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Well,

>> this is special.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Uh we will begin this

morning's meeting. Welcome to the uh

Franklin County Board of Commissioners

general session agenda for April 21st,

2026.

Uh we will begin this morning's um

meeting with the pledge of allegiance

led by Commissioner Boyce.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

United States of America and to the

republic for which it stands. One nation

under God, indivisible, with liberty and

justice for all.

>> All right.

Well, you may have noticed an influx of

uh visitors this morning. Uh well, I'm

sure we have a a lot of visitors this

morning for a couple of reasons, but the

folks who just came in, um before we

begin our general session, um this

morning, it's a special morning for a

couple of reasons, but one of them is

because my colleagues and I are honored

to be able to recognize uh somebody who

sits generally in the front row every

Tuesday morning. uh somebody who has

been uh added to our midst for the last

handful of years, who's been a

phenomenal public servant for a long

time. Uh Janine Hummer. Uh we want to

honor her for her dedication to a

lifetime of public service. Um, Janine

has uh recently been selected as a 200

250 champion honore by the National

Academy of Public Administration.

Um, and she has been a valued partner

and leader in Franklin County for um the

work that has she where she has made a

lasting impact on our community and the

residents that we serve.

Um, we are grateful for her

contribution, uh, and the commitment

that she's made to not only Franklin

County, but to her community of Upper

Arlington for the last, um, I won't say

how long, but many years.

>> Many, many years. Um, and so we would

like to uh, honor her for her lifetime

of commitment. And I would imagine that

prosecutor favor would like to say a few

words as well as would I'm sure um uh my

colleagues here on the deis uh as well.

>> Good morning, President Ogrady,

Commissioners Boyce and Cwley. Thank you

so much for um just a small point of

privilege to recognize a phenomenal

leader in the Franklin County

Prosecutor's Office. And before I get

started, um I'm going to ask uh all of

the members uh from the prosecutor's

office to please stand.

And we also have another special guest,

Judge Hummer, who is here. If you can

come from the shadows.

Um thank you for giving us just this

moment to recognize a a very special

person. And I believe we might have

pulled off the best surprise team.

Yes. I think you got a fake red line

this morning.

I am incredibly honored.

You You got to really pull some tricks

to get one over, Janine. I'm honored to

acknowledge our first assistant and

chief counsel, Janine Hummer, who has

been selected as one of only 250 public

servants across the entire country to

receive the public service 250 award.

For those who work with her every day,

this comes as no surprise. Janine is

truly one of one. No matter the task, no

matter the challenge, she shows up ready

to serve thoroughly, thoughtfully, and

always with the highest levels of

professionalism. Janine, you and our

civil division carry the weight of so

much of the behind-the-scenes work that

keeps Franklin County moving forward.

Much of that work may never be seen by

the public, but its impact is

unmistakable. Quite literally, our

county does not run without your

leadership. You are valued. You are

appreciated. And the number of people

here this morning makes that abundantly

clear. Again, if I could have our civil

division and we have some of our first

assistants here as well. If y'all can

stand one more time. Janine leads this

group of individuals every single day

with grace, poise, and with remarkable

strength. I could not be more proud of

her for receiving this welldeserved

national honor. Congratulations, Janine.

first.

>> I can congratulations Janine on a

welldeserved honor. Um, since I uh just

I mean in prosecutor favor uh said it

all. Um you are phenomenal. Um you uh

you know protect the county um us. You

tell us what we need to hear, not what

we want to hear. you are loved, valued,

trusted. Um, you know, anytime that I

have uh needed counsel, you always pick

up the phone. You're always there. Um,

and so um I when I heard about this um

special honor for you this morning, I

was like absolutely like nobody better.

Uh you are a salt of the earth and

really appreciate all that you do, your

team does. um on behalf of the board of

commissioners. Um I know we we have a

lot of work and you all um just take it

on um with ease and make everything look

good and you do it with grace. So

congratulations.

>> Let me

not have time to prepare anything. Um

Janine, I don't even know where to

start. Uh I I'll I'll just pick up where

prosecutor favors uh left off and she

essentially talked about outcomes and uh

we see the results of uh in the public.

You see the results of the work of

public servants every day whether you're

utilizing our resources walking through

this building trying to work to get

something or um or participating in one

of our many many programs. Um, but what

you don't see, and I would put Janine

Hummer at the top of the shelf when it

comes to someone that guides the what

you don't see component of this world.

Um, what you don't see are the late

night calls

>> that she gets from commissioners or the

prosecutor

or the police, sheriff. What you don't

see are the calls that she's on with

frustrated commissioners or frustrated

elected officials, judges, prosecutors,

staff.

What you don't see is how she undergards

our entire ethics platform for Franklin

County to ensure that each of us are not

only following the law uh but following

it to the highest degree and to the

highest extent.

Um what you don't see is that how we go

from we can't do something to we can do

something and that's undergurtded only

by ethics and legal foundations.

Um these are the pillars of I think a

great county and Janine Hummer is um

literally a catalyst to the way we live

today. I' I've been a commissioner now

for I don't even know how many years, 10

years or so. been through three

prosecutors

and each of them have had their

administration um u and they've all been

good to work with. Uh but I must say

Janine Hummer stands out uh as someone

that in my tenure and time as a

commissioner

um has made not only this job more

effective for us because it's it's easy

to say, "Hey Janine, is this legally

correct?" And then she, you know, breaks

out her pen and her glasses and starts

to go to work. Um, but it's another

thing to work on the here's how we can

get you where you need to go and where

you need to be. And that's a different

mentality. That's a different sense of

commitment to public service. And that's

what you don't see. That's what you

can't see. You know, it's easy to

measure the outcomes of Franklin County,

the outcomes of the prosecutor's office

or even Janine Hummer directly, but what

you don't see is the credit that she

deserves for the great county that

Franklin County is, you know, our AAA

bond rating, our uh prudence in how we u

execute uh legislatively. None of those

things happen without the thumb or

direction of Janine Hummer. None of it.

None of it. None of it. Um I don't know

if I work with you the most because I

feel like I talk to you way too much. Um

uh but I will say that um I wouldn't

have it any other way. I would I

wouldn't have it any other way. And you

can be a pain in my side for sure. Um

but it's a good pain. It's a pain. You

know, I'm training for this marathon.

You do things you think, "Okay, I'm

getting better." And but you deal with

the pain. That's Janine. She's like, you

know, the pain that you deal with, but

it's getting better. Makes it better.

And so, is that Yeah, you that'll stick.

Just let it let it resonate for a

second. It's it's very positive. Judge

is like, "Yeah, I know that feeling."

Um, and so, let me just conclude by

saying that um I hope that

uh you just continue to work here. Don't

let anyone pull you away from us. um you

know, we were able to get you away from

that other one of the other cities in

this great community, but um you're

built to be a part of Franklin County.

You're built to be a leader in Franklin

County. And um and I think you and

prosecutor favors are kicking butt uh

together. And I I value and appreciate

you as a friend and as a leader in a

legal guidance for Franklin County.

Thank you so much. Congratulations.

Commissioner, you work with her the most

because

>> Don't say it. Don't say it

>> because you're the biggest pain in her.

>> Just don't say it. I said don't say it.

I am. I am.

>> Um, so all all the things that everybody

else has said. I don't need to say any

of those, repeat any of those things.

You're fantastic. We all know that

you're fantastic. Everybody in the room

knows how fantastic you are. But I think

the thing that that I value the most

about you is that you do it all in in

such a way that um that makes it um

valuable and enjoyable for all of us.

You do it all while talking about your

husband and your kids. You do it and you

do it all by asking us about our

families and our kids

and reminding us how important those

things are to us and to you. Um,

you know, all the wonderful accolades

and wonderful things that people have

said about you today are all all true,

all wonderful, all great, you know, but

then you send me a text about my family.

You send me a text about your family,

you know, and those are the things that

make you special. Those are the things

that matter I think that matter the most

because you know there's a lot of great

you know things about all the people

that we work with in here every single

day and Commissioner Boyce is right when

he says and Commissioner Crowley's right

when they say you're at the top of that

list but the way you do it and the grace

that you do it with you know while still

reminding us what's most important to

all of us every day. So thank you.

>> Thank you. So, you got me um totally

surprised and I'm gonna figure out a way

to get prosecutor favors back.

Um I just want to say thank you and

thank you to my staff. I've always

stated that um being a public servant

has been a privilege. um that there's

always a choice for who um my boss

selects to work um for the county or

when I was in UA, my city council who

selected me to serve and I have always

felt that was a privilege um to be part

of that um world.

If you told me that a daughter of

immigrant parents who grew up with very

simple means could be here before you

today um and receive such appreciation

it couldn't have been thought of or

appreciated. I thank my husband who

doesn't like to show any type of

appreciation for me. Um

come forward and be here. Um so

um so this is one and I'm glad it's

being recorded. Um

hold on, hold on. Don't go any further.

Uh, President Ogrady, I'm going to tell

this story, Judge Hummer, because when

Joyce called yesterday to to coordinate

this and then I think it was relayed to

your team, uh, Judge Hummer called back

and said, "Why are they recognizing her?

Are they firing her tomorrow?"

No, judge. She's good. She's good. So,

thank you so much. Um, just one final

note. I'm as good as the people who

surround me. And the people who stood up

um here um are my staff, my friends, my

colleagues, and they make me look good.

