Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, to establish a purchase order in the amount of $70,000.00 for the purchase of Cisco network equipment and switches for the Department's Neighborhood Safety Camera program. This purchase order will be created utilizing the terms and conditions from an existing Universal Term Contract (UTC), established through the competitive bid process by the Purchasing Office, with Pomeroy IT Solutions. The network hardware will be installed in several Police substations and other facilities for video connectivity purposes.
This company is not debarred according to the Federal excluded parties listing or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State unresolved findings for recovery certified search.
Contract Compliance: Pomeroy IT Solutions' # is 611352158 expires 9/22/2011.
EMERGENCY: Emergency designation is requested in order not to delay data and video connectivity to various Public Safety facilities.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $70,000.00, for Cisco network switches and equipment, utilizing an existing Universal Term Contract (UTC), with Pomeroy IT Solutions. Funding for this project is available within the Department of Public Safety's Capital Improvement Bond Funds.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Finance and Management to issue a purchase order from an existing Universal Term Contract with Pomeroy IT Solutions for the purchase of Cisco network hardware and equipment for the Department of Public Safety, to authorize the expenditure of $70,000.00 from the Public Safety Capital Improvement Funds; and to declare an emergency. ($70,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety needs to purchase Cisco network hardware for the Department's Neighborhood Safety Camera Program; and
WHEREAS, the city has an universal term contract with Pomeroy IT Solutions for the purchase of Cisco network hardware; and
WHEREAS, the funding source for this purchase will come from the Department of Public Safety's Capital Improvement Funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to issue a purchase order for the purchase of Cisco network hardware and equipment needed to complete the installation of neighborhood cameras, 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 and directed to issue a purchase order to Pomeroy IT Solutions for the purchase of Cisco network hardware and equipment for the Department of Public Safety on the basis of the City's universal term contract.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $70,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, be and same is hereby authorized as follows:
| DIV 30-01|FUND 701|PROJECT 310003-100000|OCA CODE 701003|OBJ LEVEL 1 ( 06)|OBJ LEVEL 3 6644|AMOUNT $70,000.00
SECTION 3. 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 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 10 days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.