you are happy when we are. Is my time up? No, you can keep going. >> Oh, great. Okay. So, anyway, there's this man who's been tapping on my ceiling. I had to go to Good Sam to get emergency treatment to stop a brain bleed aneurysm. So, um on Monday, I saw him in the lobby. I told him to stop tapping on my ceiling because the advocate had already told him he is devious and dangerous. Who knows when he might flip out and take that cane and beat me to death with it. Then his prostitute comes in and runs up to me, telling me he's not paying me. He's not responsible for a personal injury. I said, "According to who you, you better back up off me, which but with the B- word." And uh she ran up to me and then she turned around. They went to his room. He got >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for coming in. Our next speaker is >> Will I be able to speak? >> Uh, yes. Uh, oh, actually, um, could you both speak with her? Thank you. I appreciate it. Mattal, welcome. >> All right. Can you hear me? Okay. >> Yeah. Um you can feel free to stand if you want but um yeah >> um good afternoon. I just have some documents that I've uh shared with the clerk um for the climate en or climate environment and infrastructure committee and the mayor's office um about an alternative for the Brenpence corridor design that I think we should look at and maybe talk to ODOT about uh as well as a proposal to keep the Oasis line by the river uh for future use which OKI and Sorda I think are planning on selling or converting which I think is a little shortsighted. Um, I am sorry to dump the documents on you and I know I send a lot of emails sometimes to certain councilmen. Um, but I know you're all very busy and I sincerely appreciate your service to the city. I love Cincinnati and I believe we have an opportunity with the Brent Spence work that's going on to fix a lot of the urban renewal mistakes that were made and uh set us up for a much better future. Uh, while the bridge is set, I think that's good. Uh, the rest of it is a design bid build process. So, we can still change the merge and entrance and exit layout, which I believe we should. Um, ODOT, I'm sure, has good intentions, but um, American traffic engineering is very, uh, I'll say arbitrary and, uh, should not be taken as gospel. Um, the previous project manager before, Tommy Arnold, even warned that this design is probably not going to help with traffic separation. Um, I have a proposal that I'd like you to look over if you can in the documents. Um, which I believe will properly separate the local and through traffic in the area and actually better allow us to heal the West End in Queensgate and get more land back for the city. Um, if I may, I would possibly like to request a meeting with the CI members uh, their committee about this proposal and uh, possibly about bringing it forward to ODOT and our department of transportation and engineering. Um, I also have the contact info of some Dutch planners who I think um are much better at this sort of design and fixing um renewal mistakes like this. So, I'd be happy to put them in touch as well. Um, I think the current design is a continuation of our flawed transportation approach and I believe it will stunt our growth if we don't push for changes. Thank you. Thank you, Stanford Pool. Welcome. White collar crime is up. That mean people with a tie and got a title. Yesterday I were down to city cel downtown and I witnessed a a theft, a crime, a murder, and a rape. Miss Sandy property were token by your building department, your your law department and you guys. You said see something, say something. We have came here and told the mayor that your corrupt building department and law department doing taking black people property and brown people and did nothing. We had a meeting with him. Never never came to the next meeting. We went to Miss Kernney, told him Sandy was they were taking her property and nothing. And Scotty, we told him he didn't believe that was happening. But he did do something. He brought in the building department and the building department and the law department sat right here and said, "We go to the poor neighborhood," which that's the black neighborhood. If you people don't know where black people got their property when they pushed them out of the west end and put red line on all them black neighborhood and took the money every 6 months and put it in High Park and other places. We got people that color that's not even helping their own people. Even the white ones not doing it. You're firing black people right and left. Abby fired somebody. Uh Wash, we asked him to do something. He didn't do nothing. How criminal can you get? Trump out in front. Y'all the sneaky ones. You were elected to do something. And then Scotty said they need to go to jail. They said we go to the poor neighborhood. We write them up. That's what white people were doing all the time to take black people property through farms and and houses. And you're out doing it here. Then they said, "Give that title up." Tracy Everett. Tracy Everett, welcome. >> Sit down. >> Well, first of all, ain't started. First of all, I want to say happy birthday to my grandson. He would have been 18 years old today. Jammor Washington that was hit on Victory Parkway. It's too much crime. I've been coming down here too long, Scotty. Y'all too long. All these fake narratives and stuff y'all want people to believe because