The City of Cincinnati is drawing closer to reimbursing residents who paid security system fees between 2014 and 2021, including false alarm fees, that were ultimately ruled to be a violation of the state’s constitution. 

On Wednesday, the Cincinnati city council unanimously passed an ordinance that authorized the transfer of more than $1.4 million from the general fund that will now be earmarked for payments to satisfy a judgement ruling against the city in November 2021 by Hamilton County’s First District Court of Appeals.