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Vice mayor's plan to reallocate $1 million from fleet to nonprofits fails after heated debate
Summary
Vice Mayor Kearney proposed moving $1 million from a fleet line item to seven nonprofit programs; the committee debated whether $1 million would meaningfully impact fleet needs and then rejected the reallocation in a roll-call vote.
CINCINNATI ' The Budget & Finance Committee considered and rejected an amendment that would have shifted $1 million earmarked for fleet repairs to a package of nonprofit programs, including funding requests from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Habitat for Humanity and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center.
Vice Mayor Kearney proposed the reallocation, saying the city already had $10.6 million in the manager's FY26 fleet plan and that $1 million would produce more immediate impact if directed to local nonprofits providing workforce development,…
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