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Council passes amended 2026 operating budget with added homelessness investments
Summary
Columbus City Council adopted an amended 2026 operating budget totaling $1,258,877,066, including multi-million-dollar restorations and new allocations for homelessness services, summer programming and other departmental restorations.
Columbus City Council voted to adopt the 2026 operating budget (Ordinance 2938) on March 2 after a series of amendments that added targeted funding for homelessness services and other priorities. Finance Chair Nick Mason read the amended general-fund total as $1,258,877,066 before the council adopted both the amendment and the final ordinance by roll-call vote.
The amendments included a $7.2 million addition for the Community Shelter Board, $3 million for a 27-day pay-period reserve, $1…
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