Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute a Second Amendment to the License Agreement by and between the City and the Franklin County Board of Elections, for the continued temporary use of classroom, common areas, and storage for provision of election poll worker training at the City facility located at 750 Piedmont Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. The Franklin County Board of Elections has been using the Piedmont site to conduct election poll worker training since March 25, 2019 as authorized by Ordinance 0647-2019 and as modified and extended by Ordinance 2068-2019.
The Franklin County Board of Elections has a continued need for temporary classroom space to conduct election poll worker training and for storage of equipment at the City's 750 Piedmont location through the November 3, 2020 General Election and desires to further extend the term of its License Agreement through November 30, 2020.
Fiscal Impact: No funds are required. The City will receive rent to offset the City’s cost for provision of utilities and janitorial services provided during the term of the Second Amendment to License Agreement that will be deposited in the General Fund.
Emergency Action: This legislation is presented as emergency in order to allow the Franklin County Board of Elections to continue its election poll worker training uninterrupted.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to execute a Second Amendment to the License Agreement by and between the City and the Franklin County Board of Elections for temporary use of training space located at 750 Piedmont Avenue; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Elections desires to continue its use of temporary classroom and storage space at the City's property located at 750 Piedmont Avenue to provide training for election poll workers and storage of voting equipment prior to the November 3, 2020 General Election, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Management has determined that extending the term of the License Agreement with Franklin County Board of Elections through November 30, 2020 serves a public purpose and therefore a Second Amendment to License Agreement should be granted, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to execute a Second Amendment to License Agreement to permit the Franklin County Board of Elections to continue its uninterrupted use of classroom, common area and storage space at 750 Piedmont Avenue to provide election poll worker training 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 Director of Finance and Management be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into a Second Amendment to License Agreement, as prepared and approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate, by and between the City of Columbus and the Franklin County Board of Elections to extended the term through November 30, 2020 and establish the rent for temporary use of classroom, common area, and storage space available at 750 Piedmont Avenue to conduct poll worker training.
SECTION 2. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.