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Agenda - Final  
Columbus City Council  
Monday, February 10, 2025  
5:00 PM  
City Council Chambers, Rm 231  
REGULAR MEETING NO. 8 OF COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL, FEBRUARY 10, 2025  
at 5:00 P.M. IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.  
ROLL CALL  
READING AND DISPOSAL OF THE JOURNAL  
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE JOURNAL  
COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS RECEIVED BY CITY CLERK'S OFFICE  
THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE  
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS OF WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2025  
1
C0005-2025  
Transfer Type: C1 C2  
To: 2500 Sullivant LLC  
DBA Roscos Market  
2500 Sullivant Ave  
Columbus, OH 43223  
From: Water Wal Inc  
2500 Sullivant Ave  
Columbus, OH 43223  
Permit #: 8062358  
New Type: D2  
To: Black Kahawa Coffee LLC  
1st Fl  
2 E Broad St  
Columbus, OH 43215  
Permit #: 0732135  
Transfer Type: C1  
To: Brothers Smoke Shop & Grocery Inc  
DBA Smoke N Gulp  
5630 Hall Rd  
Columbus, OH 43119  
From: Sadeen Tobacco Inc  
DBA Smoke N Gulp  
5630 Hall Rd  
Columbus, OH 43119  
Permit #: 1006153  
New Type: D2  
To: Late Night Bites LLC  
5512 E Livingston Ave & Patio  
Columbus, OH 43232  
Permit #: 5024342  
Advertise Date: 2/15/2025  
Agenda Date: 2/10/2025  
Return Date: 2/20/2025  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION  
DORANS  
0021X-2025  
To Honor and Celebrate the 2024 Bishop Watterson Eagles Girls’  
Soccer Team for being Crowned State Champions in Division II  
2
Sponsors:  
Rob Dorans, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, Nancy Day-Achauer, Melissa Green, Emmanuel V.  
Remy, Christopher Wyche and Shannon G. Hardin  
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE 1/27/2025  
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA  
FR FIRST READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
FINANCE & GOVERNANCE: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, to  
enter into a construction contract with 2K General Co. for the  
Department of Public Safety’s FTA Bleacher Replacement project; to  
authorize a transfer of $335,520.00 and expenditure of $335,520.00  
within the Safety General Obligations Bond Fund; to provide for  
payment of prevailing wage services to the Department of Public  
Service; and to amend the 2024 Capital Improvements Budget.  
($335,520.00)  
FR-1  
0165-2025  
To authorize the payment of $2,805.98 for vacation time and benefits  
that accumulated in excess of the maximum amount established by the  
current Management Compensation Plan. ($2,805.98)  
FR-2  
FR-3  
0234-2025  
0288-2025  
To authorize the City Treasurer to renew its contract for gift card  
banking services with US Bank NA for the period April 1, 2025, through  
March 31, 2026. ($0.00)  
To authorize the appropriation of $39,930.51 within the CDBG  
Entitlement Fund 2248 and $10,235.99 within the CDBG Revolving  
Loan Fund 2249; and to authorize the Director of the Department of  
Finance and Management to expend $39,930.51 from the CDBG Fund  
2248 and $10,235.99 from the RLF Fund 2249 for payment of interest  
earnings to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  
($50,166.50)  
FR-4  
FR-5  
0295-2025  
0296-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Finance and Management Department  
with the approval of the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to  
execute and acknowledge any document(s), as approved by the  
Department of Law, Real Estate Division, necessary to grant to the  
Ohio Power Company an electric utility easement to burden a portion  
of the City’s real property located at 7154 Blacklick Ridge Blvd.,  
Blacklick, Ohio 43004 ($0.00)  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR.  
DAY-ACHAUER, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
To declare the City’s necessity and intent to appropriate and accept  
certain fee simple title and lesser real estate in order to complete the  
Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Walford Street, Sharbot Drive, and  
Northtowne Boulevard Project. ($0.00)  
FR-6  
0027X-2025  
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, & EQUITY: GREEN, CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
To authorize the Board of Health to renew contracts with Access 2  
Interpreters LLC, Effectiff LLC, and Sign Language USA Inc to provide  
language services; to authorize the Board of Health to modify those  
contracts and to freely allocate the requested funds amongst the  
contracts without the need for additional legislation; and to authorize an  
expenditure from the Health Special Revenue Fund to pay the costs  
thereof. ($470,400.00)  
FR-7  
0230-2025  
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REMY, CHR.  
MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
ALL  
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $490,000.00 from  
the general fund to the specialty docket program for the Franklin  
County Municipal Court. ($490,000.00)  
FR-8  
0026-2025  
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the  
Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into the second year of a  
four-year agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners,  
a government agency; and to authorize the expenditure of up to  
$148,961.88 from the general fund for transport of persons taken into  
custody at the courthouse. ($148,961.88 )  
FR-9  
0243-2025  
To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin  
County Municipal Court to enter into the fourth year of a contract with  
Behavioral Science Specialists, LLC, for the provision of competency  
evaluations and examinations of defendants; to authorize the  
FR-10 0244-2025  
expenditure of up to an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 from the  
general fund. ($250,000.00)  
PUBLIC UTILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY: WYCHE, CHR. REMY, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting  
from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal  
Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of materials  
and supplies for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Surveillance  
Laboratory; and to authorize the expenditure of $350,000.00 from the  
Sewerage Operating Fund. ($350,000.00)  
FR-11 0122-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting  
from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal  
Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of materials,  
supplies and services for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage,  
Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant; and to authorize the  
expenditure of $4,466,250.00 from the Sewerage Operating Fund.  
($4,466,250.00)  
FR-12 0157-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to modify  
to increase the contract with Burgess & Niple, Inc. for ADS Flow  
Monitoring Services and to authorize the expenditure of $110,000.00  
from the Sewerage Operating Fund. ($110,000.00)  
FR-13 0212-2025  
FR-14 0260-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting  
from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract  
Purchase Agreements for the purchase of materials, supplies and  
services for the Division of Water; and to authorize the expenditure of  
$2,673,000.00 from the Water Operating Fund. ($2,673,000.00)  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting  
from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract  
Purchase Agreements for the purchase of parts and materials for the  
Department's Permit Section; and to authorize the expenditure of  
$280,000.00 from the Water Operating Fund. ($280,000.00)  
FR-15 0269-2025  
FR-16 0272-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter  
into a not for profit services contract for water quality assessment and  
watershed monitoring services for Central Ohio watersheds with the  
Midwest Biodiversity Institute, Inc.; and to authorize the expenditure of  
$80,000.00 from the Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund. ($80,000.00)  
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, & BUILDING: HARDIN, CHR. GREEN, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter  
into a Housing Development Agreement (HDA) with D.R.  
FR-17 0423-2025  
Horton-Indiana LLC for the Lansdowne Farm development project..  
($0.00)  
CA  
CONSENT ACTIONS  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION:  
DORANS  
To Honor and Celebrate the 2024 Bishop Watterson Eagles Football  
Team for being Crowned State Champions in Division III  
CA-1  
0020X-2025  
Sponsors:  
Rob Dorans, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, Nancy Day-Achauer, Melissa Green, Emmanuel V.  
Remy, Christopher Wyche and Shannon G. Hardin  
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE 1/27/2025  
FINANCE & GOVERNANCE: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to modify and extend two (2) Universal Term Contracts  
for the option to purchase Sanitary Paper Products and Dispensers  
with Key-4 Supply Inc., and Carmen’s Distribution Systems, Inc., and to  
declare an emergency.  
CA-2  
0109-2025  
To authorize the appropriation of $341,325.17 from the unappropriated  
balance of the Columbus City Schools, Telephone Services subfund, to  
the Department of Technology, Information Services Division,  
Information Services Operating fund, Telephone Services subfund to  
provide funds for the City of Columbus, Columbus City Schools  
Voice-over-Internet Protocol telephone project. ($341,325.17)  
CA-3  
0144-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
CA-4  
0149-2025  
Management, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, to  
enter into a construction contract with Miles-McClellan Construction  
Co., Inc., for the CDBG - Rickenbacker Woods Foundation North  
Parcel Playground project; to authorize an appropriation and  
expenditure of $483,424.16 within the Community Development Block  
Grant Fund (CDBG); to authorize an expenditure of $126,322.75 within  
the Development Taxable Fund; to authorize a transfer, appropriation,  
and expenditure of $1,000.00 within the General Permanent  
Improvements Fund; to authorize an amendment to the 2024 Capital  
Improvements Budget; and to declare an emergency. ($610,746.91)  
WBE Participation  
To formally accept certain real estate conveyed to the City that is being  
used for various public purposes; and to authorize the directors of the  
Departments of Public Utilities, Public Service, Finance and  
CA-5  
0160-2025  
Management, Development, and Recreation and Parks to enter into  
any necessary agreements, as approved by the City Attorney's Office,  
in order to address any real estate tax or assessment issues. ($0.00)  
To authorize the City Treasurer to renew its contract for citywide  
e-payment services with First Data Corporation dba First Data  
Government Solutions LP, a disregarded entity; to authorize the  
expenditure of $253,000.00 from various funds within the city; and to  
declare an emergency. ($253,000.00)  
CA-6  
CA-7  
0216-2025  
0254-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to renew a contract with Crown Welding and Fabricating  
LLC to provide for welding and fabricating services for the Department  
of Finance and Management, Fleet Management Division; to authorize  
the expenditure of $115,000.00 from the Fleet Operating Fund; and to  
declare an emergency. ($115,000.00)  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to enter into a contract for the option to purchase  
Quicklime with Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.; to authorize the  
expenditure of $1.00; and to declare an emergency. ($1.00).  
