Columbus City Council

The council is considering requiring landlords to accept third party payments and a "Pay to Stay" requirement allowing residents time to secure rental assistance up until an eviction judgement.

Columbus City Council voted to approve a broker to help sell a $3.4 million helicopter Tuesday.

One case involves Columbus paramedics charged with failing to provide medical attention to Danny James, who died in 2017 after paramedics declined to transport him to the hospital.

The loan forgiveness program would target owners who have stayed in their homes for 10 years after the loan was issued and have no active bankruptcy or foreclosure.

Among the proposed initiatives was the creation of a rental registry, which would charge landlords a fee that would go toward eviction assistance.

Columbus City Council will vote Monday night on the purchase of 10 additional software licenses to help process evidence more quickly.

The proposal originally called for food carts to close by 2 a.m., in line with other Short North businesses. After conversation with food cart operators, council member Emmanuel Remy says he wants to push the closure time to 2:30 a.m.

Columbus Civilian Police Review Board member Gambit Aragon was removed from the board for anti-police social media posts in the wake of a canceled holiday drag queen reading event in December that drew protests from groups that included the Proud Boys.

Columbus City Council expanded its $3.5 million ShotSpotter program into the Wedgewood Village Apartments area, where 13-year-old Sinzae Reed was shot and killed by a neighbor in October.

If the amendments are approved, as expected, that will give the city a total budget of $2.3 billion, with a general fund of $1.163 billion for the year.