[{"_1":2,"_115":-5,"_116":-5},"loaderData",{"_3":4,"_26":27},"root",{"_5":6,"_17":10,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":10,"_23":-5,"_24":-5,"_25":10},"user",{"_7":8,"_9":10,"_11":10,"_12":-5,"_13":-5,"_14":15,"_16":-5},"roles",[],"isAuthenticated",false,"isPremium","planName","subscriptionStatus","featureFlags",{},"insightsBudget","isDevelopmentHost","userPreferences",{},"recaptchaSiteKey","6LcvOJcUAAAAAHsB-gPGfGktcRlKpH7OTIU_dMTD","isImpersonating","impersonation","affiliateStatus","isFreedomPortal","routes/v2/article/layout",{"_28":29,"_30":31},"notFound",true,"relatedArticles",[32,75,85,95,105],{"_33":34,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":40,"_41":42,"_43":44,"_45":46,"_47":48,"_49":50,"_51":52,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":59,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":65,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},"mediaId",6017154,"mediaKeyId","5778336-7e51ffc82f9aa8f83176943c6800628e","parentId",5778336,"title","Council approves multiple budget transfers and grants including lead‑paint grant and water affordability change","audioSeconds",35,"startMs",6876000,"endMs",6841000,"viewUrl","/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778336-7e51ffc82f9aa8f83176943c6800628e&start=6876&end=6841","thumbnailUrl","https://d352y6ypj4mjo3.cloudfront.net/AudioPlaceholder.png","articleUrl","/articles/6017154/Ohio/Council-approves-multiple-budget-transfers-and-grants-including-leadpaint-grant-and-water-affordability-change","mediaUrl","author","City Council of Cincinnati OH","date","2025-06-11T00:00:00Z","article","City Council approved a series of budget amendments, transfers and grant acceptances during its business session, moving money into fleet repairs and housing remediation and accepting public‑health grants aimed at lead hazards.

Council approved an ordinance transferring $400,000 from general‑fund surplus to the Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing fund to provide resources for private sewer line replacement; council member Krammerding described the measure as part of final budget adjustments, and said an additional $750,000 was being allocated for fleet repairs as vehicles returned from maintenance. \"We have a lot of attention around fleet, so the repairs are going faster than usual. So this allocates another $750,000 for fleet repairs and $400,000 for a sewer line to the Kirby apartments,\" Krammerding said.

Council also authorized the city manager to apply for and accept a grant of up to $600,000 from the Ohio Department of Health’s Public Health Lead Safe Housing Program to support lead‑paint control work. \"This is, accepting a $600,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Health for lead paint control,\" a councilor noted before passage.

Separately, council approved an ordinance to add an affordability customer assistance provision within Greater Cincinnati Water Works' rates, intended to provide reduced water rates for qualifying low‑income seniors and disabled veterans. The council also approved smaller grants and donations for park programming and water‑quality education, including a $20,000 Ohio EPA award to Greater Cincinnati Water Works for source‑water protection outreach and a donation acceptance to reimburse park expenses related to National Walk to Park Day.

All measures passed on recorded roll calls. Council members said follow‑up implementation and budget details will be handled by the city manager’s office and relevant departments; several actions required subsequent administrative steps to apply for grants or implement program eligibility.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","Cincinnati City Council Meeting (June 11, 2025)","oneSentenceSummary","City Council approved multiple budget transfers and grant acceptances, including a $400,000 transfer for private sewer line replacement and tenant remediation, an additional $750,000 for fleet repairs, and acceptance of up to $600,000 from the Ohio Department of Health for lead‑safe housing.","taxTitle","Cincinnati City Council, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio","taxId",72652,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6017158,"Council creates Office of Opportunity to replace Office of Human Relations",106,8690000,8796000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778336-7e51ffc82f9aa8f83176943c6800628e&start=8690&end=8796","/articles/6017158/Ohio/Council-creates-Office-of-Opportunity-to-replace-Office-of-Human-Relations","Cincinnati City Council approved an ordinance to create a new Office of Opportunity in the administrative code, repealing the existing Office of Human Relations and expanding the city’s stated focus on access, equity and opportunity.

