Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to make payment to Virlina District Board - Church of the Brethren Inc dba Camp Bethel for services rendered and to declare an emergency.
Principal Parties:
Virlina District Board-Church of the Brethren DBA Camp Bethel
Elizabeth Wiegandt, 540-992-2940
328 Bethel Road
Fincastle, VA 24090
Contract Compliance Number: 041391
Contract Compliance Expiration Date: 5/11/28
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested as the services have already been provided and the outstanding payment is due to the vendor.
Fiscal Impact: Funding in the amount of $3,840.00 is available and appropriated for the payment of this expenditure in Fund 2285 within the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department as noted in the attached “Then and Now Certificate” as approved by the City Auditor.
Title
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to authorize payment to Virlina District Board - Church of the Brethren Inc dba Camp Bethel per invoice approved by the Department Director (or designee) in an amount not to exceed $3,840.00 from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,840.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Virlina District Board - Church of the Brethren Inc dba Camp Bethel provided Services to the City of Columbus, and,
WHEREAS, after these services were rendered, the City received an invoice for which a purchase order, with a prior certification of availability of funds by the City Auditor attached, had not been obtained; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5705.41 (D)(1) of the Ohio Revised Code provides that in certain circumstances a political subdivision may authorize payment on a contract executed without prior certification by the City Auditor; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council now has before it a certificate from the City Auditor certifying there was at the time of making the contract and at the time of the execution of such certificate a sufficient sum appropriated for the purpose of such contract and in the treasury or in process of collection to the credit of an appropriate fund free from any encumbrances (a “then and now certificate”); and,
WHEREAS, less than thirty days have passed since the City Council’s receipt of the certificate from the City Auditor; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to satisfy the obligations of the contract;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operations of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to present this ordinance for the City Auditor to issue a warrant in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code Section 5705.41 (D)(1) as the services have already been provided and the outstanding payment is due to the vendor, all for the preservation of the public peace, property, health safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That City Council hereby acknowledges receipt of the “then and now certificate” from the City Auditor and authorizes and directs the City Auditor to authorize payment to Virlina District Board - Church of the Brethren Inc dba Camp Bethel per invoice approved by the Director of Recreation and Parks(or designee) in an amount not to exceed $3,840.00.
SECTION 2. 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 approved by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.