Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to purchase one (1) Ford Transit van on behalf of Columbus City Council to be utilized for community engagement purposes.
Columbus City Council holds dozens of public events each year, including Council Community Meetings, the Summer Splash Series, and others where residents have an opportunity to engage with their elected officials. The new vehicle will allow Council to expand its presence in the community and to provide a mobile space for constituent services.
The purchase will be made from existing purchase agreement PA004790
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into contract with George Byers and Sons Inc. for the purchase of one (1) Ford Transit van; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund. ($60,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council holds dozens of public events each year, including Council Community Meetings, the Summer Splash Series, and others where residents have an opportunity to engage with their elected officials; and
WHEREAS, Council desires to purchase a vehicle, through the City Clerk, that will allow Council to expand its presence in the community and to provide a mobile space for constituent services;
WHEREAS, the City an existing purchase agreement with George Byers and Sons, Inc., for which a competitive bidding process was undertaken, under which Council desires to purchase a Ford Transit van to be used for Council-constituent purposes; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk, on behalf of City Council, is authorized to enter into purchase contract, under the existing purchase agreement PA004790, with George Byers and Sons Inc. for the purchase of one (1) Ford Transit van in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $60,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That per the action authorized in Section 1 of this ordinance, the expenditure of $60,000.00, or so much thereof as needed, is hereby authorized per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date allowable under law.