Legislation

To amend and enact various provisions of Chapter 375 of the Columbus City Codes in order to strengthen the levying, collection, and allocation of admissions tax for facility stabilization receipts. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of the Office of Education enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners for the transition of the Early Start Columbus Program from the City of Columbus to Franklin County, to authorize a transfer of cash between objects within the Office of Education General Fund; to authorize an expenditure of $6,215,825.00, to be paid to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners for the purpose of this ordinance, from the Office of Education General Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($6,215,825.00)

Springfield Urban Renewal LLC, Financial Statements, December 31, 2025

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Use of State Contract(s) #T3121 Software Reseller Services #20-TELE-01510 Purpose: Second Amendment to Resolution 7R1-d adopted May 18, 2022, as previously amended, to include the Department of Public Safety and increase the Contract Amount Entity Name: Dell Marketing LP Address: One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas 78682 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $3,936,155.00 Funding Source: Budget/Department of Administration Contract Period: Upon approval by the Municipal Council through May 24, 2027, inclusive of any extensions by the State Contract Basis: ( ) Bid (X) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A Additional Information: Resolution 7R1-d, adopted on May 18, 2022, authorized the utilization of State Contract T3121 Software Reseller Services for purchases of computer equipment, peripherals and related services and appliances for the Office of Information Technology in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00 through May 24, 2026, inclusive of any extensions by the State. The State has extended said contract to May 24, 2027. Resolution 7R1-d 05/18/2022 was subsequently amended by Resolution 7R1-v 08/06/2025 to include the Law Department as a purchasing City department and to increase the contract amount by $36,155.00 to $2,536,155.00. This second amendment to Resolution 7R1-d 05/18/2022 authorizes the Department of Public Safety to utilize State Contract T3121 Software Reseller Services #20-TELE-01510 and further increases the initial contract amount by $1,400,000.00, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $3,936,155.00. All other provisions of the original Resolution, as amended, will remain unchanged.

Zoning Board of Adjustment, Minutes, January through March 2026

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: 602 South Orange Avenue and 604 South Orange Avenue will consist of new construction of a mixed-use building having two (2) to three (3) units for rent at market rate, ground floor commercial space for wine and spirits shop, and customer parking lot. 35 North 14th Street will be developed as a newly constructed two-family home to be sold at market rate. Entity Name: IAMYCO Investments LLC Entity Address: 81 Northfield Avenue #103, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 Sale Amount: $143,764.11 Cost Basis: (X) $21.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $169,400.00 Appraised Amount: N/A Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within twenty-four (24) months following transfer of property ownership from the City to the Redeveloper Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ (X) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 602 South Orange Avenue/ Block 4003/ Lot 2/ West Ward 604 South Orange Avenue/ Block 4003/ Lot 1/ West Ward 35 North 14th Street/ Block 1923/ Lot 40/ West Ward Additional Information: Sale Price: Total Square Footage X PSF = 6,845.91 X $21.00 = $143,764.11 Sale at prices set forth by Ordinance 6S&Fh, adopted on April 7, 2004, establishing the minimum sale price of City-owned properties.

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT FROM SOMERSET HOMES URBAN RENEWAL LLC (“ASSIGNOR”) TO TETHYS SOMERSET URBAN RENEWAL LLC (“ASSIGNEE”) FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT CONSISTING OF THIRTY-EIGHT (38) AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS LOCATED ON LAND WHICH IS IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AS BLOCK 2589, LOT 1, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 219-239 CLINTON AVENUE.

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract for the option to purchase YSI Parts and Services with Fondriest Environmental Inc.; and to authorize the expenditure of $1.00. ($1.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Downtown Office Incentive Agreement with ANS Geo, LLC for a term of up to five (5) consecutive years in consideration of the company’s proposed capital investment of approximately $750,000.00, the creation of thirteen (13) net new full-time permanent positions with an estimated associated payroll of approximately $1,750,000.00, and the retention and relocation of forty-three (43) full-time permanent positions with an estimated associated annual payroll of approximately $3,664,800.00, as provided in Columbus City Council Resolution Number 0088X-2007, adopted June 4, 2007. ($0.00)

To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept a grant from The Columbus Police Foundation; and to authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate $250,000.00 within the unallocated balance of the Division of Police Grant Fund. ($250,000.00)

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify and extend the contract for the option to purchase Qiagen Crime Lab Supplies with Qiagen LLC; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize an amendment to the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the transfer between projects and departments within the Development Taxable Bonds Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority to provide funding for urban redevelopment projects; and to authorize the expenditure of $4,000,000.00 from the Development Taxable Bonds Fund; and declare an emergency. ($4,000,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a capital contribution agreement with West Granville Road Owner LLC for required public infrastructure improvements supporting the development of workforce housing; to amend the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the expenditure prior to the issuance of the purchase order beginning September 1, 2023; to authorize the transfer and expenditure in an amount up to $2,000,000.00 from the Development Taxable Bonds Fund for the required public infrastructure improvement benefiting the community’s broader infrastructure goals; and to declare an emergency. ($2,000,000.00)