Um, and so I appreciate that they have

um tolerated me. Um, I put a lot on

them. I tell them that yes, we still

have to do this and we are going to do

it. And um I know you may not think we

have to do it, but we are. And they

always just come forward and they're

soldiers. So, thank you so much. And

there's more work to be done and more

pain to inflict. And um I appreciate all

of you.

>> Oh, yeah. Sorry. Administrator Wilson,

>> would I be permitted to say that?

>> Oh, if you have to.

Sorry. It's how we treat judges.

>> My daughter Amir Janine's proudest

accomplishment. But uh anyway, her first

public service job, her dad was a

janitor at the Toledo Municipal Court

and um her mom was a you know born in

Syria, kind of left in her village to

waste and the dad went over and got her

and then produced Janine and a couple

other kids. But anyway, here's how she

got her first public service job. She's

about 15 years old and she decides she

wants to be a congressional page in

Washington. She goes up to the

congressman in Toledo, Lud Ashley, and

says, "Hey, I want to be your page." And

he says, "Who are you? These are

patronage jobs." And she says, "I want

to be your page." And he says, "I don't

know. Follow me around all year." So she

followed him around, took city buses to

every event she could in Toledo for like

six months. He got reelected and instead

of picking the daughter of, you know,

one of his contributors or whatever,

this little girl that he didn't even

know, he said, "You can be my page." She

went to Washington on her own for two

years, was a congressional page. And she

ended up getting picked as one of four

pages to be the assistant to the speaker

of the house, who at that time was Tip

O'Neal. So that was like 40 years ago.

That's how she ended up here.

If I I'll be quick because I know you

guys have a lot of important work, but

going off of what you said, Mr. Boyce,

the things you don't see. Um, what you

didn't see is my mom was a mom. So, I

saw her be a shining example of someone

who could put their career not ahead of

their kids, but be an amazing example of

a career woman. So, she was in the PTA.

She ran fall production at my school.

She came to mom's weekend in college.

And when I was living in Minneapolis

post college and I was sad, um, she

drove out 12 hours to be with me and

then flew home the that same night just

to say hello to me. So those are the

things that you don't see on top of her

career that make her an amazing woman,

an amazing mom. So congrats, Mom. I'm so

proud of you.

>> I I can't I I can't but I must. Uh I

can't but I must. That was very

touching. Kenneth Wilson, County

Administrator. There's so many great

things that have been said about Janine

Hummer. Um but on behalf of county

administration, I would be remissed if I

did not speak on behalf of of our group.

um DCA uh Chris Long, DCA uh Demika

Withers, and DCA Joy Bivvens because we

uh rely upon uh Attorney Hummer and the

civil unit for all of the things that we

are able to accomplish as a group uh

across various policy areas. And um

while she does a lot for us, she asks a

lot of us as well. uh she knows that I'm

available anytime, day, night, weekend

uh for us to care about the people's

work for every resident every day. We

appreciate you so much and this honor is

so welld deserved. You're one of only

six Ohioans that are chosen to be in

this group to represent local government

250, which is a a a great

accomplishment. and I had the pleasure

of serving on the local government 250

organizing committee and there were

numerous teams calls about planning for

this. This is a really big deal. So I

had to um give um my kudos to you Janine

Hummer for all you've been able to

accomplish and they should have Janine

Hummer day in Upper Arlington because

you've never lost touch with UA. You

represent UA every day as well. It

always comes up in a conversation about

the city of Upper Arlington, but we're

glad to have you here with team Franklin

County. Thank you very much and

appreciate you. You're a great public

servant.

>> We want to we want to come up and take a

photo with uh your husband and daughter

as we'd also like uh prosecutor favor to

join us as well.

Are you

sure?

Come over here. Balance out.

Sorry.

All

right. We do this with sports teams all

the time.

Pretend you're 16 all over again.

Just because I'm going to get

two.

>> Thank you.

How are you doing?

25 million up to the front.

>> You're welcome.

>> Oh, you're welcome.

>> Oh, wait a minute. No, we got

>> Oh,

all right.

On another important note,

uh, tomorrow is Earth Day and it's a

great reminder of the important work

that's happening across Franklin County

to protect our environment. Franklin

Soil and Water Conservation District

plays a key role in these efforts uh, by

helping residents and communities keep

our soil and healthy and our water

clean. Joining us to share more about

how uh to get involved in Earth Day

activities throughout the county are

Jennif Jennifer Fish and Corey Sedmac

from Franklin Soil and Water

Conservation District.

>> Good morning, commissioners, deputy

administrators, and the rest of the

team. Thank you so much for recognizing

Earth Day 2026. When we protect our

environment, it's not just about healthy

rivers and all the beautiful wildlife we

see around us. It's about supporting

residents health, livelihoods, and the

safety of our county in a rapidly

changing climate. With the help of the

commissioners, Franklin Soil and Water

Conservation District tries to make

every day Earth Day for our residents.

Last year, we administered nearly

$355,000

in local community grants that help keep

Franklin County's water clean, including

the county commissioner's urban

agriculture critical infrastructure

grant. These projects provide many co-

benefits such as climate resilience,

food production increases on local farms

and pollinator habitat. One such project

is actually taking place right now as I

speak. It's a joint project at Franklin

County Children's Services property

between the sheriff, the engineers's

office, and soil and water, removing

invasive species of plants that are a

threat to our canopy here in Franklin

County as well as a threat to the health

of our waterways.

Um, that is partially funded by our

conservation stewardship fund and that

fund helps makes these kinds of projects

possible. If you'd like to contribute to

the fund, this week is a really fun time

to do it. You can stop by the original

goodie shop in Upper Arlington. They are

selling a special Franklin soil and

water cookie. So, Jennifer has brought

some samples that are back on the table

back there. A dollar from each one of

those goes to the conservation

stewardship fund. And they're super

beautiful and I promise they taste as

good as they look. So, pick one up for

you.

>> You guys better get some before

commissioner boys.

Um, yeah, healthy for the environment.

It counts. Um, I hope you have time to

stop by a county Earth Day event.

Clinton Township's annual Earth Day is

uh April 26, this Saturday from 10:00 to

2. Um, you'll find me there hand handing

out native plant seeds and talking to

residents about things like rain

barrels, native plants, and composting.

Um, or one of dozens of Earth Day events

being put on by one of our close

partners, Green Columbus. Um they

operate the largest volunteer Earth Day

event in the nation. Um getting

thousands of folks involved all around

the county in helping beautify the

county. Thank you all and happy Earth

Day.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Appreciate you guys being here this

morning.

>> Okay.

Um

so uh move on to the agenda then and we

will um for the for the purposes of um

this morning's uh agenda, we're going to

move um resolution 25826

uh under

um

uh the board of commissioners to the

front of the agenda. Uh so sorry uh to

the the um rest of the participants, but

we're going to move that one to the

front of the agenda uh because we have

guests here. We have media here and we

have guests here that uh need to move

on. So we're going to do that first and

then we'll go back to the top of the

agenda afterwards. Uh and I do know that

we have some uh speaker slips on this

agenda. So, if we could um go up and

begin by reading that resolution into

the record and then uh have it briefed.

Resolution number 258-26,

resolution authorizing a memorandum of

understanding with Columbus Women's

Soccer Holdings LLC, establishing the

terms and conditions for the county and

NWSL group to enter into one or more

agreements relating to the funding of a

training facility for a national women's

soccer team, improvements to Scott's

Miracle Grow Field, and payments by NWSL

Group or an affiliated entity to the

county to benefit residents of the

county by addressing food insecurity and

early childhood learning initiatives.

Good morning, commissioners. Janine

Hummer, first assistant to Shayla Favor,

prosecuting attorney.

I have with me EMTT Kelly from Frost

Brown and Todd Gibbons um special

counsel um bond council that has worked

on this umou in order to address the

financing po portion of this resolution.

Um I'm going to highlight a a few pieces

of this um resolution and memorandum of

understanding and I will be turning it

over to Mr. Kelly to go over the finance

portion of this. Um, I want to first say

that this is an economic development

agreement. Um, thisou outlines the

foundation what will become the

development agreement in terms of the

terms that will be required in the

development agreement. This is a private

public partnership, one that will

produce a valuable um valuable dollars

that will go towards um early childhood

programs as well as food food insecurity

programs.

Thisou outlines that there will be a $12

million

um private donation to the county that

will help fund these two types of

programs.

This agreement that we will end up with

will ensure that we have the proper

clawbacks that will protect the public

funds that will be used.

This will entail that we will make sure

that the county's public dollars are

protected. The team will be required to

remain in Franklin County for

approximately 25 years. These are merely

the basic elements of the development

agreement. And I will now turn it over

to Mr. Kelly to outline the financing

portion.

Thank you, Janine, and congratulations

again on your honor this morning.

Commissioners, uh, county prosecutor,

uh, county administration and clerk. Uh,

thank you, uh, and good morning to you.

Uh the financing portion of the uhou

stands much like the original crew

stadium deal where the county is making

a pledge from non- tax revenues over 15

years to support economic development

payments to the confluence community

authority which will thereby use those

dollars those payments to support and

leverage debt uh at some time in the

near future. Um, as U Janine had said,

um, these payments are all subject to,

uh, the

the crew and its, uh, well, excuse me,

the National Women's Soccer League of

SEAB bus or SEAB bus NWSL

uh, to stay play its games at the

stadium and to make those that $12

million commitment as well, which is $1

million a year uh, or more. They

certainly can make more if they want uh,

in any year. Yeah. Um but that's the

commitment and again stressing that the

county will not be pledging its tax

dollars. It will be non- tax revenue and

u that really is the structure of the

financing. Certainly happy to answer any

questions

>> pending any questions. Um we'd ask for

your approval of this resolution.

