Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $1,827,878.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund for the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, in order to allow the Office of Real Estate Management to enter into lease agreements.
This ordinance also authorizes the Finance and Management Director to renew six separate lease agreements with five separate lessors. Three of the leases are for the Police Division, two are for the Fire Division, and one is for the Development Department, to be occupied by a Neighborhood Pride Center.
The leases authorized by this ordinance, with 2007 costs, are as follows:
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This ordinance also authorizes an expenditure of $407,358.00, to be paid to the Department of Public Utilities, Sewerage and Drainage Division. This payment stems from Police Division and Fire Division office and warehouse space at a Sewerage and Drainage Division location, 1250 Fairwood Avenue.
Emergency action is requested to provide funding to coincide with the beginning date for the lease renewals.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance appropriates $1,827,878.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund for leases for fiscal year 2007. This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $1,199,109.71 for six leases and one Memorandum of Understanding from the Special Income Tax (Fund 430) in 2007. In 2006, the Facilities Management Division spent $1,146,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund to fund these costs. In 2005, the Facilities Management Division spent $1,137,315.75 from the Special Income Tax Fund to fund these costs. The 3042 Trust Contract Compliance Number 31-6334544, expiration date 02/01/2009. Jaeger Commerce Park Ltd. Partnership Contract Compliance Number 31-1244129, expiration date 02/01/2009. Tom Zanetos Contract Compliance Number 27-8143514, expiration date 02/01/2009. Viking Properties Contract Compliance Number 31-1358552, expiration date 02/01/2009. King Lincoln Gateway, LLC Contract Compliance Number 38-3715517, expiration date 02/01/2009.
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To appropriate $1,827,878.00 within the Special Income Tax Fund for the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, on behalf of the Office of Real Estate Management; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to renew six lease agreements with five lessors for the lease of office and warehouse space for the Departments of Public Safety and Development; to authorize the expenditure of $1,199,109.71 from the Special Income Tax Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,199,109.71)
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Office of Real Estate Management, has the responsibility for managing various leases for General Fund agencies, and
WHEREAS, funding for these leases for the Office of Real Estate Management, though not appropriated, are provided for with funding to the Facilities Management Division, within the Special Income Tax Fund for 2007, and
WHEREAS, the appropriation of funds for lease agreements from the Special Income Tax Fund is necessary, and
WHEREAS, the Departments of Public Safety and Development request the execution of these leases, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to renew said leases, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to expend funds for a Memorandum of Understanding between the Departments of Public Utilities and Finance and Management regarding property used by the Public Safety Department at 1250 Fairwood Avenue, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Real Estate Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to renew six lease agreements with five lessors in order to provide funding for office and warehouse space for the Departments of Public Safety and Development to coincide with the beginning of the lease terms, 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 appropriation of $1,827,878.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary, is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 430
OCA Code: 430457
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3301
Amount: $1,827,878.00
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in SECTION 1 shall be paid upon order of the Finance and Management Director and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Council.
SECTION 3. That the Finance and Management Director be and is hereby authorized to renew contracts for the Office of Real Estate Management for the following lease needs, and to expend funds to be paid to the Department of Public Utilities for use of property by the Public Safety Department.
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SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $1,199,109.71, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 3, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 430
OCA Code: 430457
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3301
Amount: $1,199,109.71
SECTION 5. 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.