Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to expend up to $750,000.00 for an operations review of City departments.
This operations review will include an examination of select City operations to identify opportunities to deliver high-quality, cost-effective services for Columbus residents. This review will also be tasked with identifying methods to realize operational improvements through internal realignment, intra-departmental efficiencies, inter-governmental efficiencies, and public-private partnerships. The last time the City engaged in an operations review was 2000.
Formal Requests for Proposals (RFQ006764) were solicited by the City of Columbus on September 13, 2017, with a bid opening on October 12, 2017. An RFP evaluation committee was formed and committee members were asked to evaluate each proposal.
Currently the review of the proposals continues and upon the completion of the evaluation and award, the Department of Finance and Management will submit a subsequent ordinance to Columbus City Council which will identify which vendor (s) were awarded and the associated contract amount(s).
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $600,000.00 from the General Fund and $150,000.00 from the Department of Public Utilities operating funds for a consulting services contract related to an operations review of City departments. Each department has budgeted these amounts within their 2017 operating budgets.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to expend up to $750,000.00 for a consulting services contract(s) related to an operations review of City departments; to authorize the transfer of $600,000.00 between departments within the General Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $600,000.00 from the General Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $9,150.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $58,200.00 from the Water Operating Fund; to authori...
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