>> Mr.

Yeah. Uh for for the public um who may

not understand

uh tax revenue or non- tax revenue, can

you speak a little bit more um

what or explain exactly the difference

between the non- tax revenue?

>> Sure.

>> And why that matters?

>> Happy to do that, Commissioner Crowley.

It it certainly matters. Um uh there's

different types of debt that you can

have. There's general obligation debt

and then there's revenue debt and then

there's non- tax revenue debt. Um

general obligation debt is based on the

taxes that the uh that the county

receives through its sales tax and

property tax. And you can have what's

called the general obligation of full

faith uh and credit uh pledge to your to

the people that purchase your debt. Here

what we're using is non- tax revenue. So

fees and other uh charges that uh by

folks that uh uh use county services

that are outside of paying taxes, those

fees uh permits, etc. Uh it's a long

list. Um and that is used to support the

debt. So every year the county

commissioners will be asked to make an

annual appropriation to support uh this

through a payment to the confluence

community authority. So, it'll be

subject to your approval every year. Um,

and so that will not impact the county's

uh security that's used for other

general obligation debt. So, uh it's not

we're not relying on the residents of

Franklin County to pay this debt.

>> Is that helpful?

>> That is. Thank you. Um and then uh since

you uh mentioned that we would have to

uh it would come before us um for

payment uh every year. Um and we do have

a $12 million commitment um from uh the

ownership group to come to the county uh

for early learning initiatives as well

as um food insecurity or to address food

insecurity. And that's supposed to be

made every year as well. Correct.

Correct. And so um should that uh that

commitment not be obligated

um then we would not necessarily be

obligated to um move forward with any

payments. Is that correct?

>> We certainly would work that into the

details of the development agreement um

and move forward positively that we

don't expect that ever to happen.

Everybody's going to be good partners.

But yes, that would be uh certainly uh

accounted for in the agreement.

>> Okay.

>> Um you indicated uh what um our

investment is to be used for. Can you

I'm sorry. Can you restate that again?

>> Yeah.

>> I think Commissioner Crowley would love

to spend time on what it's going to be

used for. Um, there will be programs and

initiatives that address early childhood

development.

>> I meant our investment, the $25 million,

what they what they're going to use it

for.

>> Oh, sure. Yeah. They're going to use it

for Commissioner Grady. They're going to

use it for improvements uh that are

required by the National Women's Soccer

League to the Miracle Grove field to

support women's soccer and also uh to uh

build a uh training facility for the

women's soccer team as well. And

certainly let me mention which I didn't

before that our payment and last night

the city made a commitment uh to to

support it as well uh all will go

towards both of those facilities. Um and

any costs above and beyond that because

the costs are going to be much greater

than that are all to be paid by the CEUS

National Women's Soccer League team that

organization. So that is the uh the

maximum amount of our commitment and

everything else would be paid for by

them.

>> Any other questions?

>> I don't have any questions. We had some

speakers.

>> We do. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, we

have four that will be speaking today.

Um, first, I would like DJ Burns to come

up to the podium.

>> Did he Did he step out?

>> Oh, here he is.

>> So, Mr. Burns, you'll have three minutes

to speak. You'll see the time that is

next to the monitor there on the screen,

and I'll let you know when one minute

remains. You can begin whenever you're

ready.

>> NWSL to Columbus.

You know, I remember being at a

Guardians game with my father back in

the 90s and he explained that these

public subsidies

um these public subsidies to sports

billionaires, they made sense because

oh, you know, they we get it back and

all the investment, all the events and

yada yada yada yada. And it made sense

because I was 10.

That was in the 90s. For the last 30

years, the billionaire class has

propagated this scam on municipalities,

states, and America itself.

And if you look at the research, it's a

scam. It's a scam. It is nothing more

than private than public money going to

to private profits. And if you look at

the players in this game, the Columbus

Partnership AE Nationwide,

they're all set to host a fundraiser for

the notorious con man, the Vape Rama

Swami at the Hunto Hotel right across

the river Thursday night. I'm going to

be outside heckling those mother. Why?

Sorry. Sorry to cuss. Sorry to cuss, but

I'm gonna be outside heckling them

because I can't stand him. I have hatred

in my heart for what they are doing to

this city and this county. And you guys

stand up here, you sit up here every

day. Every day, you see the effect of

what the Republican Huta is doing to you

guys. The choices that they force upon

you because they're not taxing the rich.

They're not taxing the corporations

properly. And you guys want to sit up

here and cry about all these tough cuts.

Oh, we got to tighten our budget. We got

to tighten our budget. And then here you

are in bed with these same billionaire

crooks stealing $25 million of money.

What could $25 million do for this city?

>> I think everybody in this room knows

>> and yet you guys are up here further

propagating the scam. And like I said

last night at city council, at least at

the state house when our surirly

grandfathers go to stomp on trans

children and rob the poor to give to the

rich, at least they're not crying about

it. At least they're not weeping about

at least they're not sitting up there

spewing a bunch of woke nonsense acting

like, "Oh, I could, you know, we can't

do anything else.

Do something." People in this city are

struggling. I can take you to the west

side right now and show you how $25

million could be spent rather than some

astroturf campaign with a bunch of

stooges. Sorry, Mary, but you work for

crooks. A bunch of stooges coming up

here and pretending that this is some

opportunity. Maybe in a perfect world it

would be. But you're going to follow the

mayor. You're going to follow these

corporations. You're going to allow them

to elect a billionaire who is

campaigning on abolishing income tax,

slashing property tax, bankrupts you

guys. You guys will still have a job.

And we're going to further propagate

this scam.

And if any, you know, great, I know

you're from the west side. If any of you

guys need some help seeing where $25

million could go, I invite you to come

on a bike ride with me down Sullivan

Avenue.

>> Thank you, DJ.

>> Anytime. We'll talk afterwards.

Mr. President, next I would like to call

Lisa Roo up to the podium.

>> Lisa present

>> again. Lisa, you have three minutes to

speak. There's a timer right next to the

monitor there for you, and you can begin

whenever you're ready.

>> Good morning.

>> Welcome.

Um, my name is Lisa Rush. This is my

sister, Lindsay Rush. Um, we do

everything as a team, so I thought we'd

do today. Um, I wanted to thank you for

the opportunity for us to speak today.

Um, we are small business owners here in

Columbus, Ohio. We own a restaurant

Brekie Shack together. Um, we're former

college soccer players and we spent

eight years coaching youth athletes in

the crew system.

Soccer has shaped nearly every chapter

of our lives and it's ultimately what

brought us back home to this city. After

college, we chose to return to Columbus

because we believed in the opportunity

here, not just professionally, but in

the community. Um, we got into coaching

to give back and had the privilege of

working with young girls who showed up

every day uh with passion, discipline,

and big dreams, but without a clear path

to see how far those dreams could really

go.

Because when athletes can see someone

who looks like them playing at the

highest level in their hometown, it

changes what they believe is possible.

It gives them something to chase. It

helps shape confident, driven, resilient

young women. future leaders and builders

in the community.

Sports did that for us. Um, it taught us

discipline, leadership, and how to show

up even when things are hard. Those

lessons carried into our careers and

ultimately into starting our business.

At Brekie Shack, our goal is to be more

than a restaurant. We want to be a

cornerstone of the community, a place

where people gather, connect, and feel

and feel a sense of belonging. That's

exactly what a professional women's

soccer team does for a city. Columbus

has already proven that we are soccer

city. Uh the support for the crew, the

youth participation, and the community

engagement are already here. This is a

city with a built-in fan base and a deep

pipeline of young athletes ready to be

inspired. From a business standpoint,

this means consistent economic ac

activity and support for a small for

small businesses. But more importantly,

it's an investment in people and

visibility, representation, and

opportunity. This isn't just about

bringing a team here. It's about

creating a pathway and building a

legacy. Columbus is ready. Our

businesses are ready. And our girls are

ready. Thank you.

>> My daughter took her her uh friends to

all of her friends to your restaurant

for brunch for her her birthday. So,

>> thank you.

Who's next?

>> Linda Logan. Would you please come to

the podium?

>> Good morning.

>> Good morning.

>> Good morning.

>> Good morning everyone. Linda Logan with

the Greater Columbus Sports Commission.

So happy to be here. Commissioners,

administrators, city pro county

prosecutors.

What sports teams bring to Columbus are

often the front porch of a community.

They bring visitors here and help form

the first impression of Columbus and

Franklin County. They also drive social

and economic growth, not only from

visitors, but from people that live here

as well. Sports teams provide a place

for residents to gather and unify. They

give people a reason to make noise, make

friendships, and inspire them to make a

difference in their community.

We are so thankful to Franklin County

and the city of Columbus for recently br

supporting the our attempt to keep the

Columbus Fury in in our community. The F

Fury are a charter member of the major

league volleyball league. They're the

only current top level professional

sports team in Ohio. If we get an NWSL

team, Columbus will join markets like

New York, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Chicago,

and Dallas with two or more professional

women's sports teams.

Soccer is Columbus. The crew have been

here since the very start of the MLS,

and they are one of the league's most

successful franchises.

Three simple words still speak volumes

about our our community support for

soccer. Save the crew. Columbus shows up

for soccer and soccer world. The soccer

world knows and trusts Columbus time and

time again. We've hosted three All-Star

MLS All-Star games. We've had our

national team events here 28 times.

