Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Hey. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> non- [music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Good afternoon. Welcome to to today's public comic. Excuse me. Um, you have two minutes to address council as I call your name. Our first speaker is Mrs. Carol Cunningham. >> Great. Mayor, honorable mayor. I felt that way every time when I spoke to Ma Owens about my attorney. They have beat me. They have robbed me. They have starved me. And I'm telling you, I don't need to file a a application. I'm going to walk out of here. As much as I care about you and believe in your dream, if my problems aren't solved, I'm going to think you're a liar. Children coming out of school cussing, disgusting. They want to hand out number two pencils a uh uh whatever. Give them a dictionary cuz their mouths are filthy. I don't know where their parents are. I told the bus driver, "Somebody better make a law. If they say words like that, let their parents take off work and take them to school. It's a damn disgrace. I'm not going to cry anymore. I'm not going to go through anything else if I don't get an attorney by the time the week is out. I'm walking out of here and and I'm not going to believe your dream. Uhhuh. I'm tired of this. She should have told me the truth. It's it's it's crazy. I've been beaten. I've been robbed. I have no teeth in my mouth. The dentist been paid. They got all kind of uh uh uh lies. We're tired. Uhhuh. I tell you what, can't stop God. The floods, the fires. Uh California ought to be burnt up by now. My patience is short and I'm through. They have attacked me. They have beat me. I have tal talked about the property manager. She's charged me with felonies. She's done so many things wrong. Sitting up grinning and greed, grinning and cheesing. Is there a dream? I'm not here for respect. That man right there, I wrote down my name before he could read it. He's called me the ma'am word. I ain't no animal. I ain't no mama. If you >> Thank you, Miss Cunningham. >> Thank you, Susan Lakes. Welcome. That's right. Hi, thanks for this opportunity. Juan Collier. Does anybody know Juan? He's my new best friend. He's a code inspector for the city of Cincinnati. I'm not real sure if he's on staff or he's a contractor. [snorts] Juan is wonderful. Okay, let me tell you what happened. I'm a renter in Over the Rine. We had no hot water. No hot water. One time we had no hot water for a full month. And for some reason, the landlord was able to convince us that they didn't owe us hot water. They just owed us water and we were to boil the water. I ended up falling. Another person ended up with a scalded foot and another person ended up falling. Well, this time I called 311 Cincinnati. Juan Collier was right there. We had hot water within 24 hours. Thank you, Cincinnati. Thank you, Juan Collier. He followed up with me. He called me. I think he had more tears than I do. I'm a cancer patient. I had to go one day to my cancer treatment smelling okay before our hot water was restored. Thank you, Cincinnati. Thank you, 311. And thank you, Juan Collier, for your diligence. >> Thank you, Stanford Pool. Welcome. Mayor, last week I had two minutes and you stole a a minute of it and interrupt. You say you can't talk, but when y'all want to, you will. Um, as I told you the truth, if you're civil service person, you can't be thin skinned at all. The truth is there and you got to be able to take whatever come up. Now I guess you got two standards. A white man came in here several months ago and said the n-word a truckload of times in front of you and several other people. And you kept on saying he can't say that. He said the n word. You said can't say that. N word. Can't say that. Then you turn around. He on the citizen complaint board and I guess he on the park board getting a paycheck from the city of Cincinnati. Apparently you put him on there. I guess you took him off and that but when I said it you knew about it equal to the nword that you let a white man come here and say that and then you turn around and give him a second chance. you're going to meet him a couple days later to see do he's changed his mind. So you got a different standard and then he didn't change his mind and you took him off whatever I guess it citizen complaint. Citizen complaint got numbers of complaint about the police and he's sitting on the board and somebody put him on there and then you worry about me telling you that you knew about this stuff. If you go to a bank, they're going to ask you how you going to pay them back. How you going to fund? How you going to have the people in there in the building? So, y'all just giving out money, tax abatement, and not following up long. They look like what you think they should. And then you go to the black neighborhood or poor neighborhood. >> That's your time. Um, per usual, Mr. pool uses two minutes to uh perpetuate lies. Elena Jones, welcome. We need Jess for Helina Jones I discard her body camera footed and city man city man and gale peball gone it g they lied about the body camera footed and I kind of have a meeting with Ael Pall. He said no. After Pillball, you're not right. And I did send a letter. I did send my email to Shell 19. Frank Frank said, "Yeah, Miss John, I got your email. I'm going to call you." Frank never did call me. So I went to board me last year on the fourth and I wrote lie said when wasn't found. She went even nine at the board meeting and you wrong Abel Pall for getting rid of Gay David. You wrong Ael Pball that why I took y'all down to the civil court and y'all going to jail and y'all going to be wearing y'all orange suit. You wrong AL pill you violate my constitute the right. You hurt me after Pill Ball. I thought you were the good man. You ain't no good man. You a zero. And city man ain't did a job neither. They told me I cannot take y'all to court. I can sue anybody. I ain't giving up cuz I'm a hero. You wrong for that. And I ain't had no Benny taking my city and this court. And all y'all ain't did nothing. Now one of y'all ain't said sorry to me or nothing. Y'all is wrong. Y'all violate my country to the right. And I'm not giving up. I'm going to keep fight for everybody. Right. You wrong. I tell people. I hope you go to jail and rot. You not no good man. You need to step down and so we go orange too. All y'all need to go. None of y'all ain't good for nothing. Violate people coming to the right, left and right. We come down here everywhere and vote our opinion. Y'all don't hear up. Y'all hear. >> Thank you. Moving to our Zoom speaker, Mike Ulehorn. Welcome. >> Can you hear me now? I can hear you. Go ahead sir. >> Hello. Okay, great. I'm here again and yeah, this time of year, we're all doing a bunch of shopping at all stores. Bills are all piled up. Now just imagine in addition to all those bills piled up, we started to get bills from every single store that we did not shop at because they were rich to sell us products and we had access to all those other stores we did not shop at. Well, there's been a precedent set that the stores could do that. Every company could do that because that's exactly what Greater Cincinnati does. They send out bills, as I've said many times, just for being ready to provide something and people having access to it. People when they have a water shut off at the meter that the homeowner didn't shut off. I bought a property, the water had been shut off at the meter for years. They weren't providing me with anything. They tried to say they were providing me with water, but how could they provide me with anything when they had the water turned on? So I like that other person that was saying everybody was guilty because everybody up there's guilty of violation of hypervis 2913 because the city of Cincinnati council once made all the laws and rules for greater Cincinnati to fight for all victims of the city of Cincinnati, including myself, and I've been invoicing exactly the same way Greater Cincinnati Waterworks does, but not one of you have paid your bills just like Greater Cincinnati Waterworks bill. How can you expect people to pay a bill that you don't pay? Well, the president's also been set. Our next speaker is David Harland. Welcome. >> Thank you. city Cincinnati uh let employees get killed and won't do nothing about it. My uncle used to work here for the city of Cincinnati and the people had did everything wrong uh just got did nothing happened to them. They matter of fact they got promoted and he's still not alive. Doesn't make any sense. So why why y'all hope uh let people uh get way away with murder? Anybody going to say something? >> This is your time to speak, sir. >> What? >> This is your time to speak. >> I see what it is. Thank you, Jerry Coach. Welcome. >> Good day, everybody. >> I'm here with a document that got the city of Cincinnati seal on it. Okay, I've been telling y'all the firefighters Friday, me and my little sister and all that. This seal got the city of Cincinnati on it. It's got a different PCR number on it for someone who lives at 111 Craft Street. Meaning he took somebody else document, put my sister name on it with all they vitals and a bunch of other stuff. Bro, this got a hospital chart number on it. He took somebody's medical record, doctorred it, put it into you all system, then sent it to my little sister. And then he out here talking about me and my little sister are mentally ill. Bro, for you to do something like this with all these time steps on it, this dude that fried people, that mean if he fried my sister and he stole this document for what craft, he fried that kid. It say neonatal. So the girl was either pregnant or it's a baby's document he stole. Okay, y'all know how these things are coded. So it tells y'all my sister got grabbed on 713. But he wrote the document up right after he dropped her off and the CFD number was for 711. So we talking about Friday Medicaid. We talk about Friday my little sister's insurance company. We got the hospital we got to talk to now. I got a lady from the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Her name is Kelly Sparks. She's on top of this now. And what I'm saying is y'all got firefighters that played with my little sister's medical record. Okay. I don't know why we would be waiting for an investigation where this stuff is in y'all computer system. This is humiliating. I was out here protesting on 717. While I was out here protesting, somebody called that firefighter and say, "Bro, you better put a report in." Dude out there protesting. So, right. Why is he out there protesting? He put another fraudulent report in. I want to cry, but I can't. And I ain't going to do what I really want to do. I'mma bring it to him. And I watch out. Thank you sir. >> Thank you Muhammad Ahmad. Welcome. [clears throat] Uh good afternoon council. It's been a while. Hope you all have been doing well. I wanted to read a poem called If I Must Die by Rifat Har. If you don't know who that is, he was killed in a targeted air strike in Gaza City two years ago during the genocide. And uh he was killed on December 6, which we just passed that anniversary of his death this past weekend. So in honor of Rifat, I just wanted to read this brief poem in his legacy. If I must die, you must live to tell my story, to sell my things, to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, make it white with a long tail, so that a child somewhere in Gaza, while looking heaven in the eye, awaiting his dad, who left in a blaze, and bid no one farewell, not [snorts] even to his flesh, not even to himself, sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above, and thinks for a moment, an angel is bringing back love. If I must die, let it bring hope. Let it be a tale. May his legacy live on and don't stop talking about Palestine. The genocide hasn't ended. Thank you. >> Thank you, DJ Glenn Summers. Welcome. Great afternoon, council. Thank you very much for allowing me to speak. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, freaks and geeks, we interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for a very important announcement. I'm here to ask the city to back the peace, love, and harmony music festival to be held 12:3126. I need to have an audition space. I'd like it to be in the conference room, third floor to hold auditions between 3 and 5 on Wednesday, January 7th, 2026. The auditions will culminate with a finale on 12:26. We're looking for all entertainers, any color, any size, any age, and we are going to give a recording contract to Atlanta as a grand prize. I'd like you all to back me on this. If you have any questions, please give me a call at 770-331-2929. 770-331-2929. And Council Member Parks, thank you so very much for your service. It's been a pleasure. Um, Vice Mayor Kernney, I've got something for you and the mayor. Mayor Aftab, if you'll accept my gift, I would appreciate it. And I wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Feliz Navididad. And now we return you to your regularly scheduled programming. >> Thank you. Uh that concludes this portion of public comment. We'll stand in recess until 2 pm. Thank you. >> [music] >> Hey, hey hey. Hey, [music] hey hey. >> [music] [music] >> Yeah. [music] Yeah. [music] N >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Too strong. Good afternoon. We'll begin today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council and the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Jeff >> here. >> Council member Johnson >> here. >> Vice Mayor Kernney >> here. Council member Nolan >> here. >> Council member Owens >> here. >> Council member Parks >> here. >> Council member Walsh >> here. >> Council member Albi >> here. >> Council member Kramerine >> here. >> Please stand for a moment of silence. In honor of President Prom Victoria Park's last council meeting, uh we're honored to invite Lieutenant Commander Brockway and the ROC from Princeton High School who will now lead us in the pledge of allegiance uh in honor of her final day. Victoria Parks, a Navy veteran. >> Victoria Parks, an Air Force veteran. Ready, cut, Close. Ready. Cut. Ready. Set. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. comes. Ready cut. Order comes. Ready cut ride. Let's give a round of applause to the ROC from Princeton High School. [applause] Thank you to Lieut Lieutenant Commander Brockway and his entire team. The minutes from the previous meeting will be approved and filed without objection. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. Moving to our agenda, item one is a motion um from the mayor that the city of Cincinnati cancel the council session scheduled for December 17th, 2025 and December 24th, 2025. Roll call on adoption of the motion please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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 Kramer, >> yes. >> Item two, we will now recognize Vice Mayor Kernney for the presentation of a resolution from all of council. Recognizing the appointed civic leadership academy and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of the city of Cincinnati for their efforts to train the next generation of civic leaders. >> Vice, >> thank you. So this is with Sister Kelly Blackshere. Uh Regin, please come up with your appointed group. We're so proud of you. So come stand. Come stand with Regin. And Sister Kelly has the has the proclamation for you to hold. We'll we'll face this way first and talk to the audience and then we'll turn around and talk to the mayor and counsel. So so proud of you. >> Okay. We're so proud of appointed and Regin this is really your brainchild and it's a way of really moving women forward. Um so oftentimes a lot of boards and commissions are really all men and so how do we how do we bring some equity here? How do we give women these opportunities? And that's what appointed has done. And so thank you for seeing that need and and for making this happen and continue to happen. So, the resolution says, "Recognizing the appointed civic leadership academy and sister Kelly, come on up." Sister Kelly's one of the proud graduates and she was so I'm sorry to stop in the middle of the resolution, but she was so excited to be in the class and and she's been appointed to several commissions now. So, we're really proud. Okay, I'll start over. recognizing the appointed civic leadership academy and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of the city of Cincinnati for the appointed civic leadership academyy's efforts to train the next generation of civic leaders in service to the city and its many community organizations whereas the appointed civic leadership academy better known as appointed was established as a program under the women's fund of the greater Cincinnati foundation and whereas regin Menon inspired by her vision to make boards and commissions more equitable and representative of all the people of our region founded appointed and the organization has received support from many members of the women's fund including director Kamala Warel and whereas appointed is a diversified program that equips participants with the ability to help the community by serving on civic nonprofit and corporate boards. wards and commissions. And whereas Miss Menon's vision has become a reality with appointed having trained 2,150 men and women leaders [applause] and 180 graduates becoming board and commission members locally. [applause] And whereas appointed hosts a session each quarter focusing on topics such as planning, zoning, economic development, health, human services, and the arts and humanities. And whereas after participants complete four sessions, they graduate and receive a certificate of completion. And whereas many local leaders have celebrated this fresh and innovative concept, including Congressman Greg Lansman, Ohio State Senator Kathy Ingram, Councilw former Councilwoman Liz Keading, and city manager Cheryl Long. And whereas appointed is so popular that it has been expanded to include additional classes appointed Xavier University and appointed Northern Kentucky. Now therefore, be it resolved by the council of the city of Cincinnati, state of Ohio, that the mayor and this council hereby recognize the appointed appointed civic leadership academy for its efforts to train the next generation of civic leaders in service to the city and its many community organizations. [applause] Now before before Regin speaks, I'd like to ask director Warreel to please speak. >> Thank you. Thank you so much, Vice Mayor. Thank you to uh the entire council uh for this recognition of the appointed program. I just want to give a little shout out to all the people who've been trained and all the graduates. And what that really means is that you have people in the community who are willing to give up one Saturday to four Saturdays to learn about what it means to sit on a civic board or commission. They come, they look at city budgets, they look at the inner workings of what happens and then they leave and they are so inspired that then they put their names in the hats to serve and to give their time and talents to making this entire community better. Uh the women's fund is so grateful for Dr. Regin Menon um because she gives uh her time, she works very very late at night. Uh she works the weekends. She gives up so much of her time to make this program something that is this entire region should be really really proud of. So thank you for this recognition. I know that we uh are incredibly proud of not just this program but having this person on staff as well. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Round of applause. Thank you. Thank you for all your work. Okay. And now from our superstar Reginon, please say a few words. Dr. Regin, >> not a doctor. That was a mistake. [laughter] >> Your props. >> I am not a PhD. I'm not a doctor, but I'm truly overwhelmed. Thank you so much. This was a surprise. I came and sat in the back of the room and Camila kept saying, "Why are you sitting in the back?" And I had no idea. So, thank you so much, Sister Kelly and Vice Mayor Kierney and all of the city officials here. We could not have brought this program to what it is today without your support. And as many of you know, I work with all your offices almost every month trying to get make this a reality. And the truth of the matter is Hamilton County, city of Cincinnati are really role models. You are the ideal state. This is how it should be in every county. we should be working directly with city officials to make this happen. Um, so I'm really really grateful for everybody's support. Thank you again. >> Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Now we'll turn it over to the mayor. Oh, wait. Don't leave. We [clears throat] haven't voted yet. >> Comments [laughter] from council, Miss Albby. >> Well, first, thank you, Sister Kelly, and vice mayor for bringing this. This is amazing. It's so wonderful to recognize this program. I I know in the resolution it says the the next generation, but this is the current generation of city leaders, right? It's taking the people who already have the expertise, the passion, the connections, the knowhow, and putting them in the right seats, right? And it's taking those those leaders and really just uh putting them in spots where they can amplify their what they're giving to the community, right? It is uh kind of amp I there's probably a better metaphor than amplifying, but right, it's taking that passion already and I just I'm so appreciative of it because when you think about appointments like for the normal person, they have no idea how to do it, right? So for you all to give them the knowhow, the tools, the connections and like the guide sheet of like this is how you put yourself in this space to have the greatest impact is just so phenomenal. So thank you for doing it. Uh you know the people who go through it, thank you for your dedication. I see a handful of them here in the crowd today. So thank you all for your dedication, not just those Saturdays but on the board. So thank you and congratulations. >> Further comments? President Parks. >> Thank you Mayor. Thank you for being here ladies. you you know that you are one of my favorite groups. Um, and I remember when this started, it was um, Megan Cumins and Denise Dhouse that got this because when we got to the county, we found that less than 1% of all appointed boards were women and minorities. And so went about changing it. And because representation counts so much, it is so important. And this program is making a big difference. So congratulations on the past >> on the work that you are doing now and the victories that you will claim in the future. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, President, Mr. Walsh. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, this is fantastic represent uh fantastic recognition for uh the work you do. Man, words are hard today. Um yesterday I had a friend, a young woman reach out to me because she is taking part in a kind of leadership development program. Uh and she was incredibly nervous and overwhelmed and anxious about what that would even mean. And I think when uh you've sat on a board, you sit on city council, you can forget what it's like to be handed the budget for the first time and be like, what on earth am I looking at here? Um they say a lot of numbers and I don't know if that's good or bad or indifferent. Um, and so I think it I think programs like this need to be lifted up and raised up because that's how we all got our start. That's how the next generation truly gets their start. Uh, Sister Kelly, I remember being really excited when you got into this program. Uh, we talked about that back in the day. So, uh, this is a fantastic recognition. I think the impact you have is grander than you guys can even imagine. >> Thank you, Miss Ellens. >> Thank you. Uh, first of all, thank you so much to the women's fund for the invitation to even participate in appointed. every time walking in that room, it is empowerment for sure. And so oftentimes we don't think about social determinance of health and that civic health is certainly a part of that. And so you are adding to the sustainability of our civic infrastructure, including the leaders not only sitting on boards, but leaders who might find themselves in elected capacity. And change doesn't happen unless we have good people showing up to make them happen. So thank you so much for your commitment, your dedication, and your intentionality to equity in this space, too. when we know that it takes women a whole lot longer to show up in these spaces. So, thank you for accelerating that. >> Further comments? Seeing none, I'll add my congratulations as well. Roll call on on passage of the resolution, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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, it passes. >> Congratulations. >> Congratulations. [applause] >> We'll come back to item three. Item four is a resolution from Council Member Jeff, Vice Mayor Kernney, Council Member Parks Albby Cranbering Johnson Nolan, Owens, and Walsh, declaring the city of Cincinnati's opposition to 2025 federal tariffs that increase the cost of housing construction and expressing the need for federal action to reduce barriers to housing affordability. Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh look, we have zero impact on federal tariffs, but boy are we impacted by it. Uh as folks know, we have set a goal of building 40,000 housing units in the next 10 years. Uh we need to accelerate our building of housing. Uh but costs keep going up. In the last few years, we've had several headwinds, obviously interest rates and inflation. But in this last year, uh there was a recent study uh the impact of federal tariffs. Uh so think about all the things that go into building uh a new home, lumber, drywall, steel, uh etc. The National Association of Homebuilders uh uh calculated that the average uh impact on a single family home is $10,960. So think about that. The average impact of tariffs 2020 to 25 is adding 10 almost $11,000 per single family home. Again, we can't control that, but uh we can certainly elevate it up as something that we collectively should uh ask for uh some relief from uh not just here in Cincinnati, but elsewhere. The impact on housing and housing uh pricing is obvious. And so, the objective of offering this is to elevate that up and hopefully um someone in Washington will will actually uh listen. We really need relief on this. We need to build more housing and adding $11,000 per unit is a headwind that is self-inflicted wound and something that I think we need to um advocate against. >> Thank you. Further comments? Seeing none, roll call on passage of the resolution. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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 Cremeine. >> Yes, >> it passes. >> Items 5 through nine are as indicated. Items 10 and 11 are both appointments to the Historic Conservation Board, James Tate and Karen Gerard. Without objection, we'll vote on these items together. Hearing none, roll call on confirmation of the appointments in items 10 and 11, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Items 12 through 14 are appointments to the zoning board of appeals. Uh the appointments are Mary Kate Guennness, Nester Malink, and Sarah Thomas. Without objection, we will vote on these items together. Hearing none, roll call on confirmation of the appointments and items 12 through 14, please. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 15 is the appointment of Nester Melink to the Board of Building Appeals. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 16 is the appointment of Mike Bombach to the Urban Forestry Advisory Board. Roll call on confirmation of the appointment please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Items 17 through 21 are as indicated. >> Item 22, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $5,859 to Recrack LLC from Cincinnati Parks Department Park Conservatory Fund Non-personnel Operating Budget. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. 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. >> Mr. Kramering, >> mayor, as we start on the uh finance committee section of the agenda, I just want to thank uh my colleagues, the administration and citizens. We had a very big agenda on on finance on on Monday, so I appreciate everybody digging in and getting us through it in a quick uh manner. So, thank you. Uh, the first item is a moral obligation out of the parks department for software. >> Further comments. Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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 Kaming, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. 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. Item 23, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $16,359 from the law department general fund non-personnel operating budget. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering, this is more obligation from the law department to women helping women. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 24, first reading, please. An emergency legislative resolution adopting the calendar year budget for current operating expenses of the city of Cincinnati for the calendar year 2027 and submitting the same to the county auditor. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. criting. >> Uh, mayor, we do this uh, every year. We're required to do this every year. We're just submitting the tenative tax budget specifically. I think the the property tax rate uh, to the auditor and the rate is staying the same as the previous year. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Items 25 through 26 are as indicated. Item 27, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for and accept 200 hours of incind services from the American Council for an energy efficient economy. >> Roll call on suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering. Uh thank you to the American Council for uh energy efficient economy. This is a inkind inkind contribution of volunteer hours and it goes to support the green Cincinnati plan. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, 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. >> Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 28, f first reading, please. An ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account landscape maintenance truck to provide resources to purchase a pickup truck needed for public landscape maintenance. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Karnney, >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering. Mayor, the next four items all relate to grants from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. Obviously, the parks foundation is one of our largest and most consistent partners. We appreciate them. Uh item 28 specifically is for grant resources that would go to buy a pickup truck. >> Further comments? Roll call on passage. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 29, first reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept grant resources of $290,000 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation for approvements to Glenway Park. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering, >> this is a grant from the Parks Foundation for Glennway Park. This has been a series of improvements. I think uh I know some of the neighborhood advocates in East Price have come down and talked about the difference it's made in that neighborhood. So, thank you to the Parks Foundation. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. 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. >> Item 30, first reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept a grant of up to $2 million from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to fund improvements to Owl's Nest Park. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. 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. >> Mr. Kramering, >> on this item, my colleague, Council Member Ali, had a very thoughtful question. She pointed out that we had already invested uh railroad dollars into to to Alz Park. The administration pointed out that this money is on top of that building on the existing project. So this is value ad not replacing those dollars at als congratulations uh O'Brienville. >> Further comments. >> Roll call and passage. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> 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. >> Item 31. First reading, please. an ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept a grant of up to $9,458.75 from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to cover operational expenses incurred from the annual Alt Park fireworks event held on July 4th, 2025. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Parks Foundation grant to cover part of the cost of the Alt Park fireworks. >> Further comments. >> Roll call in passage, please. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> 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. >> Item 32, first reading, please. >> An ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account PCELE walk grant to provide resources for pedestrian improvements in the East Price Hill neighborhood. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering. >> I'll defer to my colleague in the OKI representative, Council Member Jeff. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, so this is a grant from OKI, $480,000, East Price Hill neighborhood to build about 700 ft of sidewalk. So, if you think about East Price Hill, about 30% of folks do not own a car. And so, a lot of people uh walk. Uh, there's no sidewalk there. This will allow them to be safer in their neighborhood, access the business district, access the library, and other resources. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 33, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account Eden Park Playhouse on the Park steps to extend and upgrade existing pedestrian access from Mount Adams to the Playhouse on the Park located in Eden Park. >> Roll call on suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Creing. >> Yeah. First, thank you to the AR and Neil Borts families and the Ed and Pat Shepard Trust uh for making this very generous contribution that will extend and expand the pedestrian access between Mount Adams and the Playhouse critically important project. There's a couple roadblocks uh impediments from state law. So, thanks a few of my colleagues and the law department that worked through those to get this critical project across the board. >> Further comments? Roll call on passage. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. Item 34, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept an inkind donation of six kines, each valued up to $10,000, from the Matt Havamp Foundation for use by the Cincinnati Police Department's K9 squad. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Thanks to the Matt Haveramp Foundation for their generous contribution of these canines. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Item 35, first reading, please. an emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate energy credits from energy projects and US Department of the Treasury elective pay benefits of up to $1,800,000 in fiscal year 2026 to revolving energy loan fund to reinvest resources into other city energy projects. >> Roll call suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, we periodically accept these energy credits and of course reinvest them right into back into uh revolving energy projects with the city. So, congratulations and thank you to Director Kroner and team. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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 Karine, >> yes. >> Item 36, first reading, please. An ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account thousand hands playground replacement to provide resources for the replacement of the thousand hands playground located at Sawyer Point. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Mr. Kitting. >> As we all know, the Thousand Hands playground was tragically burned in an act of arson. This is the insurance settlement uh uh after that destruction. This money of course we go used to offset the building of the new playground and fortunately and a bit of good news that planning is is well underway and we're seeking community input. >> Further comments? Roll call and passage. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. 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. Item 37, first reading. >> An emergency ordinance establishing department number 017. Council member Ryan James to establish an office budget for Council Member Ryan James. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. C >> Council Member Parks. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Crarmerding. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> We look forward to welcome and working with Council Member James. As I said in committee, this is also good news for Council Member Nolan. Presumably this means he gets an office upgrade. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. Item 38, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and return to source of 401,351.88 from American Rescue Plan project account represent to the unappropriate surplus of the local fiscal recovery fund. >> Roll call in suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. 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. >> Mr. Kramering, >> this is an internal realignment of some ARP dollars. Uh, you know, the the uh the fund changes, but the overall intent of the dollars remains the same, which is to help minority owned businesses. >> Further comments? Roll call in passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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 Kamaring, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Curry, >> 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. >> Item 39, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and appropriation of $85 million from the unappropriates unappropriated surplus of Waterworks Fund 101 to the Waterworks Capital Improvement Fund 756 to continue funding for the current capital improvement program. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. 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. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, this is an internal transfer, moving money from the waterworks general fund to the capital improvement uh program. This is $10 million that will go to the critically important lead replacement work, lead pipe replacement work. Further comments? Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> 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. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. 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. >> Item 40, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $4,312.50 to Max Technical Training, Inc. from the Law Department general fund non-personnel operating budget account. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. 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. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Mayor, these next nine items are all moral obligations, so I'll just state the uh source moving forward. This is from law and was used for IT and database services. >> Further comments? >> Roll call and passage. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> 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. >> Emergency. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> 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 Crarmerding. >> Yes. >> Item 41, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $2,837.75 to Oracle Elevator Hold Co. Inc. from Cincinnati Parks Department general fund non-personnel operating budget account. >> Suspension. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> 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. >> Mr. Kramering, >> obligation out of parks for elevator service and maintenance. Comments passage. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson. 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. Emergency. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> 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. >> Item 42. First reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $13,613.80 to Dyenbacher Greenhouse Inc. from Cincinnati Parks Department Park miscellaneous revenue and special activity fund non-personnel operating budget account. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karing, >> yes. >> Craring. >> Yeah, this is more obligation goes to uh pay for annual spring plants at Pet Park and Lidle Park. And thanks to my staff for including a pronunciation for both these parks. That was helpful. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. Item 43, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $35,470.15 from the Cincinnati Recreation Commission Recreation Special Activities Fund Non-personal Operating Budget Account to Proclean Industrial Services doing business as Porter Clean. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. Cramine. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramer. >> These are for CRC. Portaotties. Comments. Passage. >> Jeff. >> Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Kernney. >> Yes. >> Nolan. >> Yes. >> Owens. >> Yes. >> Parks. >> Yes. >> Walsh. >> Yes. >> Albby. >> Yes. >> Karing. >> Yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff. >> Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Kernney. >> Yes. >> Nolan. >> Yes. >> Owens. >> Yes. >> Parks. >> Yes. >> Walsh. >> Yes. >> Albby. >> Yes. Kramering. >> Item 44, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing a payment of $15,17247 from the Cincinnati Police Department general fund non-personnel operating budget account to ProSource, Inc. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. Mr. Kramering >> from the police department for copier services >> comments passage >> Jeff >> yes >> Johnson >> Kernney >> yes >> Nolan >> yes >> Owens >> yes >> Parks >> yes >> Walsh >> yes >> Albby >> yes >> Kramering >> yes emergency >> Jeff >> yes >> Johnson >> yes >> Kernney >> yes >> Nolan >> yes >> Owens >> yes >> Parks >> yes >> Walsh >> yes >> Albby >> yes >> Karing Yes. >> Item 45, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $168,37049 cents to the Hamilton County from Cincinnati Police Department general fund and nonpersonnel operating budget account. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. from the police department for Hamilton County Sheriff's patrols. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. Cramering. >> Yes. Item 46, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $61,792.64 cents from the Greater Cincinnati Waterworks Fund non-personnel operating budget account to Celco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Cring, >> this is from Waterworks for uh phone services. