Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 0540-2009, passed April 20, 2009 authorizing an increase in the obligation of an existing contract for temporary staffing services with Abacus Corporation for the preparation and imaging of tax documents in the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax. Inadvertently, the ability to increase the rate of pay based on experience and/or time in service for the temporary staffing was omitted. This modification will allow for pay rate increases (from $12.15 to $16.20) based on experience and/or time in service as originally intended in Ordinance No. 0540-2009. The current starting rate is $9.00/hr and bill rate $12.15 per hour. This modification will allow the City to increase the rate of pay to a maximum of $12.00 per hour based on experience and/or time in service, and the maximum rate the City will be billed is $16.20. This modification will give the City of Columbus Income Tax Division the ability to retain experienced and high-quality temporary staff, and to help maintain adequate services to taxpayers.
Abacus' contract compliance number is 52-0554932, expiring on 07/01/2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No additional funds are required for this modification.
Title
To authorize the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax to modify an existing contract for temporary services with Abacus Corporation to allow rate of pay adjustments based upon the employee's experience and/or time in service.
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 0540-2009 passed April 20, 2009, authorizing an increase in the obligation of an existing contract for temporary staffing services with Abacus Corporation for the preparation and imaging of tax documents in the Office of the City Auditor, Division of Income Tax; and
WHEREAS, Funding was made available through Ordinance No. 0540-2009; and
WHEREAS, It is now necessary to modify an existing contract to allow pay rate adjustments; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to modify an existing contract with Abacus Corporation to allow pay rate adjustments.
Section 2. That no additional funding is necessary.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.