it's in social media or what you I can't go on that. I don't even know how to react to it. Then y'all don't understand that some people just talk different. I just talk different. I'm more aggressive and firm the way I talk. So don't mean I have a mental issue or that I want to go talk to this person. That's what hippo for. I have rights and laws that I do a bye-bye. I really don't appreciate the amount of stress that the city done pit on me taking vehicles from my house. I can't keep up with everything. It's causing a real security issue at my house. My stuff shouldn't just be sitting on shone desk. Everybody completely aware of what's going on. Thank you, Abby, for the Crossroad Health Center that I've been going to since I was a kid. So, if y'all really want to reset and reprogram, I wish we move forward. We're not doing anything. We're constantly losing lives. And I do pray for the people at Riverfresh that got hurt. But at the same time, I'm not doing Jelly Roll Entertainment. We have to stop. We have to stop. We're ready to unite and reset. You have to let us control our own community. Black, not Jelly Roll Entertainment. It has to stop. Please, I'm asking y'all. It's senseless. It's sad. And I'm tired of it. It's the same thing been going on. History. This ain't nothing but history. Use common sense. That's what we go to school for. Use it. It's time. I'm tired of it. Stefan Prior welcome. >> Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Yesterday I went down to the courthouse yesterday uh Evan Noah yesterday. It was a sad day. You had the receiver David Man. My fault. Michael Man, David man's son as being a receiver and he's a lawyer for otr. They were seeking to sell the property of Miss Sandra Allen 36 East Clifton for $84,500. OTR do claimed the expenses cost $153,979 86. That's a lot of money for saying that they owe on that house and it's not fixed up. That that's a fixed up money. 100 something thousand house should be fixed up. But they saying they owe her that. They owe the uh otto adopt that. But if I'm not mistaken, Working in Neighborhoods, they help families stay in their homes and their property. Nonprofit organization. Same as Otto, nonprofit organization. Home. They're against discrimination. nonprofit organization, NAACP for housing. They supposed to help people live in their home, their property, and help fix it up. They get money from the banks. They get money from from the city, from the county. Different organizations do, but y'all can donate $70,000 to a sport bar in the West End, but y'all can't help people stay in their homes. Make that make sense, y'all. Y'all got elected for for for for a reason, y'all. Do y'all love y'all? If y'all do, y'all love other people too, also to help people. And it's sad that people, we keep coming down here saying this over and over again, and it's falling on deaf ears. I hope one day y'all have a heart and really help people for real. It's getting serious out here. People losing their homes, taxes, rising high off stupid stuff. So, I think y'all need to do something about this, y'all. Enough is enough. >> Thank you, Bishop Sunny James. Welcome. Let me first say how I I have to take a stance for righteousness and justice. It's not always about black versus white. It's not always about the rich versus the poor. But today, I stand before each and every one of you extremely frustrated when I see young African-American entrepreneurs trying to pursue the American dream. And we entertain developers. And I am all for big development. In fact, I've taken a lot of flack from a lot of my peers because they've seen me stand with people that don't vote the way some people vote. They don't look the way some people look. But God didn't send me here to be a black man for just black people. I believe God sent me here to be a man of God for his people. And that's what I'm going to do. And whoever stands with me, great. Whoever doesn't great but we have developers that come before you all and their motives are not right. I've stood with a developer who came here who's been operating in my community of Norwood, Ohio advocating. But now when I see how the deliberate intention to put out a young black man because you complain about safety issues and other matters and you ask for mediation in July of last year, folks, it's March of this year. When these developers come and want to get into Hyde Park and all of that, do your investigation work before you approve anything. And I'll be here every week to make sure you hear that voice. God bless you all. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you. Moving to Zoom. Mike Ulhorn, welcome. >> Yes. Hello. