Explanation
On March 2, 2022, Columbus City Council approved Ordinance 0441-2022, authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into three-year, renewable Operations agreement, a three-year License Agreement, and a one-year start up contract with Columbus Early Learning Centers (CELC). CELC had been selected, via a competitive selection process, to serve as the operator and tenant of the new Hilltop Early Learning Center located at 45 Clarendon Avenue.
The agreement was renewed in the second (2023) and third (2024) year of the agreement and $3,120,000.00 was appropriated each year.
Ordinance 1683-2024, passed by City Council on June 6, 2024, modified the ordinance by authorizing the Department of Finance and Management to execute an appendix to the Operations Agreement on behalf of the Office of Education to allow a short-term pilot program provision of early learning activities to infants and toddlers.
At the conclusion of the three-year agreement authorized by Ordinance 0441-2022, a new three-year contract was authorized by City Council that allowed the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a new three-year agreement with CELC for the same purposes.
However, it was discovered that through a miscommunication with CELC, the Purchase Order associated with the original three-year agreement was canceled while a final invoice was pending.
Therefore the Office of Education requests the authority to enter into a retroactive not-for-profit service contract with Columbus Early Learning Centers, to reimburse for the early education services provided to Hilltop children from August 1 to August 31, 2024. These services have already been provided and said services cannot be provided by existing city employees due to lack of human resources.
Fiscal Impact: $90,000.00 is budgeted and available in the 2025 Office of Education General Fund budget.
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To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a not...
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