Explanation
Background:
This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to make payment to Opal CS Catering for services rendered and to declare an emergency.
The purpose of the event was to address a portion of the population in Columbus, Ohio that is most likely to be involved in a shooting as the perpetrator or the victim. With the support of OVP, CVR, law enforcement, relevant government officials, social service providers, and the community, individuals are provided with support and services to encourage them to make more responsible, conflict-free decisions. By focusing on those with a high propensity to commit violence and empowering them with more pro social support, positive thought patterns, and opportunities, we can decrease the number of violent crimes, and more specifically homicides, within at-risk families and communities.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding in the amount of $3,990 is available and appropriated for the payment of this expenditure in fund 1000 within the Office of Violence Prevention OVP as noted in the attached “Then and Now Certificate” as approved by the City Auditor. The costs associated with the Ordinance shall be funded utilizing BRPO003767, in the amount not to exceed the total authorized allocation of said reservation $3,990.00
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to authorize payment to Opal Cs Catering LTD. per invoice approved by the Department Director (or designee) in an amount not to exceed $3,990.00 from the general fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,990.00)
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WHEREAS, Opal Cs Catering, provided Catering Services to the City of Columbus; and,
WHEREAS, after these goods or services were rendered, the City received an invoice for which a purchase order, with a prior certification of availability of funds by the City Auditor attached, had not been obtained; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5705.41 (D)(1) of the Ohio Revised Code provides that in certain circumstances a political subdivision may authorize payment on a contrac...
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