Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with MurphyEpson for the provision of engagement and outreach services.
As an immediate follow up to the insight2050 Corridor Concepts report, the City of Columbus and COTA are partnering for a series of Mobility Innovation Tests. The partners are looking at innovative ways to move more people faster and testing those ideas. Starting this summer, COTA and the city will deploy temporary transit enhancements on high-use corridors and analyze the results. Through low-cost, temporary changes, the community will be able to see how different transit improvements impact specific measures, such as if buses are arriving on time, rider satisfaction, and traffic flow. One test in this series could include enhancements like dedicated bus lanes during rush hour, an idea the community heard at last year’s Purple Aisle Transportation Innovation Weekend.
As part of the mobility innovation tests, a partnership between the City of Columbus and COTA, the City will contract with MurphyEpson for communication services surrounding the execution of said mobility innovation tests.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to immediately contract with MurphyEpson in preparation for summer mobility innovation tests.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with MurphyEpson for the provision of engagement and outreach services; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($30,242.00)
Body
WHEREAS, to follow up to the insight2050 Corridor Concepts report, the City of Columbus and COTA are partnering for a series of Mobility Innovation Tests; and
WHEREAS, as part of the mobility innovation tests, the City will contract with MurphyEpson for communication services surrounding the execution of said mobility innovation tests; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a contract with MurphyEpson in preparation for summer mobility innovation tests; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Service is hereby authorized to enter into contract with MurphyEpson for the provision of engagement and outreach services.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $30,242.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the Department of Public Service per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $30,242.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby 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.