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Agenda - Final  
Columbus City Council  
Monday, September 19, 2022  
5:00 PM  
City Council Chambers, Rm 231  
REGULAR MEETING NO. 42 OF COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022  
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  
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C0033-2022  
THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE  
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022  
New Type: D5  
To: Whittier ABC CO LLC  
364 E Whittier St  
Columbus, OH 43206  
Permit #: 9590364  
New Type: C1 C2  
To: Ohio Springs INC  
DBA Sheetz #738  
1485 N Cassady Ave  
Franklin, OH 43219  
Permit #: 65215090530  
New Type: C1 C2  
To: Bliss Easton LLC  
DBA Bliss In A Bottle  
124 Easton Town Center  
Columbus, OH 43219  
Permit #: 0734056  
Advertise Date: 9/24/22  
Agenda Date: 9/19/22  
Return Date: 9/29/22  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION  
BARROSO DE PADILLA  
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0178X-2022  
To acknowledge and support the peace efforts to stop human rights  
abuses in Ethiopia and encourages Congress to pass the Ethiopia  
Peace and Stabilization Act of 2022  
Sponsors: Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Nicholas Bankston, Elizabeth  
Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, Emmanuel V. Remy and  
Shannon G. Hardin  
FAVOR  
3
0166X-2022  
To declare September 2022 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in  
the City of Columbus and to encourage the residents of Columbus and  
Central Ohio to support families impacted by childhood cancer.  
Sponsors: Shayla Favor, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, Elizabeth Brown, Rob Dorans, Emmanuel V. Remy  
and Shannon G. Hardin  
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA  
FR FIRST READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
TECHNOLOGY: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS BROWN HARDIN  
FR-1  
2407-2022  
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the  
Department of Technology and various city agencies, to associate all  
General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the  
appropriate Universal Term Contract/ Purchase Agreement for the  
purchase of Cisco Meraki switches for Department of Public Utilities  
water quality lab; to authorize the expenditure of $61,166.20 from the  
Department of Technology, Information Services Operating fund for the  
above-stated purpose. ($61,166.20)  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR. FAVOR  
BANKSTON HARDIN  
FR-2  
2421-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute  
those documents necessary for the transfer of a 0.148 acre portion of the  
Old Ackerman Road right-of-way to Prospect Wango, LLC. ($0.00)  
PUBLIC UTILITIES: DORANS, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
FR-3  
2408-2022  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to renew the electric power  
system maintenance services contract with Roberts Service Group, Inc.  
for the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and  
Drainage, and to authorize the expenditure of $400,000.00 from the  
Sewer Operating Sanitary Fund. ($400,000.00)  
FR-4  
2412-2022  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute a planned  
modification to the 2020-2022 Construction Administration/Inspection  
Services agreement with DLZ Ohio, Inc. for the Linden Neighborhood  
Stormwater System Improvement Phase 2 Project, for the Division of  
Sewerage and Drainage, Stormwater Section, to authorize a transfer and  
expenditure up to $373,575.87 within the Storm Sewer Bond Fund; and to  
authorize an amendment to the 2021 Capital Improvements Budget.  
($373,575.87)  
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CONSENT ACTIONS  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION:  
BANKSTON  
CA-1  
0175X-2022  
To Proclaim, Recognize, and Celebrate September as National Sickle  
Cell Awareness Month in the City of Columbus  
Sponsors: Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Elizabeth  
Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, Emmanuel V. Remy and  
Shannon G. Hardin  
REMY  
CA-2  
0176X-2022  
To recognize and celebrate National Drive Electric Week 2022 in  
Columbus, Ohio and thank Columbus Yellow Cab and CleanFuels Ohio  
for their partnership in creating the Decentralized Mobility Ecosystem hub.  
