City of Columbus - File #: 0053-2007

• File #: 0053-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/9/2007
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 1/29/2007
• Final action: 1/30/2007
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Safety to modify and extend a contract with ACS State & Local Solutions for billing and collection services as needed for the Division of Fire's Third Party EMS Reimbursement Program; to authorize the expenditure of $834,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($834,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/30/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
1/30/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
1/29/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
1/29/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
1/18/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/17/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/17/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/17/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
1/17/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/17/2007	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
1/16/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/16/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/16/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Contingent
1/12/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/12/2007	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/12/2007	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/12/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/12/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/12/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/11/2007	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/10/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/10/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/9/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval

Title
To authorize the Director of Public Safety to modify and extend a contract with ACS State & Local Solutions for billing and collection services as needed for the Division of Fire's Third Party EMS Reimbursement Program; to authorize the expenditure of $834,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($834,000.00)

Explanation
BACKGROUND:

Need: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to modify a contract with ACS State & Local Solutions in the amount of $834,000.00 for billing and collection services as needed for the Division of Fire's Third Party EMS Reimbursement Program, initiated via Ordinance #1184-02, passed July 22, 2002. The term of this contract shall commence on the 1st day of January 2007 and shall expire on the 31st day of October, 2007.

Contract Compliance: 131996647

Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested so that these services can continue uninterrupted through 2007.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Budgeted Amount: Total amounts budgeted for a full year of this contract was $1.3 million. However, this contract of $834,000 is for the first ten months of the year.

Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus has implemented a Third Party EMS Reimbursement Program via ordinance 1184-02, passed July 22, 2002; and

WHEREAS, this modification will provide funding for the increase and extension of the present contract through it's expiration; and

WHEREAS, the term of this contract shall commerce on the 1st day of January, 2007 and shall expire on the 31st day of October, 2007; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety in that it is immediately necessary to modify a contract with ACS State & Local Solutions for billing and collection services as needed for the Division of Fire's Third Party EMS Reimbursement Program so that services continue uninterrupted, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and ...