Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City is required to conduct Environmental Review Records of all federally funded projects to determine whether the projects meet federal, state, and local environmental standards.
Ordinance 0200-2026 authorized the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a professional services contract with Evans Mechwart Hambleton & Tilton, Inc. (dba and referred to throughout as EMH&T) for consultation services related to the preparation of Environmental Review Records for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD) funded projects.
This ordinance is needed to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to modify the aforementioned contract to add $50,000.00 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds and $50,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to increase the budget for the aforementioned contract so that EMH&T will have the ability to continue assisting the Department of Finance and Management with preparing environmental review records and avoid disruption in providing such services to comply with federal requirements, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, and safety
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance will authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the HOME Program Entitlement Fund (Fund 2201) and $50,000.00 from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fund (Fund 2248).
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To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $50,000.00 from the HOME Program Entitlement Fund and $50,000.00 from CDBG Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to modify the professional services contract with EMH&T to increase the budget by a total of $100,000.00; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is an entitlement co...
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