Explanation
Columbus Public Health has a surplus emergency trailer for which it no longer has a use. As a result, the Board of Health is seeking permission to donate this equipment to Delaware County Emergency Medical Services. Because this equipment is of de minimis value on the open market, the Board of Health is requesting that relevant provisions of Chapter 329 pertaining to the sale of city-owned personal property be waived.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to donate an emergency trailer to Delaware County Emergency Medical Services; to waive relevant provisions of the Columbus City Codes pertaining to the sale of city-owned personal property; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health is in possession of one emergency trailer that is no longer being used by Columbus Public Health; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that this equipment is no longer functionally useful for any city purpose; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health would like to donate this equipment to Delaware County Emergency Medical Services, and the organization that has expressed interest in and a need for the equipment; and
WHEREAS, for the reasons articulated above, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to dispose of this emergency trailer in this manner and waive relevant provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 which govern the sale of city-owned personal property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Board of Health to donate this equipment to Delaware County Emergency Medical Services so that this organization has access to this equipment at the earliest possible date, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is authorized and directed to donate an emergency trailer to Delaware County Emergency Medical Services, Federal Tax ID #316400065.
SECTION 2. That for good cause shown, the relevant provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 governing the sale of city-owned personal property are hereby waived.
SECTION 3. 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.