Council approves Dispense with the reading of the Journal and Approve, 7–0

Dispense with the reading of the Journal and Approve.

7 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain

Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Rob Dorans (abstain), Tiara Ross (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (abstain)

Ordinance 1607-2026: Rezoning 2345 Demorest Rd.

0 yes, 1 no

Melissa Green (no)

that this Ordinance be Approved

0 yes, 1 no

Melissa Green (no)

Liquor permit objection withdrawal — BP, Sullivant Avenue

8 yes, 0 no

Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes)

Electric system storm repair funding

8 yes, 0 no

Emmanuel Remy (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes)

Public Safety Week 2026 recognition

8 yes, 0 no

Tiara Ross (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes)

City insurance program renewal

8 yes, 0 no

Tiara Ross (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes)

Jackson Pike maintenance supplies

8 yes, 0 no

Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes)

Urban Scrawl 20th Anniversary recognition

8 yes, 0 no

Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes)

Blueprint rain gardens construction contract

8 yes, 0 no

Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes)

Plant-Based Treaty endorsement

8 yes, 0 no

Nick Bankston (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes)

Liquor permit objection withdrawal — Three Star Food Mart

8 yes, 0 no

Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Tiara Ross (yes)

Jackson Pike power system upgrades

8 yes, 0 no

Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes)

Lead service line replacement program management

8 yes, 0 no

Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes)

Neighborly software contract

8 yes, 0 no

Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes)

Consent agenda (49 items)

8 yes, 0 no

Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes)

MARS meter test bench contract

8 yes, 0 no

Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Tiara Ross (yes)

Ryan White HIV Care grant acceptance

8 yes, 0 no

Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Tiara Ross (yes)

Easton Police Substation construction funding

8 yes, 0 no

Tiara Ross (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes)

Yale Avenue water line improvements

8 yes, 0 no

Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes)

Income Tax Set-Aside ordinance postponed

8 yes, 0 no

Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nick Bankston (yes)

NeoGov civil service software contract

8 yes, 0 no

Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Shannon Hardin (yes), Tiara Ross (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Nick Bankston (yes)

Kingdom Image Arts family programming grant

8 yes, 0 no

Shannon Hardin (yes), Nancy Day-Achauer (yes), Lourdes Barroso de Padilla (yes), Melissa Green (yes), Chris Wyche (yes), Nick Bankston (yes), Emmanuel Remy (yes), Tiara Ross (yes)

0251X-2026 To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the New Americans Magazine

8 yes, 0 no

0222X-2026 To authorize the City Auditor to request advance payments for all taxes from the Franklin, Fairfield, and Delaware County Auditors during 2027. ($0.00)

8 yes, 0 no

2716-2026 To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to reimburse the U.S. Department of Treasury for ERA1 allocation; and to authorize the expenditure of $12,175.00 from the Emergency Rental Assistance Fund; and to declare an…

8 yes, 0 no

2735-2026 To authorize the City Auditor to transfer and increase, if necessary, appropriations within any of the various funds of the City to provide for payrolls, internal services, tax adjustments, and other obligations in December 2026…

8 yes, 0 no

2802-2026 To authorize the Finance and Management Director on behalf of the Division of Facilities Management to modify and renew a with ABM Industry Groups, LLC, for the purchase of custodial services for the Columbus Public Health…

8 yes, 0 no

2804-2026 To authorize the Finance and Management Director on behalf of the Division of Facilities Management to modify and renew a contract with ABM Industry Groups, LLC, for the purchase of custodial services for the Columbus Police…

8 yes, 0 no

2922-2026 To authorize the City Clerk to enter a fiscal agency agreement with The Participatory Budgeting Project, Inc. for payment to budget delegate facilitators; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood…

8 yes, 0 no

0239X-2026 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…

8 yes, 0 no

2707-2026 To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a non-profit service contract with the Columbus Next Generation Corporation for the purpose of purchasing/acquiring and developing key urban real property…

8 yes, 0 no

2719-2026 To authorize the Director of the Department of Development or his assignee to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of one parcel of real property (1205 17th Ave) held in the Land Bank…

