Explanation
Background: The City of Columbus is committed to paying the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) an annual fee for vital services in the area of intergovernmental relations, transportation planning and programming, grantsmanship, legislative review and information exchange. This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of the annual membership fee (dues) for the City for 2005 in the amount of $313,274.00. The fee was established by MORPC based on population per an earlier agreement with the City and is not negotiable. The rate for 2005 is $.415 per capita based on an estimated population of 754,876 as of January 1, 2005.
As Council has selected MORPC to be the City's planning agency, it is in the City's best interest to waive the formal competitive bidding requirements of the City Code.
Fiscal Impact: The Transportation Division budgeted $313,274.00 in the 2005 Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund operating budget. MORPC dues for 2003 and 2004 were $304,620.00 and $308,487.00, respectively.
Emergency action is requested for this legislation because the first quarterly installment of the membership fee is currently due. This expense cannot be legislated in advance of passage of the 2005 Budget.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to pay the City's annual membership dues to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $313,274.00 from the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund; to waive the formal competitive bidding requirements of the Columbus City Code, and to declare an emergency. ($313,274.00)
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WHEREAS, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) provides the City of Columbus and other member communities with vital services in the area of intergovernmental relations, transportation planning and programming, grantsmanship, legislative review and information exchange; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus ...
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