We've also have Ecuador coming this

summer for um their World Cup training

center. And then most importantly, girls

and women in sports has been a really

big push in our community for the last

few decades. And most recently with the

launch of Ignite Her Columbus, we have a

long le legacy of great athletes,

coaches, and administrators who call

Columbus their home. So we are very

excited that in the for the Greater

Columbus Sports Commission, we're around

for 24 years now, and we have made that

our life's work to really shine the

spotlight on girls and women's sports.

Uh that will be um front and center next

year when we're hosting the women's

final four and the women's volleyball

championships. So again, the time is

right for us to support this great

opportunity. It's a really a

generational opportunity and appreciate

your consideration. So thank you.

>> Thank you,

>> commissioners. We do have one final

speaker, Cassandra Cystroke,

>> please.

Good morning, commissioners and county

administration. And first, thank you for

the opportunity to speak today. My name

is Cassandra Dickerson Cyrunk. And I

suppose I'm here for a few reasons. Uh

first, I am the senior director of

soccer growth strategy for the US Soccer

Federation. And while that detail is

relevant, it is not why I'm here today.

I am also here because I am a former

captain of the Ohio State women's soccer

program and as a downtown Columbus

resident who walks to her professional

sports teams on game day the same way I

walked over here this morning. Because

of these core elements of who I am, I

care deeply about what Franklin County

decides about bringing an NWSL team to

our city. I came to Columbus 20 years

ago in the fall of 2006 to play soccer

at Ohio State. And if you can recall, I

want you to think about what this city

looked like then and what it looks like

now. The growth, the energy, the

national profile we've built is

remarkable. But what excites me most is

that we are not done. We are at a moment

right now where we actually get to

choose the direction of our growth. And

I can't think of a more meaningful way

to signal where where greater Columbus

is headed than by planting a flag in

women's sports at this particular moment

in history. Because this moment is real.

It is real. Just like the way Title 9

gave the United States a head start over

the rest of the world in building

opportunity for girls and women in

sport. And we have led ever since. We

are experiencing right now in women's

sports in this country feels like the

next version of that. A new era. Real

investment, real value, real cultural

evolution. And Franklin County has the

opportunity to put Greater Columbus at

the center of it. There is no better

symbol of this era than the NWSL. The

NWSL is not an emerging league looking

for a chance. It is the premier women's

professional soccer league in the world.

And the sport itself has never been more

popular in this country. Soccer recently

overtook baseball to become the third

favorite pop favorite sport in the

United States driven by youth

participation,

international presence, and the momentum

of the 2026 World Cup coming to our

shores. The audience is here. It is

growing and it is looking for a home.

When a city gets a NWSL franchise, it

doesn't just get a team. It gets a

signal sent to the rest of the country

about the caliber and the type of

community we are and want to be.

Columbus has built a reputation in

soccer in the soccer world because of

the crew and the special moments we've

hosted over the years. An MWSL team

doesn't just add to that legacy, it

completes it. It makes greater Columbus

one of the few cities in this country

where the full story of American soccer,

men's and women's, is being written at

the highest level. But the story of the

team isn't only told in national

headlines and attendance numbers. For

some of its most important chapters will

be written right here in our

neighborhoods. Franklin County is one of

the most beautifully diverse places in

this country. There are communities

across this area for whom soccer isn't

just a sport, it's a second language.

Their first language is the one they

brought here with them, but soccer is

how they communicate, how they connect,

how they belong. Giving those residents

a professional team to call their own.

One that plays the sport they love at

the highest level in the world with

players who engage with communities they

play for. That is belonging. And

belonging has economic value. It has

civic value. It has generational value.

I started this morning by telling you

that I walked here today the same way I

walked to a crew match, a Clippers game,

and to the Blue Jackets. Our

professional athletics corridor is one

of the most special things about

Columbus and our sports culture. There

is nothing quite like walking alongside

thousands of fans, all moving in the

same direction, all there for the same

reason. And I will tell you, I cannot

wait for the day when I walk down those

same streets alongside women's soccer

fans on their way to watch our NWSL team

play. That day is close. And

commissioners, you can help make that

happen. Thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you very much.

>> Thank you.

>> Okay. Um, I know Commissioner Crowley

had a few words that she wanted to say.

>> Yeah. Um, before I uh um move to um uh

approve this resolution, I just want to

say that, you know, today I am very

supportive of Franklin County's

investment to uh support bringing a

National Women's Soccer League team to

Columbus.

This decision is the result of careful

evaluation, negotiation,

and a commitment to ensuring that public

investment delivers public value.

This 25 million investment will be

funded through non- tax revenue as you

heard, not sales tax, not out of a

general fund. That means we are not

raising taxes. We are not reducing

funding for core services. We are using

targeted a targeted in uh re a targeted

revenue stream uh to make a strategic

investment.

But let me be clear

these still these are still public

dollars and I take that responsibility

seriously.

That is exactly why this deal had to

demonstrate a real and measurable return

to our neighbors.

This agreement includes $12 million

return direct return to Franklin County

communities. I get that our investment

would be 25 million and what we would

get in return is 12 million and that's

nothing to sneeze at. $6 million for

early childhood initiatives.

$6 million to combat food insecurity

including support for food deserts and

co-ops. This is not symbolic. This is a

concrete investment into families,

children, and our neighborhoods.

If public dollars are invested, the

public must see a direct benefit, and

this agreement would deliver that.

This project positions Franklin County

to attract new visitors and spending,

support job creation, and elevate

Columbus on a national stage. It also

reflects our values by supporting

women's professional sports and equity

and opportunity.

Non-ax revenue is appropriate for this

type of investment because it's not a

tax on everyday necessities

and it's better suited for this type of

project rather than ongoing obligations.

This allows us to invest without

burdening neighbors or compromising

essential services.

My support is not a blank check.

I expect transparency,

delivery on community benefit

commitments, and a project that lives up

to its promised economic impact.

I understand that not everyone

will agree with this decision.

Concerns about public investment are

valid and they are part of my

consideration, not just today, but

always. But after weighing the community

return, funding structure, and long-term

impact, I believe this is a responsible

use of county resources.

My support reflects a belief that we can

grow our economy and invest in our

people at the same time. We can seize

opportunities while still being

responsible stewards of public dollars.

And we can ensure that when we invest,

our community shares in the return.

My support is not just about bringing a

team to Columbus. It's about making sure

that when Franklin County invests, our

residents win, too.

And I also want to say, you know, um, as

the first speaker, uh, stood at the

podium and said, you know, we can see

what, you know, what 25 million can do

over on on the west side.

And,

um, I've been to all parts of this

county, all parts. I've represented the

south side. I've been to the west side.

have uh made sure that especially on the

west side when it comes to early

childhood um or access to high quality

childhood initiatives or people could

have access to child care. We made a

significant investment on the west side.

I believe that we can do both. We can

invest in people and invest in sports.

Um, we know that when we invest in

sports, and I'm sure my colleague will

speak to it, we absolutely see a return

on investment. I am not blind uh or um I

would say I am intimately

connected to the things that our

residents face. I say all the time, I am

my neighbors. My neighbor and my my

neighbors are mean. What my neighbors

have dealt with, I have dealt with as

well. That's why it's important for us

to invest or have an investment that um

brings dollars for food insecurity

because I know what it's like to not be

able to put food on the table as a

single mother. Why it matters to have

investment in early childhood

initiatives because I know what it's

like to not have enough money to pay for

child care. That's real and that won't

be ignored. I think it's also important

for girls

um to be able to watch women compete at

the highest level.

I talk about my um

uh career, short career, uh playing

softball for 10 years and having a

daughter who played volleyball on a

wreck team to a regional team to a

national team to

University of Kentucky, playing

volleyball, club volleyball. And it

mattered for her to be able to see women

in that sport be able to compete at the

highest level. Now, I wasn't here when

there was uh an initiative to save the

crew, but I see how the community

rallied behind the crew

um and men being able to play soccer.

And I think we should be able to do the

same thing to be able to compete to to

bring a women's team here. I think it's

fair. I think it's equitable. I don't

and I don't believe in a false choice

that it's um either, you know, we just

support this and then we don't support

our community or we're we're somehow

taking something away from our

community. Um I think that's a false

narrative. I think we can do big things

here in Franklin County while still

making sure that our residents have

every single opportunity

to not just survive, but to thrive. And

so with that, I will be supporting this

resolution today. Thank you, President

Orady.

So,

um I I know that at least everybody on

this day and many of the people in the

crowd are sick to death of um hearing me

talk about my daughter playing softball

and getting videos of my daughter

hitting home runs and um Linda's been

hearing for years about my other

daughter playing softball and um you

know, so everybody here knows how much I

support women's sports um and how much

time I've spend spent

on the sidelines watching my kids play

sport, my daughters play sports. So,

there's no question that I'm excited

about the possibility of a National

Women's Soccer League team in this

community. That being said, um when this

was first presented to me months ago, uh

I was not in support of this. And I was

not in support of this for two reasons.

One, uh like Mr. Burn indicated

initially, I'm not a big fan of of

giving millions of dollars to

billionaires. Um, I especially wasn't in

support of giving billions of dollars to

billionaires who, as I indicated to, um,

uh, one of their representatives early

on, billionaires who ruined my football

team. Um that being said, um I also

wasn't in favor of giving millions of

dollars to billion to in this particular

project because initially when it was

proposed to us, I didn't believe that it

was a good economic development plan.

Not good for Franklin County. And

Administrator Wilson will tell you that

I was against this for a long, long,

long time.

That being said,

I proposed a community benefits

agreement. Commissioner Crowley and I

talked about it. Commissioner or

Administrator Wilson and I talked about

it. And when we pushed for the community

benefits agreement, initially it was

rejected.

It was rejected and then rejected and

rejected. But when the ownership group

agreed to the community benefits

agreement, it became a really good deal

on behalf of the residents of this

county.

When you can get a community, when you

can get a deal

that where the community is in is is

receiving the type of deal that this is,

where you're investing in a community or

in a in in a in a um economic

development deal that's going to have

the return on the investment that this

is going to have over the his over the

long history where where Attorney Hummer

and and and um and and m Mr. Kelly were

able to to put together a phenomenal

deal that will return to this community

what they've been able to accomplish

here over the course of 25 years.

Um, it's just a fantastic deal and the

fact that we're going to be able, as

Commissioner Crowley says, we're going

to be able to invest in in early

childhood education and and food

insecurity in this community for, you

know, to the tune of 12 million over

over 12 years. It's phenomenal. Franklin

County has a very long history of

investing in sports. Uh, Linda Logan's

here from the Greater Columbus Sports

Commission. and we've been investing in

the Greater Columbus Sports Commission

for years. Uh the Greater Columbus

Sports Commission brings volleyball

tournaments, softball tournaments. They

brought the NCAA Final Four here. Uh

we've worked with them on on um

investing in um everything from the Ohio

High School Athletic Association state

tournaments um to the President's Cup to

the Hockey Allstar game. Um you name it,

we've we've invested in the crew. We've

invested in we purchased Nationwide

Arena along with the city of Columbus.

We have invested in so many things over

the years from you know from and we've

worked with with three different

prosecutors to get this these deals done

over the over the course of the 18 years

that I've been here uh over the time

that Commissioner Boyce has been here,

previous colleagues, Commissioner

Crowley's been here. We have invested in

sports for so long and the reason we do

it is because sports means heads in

beds. Sports means people eating at our

restaurants, visiting our bars.

Sports means people in our shops, people

or, you know, all the merchandise that

they purchase. The It's not just the

tickets that they that they that they

purchase when they go to to the events.

It's all the other investments that they

make. it it you know we you know we not

only did we save the crew we kept the

blue jackets here in town um I see I see

Mr. Wymer here as well today you know it

has been an investment that we have made

for years and so when Mr. Burn comes and

says that he knows what he he he he

could show us what he would do with $25

million. I understand that. But I think

that this is a phenomenal investment of

$25 million that will have a return on

that money for years to come because,

you know, not only do we have will we

have this team here that will be

providing, you know, investment and

dividend for years to come for the next

25 years. Thank you to our the work of

our attorneys. But we will be having um

uh we will have the Olympic games here

in 2028. Potentially we will have the

FIFA uh events here in 2031 hopefully.

Um and every other uh event that goes on

at at uh Scott's Miracle Grove Field uh

for the foreseeable future. So, this is

uh I I I could not possibly say no to

this deal, even though I started out not

wanting to do it. I couldn't possibly

say no to this deal. So, um this turned

from what I thought was a a bad deal

into what I think is a fantastic deal on

behalf of the residents of Franklin

County. So,

>> if I may, President Orady, I do want to

say thank you to administration

uh um to Ken and uh Zach who has spent a

lot of time, you know, uh going back and

forth um and getting this to the place

that it is now. I want to say a special

thank you to the prosecutor's office um

uh madame prosecutor to your team to uh

first assistant Hummer and to uh Mr.

Kelly uh for uh the work that you all

have continued to do to bring um

something before us um uh that we could

consider um that has a a you not only

just a return on investment uh for years

as my colleague says just as we invest

in sports um but uh another direct

benefit um that's targeted. So, um

appreciate all the work um to the teams.

Um it doesn't go unnoticed. Um uh it

it's important and um I I appreciate you

all bringing something that makes it

easy to support.

>> I should uh along with my colleague, I

should say thank you uh thank you to the

many hours that you guys have all put in

on this and a special thank you to Ken

Wilson for uh your sanity through all

this and thank you for thank you for

keeping me sane through this as well.

Okay, there are no additional comments

or questions. I move for approval of

resolution 25826.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded voting. Commissioner

Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Grady,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Boyce,

>> abstain.

>> Resolution number 25826 has been

adopted.

>> Okay, back to the top of the agenda.

Sorry that this beginning of this um

meeting has taken uh so long. Um, and I

know some of you may have to leave now

that we have finished that. Uh, to the

engineer. Resolution number 24026.

Resolution awarding contract and

approving contract bond to Decker

Construction Company for the 2023 CDBG

Chambers Road and Westbrook subdivision

improvements project in authorizing the

execution of memorandum of understanding

on behalf of the Franklin County

Engineers Office and the Economic

Development and Planning Department in

the amount of 1,37,824.95.

Good morning, commissioners,

administration, prosecutor favor, Nick

Sulus, on behalf of uh county engineer

Adam Fowler. You always seem to set me

up to have people walk out as I prepare

my presentation. I appreciate that.

Thanks, EMTT. Uh commissioners, if I may

just take one brief moment uh to make a

comment uh about Janine Hummer. Um you

know, I've known Janine for many, many

years. Um, in November of 2020,

uh, the leader of the transition team,

Mike Rankin, called me into a conference

room and said, "Great news, Nick. We

found your replacement." And I thought

it was a strange way to put it, but I

have to tell you, when I found out it

was Janine, I felt heartened that the

new administration would take serious

what has been so important to me in my

life, 24 years in the civil division of

the prosecutor's office. and I knew that

Janine would not only be able to fill my

shoes, but to take it much further than

I ever could. Um, and Janine has been

great to work with. I love being her

client now. Um, because she gets me to

Yes. And that's very important. Um, so

and that leads directly to this

particular resolution. Uh through

Janine's help and that of her team,

especially Briana Morris, uh

commissioners, we were able to secure

CDBG funding uh for the Chambers Road

and Westbrook subdivision sidewalks

project. Um Decker Construction was

selected via competitive bidding process

and with a bid opening on March 24th.

And we are planning to utilize these

CDBG dollars to uh uh construct um

sidewalks and improving pedestrian

safety both along Chambers Road and

within the Westbrook subdivisions. Um so

with uh that's a new source of funding

that the engineers office has not been

uh able to utilize in the past, but

thanks to economic development and

planning and the prosecutor's office, uh

we are able to get that done. So pending

any questions, we ask for your approval.

No comments or questions. Move for

adoption of 240-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded. Voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley. Yes.

>> Commissioner O'Grady.

>> Yes.

>> Resolution number 24026 has been

adopted. Resolution number 24126.

Resolution awarding contract and

approving contract bond to the Shelley

Company for the 2026 Franklin County

Resurfacing Program in the amount of

5,580,7208.

Uh commissioners, this resolution seeks

to award the contract for our annual uh

county resurfacing program. Uh the

contract will be awarded to the Shelley

Company who was selected via competitive

bidding process with a bid opening on

March 31. Uh pending any questions, we

ask for your approval.

>> If there are no comments or questions,

move for adoption of 241-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded. Voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner,

>> yes. Resolution number 241-26 has been

adopted. Resolution number 24226.

Plans approved for the 2026 general

bridge maintenance program for various

bridges in Franklin County, Ohio.

>> Uh commissioners, this resolution

authorizes plan approval for our 2026

general bridge maintenance program. It's

an annual program that uh assists the

engineer staff uh with the maintenance

and upgrades to various bridges

throughout the county. Uh, pending. Any

questions? We ask for your approval.

>> If there are no comments or questions,

move for adoption of 242-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded. Voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Grady,

>> yes.

>> Resolution number 24226 has been

adopted.

>> Resolution number 24326.

Report first of the Franklin County

Engineer establishing sums of

compensation for a portion of the owners

of property abudding the Bro Park

drainage outlet improvement, Madison

Township, Franklin County, Ohio. in the

amount of $13,380.

>> Uh commissioners, this next resolution

seeks to award compensation to one

property owner abudding the Bopes Park

drainage outlet improvement project. Uh

this is a collaborative drainage project

with Madison Township. Um and we

negotiated with the property owner and

compensation is based upon fair

appraised fair market value. Pending any

questions? We ask for your approval.

>> There are no comments or questions. Move

for adoption of 243-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Grady.

>> Yes.

>> Resolution number 24326 has been

adopted. Resolution number 24426.

Preliminary allocation and final

encumbrance of county motor vehicle

license fee $5 funds for the city of New

Albany in the amount of $750,000.

Uh, commissioners, the city of New

Albany has submitted a request for these

license fee funds to pay for

improvements to Walnut Street at

Bevelheimr Road. Uh, it's a

collaborative project between Franklin

County and the city of New Albany, and

it seeks to reconstruct a two um a

two-way stop controlled intersection

with a modern roundabout. Uh, pending

any questions, we ask for your approval.

>> If there are no comments or questions,

move for adoption of 244-26.

>> Second. moved and seconded voting.

Commissioner Boyce,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Orady,

>> yes.

>> Resolution number 24426 has been

adopted. Resolution number 24526.

Resolution authorizing participation in

the Ohio Department of Transportation

contract for road salt, Franklin County,

Ohio.

>> Uh, commissioners, our final resolution

is an annual resolution that allows the

county engineer to participate in the

ODOK contract for road salt. We

anticipate purchasing approximately

6,000 tons uh this coming winter season.

Uh participation will allow us to take

advantage of competitive pricing that

ODOT has negotiated. Uh pending any

questions. We ask for your approval.

>> If there are no comments or questions,

move for adoption of 245-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded. Voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner,

>> yes.

>> Resolution number 24526 has been

adopted.

>> Thank you, commissioners. Have a great

day. You too.

>> Thank you. You too.

>> All right. We are on to

uh the data center

>> resolution number 24726.

Resolution authorizing an agreement with

Tickflow PTE LTD for the procurement of

the Otto site browser extension.

>> Good morning commissioners and county

administration. Renee Ruple, financial

services manager for the data center.

Um, this is a Z process automation tool

that creates workflows and automates

repetitive tasks to gain staff

efficiency. We worked with the

prosecuting attorney's office to

negotiate uh acceptable terms and

conditions. And this resolution um

memorializes those agreed upon terms and

conditions. Pending any questions? I

respectfully request your approval.

>> If there are no comments or questions,

move for adoption of 247-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes. Commissioner Ogrady.

>> Yes.

>> Resolution number 24726 has been

adopted.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you. Uh the uh developmental

disabilities. Good morning, Doc.

>> Resolution number 24826,

resolution authorizing a non-general

fund supplemental appropriation for

additional service coordinators to

implement the state's waiver

modernization project.

>> Good morning, commissioners and county

administration. I'm Dot Joerger from the

Board of Developmental Disabilities.

This resolution would allow us to um

provide staffing for uh the work that

the state of Ohio has determined that

would make the administration of

waiverss more equitable across the

state. This uh would support six

full-time equivalent assessors. Um our

expenditure we are requesting uh to make

additional expenditures in 2026 of

473,633

offset by targeted case management

revenue in the amount of $471,744.

>> There are no comments or questions. Move

for adoption of 248-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded. Voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Grady.

>> Yes. Resolution number 24826 has been

adopted.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> All right. Thank you very much. Um we

are on to economic development and

planning

>> resolution number 24926.

Resolution authorizing the county

administrator to execute an agreement

with Stantech Consulting Services

Incorporated for flood plane review

services in the amount of $15,000.

>> Good morning commissioners. uh planning

administrator Ramir Fitzpatrick with

Economic Development and Planning. This

resolution seeks your approval for an

agreement to engage Stantech Consulting

Services, Inc., a local engineering

firm, to provide flood plan review

services and analysis for compliance

with applicable Franklin County

regulations and federal emergency

management agency, also known as FEMA,

standards in the amount of $15,000. This

agreement will cover the term of

February 1, 2026 to January 31st, 2027.

Pending any questions? EDP respectfully

requests your approval of this

resolution.

>> Um, if there are no comments or

questions, move for adoption 249-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded voting. Commissioner

Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Orady,

>> yes.

>> Resolution number 24926 has been

adopted.

>> Thank you.

Um,

uh, economic engagement, community

development.

>> Resolution number 25026, resolution

authorizing a grant agreement with

Columbus Fashion Alliance to support the

Ready to Work 2026 Workforce Development

Program in the amount of $1,400,000.

>> Good morning, commissioners and county

administration. Andrina Austin, director

of economic engagement, community

development. Commissioners, I'd like to

thank the Office of Economic Development

and Planning and also the prosecuting

attorney's office for their

collaboration on two of the resolutions

being presented today. The first

authorizes a grant agreement with the

Columbus Fashion Alliance to support the

Ready to Work 2026 Workforce Development

Program in the amount of 1,400,000.

The Columbus Fashion Alliance continues

to expand by providing innovative

training and access to real industry

opportunities. Through multiple program

tracks, participants will gain hands-on

experience, earning industry

credentials, and connecting to

employment pathways. The Ready to Work

Leadership Training Program has

graduated 60 plus participants with 80%

placement rate into employment and

career opportunities. Graduates earn an

average wage increase of $7.24 24 cents

per hour for a cohort of 30 leaders. The

program also generates $2.7 million in

annual economic impact. Those increased

wages and economic activity generates an

estimated 404,000 per year in taxes that

return back to government. One of the

core programs is the retail leadership

boot camp, which offers short-term

intensive training aligned with the

national uh retail federation standards.

It serves about 30 participants annually

with a goal of 70% being placed into

jobs within 3 months. Their production

and manufacturing training track

includes two pathways serving 50

participants. It is the rework upycling

lead training pathway which is a 12week

immersive experience followed by

hands-on training into their micro

factory where participants will build

skills in sewing and garment repair and

also small batch production as well as

the employer lead production pathway

which is a shorter six-week program

developed with uh employers input that

teaches hands-on job ready skills and

supports immediate job placement and

commissioners what's important um to

highlight about this track is that it

aligns with the fashion industry shift

towards sustainability and upycling,

repurposing uh materials into new

products and creating demand for uh

skills in customization and smallcale

production. Finally, the CFA offers the

entrepreneurship launch lab so which

supports about 30 emerging businesses

each year with mentorship, training,

access to capital which will help them

launch and grow their own businesses. To

date, 54 of those brands have

participated. Um, five of those

successful brands generate about

$500,000 annually in economic activity.

Altogether, the programs are expected to

serve about a hundred uh residents

annually and expanding access to job and

careers and small business development.

The resolution supports your rise

together property blueprint goals number

one, 2, 3, 11, and 13 as well as the

workforce development, economic

opportunity, and community impact

pillars of our office. And commissioners

Johan and Terrero, CEO of Columbus

Fashion Alliance, is present to share

remarks and address any of your

concerns, and thereafter we're

respectfully requesting your approval on

this resolution.

Thank you, Director Austin. Um, good

morning, commissioners. Good morning,

deputy administrators. Good morning, uh,

everybody. Thank you for for your time

this morning. Um, I want to be I wanted

to know if I could share some

information with you guys that I'm

pretty excited to share with you. I know

it's been a a long session, but uh, I

got some good stuff to share with you if

that's cool with you.

>> Okay. All right. Um, I wanted to start

off with a little bit of a mission

moment. This is uh, one of our

co-founders named Rob Smith. um he was

speaking at uh North Carolina State

University, which is the biggest textile

university in the country. And this uh

statement was a a message that got sent

to him from a young woman named Ya Amam.

Um she said, "Hi Rob, my name is Ya and

I attended your presentation at the

graduate students today at Wilson

College of Textiles. I was hoping to

introduce myself after, but I had a

previous engagement I had to get to. I

just wanted to share that the Columbus

Fashion Alliance played a big role in my

decision to apply to NC State for

textiles. I went to Ohio State for my

undergraduate degree and through a

speaker series, I connected with someone

at CFA who put me in touch with Micah

Mive Labs and encouraged me to apply at

Wilson. So, I just wanted to thank you

for indirectly uh leading me here and I

uh really appreciate your talk today.

This was uh just sent to us a few days

ago and I had actually spoke at Ohio

State and speaking to the students and

so it was really heartwarming to uh to

get this message back um because you

don't know the impact that you have even

in small moments when you're giving

somebody advice but that has a ripple

effect and now she's uh going to one of

the top textile colleges um in the

country. Um so um where we've been

because of your partnership uh we really

appreciate your partnership because of

your partnership we've been able to

launch programs like ready to work and

launch lab and uh as uh director Austin

had mentioned you know we're seeing some

growth from this program right we're

seeing economic impact through this

program again with ready to work

economic impact at 2.7 million from the

participants and their uh their economic

impact same thing with launch lab but

every year we're learning and we're

getting better. And that's the thing

that I appreciate about your your

partnership is that um through your

support we're able to do these programs

and every year we get to learn from

these programs. And so one of the things

that we did was uh we did a study um

there was a study done on the impact of

uh music and Franklin County and it was

done a little while ago by the music

commission and uh it would it inspired

us to really try to understand the

overall impact that fashion has uh on

Franklin County. And so, um, I created

this report. It's called, uh, the

business of style, and it's a very

comprehensive report of the economic

impact that fashion has on Franklin

County. Um, I'll call out a couple of

quick things. I won't go through the

whole report obviously, but, uh, total

$9.4 billion annually in economic

impact. That's direct, indirect, and

induced. 700 million 780 million in tax

revenue annually. 72,000 jobs supported

and just the tourism alone is $2.3

billion dollars annual uh from fashion.

28% of all Columbus visitor spend is on

fashion. And so this report dives deep

into what sectors that comes from from

production to even corporate retail.

Corporate retail alone is like $3.8

billion of economic impact annually.

But there was also uh a SWAT analysis as

well too that we did in here. So again,

I won't I won't go through it all, but

uh I want to share this this report with

you all so that you can see a little bit

more of what we're seeing and

understanding about how the fashion

industry is a huge economic engine for

Franklin County and not just uh

something that we participate in. And so

um we also heard from the industry, but

before we hear from the industry, I

wanted to give someone a chance to talk.

Um this is Blake. Blake's been a part of

our programs and since we were talking

about, you know, um the ready to work

program and the launch live program, I

thought it would be great to bring uh

Blake by. So Blake, you wanna

>> Hello everybody. My name is Blake. Um

I'm 23 years old, born here in Columbus.