Sponsors: Emmanuel V. Remy, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso  
De Padilla, Elizabeth Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor and  
Shannon G. Hardin  
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: BANKSTON, CHR. REMY DORANS HARDIN  
CA-3  
2271-2022  
To list the property at 1725 South Parsons Avenue, Nagy Brothers Shoe  
Repair, on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties as CR #82,  
including the 1932 and 1948 sections of the building.  
TECHNOLOGY: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS BROWN HARDIN  
CA-4  
1986-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into  
contract with CDW Government, LLC for the purchase of the Proofpoint  
software maintenance and support; and to authorize the expenditure of  
$358,000.00 from the Department of Technology, Information Services  
Division, Information Services Operating Fund. ($358,000.00)  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR. FAVOR  
BANKSTON HARDIN  
CA-5  
2194-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute  
those documents necessary for the transfer of 1.964 acre portion of  
Outerbelt Street and Tishman Avenue right-of-way to 0 Outerbelt Street,  
LLC. ($47,053.00)  
CA-6  
2320-2022  
To authorize an expenditure of more than $100,000.00 on a Universal  
Term Contract previously established by the City for the purchase of dump  
trucks; to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate  
all General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the  
appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the  
purchase of two single axle dump trucks from Ohio Machinery Company,  
dba Ohio Peterbilt; to authorize the expenditure of up to $363,313.69 from  
the Municipal Motor Vehicle Tax Fund; to authorize the expenditure of up  
to $148,170.31 from the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair  
Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($511,484.00)  
CA-7  
2358-2022  
To amend the 2022 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the  
Director of the Department of Public Service to modify a reimbursement  
agreement with and contribute funding to the Franklin County Engineer’s  
Office to resurface City streets in a project administered by Franklin  
County; to authorize the expenditure of up to $25,000.00 from the Streets  
and Highways Bond Fund for this project; and to declare an emergency.  
($25,000.00)  
CA-8  
2389-2022  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all  
General Budget Reservations, establish purchase orders and contracts  
with multiple vendors for the purchase of various traffic management and  
control commodities for the Department of Public Service; to authorize the  
expenditure of $100,000.00 or more in a fiscal year against universal term  
contracts; to authorize the expenditure of up to $275,000.00 from the  
Street Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund for the purchase of  
various traffic management and control commodities; and to declare an  
emergency. ($275,000.00)  
CA-9  
2405-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute  
those documents necessary for the transfer of 0.426 acre portion of E. 5th  
Ave. right-of-way to CALKAR LLC. ($0.00)  
CA-10 2420-2022  
CA-11 2461-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute  
those documents necessary for the transfer of 0.1378 acre portion of  
right-of-way adjacent to Douglas Street to the City of Columbus,  
Recreation and Parks Department. ($0.00)  
To accept the plat titled “Villas at Renner Park” from Homewood  
Corporation; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
FINANCE: BROWN, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
CA-12 0165X-2022  
To accept the amounts and rates by the Franklin County Budget  
Commission for the City's Tax Budget for 2023 and to declare an  
emergency.  
PUBLIC UTILITIES: DORANS, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
CA-13 0180X-2022  
To appoint a Board of Revision to hear the objections to the  
Morningstar/North-Forty Street Lighting Assessment Project, and to  
declare an emergency.  
CA-14 2178-2022  
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 parts, materials and supplies for the Division of Sewerage  
and Drainage, Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant; and to  
authorize the expenditure of $650,000.00 from the Sewerage Operating  
Fund. ($650,000.00)  
CA-15 2185-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute  
those document(s) necessary to release the City’s sewer easement rights  
described and recorded in Deed Book 3118, Page 603 and Deed Book  
3118, Page 619 as amended in Deed Book 3200, Page 286, Recorder’s  
Office, Franklin County, Ohio. ($0.00)  
CA-16 2203-2022  
CA-17 2212-2022  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify and extend the  
contract with Ohio Mulch Supply, Inc. for services in connection with the  
Deep Row Hybrid Poplar Program for the Division of Sewerage and  
Drainage. ($0.00)  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to modify  
and increase the 2020 - 2022 Construction Administration and Inspection  
Services agreement with H. R. Gray & Associates, Inc. for the Division of  
Sewerage & Drainage’s Roof Redirection - Blueprint North Linden 1,  
Agler/Berrell Project; and to authorize an expenditure up to $365,462.53  
within the Sewer General Obligations Bond Fund. ($365,462.53)  
CA-18 2225-2022  
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate all  
General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the  
appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for Light Duty  
Trucks for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage with George Byers  
Sons, Inc.; and to authorize the expenditure of $180,450.00 from the  
Sanitary Sewer Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency.  
