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Agenda - Final  
Columbus City Council  
Monday, February 14, 2022  
5:00 PM  
City Council Chambers, Rm 231  
REGULAR MEETING NO. 7 OF COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL, FEBRUARY 14, 2022 at  
5:00 P.M. IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.  
ROLL CALL  
READING AND DISPOSAL OF THE JOURNAL  
COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS RECEIVED BY CITY CLERK'S OFFICE  
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THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE  
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2022:  
Transfer Type: C2 D1 D6  
To: Cousins International Market LLC  
DBA Asian Grocery  
5644 Columbus Sq  
Columbus OH 43229  
From: Global International Market LLC  
DBA Asian Grocery  
5644 Columbus Sq  
Columbus OH 43229  
Permit #1779950  
New Type: D2  
To: Tainted Monkey LLC  
DBA Oddfellows  
1st Fl & Patio  
1038 N High St  
Columbus OH 43201  
Permit #87806750005  
New Type: D1  
To: 2486 South High LLC  
2486 S High St  
Columbus OH 43207  
Permit #9078588  
New Type: D2  
To: 710 Grandview Crossing Holdings 1 LLC  
710 Grandview Crossing Way Unit 1  
Columbus OH 43215  
Permit #8007840  
New Type: D5  
To: Gusses Enterprises LLC  
1439 N High St St Fl & Patio  
Columbus OH 43201  
Permit #3455885  
New Type: D3  
To: K Town Korean BBQ & Hot Pot LLC  
DBA H Yungs BBQ & Hot Pot  
5236 Bethel Center Mall  
Columbus OH 43220  
Permit #4422148  
Advertise Date: 2/19/22  
Agenda Date: 2/14/22  
Return Date: 2/24/22  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION  
BANKSTON  
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To Recognize the Grand Opening of The Yard Milkshake Bar in the Short  
North Arts District.  
Sponsors: Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Elizabeth  
Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, Shannon G. Hardin and  
Emmanuel V. Remy  
HARDIN  
3
To recognize February as Black History Month in the City of Columbus  
and to celebrate the civil rights contributions of the NAACP and the  
strides it has made to protect the political, educational, social, and  
economic rights of all  
Sponsors: Shannon G. Hardin, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, Elizabeth Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor and  
Emmanuel V. Remy  
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA  
FR FIRST READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR. FAVOR  
BANKSTON HARDIN  
FR-1  
To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate funds within the Federal  
Transportation Grants Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds  
within the Federal Transportation Grants Fund; to authorize the City  
Auditor to transfer funds between the Federal Transportation Grants Fund  
and Streets and Highways Bonds Fund in connection with the Intersection  
Improvements - Livingston Avenue at Barnett Road project. ($200,030.41)  
EDUCATION: E. BROWN, CHR. FAVOR BARROSO DE PADILLA HARDIN  
FR-2  
To authorize the Mayor’s Office of Education to enter into a non-for-profit  
service contract with Future Ready Columbus for activities related to the  
achievement of the Mayor’s goal that every child in Columbus is ready for  
kindergarten; and to authorize the expenditure of four hundred thousand  
dollars ($400,000.00) from the General Fund ($400,000.00)  
PUBLIC UTILITIES: DORANS, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
FR-3  
FR-4  
FR-5  
FR-6  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with  
GS-OH, Inc. for environmental management system support for the  
Department of Public Utilities, to authorize the expenditure of $13,695.00  
from the Power Operating Fund, $87,106.00 from the Water Operating  
Fund, $97,657.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund and  
$26,042.00 from the Stormwater Operating Fund ($224,500).  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into planned renewals  
of agreements for General Engineering Services for the Division of  
Water’s Supply Group with Brown and Caldwell and CH2M Hill Engineers,  
Inc.; to authorize a transfer, appropriation, and expenditure up to  
$800,000.00 within the Water PayGo Fund; and to authorize an  
amendment to the 2021 Capital Improvements Budget. ($800,000.00)  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to renew (renewal #1) an  
existing engineering agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation for the  
Lower Olentangy Tunnel Professional Construction Management; to  
transfer within and expend up to $4,707,574.39 from the Sanitary Sewer  
PayGo Fund 6116; and to amend the 2021 Capital Improvement Budget.  
