Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance to establish a blanket purchase order for the purchase of Woodchips for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage from an established Universal Term Contract.
Woodchips are used as a bulking agent at the Compost Facility within the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and are a vital part of the composting process. The Compost Facility is adding a third compost pad in 2005 and plans to increase the use of woodchips by approximately 50%, therefore the funding request for 2005 is greater then in previous years. The Purchasing Office has established a Universal Term Contract for the option to obtain Woodchips with The Garick Corporation, FL-002019
SUPPLIER: The Garick Corporation (34-1395644)
FISCAL IMPACT: $300,000.00 is budgeted for this expenditure
230,000.00 was spent in 2004
$135,000.00 was spent in 2003.
Emergency legislation is being requested so that there is no interruption in the supply of Woodchips
Title
To authorize the Finance Director to establish a Blanket Purchase Order for Woodchips from an established Universal Term Contract with The Garick Corporation, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; to authorize the expenditure of $300,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund and to declare an emergency. ($300,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Purchasing has established a Universal Term Contract, FL-002019, with The Garick Corporation, for the option to obtain Woodchips; and,
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage desires to establish a Blanket Purchase Order for the purchase of Woodchips based on the Universal Term Contract; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage in that it is immediately necessary to establish a blanket order for Woodchips so that there is not any interruption in the supply of the bulking material with The Garrick Corporation for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Finance Director be and is hereby authorized to establish a Blanket Purchase Order for the purchase of Woodchips from a Universal Term Contract established by the Purchasing Office with The Garick Corporaation, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $300,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, Fund No. 650, as follows, OCA: 605899, Object Level One: 02, Object Level Three: 2209 to pay the cost thereof.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, where is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, which 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.