8 yes, 0 no

2895-2026 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…

8 yes, 0 no

2747-2026 To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with Strawser Paving Co., Inc. for the Resurfacing - 2026 Parking Lot Resurfacing project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $222,504.50 from the Mobility…

8 yes, 0 no

2198-2026 To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to modify an existing contract with CTL Engineering, Inc. for the Marion Franklin Pool Replacement Project; to authorize the transfer of $200,000.00 within the…

8 yes, 0 no

2745-2026 To authorize and direct the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to modify the not-for-profit service contract with Asociacion de Escritores de Ohio regarding Latino Heritage Month programming to extend the term of the contract.…

8 yes, 0 no

2639-2026 To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $187,500.00 in appropriation authority between Object Classes within the Civil Service Commission General Fund Budget, to authorize the Executive Director of the Civil Service Commission…

8 yes, 0 no

2730-2026 To request appropriations for January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027 for the funding of the Unemployment Compensation Program; to authorize the expenditure of $450,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary; and to declare…

8 yes, 0 no

2594-2026 To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept funds from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners in the amount of $35,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $35,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health…

8 yes, 0 no

2821-2026 To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept funds from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health and any additional funds for 2027 Minority Health Month Grant; to authorize the appropriation of funds from the…

8 yes, 0 no

2681-2026 To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contract with vPrime Tech Inc. for the purchase of a Mobile Narcotics Incinerator; and to authorize the expenditure of $83,772.90 from the Law Enforcement…

8 yes, 0 no

2687-2026 To authorize the Director of Public Safety to renew a contract with Heritage Health Solutions, Inc. for the Division of Police, for the purpose of processing, negotiating, and auditing prisoner medical claims; and to authorize…

8 yes, 0 no

2803-2026 To authorize the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to coordinate efforts to reduce gun violence and violence…

8 yes, 0 no

2621-2026 To authorize the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services to modify the document conversion services contract with 3SG Plus, LLC.; to extend the contract term date from November 30, 2026 to November 30, 2027;…

8 yes, 0 no

2760-2026 To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a planned modification of a contract with Citadel Construction Group LLC, to extend the term end date from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2027. ($0.00)

8 yes, 0 no

2761-2026 To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a planned modification of a contract with TTI Enterprise LLC, to extend the term end date from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2027. This is part of a…

8 yes, 0 no

0224X-2026 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 Ann Street Area Waterline Improvements. ($0.00)

8 yes, 0 no

2554-2026 To authorize the Director of Columbus Water and Power to pay operating license fees for the City's three water treatment plants to the Treasurer, State of Ohio, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the Division of Water; to…

8 yes, 0 no

2583-2026 To authorize the Director of Columbus Water & Power to enter into an agreement with Woolpert, Inc. Digital Ortho-imagery services; and to authorize the expenditure of $190,051.00 split between the Electricity, Water, Sanitary…

8 yes, 0 no

Ackley Place Apartments Rezoning & Variance

2125 ACKLEY PL. (43219)

Rezoning 30.17 acres from commercial planned development to apartment residential, paired with height and yard variances.

still pending

Landers Ave. Child Care Home Variance

100 Landers Ave., Columbus, OH 43207

A variance to allow a Type A family child care home with reduced parking in a suburban residential district.

still pending

N. Hague Ave. Apartments Rezoning & Variances

1696 N. Hague Ave., Columbus, OH 43204

A proposal to rezone 8.34 acres on the east side of North Hague Avenue from Rural to Apartment Residential for an apartment complex — just introduced, no vote yet.

still pending

Westbourne Avenue Residential Variance

6092 WESTBOURNE AVE. (43213)

Requesting use, maneuvering, and parking variances to allow multi-unit housing in a commercial district.

still pending

Groves Rd. Temporary Lay-Down Yard

4480 Groves Rd., Columbus, OH 43232

A variance to allow a temporary lay-down yard (construction material staging) in a Community Activity Center district.

still pending

Demorest Road Rezoning

2345 DEMOREST RD. (43123)

Rezoning 11.49 acres from rural to limited apartment residential.