($4,707,574.39)  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction  
contract with Elford, Inc. for the WQAL Renovations Project in an amount  
up to $21,545,250.00; to encumber $2,000.00 for prevailing wage  
services provided by the Department of Public Service; to authorize the  
appropriation and transfer of $21,545,250.00 from the Water System  
Reserve Fund to the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund; to  
authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $21,545,250.00 within the  
Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund; to authorize a transfer and  
expenditure up to $2,000.00 within the Water General Obligations Voted  
Bond Fund; to amend Ord. 1543-2021 in order to increase the maximum  
dollar amount of this project's Water Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund  
(WSRLA) loan award to not exceed $21,545,250.00; and to authorize an  
amendment to the 2021 Capital Improvements Budget; for the Division of  
Water. ($21,547,250.00)  
FR-7  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute a planned  
modification of the 2020 - 2022 Construction Administration and  
Inspection Services Agreement with Resource International, Inc. for the  
Division of Water’s South Weyant Avenue Water Line Improvements  
Project; to authorize an expenditure of up to $462,066.68 within the Water  
General Obligation Bond Fund; and to amend the 2021 Capital  
Improvement Budget. ($462,066.68)  
FR-8  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction  
contract with Shelly & Sands, Inc. for the South Weyant Ave. Area Water  
Line Improvements Project in an amount up to $3,549,316.10; to  
encumber $2,000.00 for prevailing wage services provided by the  
Department of Public Service; to authorize the appropriation and transfer  
of $3,549,316.10 from the Water System Reserve Fund to the Water  
Supply Revolving Loan Account Fund; to authorize the appropriation and  
expenditure of $3,549,316.10 within the Water Supply Revolving Loan  
Account Fund; to authorize an expenditure up to $2,000.00 within the  
Water General Obligations Voted Bond Fund; to amend Ord. 1543-2021  
in order to increase the maximum dollar amount of this project's Water  
Supply Revolving Loan Account Funding loan award to not exceed  
$3,549,316.10; for the Division of Water; and to authorize an amendment  
to the 2021 Capital Improvements Budget. ($3,551,316.10)  
CA  
CONSENT ACTIONS  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION:  
HARDIN  
CA-1  
To honor, recognize and celebrate the life of Deborah Elaine Gary and to  
extend our sincerest condolences to her family and friends on the  
occasion of her passing, Wednesday, January 26, 2022.  
Sponsors: Shannon G. Hardin, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, Elizabeth Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor and  
Emmanuel V. Remy  
TECHNOLOGY: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS BROWN HARDIN  
CA-2  
To authorize the appropriation of $379,039.29 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 authorize the  
Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of  
Technology, to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from  
this ordinance with a pre-established Universal Term Contract/Purchase  
Agreement with AT&T for data services; to authorize the expenditure of  
$150,000.00 for the above-described purpose to continue the City of  
Columbus, Columbus City Schools Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP)  
telephone project; and to declare an emergency. ($379,039.29)  
CA-3  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), on  
behalf of the Mayor's Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), to modify and  
extend an existing contract with B2GNow/AskReply, Inc. for provisioning  
and hosting of a citywide supplier diversity management system; to  
authorize the extension and use of any remaining funds/unspent balance  
existing on purchase order PO258908; and to declare an emergency.  
($0.00)  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR. FAVOR  
BANKSTON HARDIN  
CA-4  
To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate funds within the Federal  
Transportation Grants Fund; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real  
Estate Division, to contract for professional services relative to the  
acquisition of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to property  
needed for the Signals - Dublin-Granville Road at Huntley Road-Sinclair  
Road project; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division,  
to negotiate with property owners to acquire the additional rights of way  
necessary to complete this project; to authorize the expenditure of up to  
$30,000.00 from the Federal Transportation Grants Fund; and to declare  
an emergency. ($30,000.00)  
CA-5  
To authorize the Director of Public Service to pay the City's annual  
membership dues and fees to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning  
Commission (MORPC) for the Department of Public Service, Division of  
Design & Construction; to authorize the expenditure of $545,811.60 from  
the Street Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund (Fund 2265); and  
to declare an emergency. ($545,811.60)  
CA-6  
CA-7  
To dedicate a tract of real property owned by the City of Columbus as  
road right-of-way; to name said public right-of-way as Joyce Ave; and to  
declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
To accept the plat titled “The Meadows at Shannon Lakes Section 4” from  
Maronda Homes, LLC of Ohio; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
FINANCE: BROWN, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
CA-8  
To authorize the City Treasurer to renew its contract for investment  
advisory services with Meeder Public Funds; to authorize the expenditure  
of up to $185,000.00 from the general fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($185,000.00)  
CA-9  
To establish a new authorized strength ordinance for various divisions in  
the City of Columbus to be consistent with the adopted 2022 budget; to  
repeal ordinance 3052-2021; and to declare an emergency.  
