What: Division of Police technology and equipment contracts from the Public Safety and Criminal Justice committee (Remy, chair), approved 9-0 on 6/22/2026 on emergency motions by Remy.
1759-2026, Axon: lease and maintenance of body-worn cameras, conducted energy weapons, interview room cameras, software and support under the existing Axon term contract, $4,417,018 from the General Fund. Remy / Green.
1854-2026, Cellebrite: renewal of licenses used to extract digital evidence from cell phones, through Carahsoft Technology Corp., $330,687.75 from the Law Enforcement Seizure Fund, bidding waived. Remy / Ross.
1603-2026, SoundThinking: third year of a three-year contract with SoundThinking Inc. (formerly ShotSpotter) for gunfire detection in the Phase II coverage area, $210,000, bidding waived. Remy / Ross.
1857-2026: maintenance and repair of Crime Lab instruments, Life Technologies Corporation, $72,089.32, bidding waived (approved 9-0 on 6/22).
6/29/2026: 1859-2026 accepts a $250,000 grant from the Columbus Police Foundation into the Division of Police Grant Fund; second reading waived and approved 9-0 (Remy / Day-Achauer, then Remy / Ross). Consent: 1327-2026 jet A fuel for the Division of Police, $239,154.
Emergency ordinances moved by Remy: Motorola Solutions 800MHz P-25 radio maintenance, sole source, $1,188,092.14 (0252-2026) and SoundThinking Inc. (formerly ShotSpotter) gunfire detection, alert and analysis program, $661,500.00 from the General Fund, bidding waived (1225-2026), both 9-0; then, with Hardin absent at the vote (8-0): Franklin County Sheriff's Office three-year DNA and fingerprint collection contract (1255-2026), Thoroughbred Aviation Maintenance helicopter maintenance, $1,473,206.00 (1257-2026), Idemia AFIS payments, sole source, $1,075,767.00 (1435-2026) and Motorola (Vigilant Solutions) Investigative Data Platform licenses, $103,990.00, bidding waived (1499-2026). Consent: Vance Outdoors training ammunition, $164,962.50 and a $366,608.00 National Institute of Justice DNA capacity grant. Minutes: https://legistar3.granicus.com/Columbus/meetings/2026/6/6187_M_Columbus_City_Council_26-06-01_Minutes_-_Final.pdf