Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Department of Building and Zoning Services to enter into a contract to provide ongoing electrical inspection services on behalf of Franklin County. Ordinance Nos. 2249-2022 and 0182-2023 authorized the Department of Building and Zoning Services to provide inspections on behalf of Franklin County in accordance with Section 307.15 and Chapter 3781 of the Ohio Revised Code. Franklin County does not currently have the capability to perform electrical inspections for the permits it issues, but the City's Department of Building and Zoning Services is equipped and has the capacity to provide these required inspections. Due to negotiations between Franklin County and the City, a contract was not completed prior to the previous contract's expiration date of December 31, 2023. This contract is needed to ensure timely reimbursement to the City for costs already incurred and to ensure the City continues to be compensated for services rendered in 2024.
The term of the agreement for specified inspection services will be from January 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure timely reimbursement to the City.
FISCAL IMPACT: Ordinance Nos. 2249-2022 ($116,000.00) and 0182-2023 ($223,000.00) authorized the Department of Building and Zoning Services to provide electrical inspection services to Franklin County. This legislation authorizes the additional receipt of $116,666.69. Including this request, the aggregate amount for inspection services is $455,666.69. Expenditures and revenues to provide these services are budgeted in the Development Services Fund, Fund 2240.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services to enter into contract with Franklin County to provide electrical inspections on their behalf; to authorize retroactive receipt of payment for services that began on January 1, 2024; and to declare an emergency. ($116,666.69)
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WHEREAS, Franklin County does not currently have the capability to perform the electrical inspections required for the permits it issues; and
WHEREAS, The City's Department of Building and Zoning Services is equipped and has the capacity to provide these essential inspections; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2249-2022 and Ordinance 0182-2023 authorized the Department of Building and Zoning Services to provide inspections on behalf of Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, due to negotiations between Franklin County and the City, a contract was not completed prior to the previous contract's expiration date of December 31, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, the contract authorized by this ordinance will begin retroactively on January 1, 2024 and end on July 31, 2024 at a value of $116,666.69; and
WHEREAS, Franklin County has a need to provide inspections for its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, Franklin County has approved contracts with the City of Columbus for the provision of inspection services; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Building and Zoning Services in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a revenue contract with Franklin County to ensure timely reimbursement to the City for costs already incurred and owed to the City all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services is hereby authorized to enter into a revenue contract for the provision of specified inspection services and to receive reimbursement for costs already incurred by the City on behalf of Franklin County for the period of January 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024 in the amount of $116,666.69.
SECTION 2. That funds received from these revenue contracts shall be deposited into the Development Services Fund, Fund No. 2240.
SECTION 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.