RECREATION & PARKS: BROWN, CHR. REMY BANKSTON HARDIN  
To authorize and direct the Director of the Recreation and Parks  
Department to enter into contracts with DLZ Corporation, Prime AE  
Group, OHM Advisors, GPD Group, and OA Spencer for professional  
architectural, engineering, and construction management services in  
conjunction with park, trail, and facility capital improvement projects  
managed by the Recreation and Parks Department; to authorize the  
transfer of $880,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond  
Fund; to authorize the amendment of the 2021 Capital Improvements  
Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $880,000.00 from the Recreation  
and Parks Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($880,000.00)  
To authorize the City Attorney to spend City funds to acquire and accept  
in good faith certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the  
vicinity of Souder Avenue, and contract for associated professional  
services in order for the Recreation and Parks Department to timely  
complete the acquisition of Real Estate for the FRA-Souder Avenue Trail,  
PID 105736 Project; to authorize a transfer and expenditure of up to  
$75,000.000 within the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; and to  
declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)  
PUBLIC UTILITIES: DORANS, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional  
engineering agreement with Hazen and Sawyer for the Sewer Collection  
System - Overall Engineering Consultant (OEC) 2022-2024; to authorize  
an appropriation, transfer within and expenditure of up to $300,000.00  
from the Sanitary Sewer PayGo Fund; and to amend the 2021 Capital  
Improvement Budget. ($300,000.00)  
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & JUDICIARY: FAVOR, CHR. DORANS BARROSO DE PADILLA  
HARDIN  
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)  
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: FAVOR, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA BROWN  
HARDIN  
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Equitas  
Health to continue to provide a harm reduction program, called Safe  
Point, from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022; to authorize the  
expenditure of $350,000.00 from the Health Special Revenue Fund; and  
to declare an emergency. ($350,000.00)  
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a revenue contract with  
Franklin County Public Health for the provision of COVID-19 testing  
services and call center services in the amount of $208,000.00, and to  
declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
PUBLIC SAFETY: REMY, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA DORANS HARDIN  
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to accept an award  
from the Ohio Department of Health for the Law Enforcement Data  
Improvement Project; to authorize an appropriation of $21,000.00 from  
the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the  
Division of Police to cover overtime costs associated with the Law  
Enforcement Data Improvement Project; and to declare an emergency.  
($21,000.00)  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase  
order on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Support  
Services, for telephone services from an existing Universal Term Contract  
with AT&T; to authorize the expenditure of $130,000.00 from the General  
Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($130,000.00)  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase  
order, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Support  
Services, for wireless data communication and cellular services and  
devices from an existing Universal Term Contract to Cellco Partnership,  
dba Verizon Wireless; to authorize the expenditure of $530,000.00 from  
the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($530,000.00)  
ENVIRONMENT: REMY, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA FAVOR HARDIN  
To authorize the Director of Public Service to renew the contract with TNT  
Powerwash, Inc. for Truck Washing Services at Division of Refuse  
Collection facilities; to authorize the expenditure of $65,000.00 from the  
General Fund for the second year of a five year contract; and to declare  
an emergency. ($65,000.00)  
ADMINISTRATION: REMY, CHR. BROWN DORANS HARDIN  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Human Resources to  
contract with Safex Inc. for the purpose of providing assistance as may be  
necessary in industrial hygiene services and occupational safety program  
assistance to all divisions; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00  
from the employee benefits fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($100,000.00)  
SR  
EMERGENCY, TABLED AND 2ND READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: BANKSTON, CHR. REMY DORANS HARDIN  
SR-1  
To list the property at 120 South Central Avenue, West High School, on  
the Columbus Register of Historic Properties as CR #81; and to declare  
an emergency.  
NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE, AND MIGRANT AFFAIRS:  
BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR. DORANS REMY HARDIN  
SR-2  
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with  
Community of Caring Development Foundation in support of the 2022  
Linden Bike Giveaway; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure  
within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency.  
