Explanation
The City Attorney's Office has accumulated surplus computer equipment for which it no longer has a use. Although this equipment, which consists of 12 Compaq computers, has been offered to all City departments, it has been determined that this equipment is not functionally useful for any City purpose and is of de minimis value. As a result, the City Attorney is seeking permission to donate this equipment to Tech Corps Ohio, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization located at 51 Jefferson Avenue in the City of Columbus. Because this equipment is of de minimus value on the open market, the City Attorney is requesting that the provisions of Chapter 329 pertaining to the sale of City-owned personal property be waived.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to donate miscellaneous computer equipment to Tech Corps Ohio; to waive the provisions of Section 329.30 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, pertaining to the sale of City-owned personal property; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City Attorney is in possession of 12 Compaq computers that are no longer being used by the Department of Law; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney's Office offered this equipment to all City departments but it has been determined that this equipment is no longer functionally useful for any City purpose; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney would like to donate this equipment to Tech Corps Ohio, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that has expressed interest in and a need for the equipment; and
WHEREAS, for the reasons articulated above, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to dispose of this computer equipment in this manner and waive Section 329.30 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, which governs the sale of City-owned personal property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is immediately necessary to donate this equipment to Tech Corps Ohio and to waive Section 329.30 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, so that this charitable organization has access to this equipment at the earliest possible date, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
Section 1. That the City Attorney is authorized and directed to donate 12 Compaq computers to Tech Corps Ohio, a 501(c)(3) designated charitable organization, Federal Tax ID #16-1703355, located at 51 Jefferson Avenue in the City of Columbus.
Section 2. That for good cause shown, Section 329.30 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, governing the sale of City-owned personal property is hereby waived.
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.