Explanation
This legislation authorizes the amendment of Ordinance No. 2536-2025, passed by Columbus City Council on October 20, 2025, which authorized the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. (formally, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) for the second year of a maintenance agreement for the City's 911 System in the Support Services Division. An amendment is required to clearly state that the City is looking to fund Year 2 of the contract; not enter into contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. since the underlying contract is a 5-year agreement.
Contract Compliance number: CC-053232 Intrado Life & Safety, Inc (formerly, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) 84-0796285, expires July 30, 2027.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that the 911 system is being maintained in the shortest possible time in order to ensure the optimum level of this critical service to the citizens of Columbus.
FISCAL IMPACT: Ordinance No. 2536-2025 authorized $204,102.72. This ordinance authorizes an additional $119,007.27, increasing the total expenditure to $323,109.99 from the General Fund.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 2536-2025, passed by Columbus City Council on October 20, 2025 to correct that the purpose of the legislation is to fund Year 2 of an existing maintenance contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc (formerly, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) not to authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into contract with the vendor; to authorize the expenditure of $119,007.27 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($119,007.27)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Ordinance No. 2536-2025, which was approved by Columbus City Council on October 20, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2536-2025 requested authority for the Department of Public Safety, Division of Support Services to enter into contract with Intrado Life & Safety Inc, (formerly Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation); however a contract already exists and that legislation should have only requested funding for Year 2; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to fund Year 2 of the maintenance agreement with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc (formerly Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) to ensure the continuation of the maintenance and support of the City's 911 system without interruption, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, and now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Explanation Section of Ordinance No. 2536-2025 is hereby amended as follows with additions underlined and deletions struck through:
This ordinance authorizes funding for Year 2 of the existing the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. (formerly, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) for the second year of a maintenance agreement for the City's 911 System in the Support Services Division. This is year two of a five-year maintenance agreement that will further enhance the 911 System to ensure that it stays National Emergency Number (NENA) compliant. The City of Columbus operates a fully redundant, geo-diverse set of Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) controllers that currently support operations at the Columbus wireless PSAP, the Columbus backup PSAP. The Division of Support Services upgraded the existing 911 system in 2023. This upgrade procured new hardware as well as upgraded software to ensure compliance with NENA standards and to provide continued services and required services, and requires annual maintenance.
SECTION 2. That the existing Explanation Section of Ordinance 2536-2025 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That the Title to Ordinance 2536-2025 is hereby amended as follows with additions underlined and deletions struck through:
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to fund Year 2 of the exiting five-year contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc (formerly, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) City Auditor to transfer funds in the amount of $100,000.00 within the Support Services’ general fund budget; to authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc (formerly, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) to continue the maintenance of the city's current 911 system pursuant to the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code; to authorize an expenditure of $119,007.27 from Public Safety's General Fund; and to declare an emergency. (119,007.27)
SECTION 4: That the existing Title to Ordinance 2536-2025 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That Section 1 of the Ordaining Section of Ordinance 2536-2025 is hereby amended as follows with additions underlined and deletions struck through:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized to fund Year 2 of the enter into contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc (formerly Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) for the continuing maintenance of the recent upgrade of the current 911 system.
SECTION 6. That the existing Section 1 of Ordinance 2536-2025 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. That all other provisions of Ordinance 2536-2025 other than as set forth herein remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part thereof, 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.