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead. >> Yes. Thank you very much. So, today my question is is about what really is it that you guys do? I thought you were public servants. I thought that was your job was to serve the public. I have been calling. I have been emailing about Greater Cincinnati Waterworks and how they steal money from people when they don't want water. The water is turned off at the meter by Greater Cincinnati Waterworks, but they charge a monthly base rate just because they're ready to provide something and people have access to it even if they don't want it. Now, I think most people would agree that if someone was taking money from them and they didn't authorize it and they get nothing in return, that that would be theft. Ohio State law 2913 states it's theft, but I've been calling and emailing that not one of you have ever contacted me back. Now, I know I heard from Scotty Johnson's assistant once that since my property is in Forest Park, it's not a City of Cincinnati issue, but this is a city of Cincinnati issue because the same rules apply throughout Cincinnati and the surrounding areas. They're all serviced by Greater Cincinnati Waterwork. So, I don't understand why nobody is doing anything about this issue. Nobody's contacting me back. I've been coming here on these to these meetings via Zoom for many many months and still not one call. Nobody has referred me to talk to anybody like they do to people who are there in person. Nothing. I get no response. In fact, usually when I call, if I do get one of your assistants, they're very rude and they just hang up on me as soon as I mention my name or what I'm calling about. >> Thank you, sir. That concludes um our session of public comment. Uh we will return at 2 p.m. for the business portion of our agenda. Thank you. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Number n. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. turn around. Heat. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, I don't know. Heat. Heat. Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. N. Hey hey hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Good afternoon. We will begin today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council and the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Albby >> here. Council member Kramering here. Council member James >> here. >> Council member Jeff >> here. Council member Johnson. >> Vice Mayor Kernney >> here. >> Council member Nolan >> here. >> Council member Owens >> here. >> Council member Walsh >> 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. >> The minutes from the previous meeting will be approved without objection. Approved and filed without objection, excuse me. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. Moving to our agenda, items one through 22 are as indicated. Item 23, we'll now recognize Vice Mayor Kernney, recognizing the Cincinnati Fire Department and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of the city of Cincinnati for the fire department personnel and their heroic efforts at Bramble Park on February 11th, 2026. Vice Mayor, >> thank you. Council member Johnson is supposed to join me. Um, he's should we should we wait till he comes or >> uh can someone find him? >> He's on his way. >> Okay. Yay. Here he is. So, okay. Good afternoon everybody. Will the following please join me? Of course, Chief McKinley and and and our officers please come up. And then uh from district four, District Chief Warship from Engine 49, Lieutenant Strange, Fire Operatus Operator Richards, Firefighter Shiloh, Firefighter Ventra. Uh, from truck 31, Lieutenant Jasper, fire apparatus operator Jimson, firefighter Kennedy, firefighter Roer, and from Rescue 9, Lieutenant Grove, fire apparatus operator Wallace, firefighter Coleman, and firefighter Peace. So, I think all of you, as we did, woke up uh on February 11th and um and heard on the news about uh the heroic um actions of our fire department. And let me just say, we know every day you're you're heroes. You're out there every day risking your life for us. And we really appreciate it. Appreciate you and all the members of the Cincinnati Fire Department. Um but this morning we woke up and heard how you saved this 11year-old girl um who uh who has autism from from drowning. You kept her out of this icy water and uh and it wasn't an easy task and so there was a lot involved. So we wanted to bring you here just to show you, you know, our love and respect for you and for the entire Cincinnati Fire Department. And so Scotty Johnson is joining me. Do we'll read this together? How about that? >> Okay. Okay. I I have to do the large print version. >> Oh, okay. Oh, I'm sorry. >> Okay. So, resolution. Whereas on February 11th, 2026, Cincinnati Fire Department Company's Ladder 31, injured 49, and heavy rescue 9 were dispatched to Bramble Park to assist in the rescue of an 11-year-old girl with autism who was standing precariously near a small body of icy water at the bottom of a steep gully. And whereas upon arrival, fire crews assessed the dangerous terrain and freezing conditions and in consultation with the child's father carefully developed a rescue plan designed to ensure her safety while minimizing distress. And whereas firefighters gently lowered an extension ladder down the steep slope, and two members, one equipped in an ice rescue suit, descended to reach the child, demonstrating exceptional training, coordination, and calm professionalism. And whereas once contact was made, firefighters immediately secured the child with a personal flotation device and safely guided her up the ladder, preventing potential exposure to icy waters of unknown death and averting possible tragedy. And >> whereas the successful risk res rescue resulted in an uneventful assin and a joyful reunion between the child and her father reflecting the Cincinnati Fire Department's unwavering commitment to public safety and compassionate service. And whereas the courage, skill, and dedication displayed by the responding crews exemplify the highest standards of public service and bring great credit upon the Cincinnati Fire Department and the city of Cincinnati. Now