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement with Valvoline LLC and to establish various purchase orders for automotive preventative maintenance services on behalf of the Fleet Management Division, per the terms and conditions of various previously established Universal Term Contracts; to authorize the expenditure of $215,000.00 from the Fleet Management Operating Fund; and to authorize the transfer of $500,000.00 between object classes within the Fleet Management Operating Budget; and to declare an emergency. ($215,000.00)

Notice/Advertisement Title: Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee Hearing - Division of Fire Apparatus Status Contact Name: Pedro Mejia Contact Telephone Number: 614-645-7565 Contact Email Address: pdmejia@columbus.gov

To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Green Columbus to support Earth Day programming and Private Property Tree Planting; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($95,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an Enterprise Zone Agreement with West-Ward Columbus Inc. and Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (collectively and hereinafter referred to as “Enterprise”) for a tax abatement of seventy-five percent (75%) for a period of ten (10) consecutive years in consideration of the Enterprise investing approximately $92,000,000.00 in real property improvements, the creation of fifty (50) net new full-time permanent positions with an associated annual payroll of approximately $3,000,000.00, and the retention of one-thousand two hundred twenty-four (1,224) full-time permanent positions with an associated estimated annual payroll of approximately $93,627,177.00. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an Enterprise Zone Agreement with Westbourne Flex, LLC (the “Enterprise”) for a tax abatement of seventy-five percent (75%) for a period of ten (10) consecutive years in consideration of the Enterprise investing approximately $8,800,000.00 in real property improvements and the creation of ten (10) net new full-time permanent positions with an estimated annual payroll of approximately $500,000.00 at the aforementioned Project Site. ($0.00)

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract for the option to purchase Water Testing Supplies with Environmental Resource Associates; to authorize the expenditure of $1.00; to waive the provisions of competitive bidding; and to declare an emergency. ($1.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Job Creation Tax Credit Agreement of forty-five percent (45%) for a term of up to six (6) consecutive years with Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., in consideration of the company’s proposed total capital investment of $215,700,000.00, the creation of fifty (50) net new full-time permanent positions with an estimated annual payroll of approximately $3,000,000.00 and the retention of one-thousand two hundred twenty-four (1,224) full-time permanent positions with an associated estimated annual payroll of approximately $93,627,177.00. ($0.00)

To authorize the Finance and Management Director on behalf of the Fleet Management Division to enter into a contract for the purchase of two (2) hardware terminals supporting the FuelFocus fuel management system with AssetWorks LLC; to waive competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; 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 and to establish related purchase orders for electrical repairs for the Fleet Management Division; to authorize expenditure of $97,000.00 from the Fleet Management Capital Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($97,000.00)

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT FROM LIVINGSTON URBAN RENEWAL LLC (“ASSIGNOR”) TO TETHYS LIVINGSTON URBAN RENEWAL LLC (“ASSIGNEE”) FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT CONSISTING OF EIGHTY-TWO (82) AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS LOCATED ON LAND WHICH IS IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AS BLOCK 2550, LOT 1, BLOCK 2551, LOT 14, AND BLOCK 2568, LOTS 1, 27, AND 35, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 18-30 17TH AVE., 152-164 IRVINE TURNER BLVD., 168-184 IRVINE TURNER BLVD., 194-200 IRVINE TURNER BLVD., AND 202-208 IRVINE TURNER.

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Referral of Proposed Amendment to Title 41 of the Municipal Code of the City of Newark (Zoning and Land Use Regulations) to Central Planning Board Purpose: Requesting the Newark Central Planning Board to consider an amendment to Title 41 of the Municipal Code of the City of Newark (Zoning and Land Use Regulations), pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26 in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-64 Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: First Amendment to the Private Sale/Redevelopment to Creative Development Real Estate, LLC, to correct the Sale Amount and Appraised Amount Entity Name: 847-983 Doremus Avenue, LLC Entity Address: 500 Avenue P, Newark, New Jersey 07105 Sale Amount: $4,335,000.00 Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF (X) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $2,237,300.00 Appraised Amount: $4,335,000.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within eighteen (18) months following transfer of property ownership from the City to the Redeveloper Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ (X) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 85 Riverside Avenue/Block 674/Lot 3/ North Ward 77-83 Riverside Avenue/Block 674/Lot 4/ North Ward 87-101 Riverside Avenue/Block 674/Lot 5/ North Ward 198-202 Meeker Avenue/Block 3730.01/Lot 2/ South Ward 847-896 Doremus Avenue/ Block 5082/Lot 74/ East Ward Additional Information: Resolution 7R2-b adopted on May 20, 2026, authorized the Private Sale/Redevelopment pursuant to the Agreement for the Sale and Redevelopment of Land. This Resolution authorizes a First Amendment to the Agreement for the Sale and Redevelopment of Land to correct the Sale Amount and Appraised Amount.