Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present, and future contracts and purchase orders with Reynolds Farm Equipment, Inc. dba Reynolds Golf & Turf. Reynolds Farm Equipment, Inc. dba Reynolds Golf & Turf has undergone an acquisition by Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present, and future business done by the City of Columbus from Reynolds Farm Equipment, Inc. dba Reynolds Golf & Turf, FID 35-1047907, to Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc., FID 57-0819377.
No additional funds are necessary to modify the option contracts as requested. There is no change in the type of products being procured and the original contracts were formally bid. The original terms and conditions remain in effect.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: The Finance and Management Department respectfully requests this legislation be considered an emergency in order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of Grounds Equipment Parts and Ventrac Parts.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required to modify the option contracts. The Department of Finance and Management, Division of Fleet Management, must set aside their own funding for their estimated expenditures.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present, and future contracts and purchase orders from Reynolds Farm Equipment, Inc. dba Reynolds Golf & Turf to Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc. and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Purchasing Office has option contracts and open purchase orders for Grounds Equipment Parts and Ventrac Parts for use by the Division of Fleet Management; and
WHEREAS, Reynolds Farm Equipment, Inc. dba Reynolds Golf & Turf has been acquired by Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc., FID 57-0819377, and
WHEREAS, in addition to notifying the City, Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc. has agreed to honor the past, present, and future contracts and agreements; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to modify all contracts and purchase orders established and in process with Reynolds Farm Equipment, Inc. dba Reynolds Golf & Turf, 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 the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to modify all past, present, and future contracts and purchase orders pursuant to those contracts to reflect the change from Reynolds Farm Equipment, Inc. dba Reynolds Golf & Turf, FID 35-1047907, to Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc., FID 57-0819377.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with relevant provisions of Section 329 of the Columbus City Code.
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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.