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Votes at a glance: Commissioners adopt infrastructure contracts, grants and routine purchases
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the board adopted multiple resolutions including engineering contracts and property appropriations for bridge and drainage projects, cyber security services, workforce and community grants, and a set of purchase orders totaling nearly $5 million.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18 adopted a series of resolutions covering infrastructure projects, grants, contracts and routine purchases.
Key actions approved on the consent portion of the agenda include:
- Resolution 11125: authorized disposition of obsolete personal property by internet auction; adopted unanimously. - Resolution 11225: authorized a $196,799 design contract with ADR and Associates for the Radeke Snyder ditch drainage improvement project; adopted unanimously. - Resolutions 11325–11525: initiated appropriation proceedings and established compensation for property acquisitions related to the Harrisburg‑Georgesville Road bridge over Big Darby Creek, with specific compensation amounts cited on the record; all adopted. - Resolution 11625: awarded a contract and approved a contract bond to Schelling Sands Inc. for the Eiderman Road bridge replacement project ($893,496.60), funded in part by OPWC; adopted unanimously. - Resolution 11725: authorized a supplemental contract for CrowdStrike Managed Detection and Response services through DLT Solutions ($494,541.60); adopted unanimously. - Resolution 11825: authorized a $276,000 grant to Stonewall Columbus for year‑round programming and Pride events; adopted unanimously. - Resolution 11925: authorized a $1,400,000 grant to Columbus Fashion Alliance to support the Ready to Work program; adopted unanimously. - Resolution 12025: authorized a $25,000 agreement with FACEA/VESSA Collective to support volunteerism and civic engagement for small businesses; adopted unanimously. - Resolution 12125: approved a $15,000 agreement with Stantec for floodplain review services for NFIP compliance (term 02/01/2025–01/31/2026); adopted unanimously. - Resolution 12225: approved a $100,000 support agreement with Think Make Live Youth for Guns Down programming; adopted unanimously. - Resolution 12325: approved on‑site case management services with Nationwide Children’s Hospital (not to exceed $215,010.84); adopted with Commissioner Boyce recorded as abstaining on the roll call. - Resolutions 12425–12725: various sanitary sewer assistance and purchase orders; 12525 approved purchases totaling $4,945,831.49; 12625 and 12725 approved smaller purchase orders (one recorded abstention on 12725 by Commissioner Boyce). - Resolutions 12825–13025: board appointments to the Parks and Recreation Board and County Hospital Commission; all adopted.
Most resolutions were adopted by roll call with the commissioners voting “Yes” in the transcript; abstentions were recorded explicitly where noted. Several items were presented with short staff remarks and minimal debate, while grants for workforce, DEI programming and youth intervention prompted longer presentations and Q&A. The meeting concluded following a call for media questions; none were offered.
