[music] [music] [music] Hey, [music] hey hey. >> [music] >> Heat. [music] Hey. Hey. Hey. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Nat. [music] Good afternoon. Welcome to today's public comment. Our first speaker is Mrs. Carol Cunningham. Welcome. >> Oh. Um, Miss Cunningham, if you could come to the mic. May I sit? >> Yeah, absolutely. Um, so Miss Cunningham, when you start speaking, you'll see the green light. Uh, that means you have two minutes. >> Yes. >> You'll hear a beep and the yellow light will uh illuminate. At which point, that's your halfway mark. Don't keep Don't stop speaking. And then when you uh see the red light, that's when your time is expired. >> Understanding. >> I have a little bit of an allergy in the weather and it's cold. >> No problem. Um Miss Cunningham, if you don't mind, there are people waiting after you. Do you mind beginning? >> Um, honorable mayor at Tapure Val, Cincinnati, Ohio City Council, Hamilton County Democratic Party and citizens. I, Carol Cunningham, extend greetings of thanksgiving, giving thanks for this great life everlasting and your vision and our dream. I, Carol Cunningham, was attacked by an elderly uh, black woman hit in the face and knocked to the floor at BP North Side Gas Station November 8th, 2025. November 10th, 2025, I was assaulted by a light complexion black male who I believe resides of Clifton Place Apartments as well as myself. 900 Rude Day Lape, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220. I have seen him several times since I began residency in 2023. Um he uh struck me once very hard with a hurricane that threeprong sided. Uh I was purchasing a soda out of the vending machine and um he he as he verbed and ran towards me threatening me, he struck me very hard with a great force. I screamed loudly. property management Jisha Cass and Kelly Green ran from the office. Uh I called the police and the fire department also responded on November 10th. Uh I was transported to uh Christ Hospital. They put me on the psychiatric ward cuz I was in shock and that was the only way they could keep me >> and I need housing. >> Okay. Thank you, Miss Cunningham. I appreciate that. Uh if you could give your information to Chaka. Uh she's behind you to the left. >> All right. >> We'll do what we can to help. Thank you so much. >> Our next speaker is Paul Bean. Welcome. >> How you doing? I've been coming down here now for two two three almost three years now for trying to get justice for this accident and I I I haven't been heard by council or I can't go to the police station no more. You know what I mean? And that's not right. They they just dropped my investigation like I was cold water. But this is what I want to talk about. I gave you a package when I come down. I gave you this new life program package and it's in this city hall and it will help this city and other cities. You're not going to take anything from me. I'm not going to have that. I know some people just a little bit higher than y'all that would love your seats. See? So I can work with you with this project or we can keep on biggering about this project because this you you you said this project cost too much money but still you talking about taking something. No, we don't we don't grow up like that. I didn't grow up like that. You takes nothing from nobody. Nobody. See, I've been working for a long time in this city. I didn't retired from construction. I had done something with my time here. I didn't paid my child support and everything. I don't even have a felony now. I'm 62 years old, but I got hella miss. I tell you. So, you know, we all can work together, but don't take this. Don't don't try to take this cuz see this this will work everywhere. You know it. You You got it. We didn't discuss it. That's the only thing I've been talking about because I ain't getting no justice down here. You said I jumped the curve and I'm on social security. I'm I'm a construction worker. I'm a >> Thank you, Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean, [clears throat] um I I appreciate you have been coming here for a while and you have been asking us two issues. um you know on the new life program we no one is taking anything from you that is your program it's not our program we are not going to do that program we as in the city we are not going to do the program so please feel free to take that program and take it to the other people that you know higher up in the government and ask them to do it that's my first point no one's taking anything that is your program my second point is on this accident. I'm I'm very sorry that that happened. It is not up to us to determine who's at fault for an accident. It is up to the justice system. There is nothing we can do to help you write that wrong from your perspective about the decision that was made in that case. You are free to come here week after week. We were happy to have you, but hopefully that will give you some clarity on the things that you're asking from us for. >> Thank Thank you, Mr. Bean. Stanford Pool, welcome to the Das. As we look at this country, it's a shame to have a country like this that say they about freedom and um but we got nothing but corruption, racism. We got immigrants getting grabbed and nobody care. We had a Palestinian lady here and got spit on and the kids got traumatized and nobody care. We look at the Epstein situation and a lot of people talk about they're about family and they got kids. A 13-year-old girl get raped and abused and nobody care. Cincinnati has been doing the same thing, targeting black property owners and nobody cares. We have had several firing blacks. Um we had wash fire black lady. Abby fired a black lady, had a city council uh manager, fired somebody and that you've got to fire the fire chief with no pro proof with his discipline and just take your word. Now you got an assistant chief you fired. Now I guess it'll open season for black people. We we been in slavery, Jim Crow, red lining, housing court and vacant building thing. You're making all these good things for blacks. White man spit on a woman out here on your property. You did nothing. And some of y'all got husbands and wife and kids and you did nothing. That's assault battery. This the centree for the police. You got rid of that now. Nobody fought for it. You don't want no balance blacks. You don't want whites. You want it back lily white. Some of y'all probably think you white and you brown. This is sad. Mayor, we expected more from you. We thought you going to do the right thing. Cranley was doing criminal stuff and now we got corruption. Now, until you do something right, you're corrupt. >> Aiko Kamura, welcome. On Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a US resolution on the future governance of Gaza, inking in blood the United States continued commitment to fuel the occupation and genocide of Palestinians. The non-Palestinian international forces >> I'm sorry, Miss Kamura, could we could we start Miss Kamura's time