Explanation
Background: This ordinance amends ordinance 0520-2023. Emergency action is required in order for the contract amendment, which shall extend the term, to be in effect prior to expiration.
Emergency Action: requested so that the new contract amendment may be in effect prior to the expiration of the existing contract and vending services for the City may continue uninterrupted.
Fiscal Impact: No funds are required. The City will continue to receive commissions on all sales during the extended term. All compensation will be deposited in the General Fund.
Title
To amend ordinance 0520-2023 to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to execute a Fourth Amendment to Lease for Vending Machine Services by and between the City and AVI Food Systems, Inc. for continued service of the City’s vending machines and Market-C stores, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, since 2008 AVI Food Systems, Inc. has been the City’s vendor for vending machine and Market-C store sales and service throughout City facilities; and
WHEREAS, the existing Lease for Vending Machine Services will expire on March 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Management and AVI Food Systems, Inc. have mutually agreed to extend the term for such services until September 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a Fourth Amendment to Lease for Vending Machine Services to permit AVI Food Systems, Inc. to continue to provide the City uninterrupted vending service throughout City facilities, 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. This ordinance is to amend Section 3 of ordinance 0520-2023 by replacing the 30 day passage and approval language with emergency measure language.
SECTION 2. This or...
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