Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 1150-2009, passed September 21, 2009, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to modify and increase contracts with various contractors for additional grass mowing and litter control services during the 2009 season as part of the Weed Abatement Program. It has since been determined that one contractor, EJ Lawn Service, is unable to provide the additional services. Higher Ground Commercial Maintenance, an established contractor currently working in the Weed Abatement Program, has been selected to replace EJ Lawn Service as a contracting entity to receive additional work. This ordinance amends Ordinance 1150-2009 by removing EJ Lawn Service and adding Higher Ground Commercial Maintenance LLC.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funds are required for this amendment.
Emergency action is required so that grass mowing and litter control services will not be interrupted.
Title
To amend Ordinance 1150-2009, passed September 21, 2009, for the purpose of replacing EJ Lawn Service with Higher Ground Commercial Maintenance LLC to provide additional grass mowing and litter control services as part of the Weed Abatement Program; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1150-2009, passed September 21, 2009, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to modify and increase contracts with various contractors for grass mowing and litter control services during the 2009 season as part of the Weed Abatement Program; and
WHEREAS, it has since been determined that one contractor, EJ Lawn Service, is unable to provide the additional services; and
WHEREAS, Higher Ground Commercial Maintenance, an established contractor currently working in the Weed Abatement Program, has been selected to replace EJ Lawn Service as a contracting entity to receive additional work; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance amends Ordinance 1150-2009 by removing EJ Lawn Service and adding Higher Ground Commercial Maintenance LLC; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Building Services Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment of Ordinance 1150-2009 to avoid an interruption in program services, 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 Section 1 of Ordinance 1150-2009 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to modify and increase contracts with the vendors listed below in accordance with Columbus City Code for grass mowing and litter control services for the Department of Development, Building Services Division.
Vendor
Cut it Now Lawn Care & Hauling Service
Higher Ground Commercial Maintenance LLC
Greater Linden Development Corp
Lyles Landscape & Maintenance
Martha Walker Garden Club
Nowlin & Sons Lawn Care
Section 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble thereto, 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.