City of Columbus - File #: 1126-2007

• File #: 1126-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/28/2007
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 7/23/2007
• Final action: 7/25/2007
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to enter into contracts with the Association for Psychotherapy, Inc. for the Division of Police, to authorize the transfer of funds within the Division of Police's General Fund Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $82,000.00 from the General Fund; and to waive the provisions of competitive bidding; and to declare an emergency. ($82,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/24/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/23/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/23/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/11/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/10/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2007	1	Finance - Purchasing Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/10/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/9/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2007	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/9/2007	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/9/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/6/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/28/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/28/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

Need: Currently, the Division of Police utilizes the services of Association for Psychotherapy, Inc. for critical incident care (ex. result of shooting or death), Applied Behavior Science (ex. classroom instruction for dealing with the unique "stressful" situations in a police officer's daily duties and sworn counseling (ex. psychological counseling for police officers as needed due to job, home, family, etc.). There is not a current contract in place for these services and this ordinance will establish a contract until the end of 2007. Obviously, psychological counseling is crucial to the well being of our police officers.

In addition Association for Psychotherapy, Inc. has the existing contract for the psychological testing/evaluation for police candidates which has the option for renewal until 2008 for the City of Columbus Civil Service Commission Office.

Funding will be required for each of these services, it is estimated the total amount will be $82,000.00 for the remainder of 2007.

Additional Need: Funds for the Applied Behavior Science contract and for the psychological testing/evaluation for the police candidates contract are budgeted in the transfer category. These funds are needed to be transferred within the General Fund Budget of the Division of Police from Object Level 1 (10) to Object Level 1 (03) for these expenses.

Bid Information: The Division of Police needs to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the services listed above but due to the time restraints, staffing and development of specifications, the Division of Police wishes to request waiving competitive bidding until the RFP process can be completed which will be no later than the end of 2007. It is important to continue these medical services for the police officers without interruption due to existing treatment officers may be receiving or emergency counseling as needed.

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