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Votes at a glance: Council approves infrastructure, food program and utilities measures
Summary
Council passed a set of ordinances and emergency appropriations covering road reconstruction, summer food funding, wastewater studies, fleet purchases and utility contracts; items were presented in committee and passed by roll call or voice vote.
At its April 1 session, Columbus City Council approved multiple ordinances and appropriations across committees. Many items were presented in committee and passed with recorded roll calls or voice votes. Highlights include:
- Central College/Yeale Road reconstruction (Strauser Paving Co.): Council authorized a construction services contract and appropriated up to $15,376,256.51 for the Central College/Yeale Road reconstruction project, including turn lanes, new curb and gutter, storm sewer improvements, traffic signal and lighting work. The ordinance included an emergency declaration to secure contract timing.
- Summer Food Program (Recreation and Parks): Council appropriated and accepted a $2,500,000 reimbursement grant from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (USDA program administered by the state) for the 2025 Summer Food Program. The city will contract with Columbus City Schools to prepare and deliver meals (agreement up to $2,300,000) to serve an estimated 180,000 meals and 15,000 snacks across more than 100 sites.
- Public Utilities contracts and appropriations: Council approved multiple public utilities items, including a wastewater treatment plant capacity evaluation and optimization study contract (Ferguson and Neipol; contract and related budget actions contingent on Ohio Water Development Authority loan/ EPA community project funding; ordinance amount referenced $6,278,771), specialty maintenance craft services contract (Ryder Co., up to $1,736,700), light duty truck purchases (authorized spending of roughly $1,232,000 across water and electricity funds; emergency to secure 2025 model orders), a modification to a solar power purchase agreement (DG entities; $3,520,281), and an amendment to a general construction contract adding water division work (up to $2,500,000).
- Agile Network Builders circuit maintenance: Council authorized a maintenance contract with Cincinnati Bell, d/b/a Agile Network Builders, for leased circuit connectivity used to tie city radio sites and dispatch centers to the state MARCS network and approved an expenditure (recorded in committee) of $141,360.
Clerks recorded roll calls and many of the items were described as emergency measures to meet procurement and schedule deadlines. Several items were passed on the consent agenda in a single vote; other items were considered in respective committees and carried to passage.
