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Minutes - 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  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
Present:  
8 -  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
READING AND DISPOSAL OF THE JOURNAL  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Emmanuel V. Remy, to  
Dispense with the reading of the Journal and Approve. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE JOURNAL  
COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS RECEIVED BY CITY CLERK'S OFFICE  
C0005-2025  
1
THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE  
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS OF WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5, 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  
Read and Filed  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION  
DORANS  
0021X-2025  
2
To Honor and Celebrate the 2024 Bishop Watterson Eagles Girls’  
Soccer Team for being Crowned State Champions in Division II  
Sponsors:  
Rob Dorans, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Melissa Green, Emmanuel V. Remy, Christopher Wyche  
and Shannon G. Hardin  
A motion was made by Rob Dorans, seconded by Emmanuel V. Remy, that this  
Ceremonial Resolution be Referred to Committee. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA  
FR  
FIRST READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Nicholas Bankston, to  
waive the reading of the titles of first reading legislation. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
FINANCE & GOVERNANCE: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
0165-2025  
FR-1  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
0234-2025  
0288-2025  
0295-2025  
FR-2  
FR-3  
FR-4  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
0296-2025  
FR-5  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR.  
DAY-ACHAUER, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0027X-2025  
FR-6  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, & EQUITY: GREEN, CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
0230-2025  
FR-7  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REMY, CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
0026-2025  
FR-8  
FR-9  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
0243-2025  
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 )  
Read for the First Time  
0244-2025  
FR-10  
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 expenditure  
of up to an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 from the general fund.  
($250,000.00)  
Read for the First Time  
PUBLIC UTILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY: WYCHE, CHR. REMY, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
0122-2025  
FR-11  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
0157-2025  
FR-12  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
0212-2025  
0260-2025  
FR-13  
FR-14  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
0269-2025  
FR-15  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
0272-2025  
FR-16  
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)  
Read for the First Time  
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, & BUILDING: HARDIN, CHR. GREEN, VICE  
CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0423-2025  
FR-17  
CA  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into  
a Housing Development Agreement (HDA) with D.R. Horton-Indiana LLC  
for the Lansdowne Farm development project.. ($0.00)  
Read for the First Time  
CONSENT ACTIONS  
RESOLUTIONS OF EXPRESSION:  
DORANS  
0020X-2025  
CA-1  
To Honor and Celebrate the 2024 Bishop Watterson Eagles Football  
Team for being Crowned State Champions in Division III  
Sponsors:  
Rob Dorans, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Melissa Green, Emmanuel V. Remy, Christopher Wyche  
and Shannon G. Hardin  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
FINANCE & GOVERNANCE: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
0109-2025  
CA-2  
CA-3  
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.  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0144-2025  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0149-2025  
CA-4  
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 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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0160-2025  
CA-5  
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  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0216-2025  
0254-2025  
CA-6  
CA-7  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0280-2025  
0287-2025  
CA-8  
CA-9  
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).  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0326-2025  
CA-10  
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).  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESS:  
BANKSTON, CHR. BARROSO DE PADILLA, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0249-2025  
CA-11  
CA-12  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0404-2025  
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)  
Nicholas Bankston  
Sponsors:  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR.  
DAY-ACHAUER, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0106-2025  
CA-13  
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 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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0211-2025  
CA-14  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0340-2025  
CA-15  
To accept the plat titled “Lansdowne Farms Section 1 Part 1” from D.R.  
Horton-Indiana; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
NEIGHBORHOODS, RECREATION, & PARKS: DAY-ACHAUER, CHR.  
WYCHE, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0104-2025  
CA-16  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
WORKFORCE, EDUCATION, & LABOR: DORANS, CHR. HARDIN, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
0148-2025  
CA-17  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0358-2025  
CA-18  
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.  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, & EQUITY: GREEN, CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
0054-2025  
CA-19  
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with 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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0077-2025  
0203-2025  
0255-2025  
CA-20  
CA-21  
CA-22  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REMY, CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
0143-2025  
CA-23  
CA-24  
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).  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0207-2025  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0300-2025  
CA-25  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0302-2025  
CA-26  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
PUBLIC UTILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY: WYCHE, CHR. REMY, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
0084-2025  
CA-27  
CA-28  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0130-2025  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0156-2025  
CA-29  
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, $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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, & BUILDING: HARDIN, CHR. GREEN, VICE  
CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0248-2025  
CA-30  
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).  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0337-2025  
CA-31  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
0378-2025  
CA-32  
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)  
This item was approved on the Consent Agenda.  