And yeah, over the past year, I've

gotten the chance to um work with CFA

and their uh multiple of their programs

that they offer young adults. My

introduction was um in Launch Lab where

I got to learn valuable business um

information and was introduced to a

network of uh like-minded business

people to help develop and launch my um

my brand as a independent fashion

designer. And I've also worked in um in

the concept store gallery through the uh

ready to work program where I've gotten

to learn um real life work skills and um

lead lead and help manage a team of um

of workers in a small retail business

environment. I've also been a part of

different activations uh events

representing CFA. The coolest one being

Las Vegas Complex Con last year. Um, and

yeah, CFA has undoubtedly changed my

life and helped me um, see the path to

um, becoming successful in the industry

I'm passionate in. And I can speak from

experience um, knowing myself and the

other cohort members that the city is

full of um, passionate, ambitious young

talent who have plans to spearhead a

global industry which is fashion. and

CFA is helping us do that right here in

Franklin County. So, thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Um, so not only did we do this report

and obviously, you know, people like

Blake keep us inspired to keep going

every day. Uh, but we also hear from the

industry and so over this past year,

we've heard uh many things from the

industry and I I want to call out a

couple. uh Cat Depo, who was the CEO of

Justice Fashion, which is a children's

clothing brand. Um her quote was, "The

Columbus Fashion Alliance is a valuable

partner in building a pipeline of

emerging talent, such as Blake. Uh as

someone who leads large-scale retail

brands, I rely on fresh perspective and

new energy. This organization helps

ensure that that talent is being

developed right here in our community,

and I don't have to look outside of our

uh our side of our city to to do that.

Um we recently held a conference uh at

the building the loom we held a

conference uh spee conference which is

the advanced manufacturing conference.

Uh this conference has never come to

Columbus but because they have been

hearing what's going on they actually

brought their conference to the loom and

their CEO had this to say about uh what

the opportunity he sees. Um he said

there's a real huge opportunity to bring

manufacturing uh and logistics in the

same space. We have one of the biggest

um logistics hubs for fashion which is

Rick and Bacher and it's a foreign trade

zone and so it's one of the few foreign

trade zones in the world. So from an

economic development standpoint um

special conference literally came to

Columbus to advocate for us building a

manufacturing hub as a part of the

Rickenbacher U airport and a foreign

trade zone to attract more industry to

the market. And I also have a quote from

Brian Shriber who is the uh manager of

business development at Rickenbacher and

he also says I think it would be worth

to uh I think it would be worth it to

explore an incubator for remanufacturing

in the fashion industry. Uh perhaps

Columbus fashion alliance could partner

with key retailers with large warehouses

in Rick and to provide space for reuse,

repair and remanufacturing. And so the

biggest barrier that we heard from all

of them was workforce. And so that is

what gave us the idea to create the

rework program. So, as mentioned in our

grant this year, we are also piloting

this rework program because we saw a

greater need for industry attraction,

but the barrier was workforce. And so,

what's really exciting about this

program this year, and this is new for

our partnership, is that one, we're

going to work with individuals all from

this county. They're going to learn and

get three certifications. So, they're

going to get a certification in sewing,

so the sewing trade. So, they'll learn

that and they'll get a sewing uh

certification, which is federally

recognized from Isaac. The next step is

they'll learn repair. They'll get a

certification from the United Repair

Center uh for repair and also um

deconstruction. And then a third

certification they'll get is for

remanufacturing. And like Blake was

mentioning earlier and also director

Austin is that um upycling,

repair, and sustainability is becoming

one of the fastest growing uh industries

in fashion right now. And so what we're

doing is we're building the

infrastructure to even lead in that

space. And so I just wanted to share all

of this with you is that we're looking

at the numbers. We're listening to

employers. We're listening to the

audiences. We're listening to our

customers. And we're constantly

improving. And because of our

partnership, we're able to keep doing

that. So lastly, I'll just say that the

few key recommendations that came out of

this report, and this report has a lot

of good information in it, so I'm

excited to share with you though. But um

the three re the three top

recommendations that came out of this

report was one develop a downtown

fashion hub and because of your support

we are actually doing that right now. So

I have a invitation to our first open

house that I would love to give to you

guys. May 23rd is the first uh we're

about 25% done uh building the loom but

we're actually activating as we speak.

So we're going to build as we go but

make impact while we're building. Um the

second thing was the second

recommendation was grow the tourism

share since fashion is such a huge

tourism driver and it's a huge economic

driver. Um we've actually partnered with

experience Columbus and so experienced

Columbus I happen to serve on that board

as well too but they are actually

platforming and lifting up the fashion

conversation and all of their marketing.

So you'll start seeing fashion be um

highly indexed in all of our external

marketing from Experience Columbus. We

actually have a bunch of national

writers coming to the city uh this month

to come and meet with us and the last

recommendation was invest in the talent

pipeline and that's what we're doing

together. So through your partnership we

are able to create these programs like

rework attract industry to the region um

and also create a new line of economic

uh output that we can have from the

county. So I believe we have a great

chance to uh grow this 9.4 24 billion to

12 billion through initiatives like

these and it takes time to build

infrastructure and I just like to thank

you for taking the time to keep

investing and not only uh us we're not

investing in the programs we're

investing in the infrastructure and

that's placemaking that's workforce and

that's economic industry attraction. So,

um, I just wanted to thank you guys for

always supporting and and and giving us

a chance to have impact both locally but

also, uh, grow the economic impact

opportunities that we have here in

Franklin County through fashion and do

it in style.

>> Thank you, President O'By. Um, thank

you. Um, so

>> last year, um, we, uh, um, and we

invested in Ready to Work in in this

workforce development program. Can you

tell me how many participants came

through? Um

I think we did the um the launch lab too

last year. Is that correct? Right. So

can you I I I need the numbers um you

know the the impact um outcomes.

>> Yeah. So that that's what we kind of

talked about. Uh in the beginning we had

um about

40 48 participants come through um the

ready to work program

>> and uh the placement rate was 80%. Um

and we also

>> placement was 80%.

>> Yes. Placement rate was 80%.

>> Okay.

>> And we also had 30 participants go

through our launch lab program as well.

Um and we just started our our third

cohort of two as well.

And so, uh, those numbers that, uh,

director Austin talked about earlier,

um, are also in this report on this back

page right here. So, you can see numbers

of what that economic impact looks like.

But for every, um, for every group of,

uh, participants that go through the

Launch Lab program, it brings about

$500,000 from uh, that program alone.

The economic impact um, for those

brands, that's that's only tracking five

of those brands successfully. And then

from the participants that are in the

ready to work program again that

economic impact is

sorry

is $2.7 million annually from 30

participants in that program.

And so for the um for

the um launch lab or even the um pathway

training program

um how many spots are available and then

and how many applications just last year

like how many people applied to be part

of the workforce development program? Um

how many slots were available? Yeah, we

had I mean actually we had we had way

more applicants than we had accepted. So

for that program each cohort that we

usually uh put out there we usually have

over 100 applicants for that program but

we only can accept uh about you know for

each cohort about 12 to I mean about 12

to 20 depending on um our our you know

our subject matter experts and things

like that. So we only have so many you

know people that we could take per

cohort just because of the training and

also working in gallery. you can't have

too many people working in a retail

store at the same time because um so

they need hours. So we started an

externship program that's a part of that

in the short north. So we actually have

them do externships at other retailers

to kind of bridge the gap earlier so

that they can get job opportunities

quicker. So to to that point this year

we're going to take actually 60 instead

of so we're going to double the amount

that we uh took last year uh through

ready to work and through rework and uh

through launch lab.

>> Okay. and we're, you know, so every year

we learn and we listen to the employers

and we so we shorten the window because

we can get opportunities for jobs

earlier through the program and so

that's what we're doing this year but

every time we do a cohort we have over

100 applicants for the program.

>> Okay. And then for this program uh who

else or do you have any other support um

for this workforce development program

or this directly just uh county

workforce development program?

>> No. No, actually so this rework program

that we're launching uh we're actually

partnering with Goodwill and Victoria

Secrets on this program. So they're

going to be our first enduser. So once

the participants get their

certifications, then we'll actually

start doing uh collaborative projects

with Goodwill. And this is not just

Goodwill Columbus. We're actually

working with Goodwill International on

this. So they're going to be

participating on the back end of the

certification. So once we have those

certifications uh distributed through

the the program, we'll actually work

with them to actually rework and upcycle

their garments that they're going to

resell in their stores. And Victoria's

Secrets, they're doing the same thing.

They want to start a repair program. And

so they're going to leverage this

program to do the repair services. So if

you think about Rick andbacher, a lot of

distribution comes from that. So if you

imagine, we can make it here, ship it

here. It also can get returned and

repaired here and shipped back out,

which is a logistics thing. That's why a

lot of brands don't do it. But with this

plan, we can actually do that because we

have the logistics hub. So that's what

this program is really solving for is

that type of workforce to open up things

like repair services for companies like

Victoria Secrets.

>> Okay.

>> Thank you.

>> That was I was just about to ask that

question you asked. So I don't have any

questions.

>> You were going to ask a question about

Victoria Secret

>> perhaps.

No. Um about the essentially the

sustainability. Well, how how do you

move beyond county funding? And I think

you laid that out that you know by um

highlighting those relationships on the

back end, the users. I mean, it's so

important that nonprofits are really

focused on um self- sustainability, you

know, and and so I'm glad you identified

that. Good question, Commissioner

Carlin. So, and Director Boyce, uh,

Commissioner Boyce, I'm sorry,

Commissioner Boyce, uh, to that point,

the opportunity that Franklin County

unlocked for us to purchase the building

is a huge part of that sustainability.

