Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to renew a contract for snow/ice removal at 757 Carolyn Avenue, 750 Piedmont Road, 1000 North Hague Avenue, and the Health Department at 240 Parsons Avenue.
The original contract was awarded based on bids received October 7, 2003, and was authorized by Ord. 0029-2004 (passed March 9, 2004) covering all of 2004, including snow/ice removal as well as landscaping. The snow/ice removal portion was renewed for all of 2005 by Ord. 2184-2004 (passed December 15, 2004) and the landscaping portion for 2005 was renewed by Ord. 0765-2005 (passed May 12, 2005). This ordinance renews the contract for the third of four one-year renewal options. This renewal will cover the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. This ordinance only provides funding for the snow/ice removal portion of the contract. Funding for the landscaping portion of the contract will be requested in spring 2006.
Emergency Action is requested so that snow and ice removal will not be suspended at the end of the current term, December 31, 2005.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract renewal is $25,000.00. In 2005, the cost of this contract was $75,545.68, including landscaping, as well as snow/ice removal. In 2004, a total of $61,181.25 was spent on the original contract and the snow/ice removal renewal. The Facilities Management Division budgeted $64,021.00 in the 2005 General Fund budget for this contract. Due to shortfalls in other areas of the budget, it is necessary to only provide funding for the ice/snow removal portion out of the 2005 budget. Winnscapes Contract Compliance Number 31-1313521, exp. 07/08/2007.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to renew a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for snow/ice removal at various City-owned locations; to authorize the expenditure of $25,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($25,000.00)
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WHERAS, it is necessary to provide snow/ice removal at various City-owned locations, and
WHEREAS, renewing the contract with Winnscapes accomplishes this necessary goal, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Facilities Management Division in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to renew a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for snow/ice removal at various City locations to ensure that services continue uninterrupted, 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 renew a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes, for snow/ice removal at various City-owned facilities.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $25,000.00, 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:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 450044
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3377
Amount: $25,000.00
SECTION 3. That for 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 or vetoes the same.