Explanation
BACKGROUND: To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety, Division of Police, to modify and extend the contract with Helicopter Minit-Men, Inc. for the purpose of providing maintenance for the Police helicopters. The original contract, DL013049 has an option to renew. This will be the third and final year of the contract. The current contract expires in March 2009.
Contract Compliance No: 31-0864866, Expires 02/13/2010
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested so that the current contract may be continued without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $100,000.00 from the Division of Police 2009 General Fund operating budget for helicopter maintenance. The Division spent $732,819.00 in 2007 and $732,819.00 in 2008 for this service. The Division of Police budgeted $562,010 in the 2009 budget for this expense.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to modify and extend the contract for helicopter maintenance with Helicopter Minit-Men, Inc. for the Division of Police; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of Public Safety, Division of Police, needs to have a contract for helicopter maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the current contract has the option to renew for a third and final year with Helicopter Minit-Men, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, emergency legislation is requested so that the current contract may be continued without interruption; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to modify and extend the contract for helicopter maintenance thereby preserving the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Safety, be and is hereby authorized and directed to modify and extend the contract with Helicopter Minit-Men, for helicopter maintenance for the Division of Police.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same is hereby authorized as follows:
| DEPT 30-03 | FUND 010 | OBJ LEV 1 (03) | OBJ LEV 3 (3378) | OCA 300707 |
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.