City of Columbus - File #: 0810-2003

• File #: 0810-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/18/2003
• In control: Rules & Reference Committee
• On agenda: 6/23/2003
• Final action: 6/25/2003
• Title: To amend Section 2903.01 of the Columbus City Code to provide for the necessary modification of inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices used commercially in the City of Columbus: and to declare an emergency.
• Sponsors: Michael C. Mentel

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2003	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
6/24/2003	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/23/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Taken from the Table	Pass
6/23/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/23/2003	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/9/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Tabled Indefinitely	Pass
6/5/2003	1	Council Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/5/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/29/2003	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/29/2003	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/28/2003	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/28/2003	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/27/2003	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/25/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/18/2003	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/18/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/18/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation
OBJECTIVE: To amend Section 2903.01 of the Columbus City Codes to provide for the necessary modification of inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices used in the City of Columbus.

NEED: This amendment will allow the necessary modification of inspection fees for the inspection and testing of commercial weighing and measuring devices.

Background: As a result of a survey of fee schedules by the Office of Weights and Measures on the inspection and testing of commercial weighing and testing devices in the cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, the office of Weights and Measures has proposed a modification of the fees charged by Columbus. This modification is a more realistic assessment of fee schedules in the area and would provide the revenue needed to ensure the continued maintenance of the inspection services now rendered to the public by the city.

Fiscal Impact: This legislation will increase existing fees by an average of about twenty percent and introduce four new fees. Total revenue is projected to increase by approximately $85,000.


Title
To amend Section 2903.01 of the Columbus City Code to provide for the necessary modification of inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices used commercially in the City of Columbus: and to declare an emergency.


Body
WHEREAS, a modification of inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices used commercially in the City of Columbus is necessary for the maintenance of consumer protection in the commercial weighing and measuring area: and,

WHEREAS, it is necessary to make the modification effective as soon as possible to allow adequate time to study the potential impact of this action: and

WHEREAS an emergency exist in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Safety, Weights and Measures section in that it is immediately necessary to amend Section 2903.01 of the Columbus City Code for the preservation of public pea...