Explanation
Ordinance 0697-2013, passed April 1, 2013, gave authority to the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge to contract with Brown Enterprise Solutions and authorizes the expenditure of up to $138,500.91. The authority should have been given to the Director of Finance and Management to contract on behalf of the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge; and to declare an emergency.
EMERGENCY: Emergency action is requested.
Title
To amend Ordinance 0697-2013, passed April 1, 2013, to give authority to the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into contract with Brown Enterprise Solutions on behalf of the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 0697-2013, passed April 1, 2013 gave authority to the wrong department to create the necessary purchase order; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance will amend Ordinance 0697-2013 by giving authority to the Director of the Department of Finance and Management; and
WHEREAS, the remainder of the Ordinance 0697-2013 remains unchanged; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the existing Section 1 of Ordinance 0697-2013, passed on April 1, 2013, be herby repealed and replaced with a new Section 1 reading as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management on behalf of the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to enter into contract with Brown Enterprise Solutions for new computers.
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SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.