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Council approves staffing reclassification and redevelopment appropriation to fund new full-time Community Development specialist

Columbus Common Council · April 7, 2026
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Summary

The Columbus Common Council adopted Ordinance No. 5 to convert a part-time office administrator into a full-time Community Development specialist and passed Ordinance No. 6 to appropriate Redevelopment General Fund money to cover the salary shift; the council recorded a 6-0 roll call on the personnel ordinance.

The Columbus Common Council on April 7 approved a staffing reclassification in the Community Development Department and a related appropriation from the Redevelopment General Fund.

Jake Sipe, Director of Community Development, and Mikala Brown, Assistant Director of Redevelopment, told the council the proposal replaces a part-time office administrator with a full-time Community Development specialist who would be cross-trained to serve…

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