over? If uh folks could silence our phones, I'd appreciate it. Go ahead, Miss Cora. >> Thank you. Um, on Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a US resolution on the future governance of Gaza, inking in blood the United States continued commitment to fuel the occupation and genocide of Palestinians. The non-Palestinian international forces that will be deployed into Gaza will be governed by a quote board of peace chaired by President Trump. This is occupation under the fade of international law. This mandate will last for two years and puts the president of the United States head in charge of police, humanitarian aid, security, and weaponry in Gaza. The president of the United States at the head of a board in near full control of Gaza. The Palestinian people, just as any other people, have a right to autonomy, sovereignty, and freedom from occupation. Freedom from occupation, whether it be US or Israeli. The focus of the United States should remain within the United States. As families are being ripped apart from each other by ICE at staggering rates, as funding to SNAP is being cut, leaving millions suddenly dropped from the program altogether, the focus of this country belongs on fixing the problems occurring here. On a smaller scale, the same goes for Cincinnati. CPS has to set up had to set up a parking lot for the kids of this city to sleep in because such a staggering number of them are homeless. And facing a $50 million deficit, CPS cut nearly 200 jobs this past year. There are so many places where Cincinnati's money should be going right now. Destroying and occupying Palestine is not one of them. Devest now. Thank you. >> Thank you, Stefan Prior. Welcome. [applause] >> Thank you, sir. >> Good afternoon, city council. Yesterday we had uh the the director of the department of transportation engineering, Greg and Bill and and Brandon. A total of 68 years. A total of 68 years they've been working for the city. Damn, that's a long long time. So make sure ma you ask about job creation about this Western Hill Vadoc Bridge project that black people get opportunities to work on that bridge. dump truck companies, uh uh uh uh uh contractors y'all using the same one that keep on doing the same pattern. Same pattern to help their buddies. And it's and it's super wrong. But today, I'mma leave y'all with this. God is love. Do you love God? Ask yourself that. 1 John 3:13-14. Chapter 3 verse 13- 14. Believers shall not be surprised if the world hates them and that the ability to love one another is the sign of having a pass from death to life. While hatred is a sign of remaining in death. many other words. True believers love each other, help one another, care for one another, and anyone who doesn't love them themselves, their brothers and sisters, remain in spiritual state of death. That's in the Bible. Y'all supposed to be doing God's work, helping people, not playing people. Mr. Jeff Kramer, wake up, man. You over there sleep. But it got to be serious, y'all, to help people. Y'all believers in God, in Christ, help people. Come on, y'all. Like, real tall. Put a smile on your face. Anna, I love you, too. You can't do nothing about it, but we got to wake up people. Help people. People shouldn't be getting their properties to off receiverhip either. Helena Jones, welcome. Good afternoon, city manager. My name Helina Jones. We need Jessica Helina Jones. I wrote discard her body camera put and city man gil and after peball it gone and good gil. Y'all li about that body camera pit. So this summer I took I wrote a I file on I wrote and I file on YouTube after pitball and send manager y'all going to jail they told you to step down after pball you don't believe this stink the FBI looking at you you wrong after pball and I went back and file on I own the landlord I ain't owe no landlord I took the pill court and you going to jail too after pill ball I'm not scared of you ain't right half t ball. You racist. Stop being so racy. I don't see nothing funny. You going to get your call going to get you knock at your door. I hope your wife leave you. Everybody know me at at the hospital. You after I p you pay some bribe money destroy my body coming and know you lying. And you got bit of gay David too. You lying after bomb. I'm not scared of you. They call me tall. I'm not scared of you. that I did did my paperwork. You ain't do your paywork and Tika, you need to stop doing P. He to college and did not pay and your daddy put you in there. You dumb out. You need to step down. You don't know nothing. You in the city man it is right. Y'all don't know how to run this city. Y'all ain't down. You not right. God going to get you. God ain't do what you after ball. I now campaign for you again the day in my life. You ain't right. You think you look good. Got all that gray hair in your head. You need to go die. You're not right. After I hear all you did, you violate my constitution right. Don't consider that crime. I >> Mike Ulhorn on Zoom. Welcome. >> Yes. Hello. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead. >> All right. Thank you. So [snorts] week after week, I come on here to talk about the fraud that Greater Cincinnati Waterworks is committing when they're invoicing people or providing absolutely nothing when they have the water turned off at the meter. But today, I want to thank all of you guys because you have established a precedent that companies can charge people for providing absolutely nothing of value. just be ready to provide something and people have access to it just by calling in and ordering it. Companies can charge for that. So, I have my own business and I've been charging for that now, too. I've been sending you guys invoices just like Greater Cincinnati Waterworks does because I'm ready to provide you with my business services and you have access to my business services. Every company can do that now because precedent is well established. And of course, when people don't pay their invoices, like you guys haven't paid your invoices, Greater Cincinnati Waterworks sues people. And the courts have set the precedent that people have to pay their bills from companies like Greater Cincinnati Waterworks for providing nothing other than just being ready to provide something and people having access to it. So, I don't understand why [clears throat] you're not paying your invoices. My assumption is is that all of you want me to sue you. You need me to sue you because you feel so very guilty about participating in this conspiracy to commit fraud against people when Greater Cincinnati Waterworks invoices people for providing absolutely nothing other than just being ready to provide something people having access to it. And you want this fraud to stop because you feel so very guilty about it. And then hopefully you'll have a guilt-free conscience. Don't Don't be debt beats. Just pay your bills. You expect people to pay that kind of bill. Why aren't you paying it? Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Back to in-person speakers. Beina Harold, welcome. [laughter] >> Good afternoon. Um, my name is Bina Herold, HR director and workforce lead for Ethan, the employment and financial assets network led by executive director Mara Lauren. Cincinnati is standing in the middle of a transformation, new buildings, new investments, new opportunities. But for too many people in our neighborhoods, that opportunity is still out of reach. Not because they don't want to work. They do. Not because they lack talent. They don't, but because the systems around them were never built with them in mind. In Aenddale, by Hill, Roseline, in the west side, people wake up to contribute ready to rebuild this city alongside you. But they're facing the same barriers every day. No transportation, no digital assets, hiring systems that take too long. Jobs located miles from the communities that need the most. That is where Ethan steps in. We don't wait for people to find us. We go to them. We interview on the spot. We on board immediately. We provide a workforce shuttle that meets people where they are. And we guarantee weekly pay because a consistent paycheck is the foundation of stability, dignity, and hope. We already have more than 60 workers ready to deploy today and we can scale to 600, which this city will absolutely need as the convention center district expands, logistic operations grow, and new development moves forward. Ethan directly aligns with your administration's priorities. Economic revitalization. We create a workforce engine for manufacturing, logistics, food production, and hospitality. Industries vital to the convention center district and Cincinnati's broader economic growth. Affordability, weekly income, and reliable transportation. Keep families stable and prevent crisis before they start. Public safety. Employment reduces crime before it happens by giving people a productive pathway forward. What we need from the city is simple. Connection to employers, especially in logistics, food production, manufacturing, city vendors. Support for safe shuttle pickup zones and high need neighborhoods. recognition of even um as a community based workforce partner ready to activate immediately. Um I have 4 seconds. Thank you. >> Thank you Jerry Couch. Welcome. >> Greetings, city council. I came today I got a problem and a solution. So I'mma start with the problem first. The problem is I sent you all emails this morning about my sister's situation with the fire station. Engine 38 wrote up a uh patient care report on my little sister. It talked about her having suspected drug abuse. Talked about our mental capacities. It sounded more like a uh psychological evaluation than an emergency run. So, I sent y'all the video of my sister going up four feet in the air, landing on her head. If y'all don't have it, I'll send it again. Then I sent y'all all that mess that they wrote in my sister's report, paying her like a dope fan. My sister been paying taxes in this city ever since she was able. That was where she get a work permit. I'm done with that cuz I'mma make sure everybody do their job. My little sister. Next, what we f to go to is I see we gave some money to the lighthouse about the curfew off short. Let's be clear on this. The kids on Short Vine who live up in that area, they ain't up there playing. That's the kids from the lighthouse who y'all paying them to come get. They the standing in front of steak and lemonade, the dive bar boy, and up and down the strip. So, we just doubling up on their bankroll. Bigger than that. When I came up as a little kid, I grew up in Mount Orbin. There's a rec center called Mount Orbin Rec Center. Right in front of it is 2020. So, please understand, I understand the school to prison pipeline. Anyway, it was a man named Gino Coleman in there. He was a firefighter. He took all of us on camps. He came in the boxing in the uh steam room and he sparred with us. Okay. He was a community man. I was in Meville Center. Ant Hill. He used to come in that center. He was the weightlifting coach, police officer. He'll be retiring in a year. My other man, Donald Jordan, he already retired. He was a teacher, a school assistant at Rockdale before he became a police officer. I think y'all should talk to them about solutions, how to solve it. The kids ain't the problem. >> Thank you. That concludes public comment. We'll be in recess until 2 p.m. when the business portion will begin. Thank you. Come >> [music] >> on. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Oh, >> [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Natalie. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Good afternoon. [clears throat] We will begin today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council and the clerk will please call the role. >> Vice Mayor Kernney >> here. >> Council member Nolan >> here. >> Council member Owens >> here. >> Council member Parks >> here. >> Council member Walsh >> here. >> Council member Albby >> here. Council member Kramering here. Council member Johnson >> here. Please stand for a moment of silence. >> And now the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for its nationy. >> The minutes from the previous meeting will be approved and filed without objection. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. Council member Jeff has been excused from today's meeting. Moving to our agenda, item one is a motion from myself that the city of Cincinnati cancel the council session scheduled for November 26, 2025. Roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Item two, as indicated, item three is the reappoint of Allison McKenzie to the Historic Conservation Board Board. Roll call on confirmation of the reappoint, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Items four through six are reappointments to the board of building appeals. They are for Josh Tolchinsky, Kyle Jenkins, Jamie Accurso, and Jamie Aurso, excuse me. Without objection, we'll have one roll call vote on items four through six. Hearing none, roll call and confirmation of the items four through six, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Items seven through nine are all appointments to the Historic Conservation Board without and and they are John Wilson. Uh reappointment of John Young and Pamela Smith Dobbins. Without objection, we'll have one roll call vote on items 7 through nine. Hearing none, roll call on confirmation of items 7 through nine, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Item 10 is the reappoint of Jonathan Benny to the zoning board of appeals. Roll call on confirmation of the reappoint please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Items through 11 through 20 are as indicated. Item 21 is a motion that's been amended by council members Jeff and Kramering that the administration prepare a report within 90 days to assess the feasibility of establishing a quote lift assistance fee through the Cincinnati Fire Department. Mr. Kramer. >> Thank you, Mayor. We