Legislation

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology, to associate additional budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the Purchase Agreement with Harris and Heavener Excavating, Inc. for fiber restoration services; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the Information Services Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)

To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in the amount of $137,500.00 for the Safe Communities program, which provides expanded traffic safety services through the dissemination of safety awareness and education forums throughout Columbus and Franklin County; to authorize the appropriation of $137,500.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($137,500.00)

To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $72,650.00 and any additional funds for the for the Ohio Buckles Buckeye grant program; to authorize the appropriation of funds, including any additional funds, from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grant Funds; and to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the Ohio Buckles Buckeye grant program; and to declare an emergency. ($72,650.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Division of Police, to enter into contract with Hogentogler & Co Inc. for the purchase of forensic equipment and on-site services; to authorize an expenditure of $113,655.20 from the FY22 JAG and the 2022 ARPA-A Crime Laboratory Backlog Reduction Grant; and to declare an emergency. ($113,655.20)

To authorize the Board of Health to modify existing contracts with the vendor Crosby’s Drugs, Inc., for the Alcohol and Drug Outpatient Treatment Men’s Grant 2024 and the ADS 2023 State Opiate and Stimulant Grant SOS 3.2 programs to add additional funding; for the provision of services allowable under the grant for eligible clients for the period January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; to authorize the expenditure of $10,000.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)

To set forth a statement of municipal services and zoning conditions to be provided to the area contained in a proposed annexation (AN24-009) of 3.5± Acres in Madison Township to the city of Columbus as required by the Ohio Revised Code; and to declare an emergency.

To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to initiate a transaction to correct the funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $106,721.57 to allow funds to be drawn from an earlier grant funding source that is set to expire; to authorize the expenditure corrections within the HOME Program Entitlement Fund; to authorize the expenditure for the return of funds in the amount of $106,721.57 from G442102; and to declare an emergency. ($106,721.57)

To accept the amounts and rates by the Franklin County Budget Commission for the City's Tax Budget for 2025 and to declare an emergency.

Notice/Advertisement Title:City Council Zoning Agenda for September 9, 2024 Contact Name: Tiffany Friend Contact Telephone Number: 614.645.2814 Contact Email Address: tdfriend@columbus.gov

Notice/Advertisement Title: Public Utilities Notice: Department of Public Utilities - Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits Contact Name: Paul Kerr III Contact Telephone Number: 614-645-576 Contact Email Address: pakerr@columbus.gov

To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with Alvis for the provision of peer support staff; to authorize the expenditure of up to an amount not to exceed $78,802.59 from the IDAT fund; and to declare an emergency. ($78,802.59)

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a Universal Term Contract for the option to purchase Flocculator Sprockets and Bearing Parts with Norfolk Bearings & Supply Co. Inc.; to authorize the expenditure of $1.00; and to declare an emergency. ($1.00).

To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with Ohio Translation Services for foreign language interpreter services for the Franklin County Municipal Court; to authorize the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 from the general fund. ($150,000.00)

To amend City Code Chapter 377, Wage Theft Prevention and Enforcement, by repealing and replacing the chapter in its entirety; and to amend City Code Chapter 2337, Freelance Workers, by repealing and replacing the chapter in its entirety.

To amend Chapter 1119 of the Columbus City Code to establish a lead elimination assistance program and to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement and administer that program. ($0.00)

To authorize the issuance of limited tax bond anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed $16,150,000.00 for the purpose of financing the costs of constructing the Starling Street Parking Garage; to authorize the appropriation of $2,654,236.53 in the Columbus Downtown TIF Fund, Fund 4453; to authorize the transfer of $2,654,236.53 from the Columbus Downtown TIF Fund to the Mobility Debt Retirement Fund; to authorize the transfer of $359,398.32 within the Mobility Debt Retirement Fund; to authorize an expenditure of $21,784,450.00 from the Mobility Enterprise Fund and Mobility Debt Retirement, collectively; and to declare an emergency. ($16,190,000.00). Section 44-1(b)

Notice/Advertisement Title: Communications08282024 Contact Email Address: mlboone@columbus.gov

Notice/Advertisement Title: Parking Impact Study Rules and Regulations Contact Name: Justin Goodwin, Administrator, Division of Mobility & Parking Services Contact Telephone Number: (614) 724-1893 Contact Email Address: JMGoodwin@columbus.gov

To authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle the pending lawsuit known as FOP Capital City Lodge No. 9, et al., v. City of Columbus, United States District Court Case No. 22-CV-4290; to authorize and direct the City Attorney to settle related potential claims arising out of the Retirement Incentive Program with Larry Howell and Mike Evans; to authorize a transfer within the general fund; to authorize the expenditure of the sum of three-hundred sixty thousand dollars and zero cents ($360,000.00) in settlement of the pending lawsuit and the related claims arising out of the ability to participate in the Program; and to declare an emergency ($360,000.00).

To rezone 2283 SUNBURY RD. (43219), being 10.8± acres located on the west side of Sunbury Road, 490± feet north of Hillstone Street, From: R, Rural District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning #Z16-089).

Notice/Advertisement Title: Development Commission Zoning Meeting Agenda - September 12, 2024 Contact Name: Tim Dietrich Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-6665 Contact Email Address: tedietrich@columbus.gov

To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a 2024-2025 STD Surveillance (SSuN) Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; to authorize the appropriation of $274,653.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($274,653.00)

Notice/Advertisement Title: Community Benefits Agreement Advisory Committee Meeting - September 6, 2024 Contact Name: Kevin McCain Contact Telephone Number: 614-645-5829 Contact Email Address: kbmccain@columbus.gov

To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept grant funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $3,373,795.00 and any additional funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Ryan White Part A HIV Care grant program; to authorize the appropriation of $3,373,795.00 and any additional funds awarded from the unapppropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the Ryan White Part A HIV Care grant program. ($3,373,795.00)