($180,450.00)  
CA-19 2242-2022  
CA-20 2273-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into  
a contract with Phinney Industrial Roofing Services & Maintenance, LLC  
for roofing maintenance services at Division of Sewerage and Drainage  
facilities, and to authorize the expenditure of $242,500.00 from the Sewer  
Operating Sanitary Fund. ($242,500.00)  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into two separate  
agreements for General Engineering Services for the Division of Water’s  
Supply Group with Burgess & Niple, Inc. and Hatch Associates  
Consultants, Inc.; to authorize an expenditure up to $800,000.00 within the  
Water General Obligations Bonds Fund; and to authorize an amendment  
to the 2022 Capital Improvements Budget. ($800,000.00)  
CA-21 2321-2022  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a three (3) year  
professional services agreement with CDM Smith for the Blacklick Creek  
Sanitary Subtrunk Rehabilitation; to authorize the transfer within, and the  
expenditure of $868,426.75 from the Sewer G.O. Bond Fund; and to  
authorize the amendment to the 2022 Capital Improvements Budget.  
($868,426.75)  
CA-22 2362-2022  
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a  
contract with Kevin Lehr Associates for the purchase of Wooden Utility  
Poles for the Division of Power; and to authorize the expenditure of  
$723,137.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund; ($723,137.00)  
HOUSING: FAVOR, CHR. BANKSTON BROWN HARDIN  
CA-23 2446-2022  
To amend Ordinance No. 1940-2022, passed by Columbus City Council  
on July 25, 2022, to allow for payment of services starting September 1,  
2022 and to further clarify the type of agreement; and to declare an  
emergency. ($0.00)  
CA-24 2484-2022  
To amend Ordinance No. 1821-2022, passed by Columbus City Council  
on July 11, 2022, to allow for a change in the name of the organization  
with whom the Director of the Department of Development will enter into  
agreements with for the Easton Place Homes Phase II project from  
Easton Loop Apartments II, LLC to Columbus Housing Partnership, Inc.  
dba Homeport; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & JUDICIARY: FAVOR, CHR. DORANS BARROSO DE PADILLA  
HARDIN  
CA-25 2317-2022  
To authorize the Municipal Court Judges, through the Administrative and  
Presiding Judge, to enter into the first year of the contract with Willo  
Security, Inc., for the provision of security guard services in the Municipal  
Court Building; and to authorize the expenditure of $450,000.00 from the  
General Fund. ($450,000.00).  
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: FAVOR, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA BROWN  
HARDIN  
CA-26 2365-2022  
This ordinance authorizes expenditures of up to $15,000.00 from the  
Health Department Grants Fund for the purchase of food and/or beverage  
items, and to declare an emergency ($15,000.00).  
CA-27 2411-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to modify an  
agreement with the Community Shelter Board for the administration of the  
City's ESG-CV2 monies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban  
Development in order to extend the time allowed to expend the funds and  
to further define the type of agreement as a “subward grant agreement”;  
and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
CA-28 2433-2022  
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Stephanie  
Starks, DBA Starks Counseling & Consultation Services LLC for crisis  
grief counseling services the period of September 19, 2022 through  
September 18, 2023; to authorize the expenditure of $75,000.00 from the  
Health Operating fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an  
emergency. ($75,000.00).  