therefore, where be it resolved, this council and the mayor of the city of Cincinnati recognize and commend Latter 31, Engine 49, and heavy rescue 9 for their professionalism bravery and compassionate response during Feb during the event February 11th, 2026 res the rescue at Bramble Park. And let me say this. I think really the amazing work that you do every day is taken for granted. And I'm not saying that as a slam to our citizens, but the way the Cincinnati Fire Department every day shows up and gets it done. And don't complain based on the circumstances in which you have to work. We as a council and we as the citizens of Cincinnati must not take the demanding tires tireless work that you do every day. We can't take it for granted. I pray God's grace and mercy continue to keep you all in the amazing work that you do every day. They deserve a standing ovation and a round of applause. They really, really do. The chief go chief. We'll give you an opportunity >> to the mayor, members of council. I just want to say uh my name is Frank McKenley, fire chief of Cincinnati Fire Department. I really want to say thank you uh for the recognition of these members, these brave members. And a lot of times it's like pulling teeth to try to get them to be acknowledged. They do this. They don't ask for credit. They don't It's just what we do. They like to work in the shadows and to make sure that everybody's safe regardless of race color creed religion beliefs orientation. None of that matters. They risk their lives to save the lives of others. And this is a testament and I'm so glad that they're here to be recognized because it means not only so much to them but to the entire Cincinnati Fire Department. And when the public knows that we're here for you and we continue to do this, it is it's very important for us because we're out here and we have a mission of saving lives. And so I just want to say thank you so much to the members of the council mayor um for providing us this recognition. And thank you. >> Okay, Mayor. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh, thank you, President Johnson. Thank you, uh, Chief McKinley, and thank you to um all of the firefighters that we're so proud to honor today. Uh, comments from council. >> Uh, Miss Owens, then Miss Albi. >> Thank you. Uh, thank you, uh, both council members. Uh, Vice Mayor Kernney and Council Member Johnson, I think you said it. You all do this every single day. You are the heroes of our community. Uh, we value you. Uh, I have all the respect. We have all the respect in the world for you. And as we are the first established fire department in the nation, I also want to recognize that it's your excellence in training and it's your commitment to community that also sets you apart when we think about engagement and we think about prevention. And so that is just as important to the ethos of CFD as it is to uh just responding uh in the necessary moment. So thank you for being a comprehensive department and a caring department. We appreciate you. >> Thank you Miss Albby and then Mr. Jeff. >> Thank you so much. So I live in Madisonville. So I heard these sirens go by and had no idea what was happening until the reports started coming out. So truly just like such a remarkable thing. Uh, you know, I think one of the when the public thinks about firefighters, they think about you rushing into burning buildings, which obviously is a very important part of job, but really you were there no matter what the call is. When I did my overnight um at one of the stations, that was something I was really struck by is you never know what you're about to walk into. Firefighters are who residents call when they don't know who else to turn to. And in this case, you were so vital. you were the people who were there to help in this situation which in a thousand years we couldn't necessarily have predicted, but you were there and you delivered service. You helped protect this little girl, you know, save lives. So, thank you so much. Thank you for for saving my neighbor. I'm really grateful. Thank you, >> Mr. Jeff and Mr. Walsh. >> Yeah, it's been said. First of all, thank you to my colleagues for for bringing this u bring this up and and thank you. This is just one example, right? I mean, I think last week the chief was here talking about uh the heroism of you guys responding to some recent fires and uh you know, look, you're you're there on people's worst day and you make it a little better and so thank you for being there when people um have some of their toughest days and uh being there for our citizens. >> Mr. Walsh. >> Yeah. Not to belabor a point here um because my favorite thing about hanging out with you guys is you guys make like the best lunch ever. So, thanks for coming a little later here. Um, I recently read an article about a couple that died in New York that was standing close to a sheet of ice and then one went in and one went missing. And so, as you think about this, I mean, that's the alternative that could have happened if not for you guys' ingenuity. Um, so thank you for what you're doing. Again, not to belabor the point here. You guys know how amazing you are. You've heard it from everybody. You're going to continue to hear it. But, uh, for that little girl and for that family, um, this is a moment they're going to remember forever. I remember when my sister needed the fire department when I was like five. And so, you know, 30 years later, um, you guys are still remembered. So, thank you. >> And I'll add my congratulations and gratitude. Um, it is such a a proud honor to work with all of you in providing the public service that too many take for granted. Um, the sacrifices that you make, the sacrifices that your family makes, many of whom are here, um, is something that we take very seriously. Uh, your safety is of critical importance to us. um as you provide safety to everyone else and we will continue to do everything we can to support these kinds of heroic efforts. Thank you so much. Roll call on passage of the resolution, please. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member King, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> It passes. Congratulations. >> Items 24 through 40 are as indicated. >> Item 41, first reading, please. an ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $13,947 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency mosquito control program. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, this was a grant from the Ohio EPA. It identifies areas that are uh potential mosquito hazards and educates the comm communities about the potential threat. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Item 42, first reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $50,000 from the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Youth Violence Technical Assistance Resilient, Innovative, Safe, and Empowered Communities Program. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kaming. >> Yes. Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramer. >> Mayor, I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Albi. >> Miss Albby. >> Yeah. Thank you. So, uh, last year we we passed the impact award around, uh, food access and establishing these, uh, urban farms and neighborhood hubs. So, this actually goes with the neighborhood hubs part of it where we're now hoping to expand it to engage uh youth in this. So, to be able to actually pay stipens and hire uh youth in the neighborhoods to help provide leadership, peer-to-peer engagement and quote the youth theory of change. Uh multiple youth will lead an ongoing process to ensure youth wisdom informs the project's theory of change and interventions. So, this is a really great program, uh, an opportunity to bring some of the work we're doing around food access and engage the next generation of leaders to make sure their voices are at the table. >> Thank you. Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Walsh. >> Yes. Item 43, first reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $57,500 from the Cincinnati Recreation Foundation to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission's National Junior Tennis and Learning Program. >> Procusion. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Mr. Kramer, >> mayor, this is a this is another grant for youth learning which is critically important. This one goes to tennis and is from one of our regular partners, the Cincinnati Rec Foundation. So, thank you Ozie Davis and Teen. >> Further comments? Miss Albby? I just want to highlight so national junior tennis and learning programs are things we do around the country and they're really great opportunity to um not only engage kids in in learning tennis but also the education piece of it. Uh tennis has a history of being a really insular sport. So this is a really great way to get more kids engaged in a um this sport and really kind of democratize it and and have that education piece. So I'm really excited about it. >> Further comments? Roll call on passage. >> Council member Albby. Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Item 44. First reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $10,250 from the American Red Cross to support swim lessons and scholarships for the Cincinnati Recreation Commission's Junior Lifeguard Program. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kiming, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. Mr. Kramering. >> Cincinnati is fortunate to have so many pools uh throughout the city that were somewhat unique in that regards. Uh lifeguards of course are a critically important part of that and the junior lifeguard program in this grant supports that. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff? Yes. Council member Johnson? >> Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Hermining, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Item 45, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $6,94 from the Cincinnati Police Department criminal activity forfeite state fund non-personnel operating budget account. >> Roll call on suspension. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Crarading, >> this uh moral obligation is uh from the police department. The uh designated lease period that was designated, the contract ended, the leasing continued. So, this moral obligation just corrects that and allows payment to be made. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Item 46, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a funding agreement with Green Umbrella to provide one-time operational support for green workforce development in Cincinnati. