Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
Ordinance 1816-2020, approved by City Council on July 27, 2020, authorized the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a professional services contract with The John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University for an Independent Operational Review of the City’s Response to 2020 George Floyd Protest Events in Columbus, OH. This legislation authorized the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a professional services contract with the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University (“John Glenn College”) in the amount of up to $250,000.00 for an Independent Operational Review of the City’s Response to the 2020 George Floyd Protest Events in Columbus, OH from May 28, 2020 to July 19, 2020. The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to modify said contract and extend the time for completion of the project until March 31, 2021.
Emergency action is requested for this contract in order to ensure that the John Glenn College of Public Affairs can continue work on the project beyond the current completion date of December 31, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this modification.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to modify and extend the contract with the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University for completion of an Independent Operational Review of the City’s Response to 2020 George Floyd Protest Events in Columbus, OH until March 31, 2021; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, as a research project involving human subjects, the Independent Operational Review was required to pass through an Institutional Review Board at The Ohio State University; and
WHEREAS, the delay in commencing the project was due to the Institutional Review Board’s focus on including extensive confidentiality protections for participants g...
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