had a very robust and helpful commission in committee on this. Uh first there was a friendly amendment. We wanted to make sure this was just calling for a report. During the discussion, we uh had important testimony from Joe Elliot from Local 48, our firefighters union. We talked about the the impact that a few bad actors are having on our on our fire department and putting an perhaps an undue burden on them. Uh we won't address that, but of course, we don't want to impact citizens and their health. So, that was the conversation. We will await from the report from the administration. Further comments? >> Mr. Mayor? >> Uh Miss Owens, then Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you. Yeah, we did have a great conversation. Uh, and I want to thank the sponsors for being open to the amendment, which I think speaks to the concerns that we raised. Um, I think something that is also notable about this issue of firefighters responding to helping uh, you know, residents in in nursing homes is that, you know, the state plays a role here as well. And so I think it's important to uncover and delineate uh where what role uh we play, what role they play in this uh issue as well because there's a capacity issue um as it relates to having the proper staffing on the weekends and that's when uh firefighters are are showing up. So I look forward to getting this information. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah. Um Mr. Premine touched on it. I just want to make sure also that this is not discouraging um people that need help from calling and getting the help that may be necessary. Anytime people see a price tag sometimes sometime they may be hesitant. Although our firefighters are working diligently, doing an amazing job, we still want to make sure that people that need help, it's crystal clear that fire will respond to assist and there may not be a price tag attached to that if they need the help. But we do have some bad actors, it sounds like. So this report prayerfully will make that crystal clear what's absolutely necessary with this issue. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. Comments on this side, Miss Albby. >> Yeah, thank you. I I want to thank um council members Jeff and Kramering. Uh because we did have such a robust conversation about this, you know, making sure that this is clear. We're asking for the report and being really thoughtful about going forward. And to repeat uh some of the comments from from committee just you know I personally see this as one part of a broader body of work when it comes to our senior centers and making sure the quality of care, quality of life um for our residents there. Uh that that's something we're we're looking into. I know we've had uh frankly multiple complaints from the community about our seniors having you know a lack of uh care, not great food options, uh building inspection violations and all of that. So, um, I really see this as part of a broader opportunity to make sure that we as a city are doing our due diligence when it comes to making sure our seniors are living with dignity in our city. So, uh, I look forward to the next steps coming out of this. >> Thank you. Further comments? >> Roll call and adoption of the motion, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Item 22, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $3,9723 cents to the Hamilton County Engineers Office Maintenance Department from Greater Cincinnati Waterworks Fund Operating Budget Account. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kitting, >> this is a then and now payment coming out of water for the Queen City Slam Basketball Tournament. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Roll call on emergency, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Karding. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Item 23. First reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $12,847.50 to AAR LLC from the city manager's office general fund non-personnel operating budget account for outstanding charges related to the Queen City slam basketball tournament. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. Council member Karding. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, first I apologize to everybody. I was very excited to get to the then and now section of the agenda, so I was a bit premature. The previous item was uh for some services rendered by the county engineer during the snowstorm that led us to some water repairs. This is a then and now payment out of water for the Queen City Slam basketball tournament. >> Thank you. Um, any comments on item 22 or 23? Um, let's go through this vote and then we'll uh deal with is item 22 as well. Uh, roll call and passage of item 23. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. We'll call an emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? >> Yes. >> Council member Karing? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Revisiting item 22. Without objection, um we will uh all of the council's votes will stand. Any objection to that for item 22? Seeing none. Item 24, first reading please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $8,46212 from printing services/store stores fund non-personnel operating budget account to the United Direct Solutions LLC for mail processing and postage services. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Karding. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering, it appears this is a printing services charge for $8,000. >> Uh, that is correct, Mayor. These are a series of then and now payments. For those watching at home, then and now payments are a payment the city was authorized to make, but the payment was not made in the authorized time. So, we need an ordinance. The series is all related to some personnel changes from the printing office that has been corrected. So we will not have any more then and nows moving forward on this issue. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kring, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Item 25, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $1,21.84 from printing services/source funds, non-personal operating budget account to Key Blueprints, Inc. for printing and production services. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> I have nothing to add to the clerk's app description. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karding, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Item 26, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $10,500 to Matlock Electric Company, Inc. from operating budget account for materials and services to refurbish an Ohio River pump station motor. Roll call on suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, nothing further. Mayor, >> further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Item 27, first reading, please. An ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account Ohio River Trail Oasis ODOT grant to provide resources for the acquisition of rights away for a 4.5 mile long bike and pedestrian improvement project. