Explanation
BACKGROUND: To amend Ordinance 1399-2017 passed June 5, 2017, which authorized the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Public Defender Commission to provide legal counsel to indigent persons charged with criminal offenses. After passage of Ordinance 1399-2017, the Finance and Management Department learned that the Franklin County Public Defender Commission had been dissolved and that the contract should be established with Franklin County, of which the Franklin County Public Defender Office is a sub-unit. Therefore, this ordinance seeks authority to amend Ordinance 1399-2017 to change the contract vendor from the Franklin County Public Defender Commission to Franklin County. All other terms, conditions and contract amounts referenced in Ordinance 1399-2017 related to the agreement between the City and Franklin County remain unchanged.
Emergency Justification: Emergency legislation is requested to ensure that timely payment can be made to Franklin County for the City share of operating costs related to the Franklin County Public Defender contract.
Financial Impact: There is no financial impact to the budget with respect to this legislation.
Title
To amend ordinance 1399-2017 to change the contract vendor from the Franklin County Public Defender Commission to Franklin County; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, ordinance 1399-2017, passed June 5, 2017, authorized the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Public Defender Commission to provide legal counsel to indigent persons charged with criminal offenses; and
WHEREAS, after passage of Ordinance 1399-2017, the Finance and Management Department learned that the Franklin County Public Defender Commission had been dissolved and that the contract should be established with Franklin County, of which the Franklin County Public Defender Office is a sub-unit; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Ordinance 1399-2017 to change the contract vendor from the Franklin County Public Defender Commission to Franklin County. All other terms, conditions and contract amounts referenced in Ordinance 1399-2017 related to the agreement between the City and Franklin County remain unchanged; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to amend Ordinance 1399-2017 to ensure that timely payment can be made to Franklin County for the City share of operating costs related to the Franklin County Public Defender contract, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 2 of Ordinance Number 1399-2017 is hereby amended as follows to reflect the correct contract vendor name:
SECTION 2. That the Director of the Department of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Public Defender Commission of Columbus, Ohio Franklin County, aka Treasurer Franklin County, for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
SECTION 2. That all other terms, conditions and contract amounts referenced in Ordinance 1399-2017 related to the contract remain unchanged.
SECTION 3. 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.