City of Columbus - File #: 2081-2006

• File #: 2081-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/10/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 12/4/2006
• Final action: 12/7/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate and pre-encumber $33,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiative Fund; to authorize and direct the Director of Finance and Management on behalf of the Division of Fire to expend $33,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiative Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($33,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
12/6/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
12/4/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
12/4/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/17/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/17/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/17/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/16/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/16/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/16/2006	1	Finance - Purchasing Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/16/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/15/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/14/2006	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/14/2006	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/14/2006	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/10/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval

Title

To authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate and pre-encumber $33,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiative Fund; to authorize and direct the Director of Finance and Management on behalf of the Division of Fire to expend $33,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiative Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($33,000.00)

Explanation

BACKGROUND:

Need:      The Fire Division is in need to purchase carboxyhemoglobin detectors and CPR cardiac support pumps for use by Columbus Fire EMS personnel; this legislation is to authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate and pre-encumber $33,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiative Fund.  This ordinance also authorizes and directs the Director of Finance and Management on behalf of the Division of Fire to expend $33,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiative Fund at a future date.  Use of these funds has been discussed and approved by City Council for the purchase of this equipment.

Bid Information:      N/A ~ this ordinance is only to pre-encumber funding; funds for said EMS supplies will be expended only after a competitive bidding process has taken place.

Contract Compliance:      N/A

Emergency Designation:            Emergency action is requested to make funding immediately available to procure said EMS supplies.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Budgeted Amount:            Funds exist within the Public Safety Initiative Fund for this purchase.

Body

WHEREAS,      the Fire Division is in need to purchase carboxyhemoglobin detectors and CPR cardiac support pumps for use by EMS personnel, and

WHEREAS,      it is now necessary to pre-encumber funds for said EMS supplies that will be competitively bid at a later time, and

WHEREAS,      an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire in that it is necessary to pre-encumber funds for the aforementioned reasons 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 Director of Finance and Management be and he is hereby authorized to expend, as needed, funds for EMS supplies for use by Columbus Fire EMS personnel.

Section 2.      That the appropriation and expenditure of $33,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized by the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, from the Public Safety Initiative Fund 016, Object Level Three 2207, OCA 300316.

Section 3.      That the procurement of the aforementioned supplies shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.06 unless otherwise provided in Sections 329.07, 329.13, 329.22 or 329.24.

Section 4.      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.