Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authroizes the Director of the Office of Education to modify the City Year Contract EL005975 for After School Programming at Linmoor Middle School. The original Ordinance was 0483-2006 which passed on April 3, 2006.
The original contract dates were from February 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. The Office of Education is using the Request for Proposal process to award contracts for the 2006-2007 school year.
This ordinance requests that the City Year contract, EL005975, contract dates are modified to February 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006. This will allow the Request For Proposal process to include this program for the school year starting in September 2006.
This ordinance is presented as an emergency to allow contract services to continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No additonal funds are required for this contract modification.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to modify the contract dates of contract EL005975 with City Year Columbus, Inc.; and to declare an emergency.
Body
Whereas, the Office of Education contract with City Year Columbus, Inc begins on February 1, 2006; and
Whereas, the purpose of this contract is to provide After School programming to Linmoor Middle School students; and
Whereas, the contract was to be through December 31, 2006 which would cover the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year; and
Whereas, this contract date change will allow programming through the 2005-2006 school year; and
Whereas, this after school programming piece will be part of the RFP process which will be established for August- December 2006 which is the beginning of the next school year; and
Whereas, no change in cost will occur as a result of this contract date modification; and
Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of Education in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of the Office of Education to modify Contract EL005975 with City Year Columbus, Inc. by changing the ending contract date from December 31, 2006 to June 30, 2006 which coincides with the end of the school year, thereby preserving the public health, peace, safety and welfare; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Office of Education is hereby authorized to modify Contract EL005975 with City Year Columbus, Inc. by changing the contract dates to February 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006.
Section 2. That this contract modification is made pursuant to Section 329.16 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 as amended.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble thereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passageand approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.