CA-29 2439-2022  
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The  
Center for Healthy Families for expenses incurred between August 1,  
2022 and July 31, 2023 in support of the organization’s 2022 Collective  
Project for Black Girls & Young Women; to transfer appropriations within  
the Health Operating Fund; to authorize a transfer between funds; and to  
authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood  
Initiatives subfund. ($250,000.00)  
PUBLIC SAFETY: REMY, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA DORANS HARDIN  
CA-30 2379-2022  
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus, on behalf of the  
Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, to accept a subgrantee  
award through the State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services; to  
authorize Deputy Chief Weir, as the official city representative to act in  
connection with the subgrant; to authorize an appropriation of  
$413,908.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government  
Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the vehicle and  
laptops; and to declare an emergency. ($413,908.00)  
ENVIRONMENT: REMY, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA FAVOR HARDIN  
CA-31 2416-2022  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract  
with The Lion Electric Corp. to increase the price of the vehicle by  
$102,160.10; to authorize the expenditure of $102,160.10 within the  
general fund; and to declare an emergency.($102,160.10)  
ADMINISTRATION: REMY, CHR. BROWN DORANS HARDIN  
CA-32 2342-2022  
To amend the Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No.  
2713-2013, as amended, by amending Section 5(E), Section 12(H),  
Section 14(I), Section 16(D), Section 16(I), and Section 16(O); and to  
declare an emergency.  
CA-33 2443-2022  
CA-34 2444-2022  
To amend the Fire Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No.  
2713-2013, as amended, by amending Section 9(D), Section 9(I), and  
Section 9(O); and to declare an emergency.  
To amend the Police Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No.  
2715-2013, as amended, by amending Section 8(D), Section 8(I), and  
Section 8(O); and to declare an emergency.  
CA-35 2502-2022  
CA-36 2505-2022  
To amend the Fire Management Compensation Plan, Ordinance No.  
2713-2013, as amended, by amending Section 3(A); and to declare an  
emergency.  
To approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) #2022-06  
executed between representatives of the City of Columbus and Fraternal  
Order of Police, Capital City Lodge #9 that amends Article 22, Section  
22.6 of the Agreement by authorizing the Chief of Police to approve  
Special Duty rates higher than those established in Section 22.6, as  
provided in the attachment hereto; and to declare an emergency.  
APPOINTMENTS  
CA-37 A0164-2022  
Appointment of Deena Chisolm, PhD., Director, Center for Child Health  
Equity and Outcomes Research, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at  
Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive Columbus, Ohio  
43205, to serve on the Columbus Board of Health, replacing Chad  
Matthew Braun, with a term expiration date of January 31, 2023 (profile  
attached).  
CA-38 A0189-2022  
CA-39 A0190-2022  
CA-40 A0191-2022  
CA-41 A0192-2022  
Re-appointment of Ralph W. Smithers of Encova Insurance, whose  
address is 471 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215, to serve on the  
Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord Panel renewing his term for three years,  
which would expire on 06/30/2025. Current RFBA roster and resume  
attached.  
Appointment of Hannah Estabrook, MA, LPCC-S, Executive Director,  
Sanctuary Night, 154 Hayden Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43222, to serve  
as a joint City of Columbus-Franklin County appointee on the OneOhio  
Region 1 Board of Governance, with a new term expiration date of  
September 20, 2025 (resume attached).  
Appointment Dr. Robert Graessle, Founder, Basecamp Recovery Center,  
815 West Broad Street #200, Columbus, Ohio 43222, to serve as a joint  
City of Columbus-Franklin County appointee on the OneOhio Region 1  
Board of Governance, with a new term expiration date of September 20,  
2024 (profile attached).  
Appointment Savana Sprague, Substance Use Disorder Counselor, to  
serve as a joint City of Columbus-Franklin County appointee on the  
OneOhio Region 1 Board of Governance, with a new term expiration date  
of September 20, 2023 (biography attached).  