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Mr. Kramering, >> I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Owens. >> Miss Owens. Well, thank you. I'm always ready to talk about green jobs. Uh, no, but this is moving the work forward. If we remember, the chamber uh did an analysis with with us in regards to the impact uh that we can have on the region uh which is upwards of 44,000 jobs created with an 11 billion economic impact. So truly this is uh helping to support that infrastructure. >> Thank you. Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Kering. Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kerdine. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kerney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. Item 47 is a motion from council member Owens that the city administration prepare a report within the next 30 days to identify the labor union involvement rate in the implementation of Cincy on track funding. Miss Owens, >> thank you, mayor. Um, yeah, so the voters decided that uh making sure we had an investment in infrastructure in perpetuity for this city was really important and we have that opportunity to make those investments. I think it's also important uh to as we think about the consistency in capital projects that we're also forecasting the labor that is needed. And so um obviously working with our brothers and sisters in labor to uh see what is possible I think is a a good place for us to to be. >> Further comments? >> Roll call on adoption of the motion please. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kerdine. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> That concludes the business portion of our agenda. I just have a few uh announcements. Um, you know, last weekend we had a tragic and horrifying event where nine folks um were senselessly shot. Uh and since that moment, uh our first responders, our CPD law enforcement, uh you know, EMS, our ECC operators, our firefighters, um they all responded very, very quickly. And as a result, what was already a tragedy was prevented from being even worse. Since that time, our investigators have been working around the clock, and I'm so grateful to them for their quick work in apprehending the suspects. Um, and thank you to the community for coming forward in support of that investigation. Uh, this month is Women's History Month. Want to thank all of the exceptional women um inside of City Hall and outside of it who do so much work on behalf of our community and looking forward to council members honoring various leaders throughout the month. And finally, the Queen City Swiss is kicking off uh this Friday this week. It's a free basketball program for our teens to build community and mentorship opportunities run by Cincy Rec at the North Aendale Rec Center. I'll be there on Friday and I'm incredibly grateful for our rec team for putting on youth programming like this. City Manager Long, do you have any announcements? >> I have no announcements. Thank you, Mayor >> Council. Miss Elby, >> uh thank you, Mayor. To add to your comments about uh the tragedy this weekend, I also want to thank our victim assistance liaison team who right now are currently hosting a victim um support uh session where they're um helping with any needs uh coming out of that whether that's uh access to therapy or um applying for victim compensation. So they're doing that right now uh out of district 4. So this team is remarkable. We all love Karen Ramsey and her her work. So, uh, I want to thank the administration for the the followup, not just on the law enforcement side, but the support we're providing to survivors. Thank you. >> Thank you. Further announcements. >> Uh, Mr. Vice Mayor, then Mr. Kering. >> Yeah. The budget process kicks off tonight at 5:30 at council chambers. So, we hope to see as many citizens as possible here. Thank you, Vice Mayor. >> Thank you. So, the city of Cincinnati as well as um the Association of Black Psychologists are hosting um or helping the Center for Closing the Health Gap to host a session on Saturday at the Hollowman Center in the Aendale Town Center and um it's from I should say it's called Empowering Parents. uh they carry what we can't see is really the theme and it's really about helping parents to connect with um with with psychologists to figure out how we can just do better at parenting things you know issues we might all be having you know you all know that um when your kids become teenagers uh it's a really exciting time but it can be very challenging suddenly they stop talking to us or they're on their phones sometimes things are going on with our kids and we wonder what's wrong. Uh so, and this isn't because, you know, you're a bad parent. It just means everyone can use some help and support in parenting and and finding some answers. And so, we invite people to come. It's free. There's a breakfast at 9:00. Uh the session lasts from 9 to 11:30 this Saturday. Doors open at the Hollowman Center at 8:30. The public is definitely invited to come. If you could register, that would be great. It's on the Center for Closing the Health Gaps website. Um, but we just want to encourage people to come and and hear from these psychologists. Feel free to have a good open, honest conversation, ask questions, get answers, and just get some support as a parent. It's the most important job. So, um, thank you again to the city of Cincinnati for partnering with the Center for Closing the Health Gap, and thank you to the Association of Black Psychologists. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Final announcements seeing none. Meetings is adjourned. Thank you.