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson. >> Kernney? >> Yes. >> Nolan? >> Yes. >> Owens? >> Yes. >> Parks? >> Yes. >> Walsh? >> Yes. >> Albby? >> Yes. >> Karing? Yes. >> Mr. Clerk, would you like to take a brief break? >> No. >> Item 47, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $65,51.69 from the Enterprise Services Parking System Facilities Fund Non-personnel Operating Budget Account to Us Square LLC. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. Mr. Kmer, >> this is an ordinance paying $65,000 to Us Square for parking management services. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karing, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. Albby, >> yes. >> Crading, >> yes. >> Item 48, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $1,146.75 cents to Aliger and Sun, Inc. from Capital Improvement Fund Project Account Park Infrastructure Rehabilitation. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Crading. >> This is a then and now payment from parks for landscaping services. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Howby? >> Yes. >> Kramering? >> Yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. Albby. >> Yes. >> Cranbering. >> Item 49, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $19,715.19 from the Greater Cincinnati Waterworks Waterworks Fund Non-personal Operating Budget Account. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Then a nail payment out of waterworks for phone services. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. Albby. >> Crading. >> Yes. >> Item 50, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a property sale, funding, and development agreement with Lockard LLC and affiliate of Urban Sites. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. This is the transfer of some very small parcels of land uh between the city and the developer urban sites. Uh although the parcels are small, the project is very important and it's the site of the former grammar grammarss restaurant and over the rine. So great project. Congrats to urban sites >> comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency, >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Crading, >> yes. >> Item 51, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance approving and authorizing the city manager to execute a first amendment to community reinvestment area tax exe exemption agreement with Solai Interest LLC and affiliate of urban sites. >> Suspension. >> Jeff. Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Karnney. >> Yes. >> Nolan. >> Yes. >> Owens. >> Yes. >> Parks. >> Yes. >> Walsh. >> Yes. >> Albby. >> Yes. >> Kramering. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kramering. >> Another important urban sites project. This one just extends an existing CRA tax exemption. The uh the uh parcels are 1200 1208 Main Street. >> Comments. >> Passage. >> Jeff. >> Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Kernney. >> Yes. >> Nolan. >> Yes. >> Owens. >> Yes. Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Cranbering, >> yes. >> Item 52, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance approving and authorizing the city manager to execute a first amendment to community reinvestment area tax exemption agreement with BAM Realy Group LLC and 84th Street LLC. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Halby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> as with the previous item, this is just an an amendment and extension of an existing tax agreement. The parcel is 8 East 4th Street in the central business district. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karen, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. Kramering. >> Yes. Item 53, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance approving and authorizing the city manager to execute a community reinvestment area tax exemption agreement with Reed Flats LLC and affiliate of the Model Group, Inc. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramerding, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> this is a 15-year tax exemption with the model group. This is a scattered site development called Reed Flats. It will produce 90 residential units at total construction cost of $22 million. So, Council Member Jeff will be updating the big board in his office on total housing units. >> Comments, Mr. Mayor. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, just to add on to that. So, between this and the urban sites ones, it's over 200 units of housing in our urban core, which is awesome. And this one, there are 10 vacant buildings. So you think about a lot of the vacant buildings that have been converted over the Ryan. These are 10 that will be put uh now to use in housing and many of which will be um income restricted as well. >> Thank you. Further comments >> passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karing, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Crading, >> yes. >> Item 54, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the transfer and appropriation of $400,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the North Side Equivalent Fund to the Department of Community and Economic Development Non-personnel Operating Budget Account. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> yeah, this item it started with an unfortunate note. The North Side White Castle's closed and was subsequently demolished. Uh, but Nest, the North Side Redevelopment Corporation is going in getting the property and we know this will produce another exciting development in North Side. >> Comments? >> Mr. Jeff? >> Yeah, this is another exciting development. This is a gateway into North Side. It's also a block from the transit center, a block from the Mil Creek uh trail. So, as we talk about transit oriented development, this is a really great addition and exactly what we want more of. >> Comments, further comments, passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency, >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karen, >> yes. >> Item 55, first reading, please. >> A legislative resolution declaring the intent to appropriate to public use property required for the construction of the eastern approach of the Western Hills vio replacement project. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. Kramerang. >> Yes, >> Mr. Kramerang. >> This is property acquisition as we get closer to construction on the Western Video. This property specifically was on the the Mohawk side of of what will be the new viuctuct. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Item 56, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a water service agreement between the city of Cincinnati and the board of county commissioners of Warren County, Ohio. Sale of surplus water to certain portions of Warren County Ohio. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karen, >> Mr. Karing, this is a water service agreement with uh Warren County. >> Further comments? Passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Ernie, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Item 57, first reading, please. An ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a lease with McGinness, Inc. doing business as Ashlin dry docking company and an Ohio for-profit corporation. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karing, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> this is a parcel of city property that's associated with MSD. This will continue an existing lease with the Ashland dry docking company. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. Item 58, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the establishment of new capital improvement program account building inspector IT equipment. Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> mayor, we do this every year. It's often referred to as the capital sunset clause or the capital sunset ordinance. Uh, at the end of the year, we're shifting money from various capital sources and projects to another to meet various needs. All the information was in our transmitts. It was exhaustive. Thank you to the finance and budget departments for putting that all together for us. >> Comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. Cranaring. >> Yes. >> Okay. Moving to public safety and governance. Item 59, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance modifying the provisions of chapter 307, classified compensation schedules of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, by ordaining new sections 829 and 830 of division D0C to establish the classification titles and solid rain schedules for the new employment classifications of alternative response behavioral health specialist and al alternate response supervisor. >> Suspension. >> Jeff. >> Yes. >> Johnson. Yes. >> Kernney. >> Yes. >> Nolan. >> Yes. >> Owens. >> Yes. >> Parks. >> Yes. >> Walsh. >> Yes. >> Albby. >> Yes. >> Kramering. >> Yes. >> Mr. Johnson. >> The clerk nailed it. Further comments? Miss Albby. >> Thank you. I I um was on the ARC dashboard recently and this year so far the ARC team has had over a thousand responses. 520 of those were well-being checks and 56 were for emotional distress. So I'm really excited. uh any work we can do to keep and retain our behavioral health specialists for this team. Uh they're doing amazing work in the community. >> Further comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. Albby, >> yes. >> Crading, >> yes. Item 60, first reading, >> an emergency ordinance modifying the provisions of chapter 307, classified compensation schedules of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ordaining new section 653 of division 1 to establish the classification title and salary range schedule for the new employment classification of CDL truck driver. >> Suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, excuse me, I apologize. Mr. Johnson, >> uh, once again, the clerk nailed it as a great Omega man would. >> Further comments passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Karing, >> yes. Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Item 61, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager and city solicitor to execute a settlement agreement in the class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division. Captioned Kennedy at all v. City of Cincinnati at all. >> Suspension. Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Halby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Mr. Johnson, >> you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I think everyone's aware of what this entails. This $ 8.1 million lawsuit that was filed as a result in 2020 of the George Floyd protest. Um, I will reiterate and say again, uh, I believe the Cincinnati Police did an outstanding job with the factors that they were presented with. Um, they had to establish law and order and that's what they did along with keeping citizens and businesses and even the protesters safe. So, I salute the Cincinnati Police Department and what they had to do under the circumstances they were facing. Um, it is also clear that the majority of the people that filed these suits are not Cincinnati residents. Our citizens in the city of Cincinnati seem to show a great deal of respect to the men and women of the Cincinnati Police Department when they're tasked with such a difficult call to keep law and order during a protest. I'm still baffled that the complaints in 2020 actually were about how they were treated at the justice center, not brutality by Cincinnati police officers. The Sallyport or area where they were detained to my knowledge and over all the years I transported people there is within the in the county jail. But I do understand that it's a very difficult situation and I and I do understand that this is five years long and it's time to get this and put this to bed. But I reenter reiterate and salute the professionalism and the decorum of the Cincinnati Police Department functioning during very difficult times. Uh, I think the citizens of Cincinnati and the business owners of Cincinnati appreciate keeping them safe during very, very stressful situations. I will conclude by saying after that night, the city of Cincinnati did not occur any more major protests like other cities around the country did. That speaks to how tactically sound the Cincinnati Police Department was then and with the improvements now 5 years later, how tactically sound they are now. So, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Further comments, vice mayor. >> Thank you. Um, so, you know, I I was on counsel when uh when George Floyd was murdered. Um, it was it was really traumatic. A lot, you know, people watched a man being murdered by the Minneapolis police on television. Uh, and that was that was very traumatic and and really horrible. But, but I can say with the protests, um, with the settlement, we did have sticker shock when we heard about the 8 million. I know 2 million will go to, uh, attorney fees and then 6 million divided among the 479 plaintiffs. Um, but we've been assured that those 479 were peaceful protesters. They were people who were exercising their their first amendment rights. They were not destroying property. And so that's I I think that's one thing that that the public needs to know. These were peaceful protesters. Um, the second thing is I think the big sticker shock was because we know that the city is putting in so much more than the county. But when looking at um the settlements across the country in these types of situations, our settlements is really one of the one of the lowest. And so we have to thank our law department for um being mindful of that. And I think that's that's really important and it it says a lot about how good our legal department is. I think that that's a big plus. Um, and let me just say when I, you know, the complaints we heard during that time were mainly about how the protesters were treated when they got to the to the Hamilton County Jail. Um, I didn't hear a lot of complaints about our actual police. In fact, we saw police officers oftentime hugging protesters and um, you know, being very kind with them, including our chief at the time. And so, um, I agree with Council Member Johnson. I mean, this is no indictment of our of our Cincinnati Police Department. Uh, and the anger was really at the Minneapolis Police, not at our Cincinnati Police. So, I want to thank our legal department for bringing this to a close. Thank you. >> Further comments. >> Roll call. Roll call on passage, please. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering, >> yes. >> Emergency. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. >> Kramering. >> Moving to healthy neighborhoods, item 62, first reading, please. An ordinance amending ordinance number 175-2025 which established Cincinnati's lesbian, gay bisexual transgender queer questioning, interex, asexual, and other sexual and gender identities commission to change various provisions related to the composition of the commission and the length of the appointment terms for commission members. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. Albby, >> yes. >> Craring, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor, >> thank you. So, first of all, just kudos to the city of Cincinnati. We're the first city in the state of Ohio to establish an LGBTQIA plus commission. Columbus followed us, but they were about two or three weeks um after our city council passed this uh ordinance. So, we're very proud of that. And the idea of the commission is to advise uh the administration and city council about issues of importance. So it's important that we have this this commission. Um the amendment here is because um after council approved and the the organizing group started looking at appointments for commissioners. Um several things came to mind. one was that some groups were left out of the ordinance and so um the the committee decided well let's just take all the groups out but emphasizing that we have to work with all of the all of the groups in the city uh that are um allies of the LGBTQIA community working for and with that community and so instead of naming them one by one with the danger of leaving some important groups out we just took took all the names out um That said, we also expanded the number of commissioners from 11 to 13. And so I think that's very important. And then we increased the number uh who have to be residents of Cincinnati. So now that's nine of the 13. >> Further comments. >> Roll call on passage. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Kernney, >> yes. >> Nolan, >> yes. >> Owens, >> yes. >> Parks, >> yes. >> Walsh, >> yes. >> Albby, >> yes. Kramering. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Uh before we move on to our final item, uh I wanted to invite uh up to the dis any special uh any special visitors uh specifically Hamilton County Commission President Denise Dhouse. Welcome Commissioner [applause] Sorry, I was I was hanging out with the clerk. >> One second. Okay, go ahead. No, no, don't touch. >> Yep. Okay, there you go. >> Wow. Okay. Oh, I'm feeling very official. Um, hello everyone. Commissioner Parks, it's a special day and so I wanted to come over. I do love to come over to city hall and visit everybody. Um, you know, we're we're working on a lot of things together, but today is not that day. Today is a day to celebrate Victoria Parks, and so I didn't want to miss the opportunity. Um, I I just wanted Oh, you're very nice. Thank you. This is better. Yes. Um, so, um, you've all had the pleasure to serve with Council Member Parks. I had the pleasure to serve with Commissioner Parks and Legislative Aid Parks uh when we could actually talk to one another over at the county. And I just want to say that um Victoria Parks is a person who exemplifies public service. You are in it for all the right reasons. Um and it was been it was an honor for me to serve with you. I was so grateful that you continued your service over here at the city. U but we are all indebted to you for the time that you committed to this community. Um, I know you've got deep roots here. And so, thank you, Victoria, Council Member, sorry, Parks, uh, for your service to this community. Do you mind if I read I know there's another pro I assume there's another proclamation coming. I don't like to double up, but I'm going to read mine first. So, uh, so that'll make you guys doubling up. How about that? Um, so, and I do, you know, where's Jan? Michelle, we don't always read through all these proclamations, but uh I'm going to do it on this one because I think there's a lot of really important information here as we celebrate Victoria. So, this is a proclamation honoring Victoria Park's service to the community. Whereas, Victoria has deep roots in the Cincinnati community that she served growing up in the West College Hill neighborhood and graduating from Aken High School in 1976. And whereas Victoria has served our nation, country, and city with distinction, beginning with her honorable service in the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1980, where she earned commen commendations for excellent discipline and commitment. Whereas following her military service, Victoria built a 30-year career in customer service, business operations, and community engagement, where she gained experience that later informed her leadership in public service. And whereas Victoria brought that experience into the nonprofit sector and advocacy work, serving as community outreach director for former Congressman Steve Dhouse, development de director at the Women's Crisis Center, and major gifts officer for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, where she advanced social justice, survivor support, and educational equity. And whereas from 2016 to 2019, Victoria serves as a chief of staff to former Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune. And upon his retirement, she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term. And whereas during her time on the board of county commissioners, Victoria spearheaded a resolution to declare racism a public health crisis in Hamilton County, helped establish Junth as a paid county holiday, and sponsored proclamations to uplift our community. And whereas as a county commissioner, Victoria led with enthusiasm, determination, and a healthy sense of humor, the perfect combination to get important policy priorities passed at the county. And whereas Victoria was elected to city council in 2022 where she rose to serve as president proemp advocating for affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization, racial equality, violence pre prevention initiatives, and communitydriven progress. And whereas Victoria has immense pride in being a mother, a grandmother, an aunt who has fully committed herself and her fam to her family's well-being even as she dedicates countless hours to civic duty. And whereas through her service, Victoria has uplifted families across our region, mentored young women, invested in neighborhood leadership, and given notice to those who have long unheard, demonstrating that compassionate governance truly looks like. So now therefore, be a proclaimed that the board of county commissioners of Hamilton County does hereby recognize the invaluable contributions of Victoria Parks to this community and does hereby proclaim December 10th, 2025 as Victoria Parks Day in all of Hamilton County. [applause] [applause] Thank you, Commission President Dhouse. Our next special guest is Cincinnati Fire Chief McKinley. Welcome, sir. [applause] Honorable mayor, members of the council, I just want to say thank you. I'm Frank McKenley, fire chief of the Cincinnati Fire Department. And uh it really meant a lot to me to have this opportunity to come and just say thank you. A lot of