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City of Cincinnati Budget Book Update.Book Recommended Fiscal Year 2017 All Funds Update Operating Budget Mayor John Cranley Vice-Mayor David Mann Members of City Council Kevin Flynn Amy Murray Chris Seelbach Yvette Simpson P. G. Sittenfeld Christopher Smitherman Charlie Winburn Wendell Young City Administration Harry Black, City Manager ȱ , Assistant City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian, Assistant City Manager Christopher A. Bigham, Budget Director Reginald Zeno, Finance Director Karen Alder, Assistant Finance Director PRESENTED TO City of Cincinnati Ohio For the Biennium Beginning July 1, 2015 Executive Director Citizens of Cincinnati City Contractual Boards Boards and Commission Mayor & City Council Departments Cincinnati Human Relations Commission Offices: Board of Health City Manager Budget & Evaluation Southwest Ohio Regional Environment & Sustainability Internal Audit Transit Authority (SORTA) Performance & Data Analytics Park Board Communications Recreation Commission Fire Department Public Services Department Police Department Law Department Retirement Human Resources Department Community & Economic Development Department Transportation & Engineering Department Finance Department Enterprise Technology Solutions Greater Cincinnati Water Works Sewers Stormwater Citizen Complaint Authority Buildings & Inspections Economic Inclusion City Planning Department Enterprise Services Convention Center Parking Systems City Manager’s Office Office of Budget and Evaluation 801 Plum Street, Suite 142 Cincinnati, OH 45202 513.352.3232 513.352.3233 (fax) Christopher A. Bigham, Budget Director Vicki Kroger, Division Manager Brian Gay, Supervising Management Analyst Mathius Dillon, Management Analyst Andrew Dudas, Senior Management Analyst Azra Husejnovic, Senior Management Analyst Paul Popovich, Senior Management Analyst Joseph Schuster, Management Analyst Drew Tilow, Management Analyst Eileen Turner, Management Analyst Yolanda Powell, Administrative Specialist The City of Cincinnati’s Fiscal Year 2017 Recommended Update Budget is also available via the City of Cincinnati’s web site – www.cincinnati-oh.gov. Copies have also been provided to the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public Library’s Main Branch. Table of Contents Table of Contents Section 1: Budget Update Message . 1 Section 2: Budget Update . 9 Section 3: Financial Summaries . 39 Bond Retirement. 55 Convention Center . 56 General Aviation. 57 Health Services . 58 Income Tax-Infrastructure . 59 Income Tax-Transit. 60 Metropolitan Sewer District. 61 Municipal Golf. 62 Municipal Motor Vehicle License Tax. 63 Parking System Facilities . 64 Recreation Special Activities . 65 Sawyer Point . 66 Stormwater Management . 67 Street Construction Maintenance & Repair . 68 Streetcar Operations . 69 Water Works. 70 Section 4: Departmental Budgets. 71 City Council . 79 Office of the Mayor . 81 Clerk of Council . 83 City Manager . 85 Buildings & Inspections . 101 Citizen Complaint Authority . 115 City Planning . 121 Community & Economic Development. 127 Economic Inclusion. 141 Enterprise Services . 147 Enterprise Technology Solutions . 153 Finance. 165 Fire . 179 Health . 187 Human Resources . 199 Law. 209 City of Cincinnati – Recommended FY 2017 Budget Update i Table of Contents Parks. 221 Police . 235 Public Services . 249 Recreation. 263 Sewers . 279 Stormwater Management . 291 Transportation & Engineering . 295 Water Works . 305 Section 5: Capital Budget Update. 317 Appendix A: Glossary of Terms . 391 Appendix B: Dept. Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures . 401 ii City of Cincinnati – Recommended FY 2017 Budget Update Budget Update Message Section 1: Budget Update Message City of Cincinnati – Recommended FY 2017 Budget Update 1 Budget Update Message This page intentionally left blank. 2 City of Cincinnati – Recommended FY 2017 Budget Update Budget Update Message City Manager’s Message Mayor John Cranley: May 19, 2016 INTRODUCTION I am proud to present a structurally balanced City Manager’s Recommended Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Budget Update (Proposed Budget). Like last year’s recommendation, this proposal does not use one-time General Fund resources to balance and continues our efforts to strategically invest in making Cincinnati the best managed local government.
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