Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to modify contract EL000230 with Raymond Professional Group, Inc., for additional professional engineering services for the renovation of the smoke and fire alarm systems at various city facilities including City Hall, 109 North Front Street, the Beacon Building, and the Municipal Court Building. Additional design services are necessary because the City delayed the start of the renovation work at the Municipal Court Building. Ordinance No. 0079-00, passed January, 31, 2000, originally authorized this contract in the amount of $98,000.00. Contract compliance number 36-4327732, expiration date 10/9/05.
EMERGENCY action is requested so that the work can continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: The original contract amount was $98,000.00. This modification is for $7,708.00. The total contract amount including this modification is $105,708.00. Monies are budget in the Facilities Management Capital Improvement Budget for this expenditure.
Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to modify a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Raymond Professional Group, Inc. for additional professional engineering services for the renovation of the smoke and fire alarm systems at various city facilities, to authorize the expenditure of $7,708.00 from the Facilities Management Capital Improvement Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($7,708.00)
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WHEREAS, the Public Service Department, Facilities Management Division entered into a contact for professional engineering services for the renovation of smoke and fire alarms at various city facilities, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 0079-00, passed by City Council on January 31, 2000, authorized the Facilities Management Division to enter into a contact for professional engineering services for the renovation of the smoke and fire alarm systems at various city facilities, and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to modify said contract with Raymond Professional Group, Inc., and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Public Service Director to modify a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Raymond Professional Group, Inc. for professional engineering services for the renovation of the smoke and fire alarm systems at various city facilities, 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 Public Service Director is hereby authorized to modify contract EL000230 for the Facilities Management Division with Raymond Professional Group, Inc. for professional engineering services for the renovation of the smoke and fire alarm systems at various city facilities.
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SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $7,708.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in Section 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
FROM:
Division: 59-07
Fund: 733
OCA Code: 643437
Project: 570030
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $7,708.00
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.