What: Emergency ordinance 1465-2026 authorizes a grant agreement with the Community Shelter Board of up to $13,075,000 to continue the City's support for men, women and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Columbus. Expenses are payable from January 1, 2026, funding may be advanced on a predetermined schedule, and reasonable food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed as part of operating costs.
Funding detail: an appropriation of up to $4,000,000 in the Neighborhood Partnerships Capital Fund. At the time only $3,654,654.64 was available; the additional $345,345.36 was to be received near the end of May and then appropriated, with an auditor's certificate established for the agreement.
Vote (5/18/2026): Ross / Wyche; approved 7-0 (Day-Achauer and Green absent).
Where it stands: approved. Ross chairs the Housing, Homelessness, and Building committee that brought it.