Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the following Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements listed below for Lawn Mowing Services and Weed and Vegetation Management for the Department of Public Utilities.
UNIVERSAL TERM CONTRACT PURCHASE AGREEMENTS:
Lawn Mowing
Weed and Vegetation Management
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: $598,355.88 is budgeted and needed for this purchase. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2020 operating budget, Ordinance 2926-2019.
$481,603.67 was spent in 2019
$487,820.40 was spent in 2018
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for Lawn Mowing Services and Weed and Vegetation Management for the Division of Water and the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to authorize the expenditure of $228,355.88 from the Water Operating Fund and $370,000.00 from the Sewerage Operating Fund. ($598,355.88)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for Lawn Mowing Services and Weed and Vegetation Management; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for Lawn Mowing Services and Weed and Vegetation Management; 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 be and is hereby authorized to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for Lawn Mowing Services and Weed and Vegetation Management.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $598,355.88 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and is hereby authorized $228,355.88 in Fund 6000 (Water Operating) and the expenditure of $370,000.00 in Fund 6100 (Sewerage Operating-Sanitary); in object class 03 Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.