Columbus City Council is considering an ordinance that could lead to the re-installation of the Christopher Columbus statue, that once stood outside City Hall, in another public location. The ordinance, which will be considered at Monday's council meeting, would allow the city's Department of Development to enter into an up to $253,000 contract with a planning firm, Designing Local Ltd, to help facilitate public discussion about the potential re-installation.  

The ordinance also proposed that the statue be used for educational purposes. The city's Deputy Director of the Department of Development Jennifer Fening told 10TV that the statue will not return to City Hall. The Christopher Columbus statue that once sat on the Broad Street side of Columbus City Hall was removed in the summer of 2020 after Mayor Andrew Ginther called for it to come down, claiming the statue did not represent the diverse values of the city. The statue was a gift from the people of Genoa, Italy in 1955.