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File #: PN0273-2025    Version: 1
Type: Public Notice Status: Clerk's Office for Bulletin
File created: 9/2/2025 In control: City Bulletin
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Notice/Advertisement Title: Tournament or Event Permit Holder Conflict of Interest Rule  Contact Name: Stephen Dyer  Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-5639  Contact Email Address: sodyer@columbus.gov     
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Notice/Advertisement Title: Tournament or Event Permit Holder Conflict of Interest Rule 
Contact Name: Stephen Dyer 
Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-5639 
Contact Email Address: sodyer@columbus.gov 
 
 
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All Recreation and Parks Department permit holders for tournaments or events at the City’s Prime Sports Parks (Lou Berliner Sports Park, Kilbourne Run Sports Park, Spindler Sports Complex, Cooper Sports Park, Anheuser-Busch Sports Park, or future designated Prime Sports Park) shall be subject to the below rule, which is intended to prevent anyone who is or has been part of a City-affiliated organization that holds city money from financially or otherwise benefitting from being a permit holder at one of the City’s Prime Sports Parks.   
 
Prime Sports Park Event Permit Holder Conflict of Interest Rule 
 
If a person holds or within the previous five (5) years has held a position on a City-affiliated board or organization that currently holds City funds, they cannot hold a permit at a Prime Sports Park. 
 
No family member or business associate of any person described in Section 1 shall be a permit holder. 
 
No organization – or any member of an organization – that is affiliated in any way with a person described in Section 1 shall be a permit holder. 
 
The Director or their designee shall have the authority to draft the necessary paperwork and or policies to implement this rule.

If any permit holder is discovered to have violated this rule or tried to circumvent it, their permit shall be revoked. The permit holder may be banned from holding any city park permit for up to five (5) years, and they shall be subject to criminal penalties as outlined in Columbus City Code §919.99. 
 
Definitions: 
 
“Family Member” includes spouse, domestic partner, parents, children (biological or adopted), siblings, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws or any other person residing in the same household. 
 
Authority: 
 
City of Columbus Code §919.06 ...

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