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To authorize and direct the Public Service Director to enter into a contract for the Facilities Management Division with eS Architecture and Development for architectural services for Fire Station 34, to authorize the expenditure of $32,500.00 from the Public Safety Voted Bond Fund, Fire Station #34 Project; and to declare an emergency. ($32,500.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes and directs the Public Service Director to enter into a contract for the Facilities Management Division with eS Architecture and Development for final architectural services for Fire Station #34, on behalf of the Public Safety Department, Division of Fire. Kellam & Associates have completed their required architectural services for this project. eS Architecture and Development will oversee and review the project through completion.
Three informal bids were solicited and reviewed by the Public Service Department, Facilities Management Division. eS Architecture & Development provided the most responsive and responsible bid.
Emergency action is requested to ensure the project is completed in a timely manner and that no delay or disruptions occur. Contract compliance is 31-1448505, expiration date 12-03-2004.
FISCAL IMPACT: Unencumbered cash is available within the Division's current 2002 Capital Improvement Budget for these purchases, Safety Voted Bond Fund, Fire Station #34 Project for this purchase.
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WHEREAS, there is a need to continue architectural services through the completion of construction of Fire Station #34; and
WHEREAS, the Facilities Management Division solicited informal bids for final architectural services for Fire Station 34, and
WHEREAS, eS Architecture and Development was selected by the Facilities Management Division to continue this project through it's completion; 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 enter into a contract for architectural services for Fire Station 34, for the immediate preservation of 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 be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with eS Architecture and Development for architectural services for Fire Station 34.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $32,500.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Safety Voted Bond Fund, Fund 701, Division of Fire No. 30-04, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three 6682, OCA 644559, Fire Station #34 Project 340115.
Section 3. That for the 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 its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.