\"This is exciting. The new Office of Opportunity. We have an amazing manager,\" Council member John Johnson said after introducing the item. Johnson and other council members praised the director selection and said the office will pursue broader programs to increase opportunity citywide.

Council discussed that the new office will maintain civil‑rights work while emphasizing opportunity‑focused initiatives. Council member Johnson congratulated the city manager and said the administration selected Tiffany Brown to lead the office; he described Brown as having an \"innovative\" approach and said the office will move several ongoing programs into a consolidated structure.

The ordinance passed on a unanimous roll call. Council recorded no separate funding appropriation at the meeting; council members said the office’s implementation will proceed under the city manager with staffing decisions and program details to follow.

Council members and staff described the change as an institutional realignment intended to strengthen coordination of anti‑discrimination work, opportunity programming, and community engagement.","Council approved an ordinance to establish a new Office of Opportunity — reversing the existing Office of Human Relations — and named Tiffany Brown as the new director; proponents said the office will broaden the city's focus on access and equity.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":50,"_51":92,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":93,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":94,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6017162,"Immigrant‑rights speakers urge Cincinnati to limit cooperation with ICE after local detentions",1151,56000,1207000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778336-7e51ffc82f9aa8f83176943c6800628e&start=56&end=1207","/articles/6017162/Ohio/Immigrantrights-speakers-urge-Cincinnati-to-limit-cooperation-with-ICE-after-local-detentions","Speakers at Cincinnati City Council’s public‑comment period called on city leaders to adopt concrete policies limiting cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to take stronger steps to protect immigrant residents after a series of detentions.

\"City council is hiding behind a hollow sanctuary city label while they and the police force continue to fully cooperate with ICE,\" said Ally Garcia, a lifelong Cincinnati resident, during public comments. She asked council to enact policies that would prevent ICE enforcement tactics such as staking out grocery stores and detaining local residents.

Several commenters described the recent detention of a 19‑year‑old they identified as Emerson, who they said was taken during a scheduled ICE appointment after graduating from a Cincinnati public school. \"Emerson was voluntarily attending check‑ins with immigration officials when he was kidnapped and locked in Butler County Jail,\" a public commenter said during the meeting. Speakers said Emerson has no criminal record and has been held alongside hundreds of others arrested in recent enforcement actions.

Other public speakers asked council to adopt specific sanctuary‑city measures that cities elsewhere have used, such as barring local law enforcement from honoring ICE detainers, prohibiting the collection of immigration status in local records, and refusing contracts that would enable local detention. \"These are all completely legal steps that you can and must take,\" said Mark Jordan, who addressed council after several other speakers.

Council members did not introduce or vote on immigration‑policy changes at the meeting. Several speakers said they will continue advocacy and warned council to act before residents leave on summer recess.

The public comments included broad calls for both legal changes and stronger public‑safety protections from speakers representing immigrant and human‑rights organizations; no administrative action or new ordinance was recorded during the business portion of the meeting.","Multiple public commenters condemned recent ICE arrests and urged City Council to adopt concrete sanctuary policies, citing the detention of a 19‑year‑old and broader enforcement actions affecting local immigrant communities.",{"_33":96,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":97,"_41":98,"_43":99,"_45":100,"_47":101,"_49":50,"_51":102,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":103,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":104,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6017164,"Art Academy of Cincinnati leaders and alumni ask council to restore $250,000 in budget",1495,884000,2379000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778336-7e51ffc82f9aa8f83176943c6800628e&start=884&end=2379","/articles/6017164/Ohio/Art-Academy-of-Cincinnati-leaders-and-alumni-ask-council-to-restore-250000-in-budget","Leaders, alumni and faculty from the Art Academy of Cincinnati told City Council during the public‑comment period that the institution needs $250,000 in city support to sustain scholarships, campus security and community arts programs.

