Legislation

Appointment of Agata Brenneman, CelebrateOne Senior Manager of Community Engagement, 1111 E. Broad Street, Suite 302, Columbus, OH 43205, to the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund (OCTF) Central Ohio Regional Prevention Council for a term beginning April 10, 2026 and ending at the close of business April 9, 2028. (resume attached)

To amend the 2025 Capital Improvement budget; 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 the appropriate universal term contract/purchase agreement with CDW Government LLC, for the procurement data storage equipment; to authorize an expenditure from the Information Services G O Bonds Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,919,320.68)

To authorize and direct the City Clerk to enter a grant agreement with Epic Youth to provide upfront financial support for the organization's event, the Girls Will! Summit, commemorating the International Day of the Girl; and to authorize an expenditure from the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund. ($35,000.00)

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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify and extend a Universal Term Contract for the option to purchase Sensit Gas Monitors with Municipal Emergency Services, Inc.; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, residential district; and 3312.21(D), Landscaping and screening, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 128-130 N. HAMPTON RD. (43213), to allow a rooming house with no parking lot screening in the R-4, Residential District (Council Variance #CV25-113).

To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology to renew the contract with Talkdesk Inc. for the Integrated Voice Response Replacement System; to authorize the expenditure of $579,443.00 from the Department of Technology, Information Services Division Operating Fund to pay for this contract; and to declare an emergency. ($579,443.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department Development to modify a grant agreement with Oregon Corporation for Affordable Housing for the Reserve at Maryland development to adjust the project’s budget funded line items; and declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To honor and recognize the "Comin' Home" African American Holiday Festival

To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate the sum of $1,830,630.67 within the General Fund Income Tax Set Aside Subfund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $5,491,891.99 within the General Fund; to authorize the payment of up to $7,322,522.66 in accordance with the Public School Revenue Sharing Program for seven (8) different school districts; to authorize the expenditure not to exceed of $7,322,522.66 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,322,522.66)

To rezone 274 E. 1ST AVE. (43201), being 6.94± acres located at the northeast corner of East 1st Avenue and North 6th Street, From: M, Manufacturing District, To: UCT, Urban Center District (Rezoning #Z26-009).

To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contracts/Purchase Agreements with Brown Enterprise Solutions, LLC, Law and Order Technology, LLC, and CDW Government, LLC for essential computer hardware parts; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $250,000.00 in appropriations between object classes in the Information Services operating fund; to authorize the expenditure of $250,000.00 from the Department of Technology Information Services Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)

To authorize the City Clerk to enter into an advanced payment grant agreement with The Willie and Vivian Gaddis Foundation for Kids Inspired and Destined for Success (K.I.D.S.), INC. to provide support for the Jump Start Compass program; to authorize the reimbursement of qualifying expenses incurred prior to the creation of the purchase order; to authorize an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($8,000.00)

To authorize and direct the Executive Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with Asociacion de Escritores de Ohio to provide upfront financial support for Latino Heritage Month programming; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure from the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund; to authorize a transfer within and expenditure from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($120,000.00)

To amend the 2025 Capital Improvement budget; to appropriate funds within the Federal Transportation Grants Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with Shelly and Sands, Inc. for the FRA-62-17.66 Improvements of Nelson Road project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $1,677,406.25 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund and the Federal Transportation Grants Fund for the project; to repay any unused grant funds at the end of the grant period; and to declare an emergency. ($1,677,406.25)

To authorize the City Clerk to enter into an advanced payment grant agreement with the Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center in support of their Family Services program; to authorize an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Agreement between the City and Western Property LLC to reimburse for a portion of the costs of public improvements described thereunder benefiting the Jameson Estates project in the Hayden Run Corridor of Columbus; to appropriate and authorize the expenditure and transfer of funds deposited or to be deposited in the Hayden Run North TIF Fund pursuant to the TIF Agreement; and to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to approve an assignment and assumption agreement to allow Western Property LLC to assign the TIF Agreement to the new owner(s) of Jameson Estates who will assume the responsibilities and obligations of the TIF Agreement. ($0.00)

To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate the sum of $261,845.36 within the General Fund Income Tax Set Aside Subfund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $785,536.07 within the General Fund; to authorize the payment of $1,047,381.43 in accordance with the Downtown Office Incentive (DOI) Program for the seven (7) DOI agreements for which employers have met the requirements of their DOI agreements and thus are eligible to receive their payments for tax year 2025 (also calendar year and/or report year) in 2026; to authorize the expenditure not to exceed $1,047,381.43 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,047,381.43)

To honor and Recognize Shoreh Elhami on retirement

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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to modify a contract with Newark Building Solutions, to increase funding utilizing an existing auditor’s certificate established for this purpose in an amount up to $24,700.00; and declare an emergency. ($24,700.00)

To approve the consent to add property to the Grandview Crossing Community Authority’s new community district under R.C. Chapter 349; to authorize the expansion of such district and define the boundary of the district to include those properties identified in the consent; to certify compliance of the required public hearing on the consent to add property to such district; and to authorize an amendment to the Utility Cooperative Agreement with the Grandview Crossing Community Authority and Wagenbrenner Developer, Inc. or its designee, to include the additional property. ($0.00)

To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate the sum of $1,218,075.80 within the General Fund Income Tax Set Aside Subfund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $3,654,227.38 within the General Fund; to authorize the payment of up to $4,872,303.18 in accordance with the Jobs Growth Incentive (JGI) Program for the thirteen (13) active and reporting JGI agreements for which employers have met the requirements of their JGI agreements and thus are eligible to receive their payments for tax year 2025 (also calendar year and/or report year) in 2026; to authorize the expenditure not to exceed of $4,872,303.18 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,872,303.18)

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3363.01, M- manufacturing districts; 3370.05, Permitted uses; 3309.14, Height districts; 3312.21(D)(1)(b), Landscaping and screening; 3312.49, Required parking; and 3363.24, Building lines in an M-manufacturing district, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 2150 INNIS RD. (43224), to allow a mixed-residential development with reduced development standards in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, and to revoke Ordinance #3060-2024, passed on November 18, 2024 (Council Variance #CV26-038).