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Columbus Common Council adopts utility bond amendment and airport PUD change; advances annexation and staffing items
Summary
The Columbus Common Council on March 17 adopted amendments allowing City Utilities additional bonding authority and modified the Columbus AirPark Planned Unit Development, advanced an annexation and rezoning for a 284-home Arbor Homes project, approved a staffing title change and first-read funding steps for redevelopment, and heard a transit route update.
The Columbus Common Council on March 17 adopted an amendment to City Utilities' bonding ordinance and approved changes to the Columbus AirPark Planned Unit Development, while also advancing new housing, personnel and redevelopment funding proposals.
Roger Kelso, Executive Director of City Utilities, presented the amendment to Ordinance No. 49 (2024), saying revised budget numbers revealed "approximately a $10 million gap" but that the department can complete required projects "with absolutely no impact on any of the projected rates." Following Kelso's presentation and brief discussion, the council approved the second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 3, 2026, by an 8-0 roll-call vote.
Planning Director Jeff Bergman presented a second-reading amendment to the Columbus AirPark Planned Unit Development (Ordinance No. 4, 2026). Bergman said the Plan Commission forwarded the modification with a 9-0 favorable recommendation. Brad…
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