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Votes at a glance: council passes resolutions, grants and local land sales
Summary
Council passed a resolution honoring civil-rights activist Ruby Shuttlesworth Bester and approved a series of emergency ordinances and first readings, including a law-department review of the conversion-therapy ban, an FAA grant for Lincoln Airport, payments for public-services equipment, several honorary street namings, a property sale to Plant Press Properties and a one-year lease for a community garden.
After the public-comment portion concluded, the Cincinnati City Council moved through the business portion of its agenda, adopting multiple resolutions, emergency ordinances and first readings. Key outcomes:
- Resolution recognizing Ruby Ricky Frederica Shuttlesworth Bester (unanimous passage by roll call). Council members and the honoree spoke about her longstanding civil-rights work.
- Motion directing the law department to review Chapter 769 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code (the city's conversion-therapy ban) in light of the Supreme Court's Childs v. Salazar decision (adopted by voice/roll call).
- Adoption of a budget-priority motion directing the city manager to prepare a FY2027 recommended general fund budget (passed; several "no" votes over an $8 million Farmer Music Center allocation).
- Passage of an emergency ordinance creating a classified compensation schedule entry for a chief-of-staff position for the city manager (passed on suspension and emergency vote).
- Approval of an emergency payment of $33,000 to Railroad Pacific Company for 600 rollout trash cans for the Department of Public Services (passed on suspension and emergency vote).
- Authorization of a Lincoln Airport FAA AIP grant account to remove an unused hangar obstructing Taxiway D (passed on suspension and emergency vote).
- Authorization to apply for an Ohio Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School grant for projects in OTR and West End (passed on suspension and emergency vote).
- Multiple honorary secondary street namings in West End, Evanston, Madisonville and other neighborhoods (passed by roll call); sponsors said neighborhood councils had voted in favor.
- Approval of a city-owned lot sale to Plant Press Properties LLC for $34,000 to build two two-bedroom units intended to rent at approximately $750--$850 (passed by roll call).
- Authorization of a one-year lease of city property to East End Area Council for a community garden (passed by roll call).
Most measures passed on suspension and emergency votes with roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript. Where a recorded "no" vote occurred (for example during the budget-priority motion), the transcript lists individual votes.