Um, the Columbus Fashion Alliance went

from four income streams, which was

grants, donors, and sponsorships, and

uh, some retail to now nine. So, now we

have nine streams of income that include

the loom. So you have event rentals, we

have uh leases, we have memberships, we

have production services through the

rework program. And so um that alone is

going to unlock a lot more

sustainability for the organization. And

that allows us to really focus our

efforts into understanding where's the

biggest opportunity for economic growth

and then putting the the focus in those

programs, our impact programs. So um

we're moving into a new phase with the

loom and with uh us building this

placemaking model and we wouldn't be

able to do that without the county. So,

I just want to thank you again for uh

your support and last year really coming

through for us to build this because it

was a very necessary asset that the

fashion industry needed and we're

already seeing the results of that.

>> Thank you.

>> Yeah.

>> If there are no further comments or

questions, move for adoption of 250-26.

>> Second. Moved and seconded voting.

Commissioner Boyce.

>> Yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley has.

>> Commissioner Grey,

>> yes.

>> Resolution number 25026 has been

adopted. Resolution number 25126,

resolution authorizing a grant agreement

with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Incorporated, Great Lakes Region for the

95th Great Lakes Regional Conference to

support workforce development, economic

opportunity, and community engagement

initiatives in Franklin County in the

amount of $265,000.

Commissioners, this next resolution uh

authorizes a grant agreement with the

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sority Incorporated

for the 95th Great Lakes Regional

Conference to support workforce

development, economic opportunity, and

community engagement initiatives in

Franklin County in the amount of

265,000.

The Alphacapa Alpha Sority Incorporated

conference will be held on April 23rd

through the 26th and is expected to

convene approximately 3,000 participants

including professionals, entrepreneurs,

students, and community leaders.

Programming will uh include leadership

development sessions, professional

training workshops, workforce engagement

opportunities and vendor marketplace

supporting local small businesses in

Franklin County. The conference will

also include community service

initiatives to benefit Franklin County

residents, including projects addressing

childhood food insecurity and access to

essential hygiene products. The

conference will generate economic

activity as well in Franklin County

through visitor spending and tourism and

business engagement and professional

networking opportunities. The resolution

supports your rise together poverty

blueprint goals number one, four and

nine and also uh workforce development,

economic opportunities and community

engagement uh pillars of our office.

Commissioners also Shannon Teik of the

Alpha Cappa Alpha Great Lakes Regional

uh conference chairman is present to

offer remarks and to address any

concerns you have and thereafter we

respectfully request your uh approval on

this resolution.

Good morning, commissioners and county

administration.

>> Morning.

>> On behalf of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Incorporated Great Lakes Region where

our regional director is Gwendel and L.

Curtley, I extend our sincere gratitude

for the Franklin County to the Franklin

County Board of Commissioners for your

generous sponsorship and support of our

95th Great Lakes Regional Conference.

Your support help makes it possible for

us to bring this significant regional

gathering in Franklin County and we are

truly thankful for your partnership.

Your investment is more than financial.

It is a meaningful partnership that

reflects a shared commitment to

community economic vitality and

collective progress. Because of your

support, we are able to welcome more

than 3,000 attendees across the Great

Lakes region to Franklin County

for our conference that is centered on

leadership, service, sisterhood, and

impact. This conference will benefit the

county in very real ways by being he by

bringing heavy tourism to the area and

increasing activity for hotels,

restaurants, transportation providers,

and other local attractions and

businesses.

Experience Columbus has been working

very closely with us as we prepare

businesses in the area and in the area

around the convention center and within

a 13mi radius of downtown.

The women of our organization will be

participating in service projects as

director Austin mentioned that will

directly impact members of the

community.

All of the proceeds and um donations

from both service projects will benefit

Columbus City Schools.

We are also intentional about making

sure that the impact reaches local

entrepreneurs and small businesses

through our entrepreneur showcase which

this year we have renamed as the

Franklin County Development Hub. We are

creating space to highlight businesses,

expand their visibility, and connect

them with conference attendees. While

our newly created wall of gratitude will

recognize this and celebrate the

businesses and organizations that have

partnered with us this year.

In alignment with Alpha Kappa Alpha's

commitment to economic empowerment, our

conference also reflects broader

economic mobility efforts by creating

opportunities for exposure, connection,

and investment in businesses and

communities.

That work complements the county's in

interest in strengthening economic

opportunity, supporting local

enterprise, and ensuring that growth is

shared across the community.

Your sponsorship helps us host a

conference that is not only meaningful

to our members, but also beneficial to

Franklin County as a whole.

We are grateful for your leadership,

your partnership, and your investment in

initiatives that uplift communities and

create lasting impact. Thank you.

>> Please,

>> uh, I just wanted to say one, um, thank

you to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,

Inc. Uganization

for sorority, um, not for just, um,

talking the talk, but walking the walk.

Um um my wife is an AK uh member. We

have a member of um the board of

commissioners that's a member of the AK.

And what I know for sure is the deep

roots that u the AK's represent in

economic empowerment. For those of you

who might be familiar with the panh

helenic nine um you should know that

among those groups so all of the

fraternities and sororities I'm a member

of the Omega sci-fi five fraternity

um the AKA's actually uh are one that

has a very large credit union uh that um

is probably one of you know a credit

union different than a bank is a

nonprofit uh and generally serves a

membership if you will uh and there's

quite large um and most people don't

know that about the AK's. So that

economic um uh empowerment that you

speak of is serious and real. Uh the

AK's also have uh the largest foundation

of all of the uh um the nine-

fraternities and sororities and quite

significantly different. Uh, and I point

that out because um, many times we talk

about economic empowerment, development,

but the AK is truly uh, it is embedded

in the DNA and you didn't even bring it

up because it's not a bragging or a

talking point. It's it's a part of your

principles. It's part of your

foundation, your core. And I think that

is commendable and I think that's

something unique and different uh that

all of the others should follow more

like some of us have those organizations

but not at the level that the AKA is

substantially different and um and I

wanted to just commend the organization

for that work. Uh I think it is doesn't

get talked about enough. Um uh it should

be noted to vice president uh Kla Harris

was an AKA and that's when I started

doing a little more research. Uh, I

wanted to know a little bit more. I just

was like, let me just kind of learn a

little bit more about what's happening

with the AKs and their economic power.

And it's serious and real and I want to

congratulate you and I'm very grateful

that you're in the region hosting this

empowerment summit. I think it's going

to be meaningful and good.

>> Thank you, Commissioner Boyce. I

appreciate your your words. uh we do

take our economic growth seriously and

um giving back to the community,

educating the community around um things

that they need to know in order to grow

and prosper in their own community. So,

thank you for acknowledging our work. We

appreciate that.

>> Sure.

>> If there are no further comments or

questions, move for adoption of 251-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded voting. Commissioner

Boyce,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Orady,

>> yes. Resolution number 25126 has been

adopted.

>> Thank you, Commissioner.

>> Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Have a

great time while you're here.

>> All right. Justice policy and programs

>> resolution number 25226.

resolution authorizing the execution of

the pre-awward conditions and acceptance

of the Franklin County FY2025 Services

Training Officers, Prosecutors, Violence

Against Women Act Administrative Grant

Award and granting authority to the

county administrator to sign all

acceptance documents and waiverss

related to the grant program in the

amount of $25,8748.

>> Good morning, commissioners, county

administration. Ernest Stockton,

director of justice policy and programs.

And this funding for this grant is

provided by the Ohio Office of Criminal

Justices Justice Services as a pass

through for the federal office on

violence against women. The

administrative grant will require a cash

ma cash match of $6,4415187

from Franklin County's general fund

leading the total award amount to

$25,8748.

Administrative funds will be used to

offset OJPP's personnel cost necessary

to administer the Violence Against Women

Block Grant.

The award period is from January 1st,

2026 to January 31st, 2026.

Subreient awards will be brought before

commissioners under a separate

resolution.

Pending any questions, I ask your

approval for this resolution.

>> If there are no comments or questions,

move for adoption of 252-26.

Second

>> moved and seconded voting. Commissioner

Boyce,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Orady,

>> yes.

>> Resolution number 25226 has been

adopted. Resolution number 25326,

resolution authorizing the execution of

the pre-awward conditions and acceptance

of the Franklin County FY2025 services

training officers, prosecutors, violence

against women act block grant award and

granting authority to the county

administrator to sign all acceptance

documents and waiverss related to the

grant program in the amount of

$749,995.99.

>> Yes. Also, commissioners, this funding

for this grant will also be provided by

the office of criminal justice services

as a pass through for the federal office

on violence against women,

uh, office on violence against women.

The grant funds will also be used to

enhance prosecution,

law enforcement, victim services

targeted to female victims of domestic

violence, sexual assault, stalking, and

dating violence. The award period is

January 1st through 2026 to December

31st, 2026. Subreient awards will also

be brought before the commissioners

under a separate resolution. Pending any

questions, I ask your acceptance

approval for this resolution.

>> If there are no comments or questions,

move for adoption of 253-26.

>> Second.

>> Moved and seconded voting. Commissioner

Boyce,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Cwley,

>> yes.

>> Commissioner Orady,

>> yes.

>> Resolution number 25326 has been

adopted.

>> Thank you.

Thank you, Ernest. Uh, two, uh,

purchasing

>> resolution number 25426,

resolution approving purchases for

various Franklin County agencies in the

amount of 6,253,597.32.

>> Good morning, commissioners, county

administration, Sharon Sabri, fiscal

support analyst, purchasing resolution

number two. This resolution requests for

approval of 66 purchase orders. The

county auditor has prescertified

available funding and pending any

questions, I respectfully request your

approval of this resolution.

>> There are no comments or questions, move