Explanation
BACKGROUND: On December 14, 2005, Ordinance No. 2145-2005 passed, establishing authority for a contract between the Finance and Management Director and Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc. for the renovation of various asphalt lots at Police Division locations. Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc. was recently sold to Shelly Materials, Inc. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all present and future business done by the City of Columbus relating to purchase order EL005803 with Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc., FIN 31-0831781, to Shelly Materials, Inc., FIN 31-1574851. The balance of purchase order EL005803 of $296,000.00, which was approved by City Council on December 14, 2005 by Ordinance No. 2145-2005, must be assigned to Shelly Materials, Inc. Shelly Materials, Inc. Contract Compliance Number 31-1574851, expiration 04/19/2008.
Emergency Action: Emergency action is requested so that Shelly Materials, Inc. may be paid in a timely fashion.
Fiscal Impact: No additional funds are needed for this assignment.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to assign to Shelly Materials, Inc., the contract represented by purchase order EL005803 with Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc., and to declare an emergency. ($-0-)
Body
WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division is in contract with Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc. for the renovation of asphalt at various Police Division locations, and
WHEREAS, Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc., FIN 31-0831781, has sold its assets to Shelly Materials, Inc., FIN 31-1574851, and
WHEREAS, in order for the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division to pay the new contractor at the time payment is due, it is necessary to assign all present and future business relating to purchase order EL005803 with Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc. to Shelly Materials, Inc., including the balance of $296,000.00 encumbered on said purchase order, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to make such an assignment, so that payments are properly made for this contract, 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 assign to Shelly Materials, Inc., all present and future City business relating to purchase order EL005803 with Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc. and execute all documents necessary thereto.
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.