Approval of the Consent Agenda  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Nicholas Bankston,  
including all the preceding items marked as having been approved on the  
Consent Agenda. The motion carried by the following vote  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
SR  
EMERGENCY, POSTPONED AND 2ND READING OF 30-DAY LEGISLATION  
FINANCE & GOVERNANCE: BANKSTON, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
3035-2024  
SR-1  
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)  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Amended as submitted to the Clerk. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved as Amended. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
3036-2024  
SR-2  
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.  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved as Amended. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
3037-2024  
SR-3  
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.  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0218-2025  
SR-4  
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)  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0291-2025  
SR-5  
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.  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0310-2025  
SR-6  
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)  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
FROM THE FLOOR  
0438-2025  
LA  
To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into a  
contract modification with to Franklin County Educational Service Center  
of Central Ohio (ESCCO) to align with Ordinance No. 0342-2025, and to  
declare an emergency. ($0.00)  
A motion was made by Nicholas Bankston, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION: BARROSO DE PADILLA, CHR.  
DAY-ACHAUER, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0116-2025  
SR-7  
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)  
A motion was made by Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, seconded by Nancy  
Day-Achauer, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0213-2025  
SR-8  
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into  
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)  
A motion was made by Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, seconded by Nancy  
Day-Achauer, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0273-2025  
SR-9  
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)  
A motion was made by Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, seconded by Nancy  
Day-Achauer, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
NEIGHBORHOODS, RECREATION, & PARKS: DAY-ACHAUER, CHR. WYCHE,  
VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0100-2025  
SR-10  
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)  
A motion was made by Nancy Day-Achauer, seconded by Melissa Green, that  
this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0299-2025  
SR-11  
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)  
Emmanuel V. Remy  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Nancy Day-Achauer, seconded by Nicholas Bankston,  
that this Ordinance be Referred to Committee. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
1 - Otto Beatty III  
Absent:  
Abstained:  
Affirmative:  
7 -  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Nancy Day-Achauer, Rob  
Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon Hardin  
WORKFORCE, EDUCATION, & LABOR: DORANS, CHR. HARDIN, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
0124-2025  
SR-12  
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)  
A motion was made by Rob Dorans, seconded by Melissa Green, that this  
Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, & EQUITY: GREEN, CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
0058-2025  
SR-13  
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 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)  
A motion was made by Melissa Green, seconded by Rob Dorans, that this  
Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REMY, CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
, VICE CHR.  
0191-2025  
SR-14  
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)  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Melissa Green, that  
this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0201-2025  
SR-15  
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)  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0274-2025  
SR-16  
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)  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Melissa Green, that  
this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0323-2025  
SR-17  
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)  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Nicholas Bankston,  
that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
PUBLIC UTILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY: WYCHE, CHR. REMY, VICE CHR.  
ALL MEMBERS  
0140-2025  
SR-18  
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).  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Melissa Green, that  
this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0186-2025  
SR-19  
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)  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
0277-2025  
SR-20  
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)  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, & BUILDING: HARDIN, CHR. GREEN, VICE  
CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
0206-2025  
SR-21  
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).  
A motion was made by Shannon G. Hardin, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
RULES & POLICY: HARDIN, CHR. DORANS, VICE CHR. ALL MEMBERS  
HARDIN  
0162-2025  
SR-22  
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.  
Rob Dorans and Shannon G. Hardin  
Sponsors:  
A motion was made by Shannon G. Hardin, seconded by Lourdes Barroso De  
Padilla, that this Ordinance be Approved. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
ADJOURNMENT  
A motion was made by Emmanuel V. Remy, seconded by Rob Dorans, to  
adjourn this Regular Meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:  
1 - Christopher Wyche  
Absent:  
8 -  
Affirmative:  
Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Otto Beatty III, Nancy  
Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Melissa Green, Emmanuel Remy, and Shannon  
Hardin  
ADJOURNED AT 6:16 P.M.  
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.