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Cincinnati officials report $24.6 million general-fund surplus through March; police-detail revenue rises after new software
Summary
The Cincinnati Budget and Finance Committee heard that city general fund revenues were $24,600,000 above estimates through March, and that police detail revenue rose after the city changed how it processes off‑duty vendor payments.
The Cincinnati Budget and Finance Committee heard that city general fund revenues were $24,600,000 above estimates through March, and that police detail revenue rose after the city changed how it processes off‑duty vendor payments.
Doctor Dudas, representing city finance, presented the department’s monthly report for the period ending March 31 and said, “general fund revenues, continue to be ahead of estimate, through the March of this year. That amount above estimate is $24,600,000.”
The report matters because higher-than-expected general fund receipts affect the city’s near-term budget picture and planning. Committee members pressed finance for details about one revenue increase tied to police off‑duty details and asked whether costs tied to the vice president’s presence in the city were affecting the bottom line.
Doctor Dudas told the committee that the police‑detail revenue increase is connected to an operational change: “Starting February 1, we switched to a software system, that is handling the scheduling, and the payment from vendors, and those funds are now flowing through the city, as opposed to in certain cases where, vendors, maybe may have been directly paying officers, in the past.” He added that the city now pays the officers for that time, meaning the city is also recording the corresponding expenditures.
On whether the vice president’s presence in Cincinnati was increasing costs, Doctor Dudas said the police department “has reported additional overtime that has been needed, for when the vice president is in town. I I don't have a a specific number, but there is, there is a there is a correlation to increased overtime, but that's not considered a police detail.”
Council Member Seth Walsh asked the questions that prompted the explanation; Council Member Scottie Johnson and Vice Mayor Kearney also commented during the item. The committee filed the monthly finance report as presented.
