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Council passes Keep Cincinnati Beautiful resolution, approves multiple grants and ordinances
Summary
Following public comment, Cincinnati City Council unanimously approved a resolution recognizing Keep Cincinnati Beautiful's $6 million campaign and passed a series of ordinances and grant acceptances, including changes to rabies-vaccination rules and multiple grant applications and emergency appropriations.
Cincinnati City Council moved from a lengthy public-comment period into its business agenda and voted, on roll calls recorded in the meeting transcript, to adopt a resolution recognizing Keep Cincinnati Beautiful and to approve several ordinances, grants and an emergency appropriation.
The council adopted a resolution honoring Keep Cincinnati Beautiful's new headquarters and its $6,000,000 fundraising campaign; supporters including the organization's representative and several council members praised its volunteer work and measurable impact on litter removal and tree planting.
On the consent and ordinance calendar the council recorded roll-call votes and passed a set of items including:
- An ordinance modifying Chapter 606 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code to expand rabies vaccination requirements (the ordinance discussion noted the addition of ferrets); the clerk recorded council members as voting "Yes" on suspension and passage.
- Acceptance and confirmation of public-utility water-main easements to allow Water Works to run pipes to new property owners in Harrison, Ohio; the item passed on suspension and roll call.
- Authorization for the city manager to apply for up to $300,000 from the Hamilton County residential recycling incentive grant program; council members supported the item and cited waste-reduction and education benefits.
- An emergency ordinance authorizing acceptance of up to $273,433 from the U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to support police-visibility overtime and an assault-advocacy program administered through a contract with Women Helping Women; the emergency and passage votes were recorded on the roll.
- A grant application and capital account to support construction of a shared-use path for bicycles and pedestrians along Red Bank Road, and an emergency ordinance declaring improvements and a 30-year property-tax abatement for a Convention District hotel; both items passed on roll-call votes.
Clerk roll-call in the transcript named council members during several votes (the roll repeatedly recorded answers from Council members James, Jeffries, Johnson, Nolan, Owens, Walsh, Albee and Krammerding). No "No" votes or formal defections were recorded for the items listed in the transcript portion provided.
Separately, the council voted to adjourn into executive session under Ohio Revised Code RC 121.22(G)(3) to consult with the city's attorneys about pending or imminent court action, then returned and adjourned the meeting.
Votes recorded on the transcript indicate unanimous passage for the items called during this session's roll calls; the transcript does not show separate recorded votes on the Piatt Park lease proposal during the meeting.
