Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to extend a contract with Systems by Rich Consulting LLC for professional custodial service administration and management of the quality assurance and training programs at the new Police Academy, 1000 North Hague Avenue in the amount of $40,827.17. Systems by Rich Consulting LLC is retained by the City to ensure custodial contract compliance, oversight, and training for the custodial staff of the custodial services contractor. The original contract, commissioning the development of custodial specifications, was authorized by Ordinance 0880-2004, passed June 23, 2004, and extended by Ordinance 1811-2004, passed November 4, 2004, and funded for a four-month period beginning November 1, 2004 through February 28, 2005. That ordinance indicated that upon the passage of the 2005 Budget, and with Council approval, the Facilities Management Division would request a renewal of the contract for a 12-month period covering March 1, 2005 through February 28, 2006.
Emergency action is requested so that no interruption in custodial services is experienced at the Police Academy.
Fiscal Impact: The Facilities Management Division budgeted $44,450.00 in the 2005 General Fund budget for custodial contract administration at the new Police Academy. This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $40,827.17 for this contract extension. In 2004, $53,431.73 was expended for these same services.
Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to extend a contract with Systems by Rich Consulting LLC on behalf of the Facilities Management Division for professional custodial service administration and management of the quality assurance and custodial training programs at the new Police Academy; to authorize the expenditure of $40,827.17 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($40,827.17).
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1811-04, passed by City Council on November 4, 2004, authorized the Public Service Department, Facilities Management Division, to enter into a contract with Systems by Rich Consulting LLC for professional custodial service administration and management of the quality assurance and training programs at the Police Academy, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to renew the contract with Systems by Rich Consulting LLC for an additional year beginning March 1, 2005, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Public Service Director to extend a contract with Systems by Rich Consulting LLC, ensuring that custodial services at the new Police Academy are not interrupted, 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 Public Service Director is hereby authorized to modify a contract with Systems by Rich LLC for custodial service administration and management at the Police Academy at 1000 North Hague Avenue from March 1, 2005, through February 28, 2006.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $40,827.17, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 59-07
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 281014
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3396
Amount: $40,827.17
SECTION 3. That for 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 or vetoes the same.