October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM - City Council Regular Meeting

1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ROLL CALL

2. PRAYER

3. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CONSENT AGENDA - The following items are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.A. Minutes of September 15, 2025, City Council meeting.

4.B. Minutes of September 22, 2025, Civil Service Commission meeting certifying police captain candidates Heath Aldrich and Jaymee Levander. 

4.C. Ratify all actions of James B. Bulkley, LARM representative, identified in the minutes of the Annual Members Meeting of the League Association of Risk Management on September 24, 2025, including election of nominees to the LARM Board of Directors.

4.D. Application from Walmart, Inc. for Jordan L. Blocker as manager in conjunction with liquor license.

4.E. Resolution No. R25-126 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.F. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: None

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES: None

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES: None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION: None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Quote from Midwest Turf & Irrigation in the amount of $144,909.16 for 16-foot mower for the airport. CIP #26-13

13.B. Quote from Midwest Turf and Irrigation in the amount of $114,873.22 for five-deck rough mower for Quail Run Golf Course. CIP #26-08

13.C. Purchase from Stryker in the amount of $78,433.61 after trade-in credit for five LUCAS CPR devices for the fire department. CIP #22-12

13.D. Purchase from MacQueen Emergency Group in the amount of $940,000 for fire engine and $2,150,000 for ladder truck for the fire department, with funds to be disbursed over two fiscal years. CIP #26-18 & 26-20  

13.E. Quotes from Ace Hardware, Ed M. Feld Equipment Co., Inc., Stryker, White Cap, MacQueen, Bomgaars, and Heiman Fire Equipment in the total amount of $188,495.09 for fire apparatus equipment. CIP #26-24

13.F. Quote from MPH Industries in the amount of $27,736.12 for nine radar systems and two trafficstat systems for the police department. CIP #26-16

13.G. Reallocate $16,100 from CIP #26-19 and purchase from Schieffer Signs, Inc. in the amount of $11,100 for fleet graphics and Idemia in the amount of $5,000 for mobile fingerprint systems for the police department.  

13.H. Consideration of support for proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. 

13.I. Comments from mayor and city council members.

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R25-127 setting the property tax request at $7,562,660.83. 

14.B. Resolution No. R25-128 approving Commercial Lease Agreement with Columbus Area Children's Museum, Inc. for space in the Columbus Community Building for operation of a children's museum. 

14.C. Resolution No. R25-129 creating a Micro Tax Increment Financing (Micro-TIF) program for the City of Columbus.

14.D. Resolution No. R25-130 approving Reimbursement Agreement for Preliminary Engineering Services with Union Pacific Railroad Company for a quiet zone study.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING

15.A. Ordinance No. 25-15 adopting 2025-2026 Pay Plan.

15.B. Ordinance No. 25-16 adopting 2025-2026 Budget.

15.C. Ordinance No. 25-17 amending Section 133.02 of Chapter 133 of Title XIII of the Columbus City Code regarding concealed weapons to conform with state law.

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING: None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING

17.A. Ordinance No. 25-14 amending Section 133.99 of Chapter 133 of Title XIII of the Columbus City Code regarding the penalty for discharge of fireworks in violation of city code.

18. PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE: Included in Consent Agenda

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

20. ADJOURNMENT