To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $657,093.00 of the FY 2025 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) as well as the transfer of appropriation and the expenditure in an amount up to $35,726.23 of the FY 2024 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Department of Development; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Subrecipient Agreement - Not for Profit Service Contract in an amount up to $692,819.23 with the Community Shelter Board for the administration of the City's Emergency Solutions Grant monies; to authorize payment for reasonable food and non-alcoholic beverages residents as it is an operational cost associated with shelters and these expenditures are only reimbursable beginning with the effective date of this ordinance; to authorize the payment of expenditures prior to the start of the purchase order beginning July 1, 2025; and to declare an emergency. ($692,819.23)

Committee

Housing, Homelessness, & Building Committee

Requested by

Dev Drafter

Introduced

November 6, 2025

On agenda

December 8, 2025

Passed

December 10, 2025

Where it was heard

Columbus City Council Dec 8, 2025 Approved Pass

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