Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance No. 0192-2011, approved by City Council on February 14, 2011, authorized the Board of Health to accept and appropriate $1,054,751.00 in supplemental grant monies from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program for the period of August 10, 2010 through August 9, 2011. On June 24, 2011, the Ohio Department of Health approved a budget revision allowing for the immediate purchase, installation, and programming of a card access control system for the Emergency Preparedness Office in the North Dorm of the Columbus Public Health Facility at 240 Parsons Avenue. This ordinance is needed to authorize the transfer of $7,735 of appropriation authority from Object level One - 01, Personal Services, to Object Level One - 06, Capital Outlay, and to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract for the Health Department with KNS Services, Inc., for the purchase, installation, and programming of a card access control system for the Emergency Preparedness Office.
Ordinance No. 0887-2009, approved by City Council on July 13, 2009, authorized a contract with KNS Services, Inc., for the purchase, installation, and programming of a card access control system and intercom for the Health Commissioner's Office. Ordinance No. 0599-2011, approved by City Council on April 25, 2011, authorized the Board of Health to enter into contract with KNS Services, Inc., for the purchase and maintenance of video monitoring equipment at its 240 Parsons Avenue Facility. These needed maintenance services included the Matrix System, the Card Access Equipment, and maintenance and service for all electric locking devices and panic buttons associated with the Matrix Systems at the 240 Parsons Avenue facility. This was the second year of a three year competitively bid contract with KNS Services, Inc. for $24,864.00 for equipment maintenance services.
Because of the above history in successful...
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