Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute a License Agreement by and between the City and the Franklin County Board of Elections, for temporary use of classroom and common areas for provision of election poll worker training at the City facility located at 750 Piedmont Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
Due to construction at its main office location, the Board of Elections has a need of temporary classroom space to conduct election poll worker training prior to both the May 7, 2019 Primary Election and the November 5, 2019 General Election. The City’s Piedmont Building is available and well suited to meet the Board of Election’s needs. The License Agreement will be for set dates and times and dates between March 25, 2019 and November 5, 2019.
Fiscal Impact: No funds are required. The City will receive compensation to offset the City’s cost for provision of utilities and janitorial services provided during the term of the License Agreement that will be deposited in the General Fund.
Emergency Action: This legislation is presented as emergency in order to allow the Franklin County Board of Elections to begin election poll worker training classes by April 1, 2019.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to execute a License Agreement by and between the City and the Franklin County Board of Elections for temporary use of training space located at 750 Piedmont Avenue; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Elections is in need of temporary classroom space in order to provide training for poll workers prior to both the May 7, 2019 Primary Election and the November 5, 2019 General Election, and
WHEREAS, the City has training space available at its 750 Piedmont Avenue building to meet this need and the Department of Finance and Management has determined that providing classroom space for election poll worker training serves a public purpose and therefo...
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