Explanation
Ordinance #1774-2008, passed by Columbus City Council December 3, 2008, authorized the Director of Finance & Management to enter into a lease agreement by and between the City of Columbus and the County Commissioners of Franklin County for the property located at 375 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215 (known as the Franklin County Municipal Court Building) commencing April 1, 2009 and continuing automatically for successive one-year terms unless the City provides sixty (60) days written notice, prior to the expiration of the then current term, of its intention to terminate the lease at the end of the term, and subject to the annual appropriation and certification of funds for payment of rent. The annual rent for the lease is the sum of the County's actual operating costs to provide janitorial service to the space occupied or used by the City and the pro-rated cost of the building casualty insurance excluding any coverage for contents. The operating costs for the 2014 lease year have now been finalized.
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to expend funds for the payment of annual rent for the one (1) year term beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015 for the lease agreement with the County Commissioners of Franklin County for the property located at 375 South High Street.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of up to $370,000.00 appropriated pursuant to the 2014 General Fund Appropriation Ordinance.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow services to the building to continue without interruption. Earlier action was not possible until 2013 costs were finalized to allow 2014 costs to be fully calculated.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to make payment to Franklin County for the rent of office space located at 375 South High Street, known as the Franklin County Municipal Court Building, for the period beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015; to authorize the expenditure of $370,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($370,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City has entered into a lease with the County Commissioners of Franklin County for the property located at 375 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215; and
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the annual rent consideration for each lease year shall be the sum of the County's actual operating costs to provide janitorial service to the space occupied or used by the City with supplemental cleaning services billed on an hourly basis and the pro-rated cost (based on the City's occupancy) of building casualty insurance excluding any coverage for contents; and
WHEREAS, the City appropriated rental funds pursuant to the 2014 General Fund Appropriation Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of rental funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to expend funds for payment of rent at 375 South High Street, for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be, and hereby is authorized to expend $370,000.00 for payment of annual rent for the term of the lease now commencing on April 1, 2014 and terminating on March 31, 2015.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $370,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in Section 1, be and is hereby authorized and as follows:
Division: 45-51
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 455102
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3396
Amount: $350,000.00
Division: 45-51
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 455102
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3301
Amount: $20,000.00
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.