times uh when we're out there in the field for the fire department, we don't understand what you all represent. And so uh your dedication to not only the fire department, but to the entire uh city of Cincinnati has been remarkable. And I I feel I would be remissed if I didn't personally come to say thank you on behalf of the fire department and myself. And so um I really appreciate um meeting with you one on- one, having our regular meetings and how you would always ask, hey, is there anything that I needed or uh what direction do you think we're going in? And so it it really means a lot to me. And so the time that you've spent uh your dedication uh the invitations to conversations, I mean, I really appreciate it. Um I don't have a a fancy proclamation to read you, but I do have a card. >> Yeah. So, and very simple. Uh thank you so much for your support and hard work. We truly appreciate all you have done for the city of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Fire Department. You will be missed. Fire Chief Frank McKenley. And so again, thank you so much. [applause] >> Thank you, Chief. [applause] And we will now sadly bittersweet move to our final item of the day, item number three. And with that, we will recognize Vice Mayor Kernney for the presentation of a resolution from the vice mayor, myself, all of the council members, recognizing President Prom Victoria Parks, and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of the city of Cincinnati for President Prom Parks' community support, leadership, and honorable service to the city of Cincinnati and to our nation. Vice Mayor Hey, President Pro Tim Parks, would you like to come down or are you better sitting there? >> I know she she broke her arm, so I don't want you to be uncomfortable. Is it better? >> Okay. Do you want to just Okay, stay put. Okay. All right. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you, mayor, for doing that. Let me first um apologize for the Navy um mistake because that was my mistake, not the mayor's. The mayor knew you were in the Air Force, but I wrote down I wrote down Navy. So, I guess he's thinking, "Oh, she must know what she's talking about." And I didn't. So, I was wrong. So, thank you. Thank you. Sorry about that. Um, we are, you know, it's it's just a bittersweet moment for us. So, Sister Kelly, come on up. Sonia Trinity, come on up. They really have planned this celebration for you. Also, um, Leavon Clay, is she here? Oh, Leavonne, come on up. She's a veteran and she has special words for you as well. So, usually I get to read the resolution and proclamations first, but since President uh Dhouse read hers, I just want to add a few things though um that's in ours. And first of all, um you know, just let me say that we all know how you you don't waste time in words. You're not someone who talks a lot, but when you talk, everybody listens. Everybody listens. uh because you speak when you have something that's important to say and uh I just really appreciate that seeing you on council. You know, we hear that that voice that comes out slow and steady and everybody pays attention and you are someone who is known for working for our city uh for all of our communities. Uh you you fight for justice, you fight for equity, and you are um unbought and unbossed. You speak your mind, you tell the truth, and you stand up. And I I just really admire you and appreciate you. Uh and I love the fact that you do girls in government because uh girls and guys will see you as the role model that you are and follow in your footsteps. Um I I can't believe you're you're leaving council. It's just a huge loss to me personally and I really think to to all of us because you keep us balanced and so I I just really appreciate all your work. Um, President Dhouse mentioned so many accomplishments. I just wanted to add that in addition to making Junth an official holiday in Hamilton County. You made it an official holiday here in Cincinnati. uh you establish an equitable development program so that our women and people of color have a chance to get into that field to open up the clubhouse and get into that really lucrative field and we we appreciate that. Um you also created the building futures program that helps people from underserved uh areas, right? Yeah. But yeah, but you Yeah, you went up to Columbus. You get a lot of credit for this building futures program and I I just really appreciate that. um you know, you brought it here to Cincinnati, work with the Urban League to get it established, and um now they're about finished, I think, with their sixth cohort, uh and they graduated previously about a hundred people so far. And these are these are folks, many of whom have just struggled and now are going to get good union jobs with benefits. And it's it's changing lives. And so, so thank you for that. Um, and just I'm just really proud of you and you spearheaded so many other important initiatives. So, of course, this resolution ends by be it resolved by the council of the city of Cincinnati, state of Ohio, that the mayor and this council hereby recognize President Pro Tim Victoria Parks and express their appreciation for her community support, leadership, and honorable service to the city of Cincinnati and to our nation. Thank you so much. >> [applause] >> Now I'm gonna ask Leavon Clay to speak. >> Hi. Um I think that uh Miss Dhouse was reading my uh speech, but uh um I had the honor of meeting Councilwoman Victoria Parks this summer when we were recognized as Lady Veterans. She served in the Air Force and I in the Army. While some veterans proudly claim their branch as the best, I believe our true strength lies in unity. Together, we form a mighty fist because no one completes the mission alone. It doesn't matter who arrived first, only that we all came together. Came home together, excuse me. I'm always excited to meet fellow Lady veterans because behind every uniform is a story worth telling. Councilwoman Parks served in the US Air Force from 76 to 1980 as a personal I'm sorry, personnel specialist. When I think about that era, I can't help but reflect on what it must have been like for her, not just as a woman, but as an African-American woman in the military. She held an administrative role, often labeled w a woman's job. Was she told that typing was to was woman's work? Did she have to work twice as hard to prove herself? Was she overlooked for a promotion she well deserved? These are questions many of us have have asked ourselves. I served from 1986 to 1994 and I know I face some of the same isms that Victoria likely did. But the true test isn't just in the challenges we face. It's how we respond to them and what we learn along the way. Councilwoman Parks didn't just endure. she rose. Her journey is a testament to resilience, leadership, and the quiet strength that so many women veterans carry. Her story reminds us that progress is made not just by breaking barriers, but by being brave enough to walk through them. As a combat veteran, I spent my years of service proving I was worthy of the uniform physically, mentally, and emotionally. But I wouldn't change a single chapter of my story. Every challenge shaped me into the strong, intelligent woman standing before you today. Councilwoman Park's experiences, her hard work, strength, and determination paved the way for the for a smoother path for the young women who followed in her footsteps. I believe she was not only a role model but also a mentor to her fellow airmen just as she has continued to be in the civilian world. I'm sure her journey wasn't easy. Quite possibly it was filled with trials that tested her spirit, but her never give up attitude, her passion, and her unwavering commitment to serve others brought her to this moment in time. Her military training didn't just prepare her for service. It equipped her to achieve what many only dream of. She is a trailblazer, a difference maker, and a living testament to the power of perseverance. And while this may feel like a closing chapter, I believe it's only the beginning of another book, another remarkable journey. >> [applause] >> her chief of staff, Sonia Taylor. >> Good afternoon, everyone. Don't you start? Good afternoon, everyone. >> Uh, today we get together to honor a woman whose leadership, courage, and compassion have made a lasting impact on the city. Council member Victoria Parks. I just want to say thank you for everything. Don't start. Um, I've learned so much from working with you over the past five years. Um, from the county over here to the city. You have dug in and made sure that what was important to you got put on the agendas and got passed and not just words on a piece of paper, but you made action happen. And I'm very honored to have worked with you on those projects. You have been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve with as your chief of staff. I've watched you lead with integrity, fight for equity, and pour your heart into the people of Cincinnati. You taught all of us what it means to serve with a purpose. On behalf of our team, Ben, Elijah, Trinity, and myself, Victoria, we want to thank you. Thank you for your guidance. Thank you for your trust. Thank you for believing in the citizens of Cincinnati. As you step into retirement, know that your impact will continue to shape this city. You you leave behind not just a record of service, but a legacy of compassion, justice, and unwavering dedication. We love you. We honor you. We celebrate you today. Congratulations on your retirement, Council Member Victoria Parks. Council [applause] member, we met about four years ago at a Jamaican food place that the food was too spicy for me. I remember that. Now I love Jamaican food and there's a new one opening right by you in College Hill. But I just have a quick story about how you care. We met with two women from LAD who talked about they had trouble finding an accessible portaotty during the flying pig. You then spoke with relevant members of the admin and put that into action where events would have to have a wheelchair accessible portaotty. You didn't have to do that, but you did. And now those women can h have access at more events. And that shows your care for these things. And uh thank you. I wouldn't be here without you. [applause] Hello. Hello. Though I've only had a short span of time with you, it's been immensely impactful from the laughter, the learning, and I had the opportunity to work with you on Girls in Government, and that showed the impact that you have not only on the community, but young women alike, and showing young women, you know, they have the opportunity to be able to be in a position like you to, you know, work in government and do much bigger than maybe they've seen within their communities. So, that's just a testament to who you are and I thank you. Thank you. Thank you for everything that you've done. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Hi, council member. Um, I do want to thank you for the opportunity that you gave me earlier this year. Um, I first met you, I believe, a year and a half ago when I was hosting events with the Urban League in Whitten Terrace and you you came down to talk about the resources that all the opportunities that were there to help people out who needed these things. And I could tell from that first time that you really cared about people and that's one of the reasons why I respect you so much and care about you so much. Um, and I could tell that you had that same care and respect for me from the moment that I met you. Um, so I do want to thank you for everything that you've done for me and for everyone in Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Thank you, [applause] >> Miss Victoria. I am a person that believes in giving flowers while you can >> because tomorrow I don't know if I can give you those flowers. But at through my time and through my journey here, you've done nothing but give me flowers, good advice and led me in the right way to uplift help uplift this place and the people the constituents and I thank you for it. We did that movie together. You helped me out. I thank you for it. So, I wanted to be a part of this with your staff here. I thank all of you up here for honoring her as well. And thank you so much. And God bless you in your next level of your journey. [applause] >> Thank you. We'll turn it over to the mayor. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Comments from council, >> Mr. Jeff. I'm sure we'll all have some um baseball team that sums up Victoria uses that analogy all present prom all the time but there's a reason I mean she always talks about how we each need to play our part that's what a baseball team does everyone has a role but there's a certain amount of respect play their position thank you uh there's a certain amount of respect and decorum all things that are nice but look I mean if you it started about 5 years ago when we were all running the first time several of us and we were recognizing that we were coming into a culture that in many ways was very toxic. You had three people indicted. There's a lot of bickering and um so we spent a lot of time uh at that time leading up to the election together defining what are the values that are important to us? What are things that are important? Yes, substantive priorities, but how do we treat each other? Um and she really led a lot of that work and she was been she was the glue of that. Um and she has been the glue of that uh in our environment today with politics being just nasty. I think uh you know there have been times where she's come over and said, "Okay, well, how do we make sure we're not ungluing and she's been the one who's trying to make sure that we continue to we can disagree, but let's do it respectfully." I think we need more of that in politics and so she has brought all of that to city hall and I hope we uh can continue uh to carry that torch going forward and thank you. >> Thank you. We'll um work our way in from the semicircle. Mr. W Mr. Walsh. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I I want to recognize that that symbol to uh get your attention is actually because of president prom Victoria Park's teaching uh council member Albby put your phone microphone up so you can so you can see us. So that is a legacy that's moving on here. Um, off the point that council member Jeff just made, uh, Vic often refers to us as a baseball team here. And like all good baseball teams, uh, legends eventually retire and we retire their jerseys. And it, um, it inspires the next generation. And I think that's the part that is so exciting here. It's not just the impact you can make individually, it's the impact that carries on beyond you. Um, because we're here for such a short time. And it's it's who you impact going forward. So Vic, as I think about who you've impacted beyond uh, you know, those of us sitting here, you know, the girls in government that now aspire to that, they that will find themselves here that one day will take the next generation forward. That is multitudes we can't even appreciate yet. So congratulations on all that you've done and uh, enjoy your retirement, >> Mr. Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'll be brief. V, I love you. Thank you for your wisdom and your friendship. I'm going to miss that wisdom. Um, that pull aside. Hey, hey hey. But I love you. I'm a phone call away and greatly appreciating the establishing of all the amazing work that you've done countywide over the years. Godspeed in whatever you decide to do. But I'm going to advise you, rest, rest rest. Miss Alvie, >> thank you. President Parks, I think in the dictionary next to public servant, they could have your picture from your [laughter] from from your uh career in the Air Force to now. I think the one true throughine has been your commitment to community and giving back. And it's truly remarkable because I think, you know, Ben's story about the the portaotties and all that really summarizes kind of your work to kind of bring people with you along that kind of carry as you climb mentality. And I'm so grateful for all you've done in our city to promote inclusion and equity and really empower the next generation, whether that's through girls in government or programs like building futures and everything. So, thank you for your service to our city, to our county, and to our nation. Miss Owens. >> Thank you, President Parks. It's been an honor and a pleasure. Thank you for your service to this city, to this county, to this region. Uh I've learned even more about you by way of these proclamations. You have been doing the work and so we thank you for the uh the example uh that you have left for so many of us and enjoy retirement. >> Mr. Kramer. Yeah, this is easy because I I've known for a long time what I was going to say should this uh moment ever arise and and uh pick your value to this team is largely not what happens up here but it's happened what happens behind the scenes and that was uh sometimes a kind word to one of us and sometimes it was a stern word uh but you kept the team together and kept us moving forward. and I uh I'm going to miss your advice and wisdom and uh counsel. So, thank you and congratulations, >> Mr. Nolan. Council member Parks, um I I truly value your unique perspective and your thoughtful consideration um particularly on big and challenging issues. I feel like sometimes I could sit there and and watch you uh consider that live and I and I appreciate that um very much. Um, I will also always appreciate our one-on-one conversations, um, and the mentorship that you provided me, uh, initially as an an aspiring council member on the campaign trail during the coordinated campaign and, and then as a as a new council member. Um, I'm impressed that you inspired your campaign manager to join you here at city hall. Uh, you don't see that too often. Um, and I'm also impressed that uh you mentored two of your staff members to become chiefs of staff in in other offices and um we are all grateful for that. So, you leave a lasting legacy um and we are very appreciative. Thank you, President Parks. It's a sad day. It is. I'm sure you're not sad, but the rest of us are um feeling bittersweet about you saying goodbye because it is, as we've heard um from everyone, uh such an extraordinary career, a career of of um supporting others, a career of selflessness, um and a career of uh trying to leave Cincinnati better than how you found it. And I am believe wholeheartedly that you have through your service. Uh I will miss you. Um you are a unique character in many ways. I'll miss all the tea that you love to spill uh on the various other characters of this building. Um and uh and I really hope that you have just a wonderful next chapter in whatever you decide to do. Congratulations. >> Roll call on passage of the resolution. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramerang, >> yes. >> It passes. >> Congratulations. [applause] [applause] [cheering] That concludes the business portion of our agenda. City Manager Long, do you have any announcements? Thank you, Mayor. I do. President Parks, on behalf of the administration, I want to say thank you for your service. Um, one thing Caz and I always laugh about or happy about is that you always find the time to check in on us. There are times when we're doing business, but you will call because you have a feeling that there is a need for us to be able to confide in, to talk to, to lift us up, to make sure that we're continuously doing the work, but also to just check on us as a person and that is so appreciative and we appreciate that so much. Now, fortunately for me, you transferred your budget of girls in government into my office. So that means we are tied because I am committed to taking the amazing foundation you've created and working with you to having you come back to city hall when we do that every year annually. So we are forever attached as long as I am here. But in the same sense I just want to let you know that's significant because this work is hard and to have a council member who continuously checks in on the person significant and well appreciated and you will be missed. So thank you. Thank you. Further announcements from council members. >> Mr. Mayor, >> Mr. Johnson, >> if I may, I'd like to brag for a minute here. >> The newest Cincinnati Bengal, his name is Xavier Johnson. Uh [applause] um tremendous. My nephew is back home. Uh his dad is just my brother Jeffrey is just oh my god. But you know I just think about my parents uh right now. They would be so proud of Xavier's accomplishments. He was amazing at Ohio State. He spent a season at with the Houston Texans. Buffalo Bills then the Houston Texans. Now he's home at Cincinnati. So, I was already a huge Bingle fan, but I'm going to brag right now and say, "Welcome home, Xavier. Go Bengals." Thank you, Mr. Mayor. [applause] >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Miss Owens, can you top that? >> Oh, I maybe like a Christmas tree. Wow. Yes. Congratulations. So, speaking of accomplishments of of people in our city, our most amazing ones, our young people. So, CRC, they did a Christmas tree contest with over 20 CRC locations and over 20 young people participated. So, I've got cards in my office. Thank you to my colleagues who helped to vote on your top three. And I am happy to say that the winner is Evston. Look at that. >> [applause] >> So, we're so grateful for our young people, but also grateful for our the adults who help to program spaces, safe spaces for our young people. So, thank you. Thank you. Further announcements, seeing none, meeting adjourned. Thank you.