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EMERGENCY, POSTPONED AND 2ND READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
FINANCE: BROWN, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
SR-1  
2290-2022  
To authorize the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Fleet  
Management Division, to establish purchase orders from previously  
established Universal Term Contracts (UTCs) for the purchase of vehicles  
for use by the Department of Public Safety, Development, Finance, Public  
Service and Recreation and Parks with Byers Ford, Parr Public Safety  
and Ricart Properties; to authorize the Finance and Management Director  
to establish purchase orders from DAS cooperative contracts for the  
purchase of related vehicle up-fitting; to authorize the Finance and  
Management Director to establish purchase orders for additional vehicle  
up-fitting needs which will be purchased in accordance with the  
competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City Code Chapter 329; to  
authorize the expenditure of $3,000,000.00 from the General Fund; to  
authorized the appropriation and expenditure of $4,247,484.00 from the  
Special Income Tax Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,247,484.00)  
SR-2  
2318-2022  
To authorize the appropriation of $8,220,000.00 within the General Fund;  
and to declare an emergency. ($8,220,000.00)  
EDUCATION: BROWN, CHR. FAVOR BARROSO DE PADILLA HARDIN  
SR-3  
2274-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a contract  
with HMB - Learning Circle Software, LLC to provide ongoing technical  
support for the CeeHiVE data platform, a program necessary to achieve  
the Mayor’s goal that every 4-year-old in Columbus has access to a  
high-quality pre-kindergarten education; to waive the competitive bidding  
provisions of the Columbus City Codes; and to authorize the expenditure  
of $186,047.00 from the General Fund. ($186,047.00)  
SR-4  
2275-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a contract  
with the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at The  
Ohio State University to implement Ready4Success, a screening and  
improvement strategy, Read It Again, Read It Again - Math, and to provide  
a mid-year student assessment; to allow the Crane Center to spend a  
2021 balance authorized by ordinance 1408-2021; and to authorize the  
expenditure of $400,000.00 from the General Fund. ($400,000.00)  
PUBLIC UTILITIES: DORANS, CHR. BANKSTON REMY HARDIN  
SR-5  
2324-2022  
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a service contract  
with J&D Home Improvements Inc. DBA The Basement Doctor for the  
Division of Sewerage & Drainage’s Volunteer Sump Pump “2022”  
Project; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City  
Code; to authorize a transfer and expenditure up to $2,537,390.00 within  
the Sanitary General Obligation Voted Bonds Fund; to provide for  
payment of prevailing wage services to the Department of Public Service;  
and to authorize an amendment to the 2022 Capital Improvements  
Budget. ($2,537,390.00)  
SR-6  
2400-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into  
new water and sewer sanitary sewer service agreements with the City of  
Dublin, Ohio, and to declare an emergency.  
(REQUEST TO REFER TO COMMITTEE)  
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & JUDICIARY: FAVOR, CHR. DORANS BARROSO DE PADILLA  
HARDIN  
SR-7  
2518-2022  
To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the lawsuit captioned  
Timothy Hawkins v. Bryan Williams, et al., United States District Court  
Case No. 2:21-cv-4291; to authorize the expenditure of the sum of three  
hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars and zero cents ($375,000.00)  
in settlement of the lawsuit; and to declare an emergency. ($375,000.00)  
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: FAVOR, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA BROWN  
HARDIN  
SR-8  
2519-2022  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into  
a not-for-profit service contract with the Community Shelter Board (CSB)  
in an amount up to $300,000.00 for the Transitional Housing Pilot  
Program, to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $300,000.00  
from the Neighborhood Economic Development fund; and to declare an  
emergency. ($300,000.00)  
ADJOURNMENT  
THERE WILL BE NO COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, IN  
OBSERVANCE OF ROSH HASHANAH. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF CITY  
COUNCIL WILL BE MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD.