Columbus South Side Area Commission
Public Services Committee
January 2026 Meeting Notes
- Ideas for speakers
- Refuse
- Urban forestry master plan
- Vision Zero
- Keep Columbus Beautiful (have education specialist on staff)
- COTA / LinkUS (southeast corridor?)
- Sidewalk repair/how City prioritizes missing sidewalks
- Capital Improvement Program (Council?)
- Capital Priorities / UIRF
- Commission was not asked for requests in 2025
- Public Relations
- February - How Sweet It Is
- March - Parsons Art Hop
- June (usually) - Avenue for All
- July - Schumacher Block Party
- August - National Night Out
- August - Merion Village Festival
- Southern Orchards - variety of events
- Refuse issues
- Convincing people put their trash can out and take it back in on the correct day
- Illegal dumping (NE area commission bought a couple of trail cameras and worked with refuse on where to put them)
- Map on department of refuse
- Illegal dumping/bulk pickup - 1-3 month delay
- Recycling collection location - some places have recycling in the front, trash in the back
- Other topics
- Parks - how do donations work?
- Street trees
- Lead pipes - yard signs in Southern Orchards