Remarks by Christopher L. Wyche
27 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And I thank God for them. Stand up. That's just a few. My granddaughters are back there.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair Ross. I'd like to invite Robert Williams, Senior Director of Residential Services at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, up to the podium to briefly speak about the program.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Appreciate that, Councilmember. I think the most heartbreaking story that I've heard in my tenure on council It was our very first year. It was wintertime. There was an older woman who was too young to qualify for the senior programs and made too much to qualify for low income programs. She was literally living in our house in the middle of winter with no furnace and just struggling. I mean, you know, I applaud my staff who worked tirelessly for six months to find someone to help and support her. But that should not be the circumstance in Columbus. And so we hope that this starts to begin to…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Amend it. Thank you. And with that, Chair, I yield it back to you.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yeah, I don't really give me a lot of time, but we're going to make this work in three minutes, everybody. So with that, Public Utilities and Sustainability Committee have Ordinance 2235-2026 to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Bobcat Enterprises Incorporated for the purchase and delivery of one New Holland vehicle. small articulating loader for the Department of Public Utilities to waive competitive bidding of Columbus City Code and to authorize an expenditure of $63,106.23 from within the Water Operating Fund. This loader will…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you. Next, I have Ordinance 2313-2026 to authorize the Director of Columbus Water and Power to enter into a construction contract with Danbert Incorporated for the Blueprint Miller-Kelton Kent Fairwood Permeable Pavers and Kent Fairwood Waterline Improvements Waterline Improvements Project to authorize amendments to the 2025 Cattle Board Improvement Budget to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of of up to $12,600,862.73 from the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund and the Water Fresh Water Market Rate Loan Fund for the contract to make this ordinance contingent upon the Ohio…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And last, I have Ordinance 2582-2026 to authorize the Director of Columbus Water and Power to enter into a contract with Trimble Incorporated for software licenses associated with the Trimble Unity AMS system to authorize the expenditure of $1,014,322.21 split between the Electricity, Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Stormwater Operating Funds to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Chapter 329 of Columbus City Code, to repeal Ordinance Number 1559-2026, and to declare an emergency. This software enables Columbus Water and Power to better track and manage assets across the entire department,…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you. That is all I have for my committee this evening. Thank you, Mr. Chair.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. Everybody mark the day. We may never get the chance to go first again. But if we go back to page 16, I'd like to read 2560-2026 to require the director of Columbus Water and Power to establish peak rates and other fees and or other fees and charges to large load or high volume industrial and manufacturing users. This ordinance is one piece of a larger policy package aimed at addressing resident concerns around data centers and requires Columbus Water and Power to present council with a concrete proposal that ensures large volume users pay their fair share of both…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Appreciate it. At this time, I'd like to invite Annalisa Rocca with the Ohio Environmental Council up to the podium to speak to this ordinance. While she is coming up, I'd also like to take a moment to thank her for spending her 30th birthday with us this evening. So happy birthday, Annalisa. And thank you for being with us and continue to work through all the policies that we're putting forward. The floor is yours.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Now we can jump to page 20, where I have Ordinance 2324-2026 to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to modify and increase the contract. with Ascension Construction Solutions LLC for the wastewater treatment facilities professional construction management services project to authorize an amendment to the 2025 capital improvement budget to authorize the transfer of funds and appropriation between projects in the sanitary bond fund and to authorize an expenditure of up to $1 million from the sanitary bond fund to pay for the contract modification. This contract…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Next, I have Ordinance 2409-2026 to authorize the Director of Columbus Water and Power to enter into a contract modification with Evans, Mechbort, Hamilton, and Tilton Incorporated for the Construction Administration Construction Inspection Services. 2026-2028 contract to add additional funding to authorize amendments to the 2025 capital improvement budget to authorize the appropriation expenditure of up to $1,400,533.56 from the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund and the Water Fresh Water Market Rate Loan Fund for the contract and to make this ordinance contingent upon the Ohio Water…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Passed. Thank you. And next I have Ordinance 2436-2026, to authorize the director of Columbus Water and Power to enter into a construction contract with Claypool Electric Incorporated for the hazardous gas monitors replacement project, to authorize an amendment to the 2025 capital improvement budget, to appropriate funds within the sanitary revolving loan fund, to make this ordinance contingent upon the Ohio Water Development Authority approving a loan for this project, and to authorize the expenditure of up to $2,393,600 from the sanitary revolving loan fund and a transfer of appropriation…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Pass. Thank you, Council President. That's all I have in my committee this evening. However, I do have an ordinance and rules and policy. May I continue? Yes, sir. Thank you. This evening, I have Ordinance 2398-2026 to amend Chapters 1101 and 1119 of Columbus City Code to authorize the Director of Columbus Water and Power, to disconnect vacant buildings from the water system and to expand the lead service line replacement program into contract community areas. The lead service line replacement program is a multi-year citywide project that replaces lead and galvanized water service lines at no…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Deputy Director. Any questions or comments from my colleagues? Seeing none, I move for passage. Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Pass. All right. That is all I have for this evening. Thank you. There you go.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. One quick announcement this evening. The next Public Utilities and Sustainability Committee hearing will be held this Wednesday, September 16th at 5.30 p.m. It will take place here in Council Chambers and will cover the most recent changes made to the proposed data center policy package. If you're interested in providing in-person or written testimony, please reach out to my aide, Chelsea Goulterman, at C-L-G-O-L-T-E-R-M-A-N at Columbus.gov by noon tomorrow. The hearing is open to all members of the public. Like most of them, if you can't make it in person, it…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chair, just one quick question. One, appreciate getting all the answers related to those questions. This is really helpful. The only piece I did not see, and I'm just curious, if there will be a post-construction inspection, although horizontal underground drilling can be helpful to prevent trees from being removed, if that drill goes through the root ball of a tree, that tree most likely will still die just based on the actual construction that's going on. So do we intend, or does Columbia Gas intend to walk that route once it is completed so that if there are trees that are lost, we may be…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chair. So I know recently we just passed the UTC and another contract for another vendor for elevator service repair. I'm just curious, why is this not a vendor under the UTC? Why is this not a contract under the UTC?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“The more we learn about elevator contracts, the more we all went into the wrong business. So I appreciate you giving us that feedback. Thank you, Councilmember.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chair, appreciate the overview. I'm just curious because I'm pretty sure finance has a universal term contract with the same vendor. Is there a reason why there are separate contracts for public safety versus what finance and management is utilizing?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“No worries. I appreciate that. I mean, I think a year ago we all got briefed on a strategic budgeting process from the mayor's administration to really avoid things like this where multiple departments need the same service and instead of having six or seven different vendor contracts, we have one universal term contract that everyone can utilize. I think if we do not have departments talking about how they are using the outside vendors, we're always going to run into this where the issues with Columbus Water and Power aren't taken into consideration when these contracts are developed or some…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026