($15,000.00)  
Shannon G. Hardin  
FINANCE: BROWN, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
Sponsors:  
SR-3  
To authorize the City Treasurer to renew its contracts for various banking  
services with JP Morgan Chase Bank, Huntington Bank, and Fifth Third  
Bank; to authorize the expenditure of up to $3,886,000.00 from various  
funds within the city; and to declare an emergency. ($3,886,000.00)  
PUBLIC UTILITIES: DORANS, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
SR-4  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director 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 $1,356,000.00 from the Water  
Operating Fund. ($1,356,000.00)  
SR-5  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction  
contract with John Eramo & Sons, Inc., for the Barnett E. Deshler HSTS  
Elimination Project; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of  
$1,275,179.31 from the Sanitary Sewer Reserve Fund to the Ohio Water  
Development Loan Fund; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure  
of $1,275,179.31 from the Ohio Water Development Loan Fund; to  
authorize a transfer within and an expenditure of up to $2,000.00 for  
prevailing wage services to the Department of Public Services within the  
Sanitary General Obligations Voted Bonds Fund; and to amend the 2021  
Capital Improvement Budget. ($1,277,179.31)  
SR-6  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction  
contract with 2K General Company for the SWWTP Phase II E. Primary  
Admin Lab Replacements; to authorize the transfer within of $161,141.00  
and the expenditure of up to $1,756,500.00 from the Sanitary Sewer  
General Obligation Bond Fund; and to amend the 2021 Capital  
Improvements Budget to align authority with expenditure. ($1,756,500.00)  
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & JUDICIARY: FAVOR, CHR. DORANS BARROSO DE PADILLA  
HARDIN  
SR-7  
To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the lawsuit known as  
Lashon Sims v. City of Columbus, et al. pending in the United States  
District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; to authorize the  
expenditure of the sum of fifty thousand dollars and zero cents  
($50,000.00) in settlement of this lawsuit; and to declare an emergency.  
($50,000.00)  
SR-8  
To authorize the City Attorney to settle the matters of In re: Tomislav  
Brutovksi, pending before the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas  
(20-MS-113) and a grievance between the City and Communication  
Workers of America, Local 4502 (“CWA”) (No. 20-2020); to authorize the  
expenditure of up to $200,000.00 from the general fund in payment of the  
settlement; and to declare an emergency. ($200,000.00)  
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: FAVOR, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA BROWN  
HARDIN  
SR-9  
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with  
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. (dba PrimaryOne Health) to  
provide primary health care and dental services at community-based  
health centers; to authorize the expenditure of $4,299,110.00 from the  
Health Special Revenue Fund; to waive the competitive bidding  
provisions of City Code; and to declare an emergency. ($4,299,110.00)  
PUBLIC SAFETY: REMY, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA DORANS HARDIN  
To authorize the Public Safety Director, on behalf of the Division of Fire,  
to enter into a contract for a preventative maintenance agreement and to  
purchase parts, accessories and supplies, on an ongoing basis, with  
Stryker Sales Corporation LLC for the maintenance and repair of Stryker  
Power Load Cots for use in daily emergency services and emergency  
medical service (EMS) operations; to waive the competitive bidding  
provisions of the Columbus City Code; to authorize the expenditure of  
$110,543.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($110,543.00)  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase  
orders from an existing Purchase Agreement with Motorola, Inc. for the  
purchase of portable radios for the Department of Public Safety; to  
authorize the City Auditor to appropriate and transfer funds from the  
Special Income Tax Fund to the Public Safety's Capital Improvement  
Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $2,000,000.00 from Public Safety's  
Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($2,000,000.00)  
To authorize the Director of Public Safety to modify the existing contract  
with Change Healthcare Practice Management Solutions, Inc. for EMS  
billing, collection, and reporting services for the Division of Fire; to  
authorize the expenditure of $1,000,000.00 from the General Fund; and to  
declare an emergency. ($1,000,000.00)  
To amend Ordinance 1169-2021 to establish a July 11, 2022 effective  
date for Section 235.05 of the Columbus City Codes to allow for  
establishment of the Department of the Inspector General and the  
assumption of its duties; and to declare an emergency.  
ENVIRONMENT: REMY, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA FAVOR HARDIN  
To authorize the expenditure of $17,420,000.00 or so much thereof as  
may be necessary from the Special Income Tax Fund to pay 2022 waste  
disposal tipping fees, tire disposal, construction debris disposal and  
radiation remediation services for the Division of Refuse Collection; to  
authorize the Director of Public Service to establish an encumbrance of  
$17,385,000.00 to pay refuse tipping fees to the Solid Waste Authority of  
Central Ohio for the Division of Refuse Collection pursuant to an existing  
lease agreement; to authorize the Director of Public Service to modify  
and extend a radiation and remediation service contract with Solutient  
Technologies Inc.; to establish an encumbrance up to $30,000.00 for a  
radiation remediation services contract with Solutient Technologies Inc.;  
to establish encumbrances up to $5,000.00 for construction debris  
material disposal; and to declare an emergency. ($17,420,000.00)  
RULES & REFERENCE: HARDIN, CHR. BROWN REMY FAVOR  
BROWN  
To amend the Columbus City Codes by enacting new Section 919.27,  
Nature Preserve Code to designate portions of parks as nature preserves  
($0.00).  
Elizabeth Brown  
Sponsors:  
ADJOURNMENT  
THERE WILL BE NO CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 IN  
OBSERVANCE OF PRESIDENT’S DAY HOLIDAY