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Council approves series of resolutions and ordinances including recycling grant, TechCred award, parks donation and 120‑job tax credit
Summary
Cincinnati City Council unanimously approved multiple resolutions and ordinances, including grant applications, a parks donation and a job‑creation tax credit, during the meeting’s business session.
Cincinnati City Council approved a series of ceremonial recognitions and legislative items by roll call, including resolutions honoring a high‑school basketball program and the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, and multiple first‑reading ordinances and emergency measures authorizing grants, donations and a job‑creation tax credit.
Key outcomes at a glance
- Resolution recognizing the Summit Country Day boys basketball program (Item 1). Presented by Council member Johnson; approved by unanimous roll call.
- Resolution recognizing the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition on its 50th anniversary (Item 2). Presented by Council member Jeffries; approved by unanimous roll call.
- Ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for and accept a grant valued up to $280,000 from The Recycling Partnership to support multifamily recycling (Item 18). Council approved suspension and passage by unanimous roll call.
- Emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for, accept and appropriate up to $33,388 from the Ohio Department of Development’s TechCred credential reimbursement program to reimburse the Cincinnati Police Department general fund (Item 19). Approved unanimously.
- Emergency ordinance accepting a donation of $3,243,210.67 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioners Fund for use by the Parks Department (Item 20). Approved unanimously including emergency suspension.
- Emergency ordinance authorizing a funding agreement with the Abercrombie Group for one‑time operational support for signature events (Item 21). The manager described this as enabling approximately $100,000 in support for three events; approved unanimously.
- Ordinance authorizing the city manager to expend up to $100,000 from the city manager’s office to provide one‑time operational support to the Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion (Item 22). Approved unanimously.
- Emergency ordinance approving a job creation tax credit agreement with Prosperity Incorporated to create 120 new jobs at 7108 Shawna Drive in the Roselawn neighborhood (Item 23). Council members described the average salary for the new positions as roughly $94,000; approved unanimously.
- Ordinance assessing and confirming a permanent easement for a public sidewalk across a portion of Dana Avenue in the Evanston neighborhood for Cincinnati Public Radio (Item 24). Approved unanimously.
- Item 25: report from the city manager was received and filed.
The council also noted that items 3 through 17 were “as indicated” on the agenda and were treated as listed; the clerk recorded their approval without separate roll‑call discussion during the meeting. All recorded votes for the items listed above were unanimous yes votes from present council members.
Votes and record: The roll calls recorded the following council members voting yes: Council member Jeffries; Council member Johnson; Vice Mayor Kearney; Council member Nolan; Council member Owens; Council member Parks; Council member Walsh; Council member Albee; Council member Kramer Ding. No no votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded for the items presented.
No amendments were recorded on the floor for the listed items.
