Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the sale of a 1989 Ford Pick-up and a 1994 Chevrolet Step Van, owned by the City of Columbus Department of Development, to Rebuilding Together Central Ohio. Both of these vehicles, designated Brass Tags 13912 and 18087 respectively, were used to implement the City-operated Mobile Tool Library Program. The Mobile Tool Library Program is designed to encourage low-cost home maintenance and improvements by lending tools and equipment free of charge to residents in designated service areas. The operations of the Tool Library program are being transferred by the City of Columbus to Rebuilding Together Central Ohio (RTCO), a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization. RTCO has secured funding from the City, the Columbus Foundation and the United Way of Central Ohio to continue providing many of the services of the Tool Library to eligible residents of Columbus.
Both of these trucks will be used by RTCO to deliver and pick up tools for eligible Columbus residents and community organizations using the Tool Library. City seals, radios, and license plates will be removed before delivey to RTCO.
The Fleet Management Division has approved this transfer.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This sale has no fiscal impact on the Department of Development.
Title
To authorize the Finance Director to sell a 1989 Ford Pick-up and a 1994 Chevrolet Step Van owned by the City of Columbus Department of Development, to Rebuilding Together Central Ohio for the sum of $2.00; and to waive the provisions of the City Code relating to the sale of City-owned property and to declare an emergency. ($2.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the sale of a 1989 Ford Pick-up and a 1994 Chevrolet Step Van, owned by the City of Columbus Department of Development, to Rebuilding Together Central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, both of these vehicles, designated Brass Tags 13912 and 18087 respectively, were used to implement the City-operated Mobile T...
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