Columbus City Council

Many area residents at Tuesday's meeting seemed prepared to accept any solution to the deer problem.

The Community Shelter Board's annual point-in-time count was done in January. The annual census found 2,587 people experiencing homelessness on the day of the count.

Issue 5 creates a team to send trained, non-police responders to emergency calls that don't involve a weapon or intent to harm. The amendment had no organized opposition.

City leaders say it typically takes two years to receive a new fire engine after it's ordered. That timeline was put into flux last year when Sutphen workers went on strike.

A resident told Columbus City Council that park employees removed a child from an unoccupied turf field at Kilbourne Run Sports Park. The fields rent at $250 for two hours.

Issue 5 on the May 5 primary ballot asks voters if they want to establish a team of clinicians and social workers to respond to non-violent crises in place of police officers.

Jacquelin Lewis thanked the council for the "tremendous honor" and said she is excited to serve.

Columbus City Auditor Megan Kilgore announced she'd be leaving her position for a job in the private sector, just a few months after winning re-election to a new four-year term.

Leaders from the Columbus City Council and Columbus City Schools gathered at Northland High School Tuesday to announce a partnership focused on bringing more public resources into schools to help students and their families.

After making last-minute changes to the agreement, Columbus City Council voted 5 to 3 to approve it, with one person abstaining.