CA-8  
CA-9  
0280-2025  
0287-2025  
To authorize the City Treasurer to renew its contract for banking  
services with Fifth Third Bank as provided for in Chapter 321 of the  
Columbus City Codes; to authorize an expenditure of $8,000.00 from  
the general fund within the City Treasurer's Office; and to declare an  
emergency. ($8,000.00)  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and  
Management to enter into contract for the option to purchase Calcium  
Thiosulfate with Chemrite, Inc.; to authorize the expenditure of $1.00;  
and to declare an emergency. ($1.00).  
CA-10 0326-2025  
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESS: BANKSTON,  
CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of Development to modify the not-for-profit  
service contract with Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and  
Franklin County ("AHT") for the purpose of modifying the contract  
scope. ($0.00)  
CA-11 0249-2025  
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Keys to  
Black Wealth LLC in support of their annual Black History Month  
Experience event; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of  
$15,000.00 within the Job Growth subfund; and to declare an  
emergency. ($15,000.00)  
CA-12 0404-2025  
Sponsors:  
Nicholas Bankston  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR.  
DAY-ACHAUER, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
To amend the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City  
Attorney's Office to contract for professional services relative to the  
acquisition of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to property  
needed for Urban Infrastructure Recovery Fund projects; to authorize  
CA-13 0106-2025  
the City Attorney's Office to negotiate with property owners to acquire  
the additional rights-of-way necessary to complete Urban Infrastructure  
Recovery Fund projects; to authorize the expenditure of $225,000.00  
from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund to acquire the needed  
rights-of-way. ($225,000.00)  
To appropriate funds within the Lucent Commercial TIF; to transfer  
funds from the Lucent Commercial TIF to the Lucent Commercial TIF  
Capital Fund; to appropriate funds within the Lucent Commercial TIF  
Capital Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Public  
Service to enter into a contract modification with Gannett Fleming  
Engineers & Architects in connection with the Roadway - Westbourne  
Avenue Extension project; to authorize the expenditure of up to  
$100,000.00 from the Lucent Commercial TIF Capital Fund for the  
project; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)  
CA-14 0211-2025  
To accept the plat titled “Lansdowne Farms Section 1 Part 1” from D.R.  
Horton-Indiana; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
CA-15 0340-2025  
NEIGHBORHOODS, RECREATION, & PARKS: DAY-ACHAUER, CHR. WYCHE,  
VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to  
enter into contract with K.N.S. Services, Inc. for continued surveillance  
system installation, replacement, and upgrades in accordance with the  
sole source procurement provisions of City Code; to authorize the  
transfer of $200,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond  
Fund; to authorize the amendment of the 2024 Capital Improvements  
Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $200,000.00 from the  
Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($200,000.00)  
CA-16 0104-2025  
WORKFORCE, EDUCATION, & LABOR: DORANS, CHR. HARDIN, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Civil Service Commission Executive Director (or  
designee) to enter into a contract with Access Information  
Management Corporation to provide Offsite Document Storage &  
Retrieval Services for the Civil Service Commission, to authorize the  
expenditure of $4,010.28 from the General Fund, and to declare an  
emergency. ($4,010.28)  
CA-17 0148-2025  
To grant an extension of injury leave for Officer Blake Andrews for the  
period December 28, 2024 to July 29, 2025, as recommended by the  
Board of Industrial Relations; and to declare an emergency.  
CA-18 0358-2025  
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, & EQUITY: GREEN, CHR.  
MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
ALL  
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with  
CA-19 0054-2025  
Mahogany Search Partners LLC for comprehensive workforce  
consulting services; to authorize an expenditure from the Health  
Departments Grants Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an  
emergency. ($83,250.00)  
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with OSS Ohio  
Holdings, LLC. for security officer services; to authorize a total  
expenditure of $636,972.00 from the Health Special Revenue Fund  
and the Health Department Grants Fund for said contract; and to  
declare an emergency. ($636,972.00)  
CA-20 0077-2025  
CA-21 0203-2025  
CA-22 0255-2025  
To authorize the transfer of appropriations from the Health Department  
Grant Fund to reflect the originating funding sources from the Ohio  
Department of Health for the FY22 and FY23 Reproductive Health and  
Wellness Grant Program (RHWP); to authorize additional transfers of  
appropriations between object classes upon request. ($25,093.00)  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks  
Department, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, to  
enter into a Not for Profit Services Contract with Tony R. Wells  
Foundation to act as the fiscal administrator for the COAAA Housing  
Assistance Program; to authorize the expenditure of $400,000.00 from  
the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($400,000.00)  
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REMY, CHR.  
MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
ALL  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept  
a grant from Norfolk Southern Railway Company; and to authorize the  
City Auditor to appropriate $15,000.00 within the unallocated balance  
of the Division of Fire grant fund ($15,000.00).  
CA-23 0143-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf  
of the Division of Fire, to modify all contracts and agreements with  
Argus Group Holdings dba Premier Safety by assigning past, present,  
and future contracts and agreements to MES I Acquisition Inc. dba  
MES Life Safety LLC; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
CA-24 0207-2025  
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the  
Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from OneOhio  
Recovery Foundation; to appropriate $450,000.00 from the  
unappropriated balance of the private grant fund to provide recovery  
housing; and to declare an emergency. ($450,000.00)  
CA-25 0300-2025  
CA-26 0302-2025  
To authorize and direct the Municipal Court Clerk to modify the existing  
contract with FedEx Corporation to increase the FedEx annual mailing  
rate of $15.20 to $15.85; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
PUBLIC UTILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY: WYCHE, CHR. REMY, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the director of the Department of Public Utilities to  
execute those document(s) necessary to release the City’s easement  
rights described and recorded in Deed Book 3423, Page 45,  
Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio. ($0.00)  
CA-27 0084-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter  
into a service agreement in accordance with the relevant provisions of  
City Code relating to Sole Source procurement with GeoNexus  
Technologies L.L.C. for software support and maintenance of  
GeoWorx programs for the Department of Public Utilities; and to  
authorize the expenditure of $37,556.71 split among the Electricity  
Operating Fund, Water Operating Fund, Sewerage System Operating  
Fund, and Stormwater Operating Fund. ($37,556.71)  
CA-28 0130-2025  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to renew and increase a  
service agreement in accordance with City Code relating to sole source  
procurement with Arcadis U.S., Inc. for the Orion Project Management  
Information System Support Services application for use by the  
Departments of Public Utilities, Finance and Management, Public  
Service, and Recreation and Parks; and to authorize the expenditure of  
$14,831.00 from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund,  
CA-29 0156-2025  
$69,991.00 from the Public Service Department Operating Fund,  
$24,198.00 from the Finance and Management Department's General  
Operating Fund, and $151,170.00 split from the Electricity, Water,  
Sewerage, and Stormwater Operating Funds. ($260,190.00)  
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, & BUILDING: HARDIN, CHR. GREEN, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the expenditure of $24,068.64 from the Land  
Management Fund for the lease of office space at 845 Parsons  
Avenue from the Central Ohio Community Improvement Corporation;  
and to declare an emergency ($24,068.64).  
