City of Columbus - File #: 1657-2003

• File #: 1657-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/19/2003
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 7/28/2003
• Final action: 7/28/2003
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to modify and extend a lease agreement for the Facilities Management Division with All Starr Limited Partnership, Inc. for office space for the Public Safety Department, to appropriate and authorize the expenditure of $285,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($285,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/30/2003	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/29/2003	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/28/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/28/2003	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/18/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/17/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/17/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/17/2003	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/17/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/17/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/16/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
7/15/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/15/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/15/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/14/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/7/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/3/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/26/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Disapproved
6/26/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
6/23/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/23/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/19/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/19/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

BACKGROUND:  This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to modify and extend a lease agreement for the Facilities Management Division for rental of office space used by the Public Safety Department with All Starr Limited Partnership.  The period of the lease agreement is from August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2005, subject to yearly appropriation of funds by City Council.   The original lease agreement was authorized by Ordinance 2791-96, passed November 25, 1996 in the amount of $224,430.80.

Emergency action is requested to provide a continuous rental of office space for Public Safety.

Fiscal Impact:  The money for this lease will come from the Special Income Tax Fund.  Facilities Management budgeted $262,650.00 in the 2003 General Fund budget for this lease.  The new lease cost is $285,000.00 per year.  2002 rent expense was $255,000.00.

Title

To authorize the Public Service Director to modify and extend a lease agreement for the Facilities Management Division with All Starr Limited Partnership, Inc. for office space for the Public Safety Department, to appropriate and authorize the expenditure of $285,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund, and to declare an emergency.  ($285,000.00)

Body

WHEREAS, the Public Safety Department has a need for office space, and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify and extend a lease agreement for office space for the Public Safety Department; and

WHEREAS, the contract modification calls for a two year lease agreement, subject to an annual appropriation of funds by City Council; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Facilities Management Division, Public Service Department, in that it is immediately necessary to modify and extend a lease agreement with All Starr Limited Partnership, Inc., for office space for the Public Safety Department, 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 and extend lease agreement CT17850 for the Facilities Management Division with All Star Limited Partnership Inc., for office space for the Public Safety Department.

Section 2.  That the appropriation of $285,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary, is hereby authorized and approved as follows.

From:

Division:  59-07

Fund: 430

OCA Code:  430597

Object Level One:  03

Object Level Three:  3301

Amount:  $285,000.00

Section 3.  That the expenditure of $285,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary, is hereby authorized and approved as follows.

From:

Division:  59-07

Fund: 430

OCA Code:  430597

Object Level One:  03

Object Level Three:  3301

Amount:  $285,000.00

Section 3.  That for the reason 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.