Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the amendment of Ord. 2399-2025, passed by Columbus City Council on October 20, 2025, to approve the Director of Development to enter into a service contract with Benevate, LLC for the continued use of Neighborly software, including support and training services, and to also add five additional user subscriptions for the Division of Housing Stability. An amendment is requested to allow for software costs incurred prior to the creation of the purchase order, starting December 15, 2025.
Emergency action is requested in order to maintain use of critical software to enable safe and secure intake of applications, facilitate work from any location, and provide prompts to applicants to assure that a complete application is submitted.
Contract Compliance: The vendor number is 039660 and expires 02/24/2028.
Fiscal Impact: This legislation amends Ord. 2399-2025 with no fiscal impact.
Title
To amend Ord. 2399-2025, passed by Columbus City Council on October 20, 2025, to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to allow for expenses incurred prior to the purchase order, starting December 15, 2025; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the City previously passed Ord. 2399-2025 authorizing the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a service contract with Benevate, LLC for the continued use of Neighborly software, including support and training services, and to also add five additional user subscriptions for the Division of Housing Stability; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Ord. 2399-2025 to authorize software costs incurred prior to the creation of the purchase order, starting December 15, 2025; and
WHEREAS, no funding is required for this amendment; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to amend Ord. 2399-2025 to maintain use of critical software to enable safe...
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