still pending

Ackley Place Apartments

2125 Ackley Pl.

Rezoning 30.17 acres from CPD to AR-1 to allow a 318-unit apartment complex with all units at 60% AMI.

approved · still approved

Westbourne Avenue Multi-Unit

6092 Westbourne Ave.

Council variance to allow multi-unit residential development with reduced standards in L-C-2 district.

approved · still approved

Ackley Place Variance

2125 Ackley Pl.

Council variance for height, building lines, and perimeter yard for the Ackley Place apartment complex.

approved · still approved

Sycamore Landing

2345 Demorest Rd.

Rezoning 11.49 acres from Rural to Limited Apartment Residential to build a 216-unit affordable apartment complex.

approved (4-1) · still approved

1696 N. Hague Avenue variance

1696 N. Hague Ave., Columbus, OH 43204

Companion variance seeking reduced building line and perimeter yard standards for the same proposed apartment complex.

still pending

Westbourne Avenue Commercial District Residential Variance

A variance request to permit multi-unit residential housing with reduced parking and maneuvering standards on Westbourne Avenue.

What it means: Developers and future residents of the multi-unit complex.

Barthman Family Homes Affordable Housing Development

The committee reviewed multiple housing proposals totaling over 600 affordable units priced for residents earning 60% to 80% of the area median income. Supporters emphasized the critical need for workforce housing amidst soaring home prices and rents across Columbus.

What it means: Projects utilize low-income housing tax credits and private investment to deliver units priced between $1,100 and $1,940 with long-term affordability restrictions.

Residential Apartment Rezoning on Demorest Road

Residents and council members raised concerns about whether Demorest Road, a narrow two-lane rural road, can handle the surge of traffic from multiple new apartment complexes, including the 216-unit Sycamore Landing project. City traffic officials defended the approvals based on traffic impact studies showing intersections will operate within capacity, while council members pushed for a more comprehensive long-term infrastructure plan.

What it means: Developers committed over $1 million across nearby projects toward future intersection and roadway improvements, though estimated completion costs far exceed current contributions.

Income Tax Set-Aside fund guardrails

Council President Hardin postponed his plan to rein in the city's income tax set-aside fund by a week, citing productive talks with the mayor's office and city auditor about adding guardrails and reducing over-reliance on the fund.

What it means: Residents seeking tighter oversight of how income tax dollars are diverted from the general fund.

Liquor permit objection withdrawals

The city dropped objections to two liquor permits after the businesses agreed to security and operating improvements through settlement agreements.

What it means: The two businesses, whose permits can now renew; neighbors gain committed security improvements.

Easton Police Substation construction

Council approved the first $4 million tranche of an $18 million project to build a new police substation at Easton, keeping the construction schedule intact.

What it means: $4 million now from the Safety Bond Fund, part of an $18 million total.

Urban Scrawl 20th anniversary

Council honored the Franklinton mural festival's two decades, noting nearly $65,000 paid directly to artists from 2022 through 2026.

What it means: Franklinton artists and the arts district.

WestBend TIF and Community Authority

Council approved creation of the WestBend Community Authority and a tax increment financing district at Fisher Road and McKinley Avenue to fund public infrastructure for a new development, with a share of payments going to Columbus City Schools.

What it means: The WestBend developer and future residents of the new community; schools receive their negotiated share.

Public Safety Week 2026

Council designated Public Safety Week 2026, centered on the South Side this year with community dinners, resource giveaways and a neighborhood cleanup.

What it means: South Side residents receiving resources and building relationships with police and fire.

Water Reclamation and Infrastructure Upgrades

Nearly a mile of new water mains is coming to Franklinton, replacing pipes with a history of frequent breaks.

What it means: Up to $6.09 million.

Plant-Based Treaty Endorsement

Columbus became the first Midwest city to endorse the international Plant-Based Treaty, which pushes plant-based food as a climate strategy. It's symbolic but supporters say it puts food systems at the center of climate policy and led local vegan restaurants to become official city vendors.

What it means: Climate advocates, local vegan restaurants now on the city vendor list, and residents concerned about sustainability.