Explanation
BACKGROUND: On December 2, 2013 Council passed Ordinance 2809-2013 to allow the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with two companies to provide services of board to code and secure structures including installation of hasps, locks and hinges on entry doors on City owned property being held in the Land Bank. Egner Construction (cc# 010853960, expiration 1/22/15) and IBAR Home Maintenance & Repair Services (cc# 273673793, expires 11/15/14) were selected from a pool of two companies that responded to a formal request for bids (2013 SA005161). Due to the large number of properties received by the Lank Bank since the beginning of 2014 most of the funds initially encumbered for these services have been used and now it is necessary to add funds to these existing contracts in order to continue to provide uninterrupted property maintenance services.
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to modify Contract EL015292 with Egner Construction and Contract EL015293 with IBAR Home Maintenance & Repair Services to add an additional $120,000 to the contracts. The additional funds will allow the Land Bank to continue to maintain the properties acquired by the Land Bank, as well as continuing maintenance of sites currently held in the Land Bank. Additional funding is provided from the Land Management Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for these contract modifications are allocated from the Land Management Fund. The unencumbered cash balance of this fund is approximately $848,000.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to continue ongoing property maintenance activities for the Columbus Land Bank Program.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $210,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Land Management Fund to the Department of Development to provide funds for the administration of Land Redevelopment Office and related projects; to authorize the Director of the Department...
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