To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to establish a purchase order to make payments to Delaware County for sewer services provided during Fiscal Year 2026, and to authorize the expenditure of $4,000,000.00 from the Sanitary Sewer Operating Fund. ($4,000,000.00)

This item authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to establish a purchase order for payments to Delaware County for sewer services during Fiscal Year 2026. The total expenditure authorized is $4,000,000.00, to be funded from the Sanitary Sewer Operating Fund. This payment is in accordance with the "AGREEMENT FOR SANITARY SEWER SERVICE" between Delaware County and the City of Columbus, originally dated November 12, 1991, and subsequently modified by a Memorandum of Understanding in 2018. The agreement outlines the terms for the collection, transportation, and treatment of sanitary wastewater between the two entities across designated service areas.