Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to make payment to Mount Carmel Health Providers, Inc. for services rendered and to declare an emergency.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding in the amount of $3,013.00 is available and appropriated for the payment of this expenditure on General Budget Reservation #ACPO012705 authorized by Ordinance #3364-2025, passed December 15, 2025, within the General Fund #1000 within the Civil Service Commission as noted in the attached “Then and Now Certificate” as approved by the City Auditor.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Mount Carmel Health Providers, Inc., provided Pre-employment Physicals and Medical Testing Services to the City of Columbus. 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. 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. The Civil Service Commission respectfully requests this legislation be considered for emergency action to allow the City Auditor to issue a warrant without delay, in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code Section 5705.41 (D)(1).
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to authorize payment to Mount Carmel Health Providers, Inc. per invoice approved by the Department Director (or designee) in an amount not to exceed $3,013.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,013.00)
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WHEREAS, Mount Carmel Health Providers, Inc., provided Pre-employment Physicals and Medical Testing 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; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operations of the Civil Service Commission 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) all for the immediate 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 Mount Carmel Health Providers, Inc. per invoice approved by the Department Director (or designee) in an amount not to exceed $3,013.00 to Mount Carmel Health Provider, Inc.
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 approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.