Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to modify a capital funds contract, PO210337, with The Refuge, Inc. to allow for costs incurred prior to the original contract date to be eligible for reimbursement. The original contract and purchase order totaled $20,000.00.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funds are needed for this modification.
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to enter into a contract modification (PO210337) with The Refuge, Inc. to allow for costs incurred prior to the original contract date to be eligible for reimbursement; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, contract no. PO210337 with The Refuge, Inc., in the amount of $20,000.00, was for the purpose of promoting workforce development in the construction trades for youth or restored citizens and transformation of vacant and blighted structures or lots into productive parcels; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to modify the contract to allow for costs incurred prior to the original contract date to be eligible for reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a contract modification with The Refuge, Inc. so they can be paid at the earliest possible convenience, thereby preserving the public health, peace, safety, and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Development be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into a contract modification for PO210337 with The Refuge, Inc., to allow for costs incurred prior to the original contract date to be eligible for reimbursement.
SECTION 2. That this modification is made pursuant to Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code.
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.