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City manager Cheryl Long touts gun‑violence reductions, housing investments and infrastructure plans in year‑end report
Summary
City Manager Cheryl Long presented her third‑year report, highlighting ACT for CINCI and reported drops in gun violence, investments in affordable housing and major infrastructure and procurement initiatives including CinciOnTrack and a planned 10 MW solar array; councilors asked follow‑ups on road projects and engagement metrics.
City Manager Cheryl Long delivered a detailed year‑end report to the Public Safety and Governance Committee, outlining the administration’s five strategic goals and citing early gains under the administration’s violence‑reduction and service‑delivery strategies.
Long described the January 2025 launch of ACT for CINCI (Achieving Change Together), a cross‑sector anti‑gun‑violence effort, and reported a 12.5% reduction in gun violence from September 2024 to September 2025 with year‑to‑date figures down about 22%. She also listed programmatic accomplishments: more than 800 gun locks distributed, a hospital‑based violence intervention program enrolling 153 people, an Act for Cinti office in OTR and place‑based interventions in North OTR and the West End.
On city services and infrastructure Long said CPD currently has 981 sworn officers (about 110 short of complement) and described recruiting innovations (ladder classes, understudy program). She highlighted economic development metrics (71 contracts executed, about 200,000 square feet developed, roughly $61 million in payroll supported) and said the city invested $15.3 million of city resources to produce more than 250 affordable units at 80% AMI or below.
Long also reported capital and sustainability work: DOTE added roughly 1,300 pedestrian safety measures and has 45 pedestrian projects slated, a 10 MW solar array vendor was selected to repurpose landfill acreage to power about 1,200 homes, and fleet electrification has 84 fully electric vehicles active or on order. She said GCWW removed more than 1,600 lead service lines in FY25 and MSD received regulatory approval to begin the next phase of wet‑weather improvements under the federal consent decree, enabling more than $1,000,000,000 in upgrades over the next decade.
Councilmembers praised aspects of the report and asked for follow‑up data. Councilmember Anna Albee asked for exact road‑paving miles related to CinciOnTrack funds; Long said she would follow up with a specific number. Mark Jeffries and others urged formal annual council review of the report and clearer performance goals and resident survey targets.
Long closed by thanking city employees and opening for questions; the committee then moved several municipal code items (Items 3 and 4) on for passage by unanimous consent.