CA-30 0248-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to modify  
a contract in an amount up to $50,000.00 with The Waterworks, LLC,  
to provide residential emergency heating, plumbing, and water and  
sewer services as part of the Division of Housing’s Emergency Repair  
program; to extend the contract for one additional year through  
February 28, 2026; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the  
general fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)  
CA-31 0337-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to modify  
an existing contract by adding additional funding in an amount up to  
$50,000.00 with Evolved Plumbing and Mechanical, LLC, to provide  
residential emergency heating, plumbing, and water and sewer  
services as part of the Division of Housing’s Emergency Repair  
program; to extend the contract term for one additional year through  
February 28, 2026; to authorize the expenditure of up to $50,000.00  
from the 2025 General Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($50,000.00)  
CA-32 0378-2025  
SR  
EMERGENCY, POSTPONED AND 2ND READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
FINANCE & GOVERNANCE: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To make appropriations for the 12 months ending December 31, 2025,  
for each of the several Object Classes for which the City of Columbus  
has to provide from the monies known to be in the treasury of said City  
of Columbus, in the fund known as the General Fund, during the said  
12 months from the collection of all taxes and from other sources of  
revenue, the amount of $1,228,075,000.00 $1,226,353,408.00; and to  
declare an emergency. ($1,228,075,000.00 $1,226,353,408.00)  
SR-1  
3035-2024  
AMENDED AND POSTPONED ON 2/3/2025; REQUEST TO AMEND AS  
SUBMITTED TO CLERK  
To make appropriations and transfers for the 12 months ending  
December 31, 2025 for other funds for various divisions; to authorize  
the City Auditor to make transfers as may be necessary; and to declare  
an emergency.  
SR-2  
SR-3  
SR-4  
3036-2024  
3037-2024  
0218-2025  
AMENDED AND POSTPONED ON 2/3/2025  
To make appropriations for the 12 months ending December 31, 2025,  
for selected other funds for various divisions, to authorize the City  
Auditor to make transfers as may be necessary, and to declare an  
emergency.  
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE 11/18/2024  
To authorize the City Treasurer to renew its contract for banking  
services with JP Morgan Chase Bank; to authorize the expenditure of  
$1,496,000.00 from various funds within the City; and to declare an  
emergency. ($1,496,000.00)  
To establish a new authorized strength ordinance for various divisions  
in the City of Columbus to be consistent with the adopted 2025 budget;  
to repeal ordinance 3273-2024; and to declare an emergency.  
SR-5  
SR-6  
0291-2025  
0310-2025  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into  
contract with the Greater Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau,  
dba Experience Columbus, for destination marketing services to  
promote and publicize the City of Columbus as a desirable location for  
conventions, trade shows, and similar events; to authorize the  
expenditure of $13,904,000.00 from the Hotel/Motel Excise Tax Fund;  
and to declare an emergency ($13,904,000.00)  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR.  
DAY-ACHAUER, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
To amend the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the  
transfer of funds and appropriation within the Streets and Highways  
Bond Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Public  
Service to enter into a contract modification with EMH&T in connection  
with the Roadway - Livingston Avenue - 18th Street to Nelson project;  
to authorize an expenditure from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund  
and the Water Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($1,380,000.00)  
SR-7  
0116-2025  
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into  
SR-8  
0213-2025  
contract with Bobcat Enterprises, Inc. to purchase equipment to clear  
and maintain bike lanes and paths during snow and ice events; to  
authorize the waiver of the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus  
City Code; to authorize the expenditure of $82,980.94 from the  
Municipal Motor Vehicle Tax Fund contingent on passage of  
0055-2025; and to declare an emergency. ($82,980.94)  
To authorize the City Attorney to file complaints in order to immediately  
appropriate and accept the remaining fee simple and lesser real estate  
necessary to timely complete the FRA Rich Street Signals Project; to  
authorize an expenditure of $23,576.00 and to declare an emergency.  
($23,576.00)  
SR-9  
0273-2025  
NEIGHBORHOODS, RECREATION, & PARKS: DAY-ACHAUER, CHR. WYCHE,  
VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract  
with Michael Schuster Associates, Inc. DBA MSA Design for the  
Northeast Indoor Aquatics Center - Phase 1a Project; to authorize the  
appropriation of $2,000,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks  
Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the transfer of  
$2,000,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent  
Improvement Fund; to authorize the amendment of the 2024 Capital  
Improvements Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $2,000,000.00  
from the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund; and to  
declare an emergency. ($2,000,000.00)  
SR-10 0100-2025  
MBE Participation; WBE Participation  
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the  
Community Arts Project, Inc. DBA The King Arts Complex for the  
support of their 27th Annual Heritage Music Festival; and to authorize  
an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives  
subfund. ($25,000.00)  
SR-11 0299-2025  
Sponsors:  
Emmanuel V. Remy  
REQUEST TO REFER TO COMMITTEE  
WORKFORCE, EDUCATION, & LABOR: DORANS, CHR. HARDIN, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Human Resources to  
enter into a service contract with OhioHealth Corporation for the Public  
Safety Health and Physical Fitness Testing; to authorize the  
expenditure of $1,460,000.00 from the General Fund to pay for this  
contract; and to declare an emergency. ($1,460,000.00)  
SR-12 0124-2025  
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, & EQUITY: GREEN, CHR.  
MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
ALL  
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with King  
Business Interiors, Inc.; to waive the competitive bidding requirements  
of Columbus City Code; to authorize the expenditure of $175,000.00  
SR-13 0058-2025  
from the Health Special Revenue Fund; to authorize the expenditure of  
$7,962.20 from the Health Grants Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to  
declare an emergency. ($182,926.20)  
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REMY, CHR.  
MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
ALL  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter  
into contract with UKG Kronos Systems LLC, for the Division of Fire,  
for subscription software maintenance support for TeleStaff automated  
staffing software and webstaff subscription services; to waive the  
competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; to authorize  
the expenditure of $159,974.50 from the General Fund; and to declare  
an emergency. ($159,974.50)  
SR-14 0191-2025  
To authorize the appropriation of $1,766,292.76 from the  
unappropriated balance of the Law Enforcement Contraband Seizure  
Fund to the Division of Police to fund travel and training needs and  
purchase equipment, supplies and services; and to declare an  
emergency. ($1,766,292.76)  
SR-15 0201-2025  
SR-16 0274-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to amend  
the contract with SoundThinking Inc., formerly ShotSpotter, Inc. to  
continue the use of a gunfire detection, alert, and analysis program; to  
waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; to  
authorize the expenditure of $661,500.00 from the General Fund; and  
to declare an emergency. ($661,500.00)  
To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the lawsuit captioned  
James A. Burk et al. v. City of Columbus, et al., United States District  
Court Case No. 2:20-cv-6256; to authorize the expenditure of the sum  
of one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000.00) in  
settlement of the lawsuit; and to declare an emergency.  
($1,800,000.00)  
SR-17 0323-2025  
PUBLIC UTILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY: WYCHE, CHR. REMY, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter  
into a professional engineering services contract modification with  
Brown and Caldwell Ohio, LLC, for the Southerly Waste Water  
Treatment Plant Organics Receiving and Bioenergy Utilization Facility  
project; to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to  
apply for, accept, and enter into a loan agreement with the Ohio Water  
Development Authority; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of  
funds from the Sanitary Sewer Reserve Fund to the Sanitary-Fresh  
Water Market Rate Fund; to authorize the appropriation of funds within  
the Sanitary-Fresh Water Market Rate Fund; to authorize the  
expenditure of up to $14,914,610.09 from the Sanitary-Fresh Water  
Market Rate Fund to pay for the project; and to declare an emergency.  
($14,914,610.09).  
SR-18 0140-2025  
MBE Participation; WBE Participation  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase a  
contract with Sensus USA, Inc. for ongoing software, hardware, and  
maintenance of the system for the Enhanced Meter Project for the  
Division of Water; to authorize the expenditure of $1,200,000.00 from  
the Water Operating Fund; and to waive the competitive bidding  
provisions of City Code. ($1,200,000.00)  
SR-19 0186-2025  
SR-20 0277-2025  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter  
into construction contract modifications with Travco Construction Inc.  
and John Eramo & Sons Inc. for the 2024 Water Main Repairs project;  
to authorize an amendment to the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget;  
to authorize a transfer of cash and appropriation between projects  
within the Water Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of up to  
$1,400,000.00 for the project; and to declare an emergency.  
($1,400,000.00)  
MBE Participation  
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, & BUILDING: HARDIN, CHR. GREEN, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
To authorize the Director of Development to establish a service  
contract with Reeves Towing and Recovery LLC for the Sign  
Installation and Towing Services program; to waive the competitive  
bidding requirements of Columbus City Code; to authorize the  
expenditure of $20,000.00; and to declare an emergency ($20,000.00).  
SR-21 0206-2025  
RULES & POLICY: HARDIN, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
HARDIN  
To supplement the Columbus Zoning Code, Title 33, by amending or  
adding various code sections for land uses and definitions associated  
with the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control, the General Offenses  
Code, Title 23, and the Fire Prevention Code, Title 25, to repeal the  
corresponding existing city code provisions, and to repeal Sections  
3389.09 and 3389.115, which require a Special Permit from the Board  
of Zoning Adjustment for certain uses.  
SR-22 0162-2025  
Sponsors:  
Rob Dorans and Shannon G. Hardin  
ADJOURNMENT  
THERE WILL BE NO COUNCIL MEETINGS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH AND  
FEBRUARY 24TH . THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL WILL BE  
MONDAY, MARCH 3RD.