\"I respectfully request $250,000 for the Art Academy. I will go further and say, I beg of you,\" said Sarah Stoller, who identified herself as the Art Academy’s new academic dean and a graduate of its BFA program. Several other speakers — including the academy’s president and marketing and engagement staff — repeated the same dollar request and outlined how the funds would be used.

Speakers emphasized the school’s role in training creative workers and supporting youth programs. \"We create problem solvers, entrepreneurs, and civic‑minded leaders,\" said Jill Gibboni, director of marketing at the Art Academy, who told council the institution provides scholarships, K‑12 programs and community education. Linnea Fitter, director of the academy’s Office of Engagement, noted the school’s history and local partnerships and asked council to \"support the Art Academy … as a vital asset to Over‑the‑Rhine and our city.\"

Presenters said the academy, founded in 1869, has limited endowment support and cannot survive on tuition and donors alone. They described specific uses for the money, including campus security infrastructure, expanded community arts programming and scholarships that the speakers said fuel OTR’s economic activity.

Council did not vote on a specific $250,000 appropriation during the meeting. Several budget‑related ordinances and transfers were considered elsewhere on the agenda, but speakers representing the academy asked that the request be restored in the city’s final budget decisions.

The council and its budget committees will consider the broader city budget and supplemental transfers in follow‑up meetings; academy representatives said they will continue outreach to council offices.","Multiple alumni, faculty and leaders of the Art Academy of Cincinnati urged council during public comments to reinstate a $250,000 city funding request for scholarships, security and community programming; council did not vote on the request at the meeting.",{"_33":106,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":107,"_41":108,"_43":109,"_45":110,"_47":111,"_49":50,"_51":112,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":113,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":114,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6017166,"Cincinnati council establishes LGBTQIA+ commission to advise mayor and administration",299,8181000,8480000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778336-7e51ffc82f9aa8f83176943c6800628e&start=8181&end=8480","/articles/6017166/Ohio/Cincinnati-council-establishes-LGBTQIA-commission-to-advise-mayor-and-administration","Cincinnati City Council voted unanimously to create an 11‑member LGBTQIA+ commission that will advise the mayor, council and city departments on policies and services affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied residents.

The commission, established by ordinance during the council meeting, will be voluntary and unpaid; commissioners will be appointed by the mayor and serve in an advisory capacity to city government, Vice Mayor Kearney said during debate. \"This commission is voluntary, it's unpaid. The commissioners would be appointed by the mayor and their role is really advisory,\" Kearney said.

Council members and public speakers said the move responds to a documented rise in violence and hostile rhetoric toward LGBTQIA+ people. \"Hate crimes against the LGBTQIA+ community are increasing,\" Kearney said, adding that one report showed a \"189% increase between 2022 and 2023.\" Public commenters urged prompt action to protect vulnerable residents and to create a standing forum for policy recommendations.

Members of the public, including activists who organized the proposal at the University of Cincinnati and local LGBTQIA+ leaders, told council the commission should center the most marginalized voices. \"This commission is something that our community can always count on,\" said Storm Boyd, a local organizer who addressed council in support of the measure.

The ordinance passed on a roll‑call vote with all council members recorded as voting in favor. The new commission will begin work once appointments are made by the mayor and staff set administrative procedures.

Council members said they expect the commission to recommend changes to city policies, to identify gaps in services and to advise on public‑safety and health‑care access for LGBTQIA+ residents. The council did not vote on any funding for the commission during the meeting.","City Council voted unanimously to create an 11‑member, volunteer LGBTQIA+ commission to advise the mayor, council and city departments on issues affecting LGBTQIA+ residents after public testimony on rising threats to the community.","actionData","errors"]

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Council approves multiple budget transfers and grants including lead‑paint grant and water affordability change

Council creates Office of Opportunity to replace Office of Human Relations

Immigrant‑rights speakers urge Cincinnati to limit cooperation with ICE after local detentions

Art Academy of Cincinnati leaders and alumni ask council to restore $250,000 in budget

Cincinnati council establishes LGBTQIA+ commission to advise mayor and administration