Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to make payment to Pitney Bowes Inc. for goods and services rendered and to declare an emergency. This ordinance also authorizes the transfer of $11,448.60 between object classes within the Mail Services Operating Budget to ensure sufficient appropriation within the correct object of expense.
Fiscal Impact: Funding in the amount of $30,748.20 is available and appropriated for the payment of this expenditure in Mail Services Operating Budget Fund within the Department of Finance and Management Mail Services as noted in the attached “Then and Now Certificate” as approved by the City Auditor . This ordinance also authorizes transfer of $11,448.60 between object classes within the Mail Services Operating Budget to ensure sufficient appropriation within the correct object of expense.
Emergency action Immediate action is requested to complete payment for the goods and services and maintain uninterrupted postage-machine services for City operations. Waiting through the normal effective period of this ordinance could delay resolution of the outstanding invoice and create a risk of disruption to the Department’s postage services, which could affect the timely processing and delivery of official City mail.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to authorize payment to Pitney Bowes Inc. per invoices approved by the Department Director (or designee) in an amount not to exceed $30,748.20 from Mail Services Operating Budget Fund; and to authorize the transfer of $11,448.60 between object classes within the Mail Services Operating Budget; and to declare an emergency. ($30,748.20)
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WHEREAS, Pitney Bowes Inc., provided goods and services to the City of Columbus, and,
WHEREAS, after these goods and services were rendered, the City received an invoice for which a purchase order, with a prior certification of availability of funds by the City Auditor attached, had not been obtained; and,
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