Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance & Management Director to issue purchase orders for telephone service for various divisions of the Department of Development.
Emergency action is necessary so that telephone service can be continued without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for telephone services are included in the General Fund, Development Services Fund, HOME Fund, and the Community Development Block Grant Fund.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders for various divisions within the Department of Development for telephone services, per the terms and conditions of the citywide Universal Term Contract: to authorize the expenditure of $375.00 from the General Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $60,000.00 for the Development Services Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $9,200 from the Home Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $5,390 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($74,965.00)
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WHEREAS, the operations of the Department of Development require telephone services; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Management has established a citywide Universal Term Contract for telephone services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue purchase orders for telephone services so these services can be continued without interruption, thereby preserving 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 is hereby authorized and directed to issue purchase orders to A T & T for telephone services for the Department of Development in accordance with the established citywide Universal Term Contract.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $375.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from funds available within the Housing Division, Department No. 44-10; Fund 010; OCA Code 440278; Object Level Three 3320.
Section 3. That the expenditure of $60,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from funds available within the Building Services Division; Department No. 44-03; Fund 240; OCA Code 440371; Object Level Three 3320.
Section 4. That the expenditure of $9,200.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from funds available within the Housing Division; Department No. 44-10; Fund 201; OCA Code 448130; Object Level Three 3320, Grant No. 458001.
Section 5. That the expenditure of $5,390.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from funds available within the Housing Division, Department No. 44-10; Fund 248; Object Level Three Code 3320, as follows:
OCA 448529 $2,000
OCA 448523 $ 450
OCA 448528 $1,200
OCA 448525 $1,740
Total: $5,390
Section 6. 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.