Legislation

To authorize the Director of Columbus Water and Power to enter into a contract modification and renewal with Suburban Sales & Services, L.P. for Offsite Biosolids Anaerobic Digestion; and to authorize the expenditure if $1,000,000.00 from the Sewer Operating Fund. ($1,000,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Housing Development Agreement (HDA) with Columbus Housing Partnership Inc., for the George’s Creek apartment community. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contracts with BEC Enterprises LLC for the purchase of (1) Slide-In Tack Tank; to authorize the expenditure of up to $55,590.16 from the Municipal Motor Vehicle Tax Fund and $17,960.84 from the Streets & Highways Bond Fund to purchase the equipment; and to declare an emergency. ($73,551.00)

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to authorize the sale of a 2011 Vactor truck to SWACO and to accept a one-time payment of $20,000.00; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To appropriate $1,500,000.00 within the Storm Sewer Operating Fund and $2,000,000.00 within the Electricity Operating Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $3,664,221.00 between object classes within the Water Operating Fund and $6,602,770.00 between object classes within the Sanitary Sewer Operating Fund; and to declare and emergency. ($10,266,991.00)

To rezone 2125 ACKLEY PL. (43219), being 30.17± acres located on the west side of North Cassady Avenue, 1,238± feet north of Airport Drive, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: AR-1, Apartment Residential District (Rezoning #Z26-015).

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3309.14, Height districts; 3333.18, Building lines; 3333.255, Perimeter yard; and 3333.26, Height district, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 2125 ACKLEY PL. (43219), to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV26-040).

To declare October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Columbus, and to recognize the American Cancer Society for its advocacy and efforts to raise awareness regarding breast cancer in Columbus and Central Ohio.

To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a Universal Term Contract for the option to purchase Patrol Bicycles with Volcanic Partners LLC; and to authorize the expenditure of $1.00. ($1.00)

To authorize the City Clerk to enter into an advanced payment grant agreement with Columbus Metropolitan Club, Inc. in support of their strategic initiative “CMC Next” to expand civic engagement, strengthen community connections, and make public dialogue more accessible to residents throughout Columbus; to authorize a transfer between object classes in the General Fund; to authorize an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to authorize an expenditure within the General Fund. ($23,000.00)

To declare the City’s necessity and intent to appropriate and accept certain fee simple title and/or lesser real estate in order to complete the Intersection Improvements- Refugee at Hines Road project. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of Department of Public Service to enter into contract with the Franklin County Historical Society, doing business as the Center of Science and Industry, for transportation and mobility consulting services for use by the Division of Mobility and Parking; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes; to authorize the expenditure of up to $180,000.00 from the Mobility Enterprise Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($180,000.00)

To honor and recognize Urban Scrawl on its 20th Anniversary and its significant contributions to the Arts, Artists, and the Franklinton Community

To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $10,000.00 between object classes within Columbus Water & Power Director’s office; to authorize the Director of Columbus Water and Power to enter into an agreement with The Columbus Foundation to provide for the establishment and management of a charitable fund to be known as the Columbus Water and Power Assistance Fund; to authorize an initial contribution to establish the fund; to authorize the expenditure of $10,000.00 split between the Electricity, Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Stormwater Operating Funds; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)

To declare that the establishment of the WestBend Community Authority will be conducive to the public safety, convenience, and welfare and is intended to result in the development of a new community; to declare the WestBend Community Authority to be organized as a body politic and corporate within the new community district; to define the boundary of the WestBend Community Authority’s new community district; to approve an alternative dissolution method of the WestBend Community Authority; to certify compliance of the requirements of the public hearing; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into a contract modification with True Inspection Services, LLC for the Roadway - Materials Testing and Inspection 2025-1 project; and to authorize the expenditure of up to $500,000.00 from the Private Construction Inspection Fund and the Construction Inspection Fund to pay for the contract. ($500,000.00)

To create the WestBend TIF encompassing property at the southwest, southeast, and northeast, corners of the intersection of Fisher Road and McKinley Avenue and between the New York Central Railroad to the west and the Scioto River to the east; to declare improvements to those parcel(s) to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation; to require the owner(s) of those parcel(s) to make service payments in lieu of taxes; to require the distribution of the applicable portion of those service payments to the Columbus City Schools; to establish a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of the remainder of those non-school service payments; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To appropriate and authorize the expenditure or transfer of funds deposited or to be deposited in the WestBend TIF Fund pursuant to the following agreement; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into the Tax Increment Financing and Cooperative Agreement between the City, WestBend Community Authority, and WestBend QOZB, LLC to reimburse bonds issued by the WestBend Community Authority for the costs of public infrastructure improvements described thereunder benefiting WestBend QOZB, LLC’s development at the intersection of Fisher Road and McKinley Avenue; to authorize the Director of Columbus Water & Power to enter into the Utility Cooperative Agreement between the City, WestBend Community Authority, and WestBend QOZB, LLC related to the ongoing operation and maintenance of water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer infrastructure for said development; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary to release the easement over property owned at 295 Fairlawn Drive to allow for the property to clear title so the site can be redeveloped. ($0.00)

To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to modify a contract with OBLIC; to authorize the expenditure of up to $2,053.00 to provide professional liability insurance for magistrates and staff attorneys, and to declare an emergency. ($2,053.00)

To set forth a statement of municipal services and zoning conditions to be provided to the area contained in a proposed annexation (AN26-017) of 5.8± Acres in Franklin Township to the city of Columbus as required by the Ohio Revised Code and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Tape Central, Inc DBA Central Ohio Audio Video for audiovisual, unified communications, and broadcast systems upgrade services; to authorize the expenditure from the Health Departments Grants Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($140,626.85)

Notice/Advertisement Title: Special Meeting - Columbus Building Commission Meeting Agenda - October 20, 2026 Contact Name: Toni Gillum Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-5884 Contact Email Address: tmgillum@columbus.gov

To authorize the issuance of unlimited tax bonds in an amount not to exceed $88,890,000.00 for health, safety and infrastructure-related projects; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $4,000,000.00 from the Debt Retirement Fund for costs of issuance; and to declare an emergency. ($92,890,000.00)