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Votes at a glance: Council passes multiple resolutions and ordinances, refers planning-fee item back to finance
Summary
At the Feb. 23 Cincinnati City Council meeting members approved a series of ceremonial resolutions, appropriations and capital project accounts, and voted to refer an ordinance adjusting planning fees back to the Budget and Finance Committee for further review.
Cincinnati City Council on Feb. 23 took formal action on a slate of resolutions, emergency orders and capital project accounts. Most items passed unanimously by roll call; one ordinance was referred back to committee.
Key outcomes
- The council unanimously adopted a ceremonial resolution recognizing the city's warming shelter team for a nine-day activation that served roughly 200 people per day during a severe cold spell.
- Council unanimously adopted a resolution expressing intent to support Cincinnati Red Bike's three-year "strengthen and sustain" funding plan, listing a potential $125,000 annual city contribution for 2025'027 as a budget priority but making the city's support contingent on matching commitments from Metro, Northern Kentucky partners, foundations and a board restructuring by Red Bike. The resolution does not appropriate funds immediately.
- Council voted to refer Ordinance item number 40 (planning and zoning fee adjustments) back to the Budget and Finance Committee at Council member Kramer Ding's request because a requested report was not yet available. The motion to refer was moved and seconded and approved by roll call.
- Council approved a series of budget, capital and grant-related items by roll call, including: - Legislative resolution declaring assessment necessities for urban forestry maintenance district for calendar year 2026 (item 42). - Emergency appropriation restoring $281,640.85 from general fund surplus to non-departmental judgments (item 43). - Emergency authorization to repurpose up to $160,000 for a Kennedy Heights redevelopment-related purpose (item 44). - Establishment of capital project accounts for Montana Avenue (OPWC grant, item 45), Central Parkway bikeway phase 3 (transit grant, item 46), and Beekman Street pedestrian safety (MRF grant, item 47). - Authorization to apply for a grant to produce support materials for child victims and witnesses (item 48). - Acceptance of a NACCHO cross-training grant of up to $6,510 for health department staff (item 49). - Acceptance of dedication of a 0.3318-acre tract as part of Merrimack Street (item 50). - Emergency order authorizing a job-creation tax-exemption agreement (item 51). - Emergency order approving a payment of $2,580 to Power Equipment Solutions for Sawyer Point golf-cart rental (item 52).
Votes and procedural notes
- Most items passed unanimously by roll call; voting records in the transcript show "yes" votes from present council members including Kramer Ding (also recorded as Grama/Krammerding in the transcript), Jeffries, Johnson, Vice mayor Kearney, Owens, Parks, Walsh and Albee. Mayor Aftab Pureval and Council member Evan Nolan were recorded as excused.
- Item 40 (zoning/planning fee ordinance) was referred back to Budget and Finance at the request of council members pending a report; the motion to refer passed by roll call.
Budget and follow-up
- Several of the capital accounts and project authorizations depend on external grants (OPWC, SORTA, MRF) or on future budgeting actions. Council members noted the funds come from state or county grant programs in several cases and that the Red Bike commitment is a budget priority that will be addressed during the budget process.
The meeting adjourned after committee announcements and scheduling of three upcoming public budget-comment sessions on Feb. 24, March 3 and March 12.