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kriming. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. Mr. Craring, >> at committee, we talked about the tremendous success of our bike and pedestrian trails, how it's moving people around it, but also catalyzing economic development and neighborhoods. Oasis now connects to Avenue, which has been a tremendous success. Last week, we did Lick Run on the west side. This is the Ohio River Trail Oasis that'll run east out of Sawyer Point. Collectively, these uh are going to transform the city of Cincinnati. >> Further comments, >> Mr. Nolan. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, this project has has been in the works for for almost 5 years now and had the opportunity to spend significant time working on it. Uh, and these funds really helped clear a major obstacle in realizing this dream of another Railstora conversion. >> Further comments? Roll call and passage. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albi? Yes. >> Council member Cranbering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Brazina. Good work on item 27. Item 28. First reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept inind donations and contributions of plants, lanterns, and sponsorships from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, it seems like every week or certainly every other week, we get another donation from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. So, thanks for all those volunteers that continue to raise Mark to raise money and assist our parks. Uh this uh donation was for plants, lanterns, and money. [clears throat] >> Further comments? Roll call and passage, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Cranbering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Item 29, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance amending ordinance 8-2022 as previously amended by ordinance number 118-2024 to reconcile a difference between ordinance 8-2022 as previously amended by ordinance number 118-2024 and the project grant agreement for the scheduled payment of funds awarded to the western hills vioaduct project. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> Mayor, this is some internal adjustments to the city's portion of the capital stack for Western Hills VIDuct uh related that the Department of Transportation Engineering did present in climate and infrastructure. uh you know with the the state of inflation and some things going on with our federal government uh there have to be some modifications to this project project uh I think that I and I think the other members of the committee have confidence in those changes. We know that the dialogue will continue and we look forward to working with the uh administration with DOT and with our county partners to make this project very successful and a great benefit to the west side and the connecting neighborhoods. >> Further comments >> Mr. Mayor? >> Miss Owens. >> Yeah, thank you. We did have a great presentation uh on this project in CI yesterday and so it's important to remember that this is the this project will happen across three phases uh and it certainly takes collaboration at all levels of government to make this happen but what's really important is getting shovels in the ground uh in 2026 to to keep this moving and so this uh this ordinance will help to do that. >> Further comments Miss Albby. >> Yeah, thank you. No. Uh I think you know this is an important and critical piece of infrastructure not just for our city but for the entire region and I just uh to say it hope that our federal government and our you know US members of Congress will continue to be advocates for us to make sure that we can get this project across the finish line because federal support is absolutely vital. Uh and again this serves not just our local city but the entire region. So um I'm grateful for our our uh city stepping up and and hope our federal partners will remain committed. Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albby? >> Yes. >> Council member Kering? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> We'll call an emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Item 30, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and return to source of $949,000 from capital improvement project program account economic development initiatives general fund to the unappropriated surplus of general fund. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, this is an internal transfer of housing dollars. Director Carter was on hand to talk to the committee and and just to explain that although the money is moving, this will continue to go to housing and to help homeowners. >> Further comments? >> Mayor. Yes. >> Um I would just wanted to take some time to elaborate um on the purpose of this effort specifically as we talk about the neighborhood in focus. Um this is something that is in collaboration with building inspections. The resources are grant resources that will go to landlords that will be tied to landlord training. And what will happen is is they will be there are code compliant the there are properties that are actually having code issues. the money will be given to the landlords to get the get them in uh back in compliance. They will be tying it to landlord training and this is another and it's specifically a pilot in Aenddale. So I want to make sure that we emphasize the importance of this because if this goes well this could be helpful with us making sure that people are living in quality housing. >> Thank you mayor. >> Further comments or anything to respond to? Yes, Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you. Thank you uh madame manager for making that clear that we are not in the business of trying to take people's homes and properties. Here is a clearcut picture of assistance that the city of Cincinnati is doing to try to make sure homeowners remain in their homes. So, thank you very much, Madame Manager. Thank you to the administration and this council for assisting homeowners not taking property, keeping them in their property. >> Thank you, Miss Owens. >> Yeah, thank you, mayor. So I want to thank the administration for doing this work and as we look at the ecosystem uh as we even released our stout report around eviction prevention we know that there is a correlation between conditions and uh you know evictions essentially and and one there's not enough housing stock of course uh to move into but also if we can create spaces where uh landlords and housing providers who actually want to do the right thing uh keeping up quality spaces that's always a good position for us to be in. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call on passage of item 30, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albby? >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering? >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Parks? >> Yes. Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Item 31, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a a funding agreement with Pleasant Ridge Development Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood in of Cincinnati. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> mayor, item 31 and 32 led to a another great discussion in finance about, you know, the tiff districts and neighborhoods that have, you know, a very flush tiff district with a lot of money in and neighborhoods that don't and how that affects development. there was some different perspectives, but I think there was agreement that that we need to really address those neighborhoods where the tiffs are flat. So, that was the conversation and that is certainly not to distract from item 31 itself, which is a great project coming out of Pleasant Ridge. This particular TIF funding is for uh property acquisition. Uh but this is part of a much larger project with with traffic calming and other development. Uh this is already historic and a fairly successful business district, but this will take it to the next level at uh Montgomery and Ridge and the surrounding parcels. >> Further comments, Mr. Johnson, and then uh actually Mr. Johnson, if you don't mind, Mr. Walsh, I saw your light first. Go ahead. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um rare moment I could be the glass half full guy. But uh I just want to take a second to appreciate that uh 20 years ago the vision of putting these tiffs in place are finally showing up for um a lot of our neighborhoods actually across the board and having the opportunity now to re to be able to reclaim kind of their vision and for their future. Um frees up other resources from the city to invest in neighborhoods that have been underserved for decades as well which will hopefully then uh inflate their tiffs as we move forward. Um this is an incredibly exciting project. Many of us had the tours for it. there are other projects in the pipeline for Pleasant Ridge. Um, and again, it's just an example of the city being committed for the last 20 plus years to making these neighborhood business districts a priority again. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Thanks for your patience. >> No problem. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just want to salute the community of Pleasant Ridge. Uh, that is God's country out there. I grew up in that area and uh just the collaborative effort around uh the business district, the community council. they are excited and it's a lot of great things to come out there in that area. So, thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. Further comments, Miss Alvie? >> Yeah, I'm really excited about this. Uh, I just want to also add, you know, when we I think many or all of us took the tour with the Pleasant uh Ridge group and in addition to using TIFF dollars for the development piece, they're also really interested in using it for pedestrian safety, which they see as an important part of how they reinvigorate and develop out this business district because there's a couple of schools right there. So just highlighting that that that we still have work to do to make sure we're truly supporting the neighborhood's vision here and frankly how they want to spend their own tiff dollars. So excited about this and this is the first step of many. >> Thank you. Further comments. >> Roll call on passage of item 31 please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Uh, excuse me, Mr. Kramering. >> Yeah, this uh this is a critically important piece of of property. It's very visible. It's located in Clifton Heights on Short Vine, you know, the strip that's really connecting uptown to downtown. Uh, this is important and it was also very challenging. It's uh built on the hillside and maybe on a small cliff. Um, so thanks to the Clifton Heights uh Community Development Corporation and uh the Department of Community Economic Development for getting this project done. It took a long time, but it's going to be very important. >> Uh, Mr. Mayor, we need the vote on suspension. >> Oh, I'm so sorry. Roll call on suspension please. >> First reading. Did I'm Did I jump everything? I'm sorry. Let's start again, folks. I apologize. Mr. Kramering. That's on me. Item 32, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a funding agreement with Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition of real property located at 119 Calhoun Street in the CF neighborhood of Cincinnati. >> Thank you. Roll call on suspension, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kramering. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Mr. Kramering already introduced this item. Further comments. >> Mr. Walsh. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, continuing our adventure down the history of TIFF. Uh the Clifton Heights CURC about 15 years ago utilized most if not all of their TIFF availability to build what is now known as Us Square right there in the heart of Clifton Heights. Um and that was a sacrifice the community made when there wasn't as much money in the TIF. That development led to the success that has now replenished their tiff to the point that they can start doing these strategic investments again like this. uh which again shows to the last point, you know, when we uh generate the revenue into the tiff, we can then invest in the neighborhood, which grows more tiff for us to continue to reinvest in our neighborhoods and our community. Uh which is why TIFF works and why we owe a great deal of uh thank you to those who built the tiffs 20 plus years ago before any of us were on council. >> Thank you. Further comments for item 32. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Cring, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. Council member Johnson, >> Mr. Chair, I'd like to recuse myself for item 33. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. >> Okay, the vice mayor is excused. Item 33, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a funding agreement with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to facilitate acquisition of real property located in west the west end neighborhood of Cincinnati. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kring, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. This is a very exciting item and an important item and Mr. Kramering, if it's okay, I'd like to uh begin by introducing the item. Um, this council has done extraordinary work u revitalizing and reinvesting into our urban core. Uh this Friday uh we are going to open up the Elm Street Plaza which is part of the $600 million investment into reimagining our convention center and also building a headquarter hotel. Uh that is going to be a transformational investment not just for the convention center but specifically for a part of our urban core and specifically our downtown that has not seen that level of investment recently. It's an opportunity to open up the entire western part of our downtown to even more economic vibrancy and growth and vitality. One of the lessons that I know we we all learned in collaboration with the port and also the county is how challenging it can be to reinvest in our urban core when out of town landlords who are not necessarily bought into our vision for our city and are not necessarily as invested into the future of Cincinnati own critical pieces of land in our urban core and make it harder and in some instances more expensive for us to grow and to intentionally create opportunities. ities. At the same time, we also saw the city working very quickly and proactively to get public control, city control over the Sachs building, another critical piece uh and another critical building in our urban core. Because of that very quick work that this city council led, uh we are about to open up Sachs um not as a department store but uh bringing Payor into the city uh and their employees as well as filling out the rest of the uh project with a mixeduse development that will continue to connect and and vitalize our fountain district and also our convention district. Uh and this item gives us an opportunity to think ahead again and to continue the investments that we've seen in the western part of our urban core by getting control of a critical piece of property um the former food freetore food bank site on central uh which is strategically placed um near the growth that we're seeing uh in the west end and the growth that we're seeing in the western part of downtown. If we can move quickly and intentionally and proactively again on this item, we will have public control over a critical piece that will be uh uh important to stitch together the investments in the west end and otr to the western part of downtown. I know that there was a robust conversation on this item in committee and overwhelming support. Um, but I want to be clear about uh the city's purposes for acquiring this asset. And it is specifically for public controls that we can determine what is best to go on that site and what is going to be a value ad to the vibrancy that we're already seeing in that part of our city. It is not for any specific project. And let me be clear uh because there have been very specific questions. It is not uh meant to be a purchase specifically for an arena. Now I have been very publicly in support of an arena. I believe we need an arena. I believe it is critical in order for us on the heels of our investments in a sports commission on the heels of our investments in a uh a re-imagined convention center. that that is a critical missing piece that is causing us to lose out on a huge opportunity which is live events which is consistent with our strategy that we've seen over the past four years. I have also consistently said that conversations about where a proposed arena would go are premature because as we sit here today we still do not know uh what the capital stack will be. We still don't know what the sources of funding will be, both public and private. Uh and so it is uh understandable why people would think that this purchase has something to do with an an arena particularly because uh one of the sites uh described by the report on a potential arena describes CCT as one of the sites. So, I understand the questions, but specifically the city's interest in this is not for any specific project, whether it be an arena or anything else, but rather for the city to have control and not some other investor or developer that doesn't have the city's interests in mind. It gives us more control over what goes in that critical uh piece. Uh, and there is far more work to do on a specific arena project. Um and it is entirely premature to believe that this decision has anything to do with that. Just wanted to make that clear. Uh and also want to make clear that this again is an indication of this council being proactive having vision not just for the projects that we have right now but also the future projects and the future growth of this city. So I applaud you all for passing out of committee unanimously. With that, Mr. Kramering, anything to add to introduce this item? >> With any further mayor? >> Thank you. I saw Mr. Walsh. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, concluding the walk through the tiff uh conversation, you said it incredibly well. Now, we're at a moment that we are looking to the future and we are taking the opportunity to get site control of a really critical piece of land in the downtown area. Um, that future councils will thank us for having the vision to acquire. Uh, in College Hill, we spent 20 years trying to redevelop the corners of Hampton and Northbend. 13 of those were just getting the site control before we could even get to the development phase of it. So, this is really crucial. This is really critical. There's a lot of great conversations I'll spin off of it as to what it becomes next. Um, but regardless of what that answer is, uh, the answer is going to be something we're glad that we took the opportunity on today to acquire this site and move forward because it's going to help all of downtown and all of Cincinnati moving forward. I'm very excited by this. I just want to applaud you and the administration on making this a priority and making it happen. >> Thank you, Mr. Walsh. Further comments, Miss Owens. >> Thank you. Yeah, Mayor, I think you said it well. Uh certainly. I mean, we've leveraged our partners to be able to get this to a good place in the port, which is doing exactly what they should be doing uh in in being able to acquire this property and allow us to reimagine uh what our urban core continues to look like with continued investment in the West End. And some of those uh folks I think have reimagined Central Parkway to be uh Cincinnati Shan Saliz. And so this will be important um I think in the future as we continue to make investments. Thank you. Love a little French in the uh council meeting. Uh further comments, seeing none, roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kiming, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Roll call in emergency, please. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Item 34, first reading. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the city and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Municipal Workers Local 250. >> Roll call and suspension. Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Oh, I'm so sorry. If we could hold for Vice Mayor, I apologize. >> Mr. Clerk, if you could please do the first reading again, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute and implement the labor management agreement between the city and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Municipal Workers Local 250. >> Roll call and suspension, please. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramerang. >> This is a labor management agreement. Uh, thanks and congratulations to uh, Local 250 for an agreement done. And thanks, of course, to our team from HR, Law, and Budget for their hard work at the table. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Parks, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Karing, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Item 35 as indicated. That concludes this uh business portion of our agenda. City manager Long, do you have any announcements? >> Happy early Thanksgiving. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Further announcements from council. Miss Albby, see you. And then actually, one second. Vice Mayor, do you have something? >> Yes. >> Okay. Go ahead, Vice Mayor. >> Okay. Okay, didn't mean to overstep anybody, but just just a reminder that the Own Cincy Housing Symposium Conference sponsored by the city of Cincinnati and and other partners happens this Saturday, November 22nd, 8:30 a.m. to 400 p.m. Uh it is at Xavier University Sent. It's totally free. So whether you um want to hear about the process and resources to buy a home or you own a home, you need to hear about home repairs or you want to invest in homes. Um this is for you. There's also a financial literacy track for youth. Uh there are lots of giveaways. Kappa Alphasai is, you know, no offense Scotty, I know it's not Omega Sci-Fi, but Kappa Alphasai is giving away about 25 turkeys. Um there cash prizes. There'll be a ton of financial institutions there, the county, the city. Uh just a lot of really good resources. Uh breakfast is free, lunch is free. We just want you to sign up on own censy owly.org. Please invite people to come. Free child care as well. So we'll see you Saturday. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Miss Albby. >> Thank you. Uh I want to bring Faith Nixon up. Uh she is my new policy director. Started on Monday. So if we can welcome her to city hall. Come on down. Um hopefully you all have had a chance to meet Faith. She uh well saw many of you all over the last couple of months for various reasons. Um but comes to us from uh Cincinnati public schools where she was a teacher previously. So glad to have Faith aboard. >> That's wonderful. Welcome aboard, Faith. Uh further announcements on this side. Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you Mr. Mr. Mayor, on behalf of the Omega Sci-Fi Fraternity Incorporated, we'd like to thank you, Mayor, and the manager for this past Saturday at the event. A great time, great um it was great seeing you both there and the support that you're lending for the biggest convention coming in 2026. So, thank you very much, Mayor. Thank you very much, Madam Manager. >> We're excited to to hold your uh host your brothers. Uh, it's going to be a it's going to be a great event, Miss. Oh, yes, Vice Mayor. >> So, thank you, um, Omega Sci-Fi for honoring my husband, Eric Kernney. I really appreciate that. And I also want to point out that our incoming, uh, council member, Ryan James, is here, so I hope people get to know him. He's going to be fabulous on council. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor, Miss Owens. >> Awesome. Agreed. Um, so I want to announce that today of course we released our stout report uh which has been our uh in uh independent evaluator of our access to council program, our eviction pro prevention um strategies here in the city. Um and it's very illuminating and I just want to highlight a couple of key data points uh as we've worked with four key partners across this ecosystem. uh not only the city but leveraging United Way, leveraging the help center, leveraging now home through their housing mediation services. Um we've supported uh north of [snorts] uh 800 families uh by this point. Uh it says 779 in this uh report based on July being when they uh ended. Um but certainly we've helped more since then. Um, we also want to recognize that 86% uh of families that we've helped have avoided disruptive displacement. 95% of legal aid clients had a favorable outcome. And we're talking about a leveling the playing field where 90% I think upward of 90% of housing providers being represented by an attorney and you had like less than 1% of uh residents. So, we're equaling the playing field and seeing positive results. Um, we also have calculated an ROI on this investment, uh, between $2.50 to $4.30 that we can help, uh, save in the entire social service net ecosystem. Um, but most importantly, uh, this data also reveals that we're talking about working families, families who are on SNAP, families who are on Medicaid, and as we continue to be in this, uh, federal environment that is threatening to those that are most marginalized, uh, that we remember that our investments into people matter and they're making a real difference. >> Thank you, Miss Owens. Mr. Oh, Mr. Johnson already went. Further announcements on this side, Mr. Nolan. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, if you're interested in high quality and competitive football this weekend at Payor Stadium, uh, think twice about your tickets for Sunday. You may not want to watch the Bengals without Jamar Chase take on the first place Patriots. Instead, use your money to buy tickets for Friday. Friday Night Lights, the regional championship football game. The undefeated Purple Panthers from Price Hill take on my and Billy Weber's St. Xavier Bombers. The game was originally scheduled at Mason High School. Uh all 7,000 tickets sold out while the students were still in class. So, thank you to my former high school teammate Rocky Boyman and County Commissioner Denise Treehouse for pulling some strings to get that game moved to Por Stadium. I think that had something to do with the lease renegotiation. Um now there's an extra 20,000 tickets available. Um, so to my colleague Clad in Panther Purple, Jeff, are you willing to make a friendly wager on Friday night's game? >> What is that said wager? First of all, [laughter] >> it's a it's a friendly wager. Uh, the loser has to wear the team colors of the winning team. >> Fair enough. I will accept that wager. >> You guys done? No, >> I'm done. I'm done with Nolan, but but I do have a few comments. Mr. >> No, I I am wearing my purple today. I will uh of course be proudly supporting the Pride of Price Hill, the Elder Panthers. Uh I will note and and take the opportunity for for some clarification. Uh I am rooting for Elder. My nephew is the starting left tackle. My nephew and godson is the starting left tackle for Saint X. So I will be rooting for him to have a tremendous game. a a unbelievable game, but uh in the end coming out on the losing side as the Elder Panthers win. >> Mr. Kramering, which uh what city is Elder located in? >> Which neighborhood? >> Which city? >> Uh the city of Cincinnati. Yeah. So, >> Mr. Nolan? >> Yes. Elder is in the city of Cincinnati. >> Yep. Fair enough. No follow-up questions for Mr. Nolan. Mr. Johnson. I >> I just got to say go Bengals after that. >> Go Bengals. >> Also a team in the city. >> Anything else? All right, meeting is a journ. Thanks, guys.