Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for sixteen Vehicle Upfits for various models for the Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management. This purchase has been approved by the Department of Public Service and the Department of Finance, Division of Fleet Management.
The Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management, is responsible for maintaining Columbus roadways. This includes filling potholes, street sweeping, mowing, alley resurfacing, and snow and ice removal. The Division has a need for vehicles to be upfit with snow and safety equipment to be able to perform routine snow and maintenance duties.
The following Purchase Agreement association requires approval by City Council in order for the Division to expend more than $100,000.00, per 329.19(g):
Ace Truck Body, Inc., PA007572, Vehicle Upfits, expires 12/31/27
K.E. Rose Company, PA007573, Vehicle Upfits, expires 12/31/27
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Ace Truck Body, Inc. or K.E. Rose Company.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
The contract compliance numbers and expiration dates for the vendors is as follows:
Ace Truck Body, Inc., CC004484, expires 8/9/25
K.E. Rose Company, CC004889, expires 8/21/26
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds are budgeted and available for this expenditure from the Municipal Motor Vehicle Tax Fund, Fund 2266.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
The department requests emergency designation for this legislation so that the snow and maintenance will be purchased and installed and be available for summer and winter operations as quickly as possible so that normal operations are not interrupted.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Man...
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