City of Columbus - File #: 0500-2006

• File #: 0500-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/26/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 4/3/2006
• Final action: 4/5/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with Community Transition Center; to authorize the expenditure of up to $300,000 with Community Transition Center for in-patient chemical dependency treatment for OVI offenders; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; and to declare an emergency. ($300,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/5/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
4/4/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/3/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/3/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/24/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/23/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/23/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/23/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/22/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/21/2006	1	MUNICRTJUDGES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/21/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/21/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/21/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
2/26/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge to enter into contract with Community Transition Center (CTC) and to authorize the expenditure of up to $300,000 from the Municipal Court Judges indigent driver alcohol treatment fund for on-going in-patient chemical dependency treatment for indigent OVI offenders.

The Court refers offenders for in-patient chemical dependency treatment as an alternative to incarceration. Repeat violators of operating a vehicle under the influence (OVI) laws require extensive treatment programming in a long-term residential setting. At the time of sentencing or after a short period of incarceration, the Court may make a determination that a long-term treatment program is appropriate for an individual offender. The Probation Department has recommended to the Court that CTC is the best, low-cost resource available that offers full-service treatment of OVI offenders with long-term treatment that is specific to the offense and as such, the Court requests that the provisions of competitive bidding be waived in order to enter into contract with CTC.

While CTC is the best known vendor, the Court is developing specifications in order to issue a bid to search for additional treatment alternatives. This legislation is an interim measure so the Court can have time to complete a formal bid process while ensuring that the needed treatment can continue until a formal award is made.

This company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.

Community Transition Center contract compliance number is 311744590.

FISCAL IMPACT: Ordinance number 0186-2006 passed by City Council on February 27, 2006 appropriated funds from the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund for this purpose.

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