Council approves DOJ microgrant application and emergency payment for paramedic training

Council approved two public-safety funding items. First, an emergency ordinance authorizes the city manager to apply for or accept a U.S. Department of Justice Community Policing Development microgrant of up to $199,987 to support the pivot unit's violence-reduction efforts. The sponsor noted the funds would be used for pivot-unit initiatives if the grant application is successful.

Second, council approved an emergency payment of $76,261.80 from the Cincinnati Fire Department's non-personal operating account to the University of Cincinnati Physicians Company LLC for paramedic training services; a sponsor described the payout as a "moral obligation" to cover training-related services.

Both items were adopted by roll call. Council did not provide additional programmatic detail for the DOJ microgrant during the meeting; administration staff indicated further implementation steps would follow standard grant-acceptance and contracting processes.