Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to extend a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Dove Building Services, Inc. in the amount of $450,772.00 for custodial services at the Municipal Court Building at 375 South High Street. The contract extension is the fifth of five possible renewal options with Dove Building Services, Inc. The original contract was authorized by Ordinance Number 1501-03, passed July 21, 2003. The contract was extended for twelve months by Ordinance 0028-2004, passed March 9, 2004, again by Ordinance 0189-2005, passed March 2, 2005, again by Ordinance 0326-2006, passed March 1, 2006, and again by Ordinance 0391-2007, passed April 11, 2007. The contract shall continue from March 1, 2008, through February 29, 2009. The amount requested represents a 1.313% increase over last year. The contractor will pay the responsible wage as determined for 2008.
Emergency action is requested to ensure custodial services continue without interruption.
Dove Building Services, Inc. (Certified MBE) Contract Compliance Number 31-0918594, expiration date 12/10/2009.
Fiscal Impact: The Facilities Management Division budgeted $450,772.00 in the 2008 budget for custodial services at the Municipal Court Building. The amount of this contract is $450,772.00.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to extend a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Dove Building Services, Inc. for custodial services at the Franklin County Municipal Court Building, 375 South High Street; to authorize the expenditure of $450,772.00 from the General Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($450,772.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1501-03, passed by Council on July 21, 2003, authorized the original contract for the Facilities Management Division with Dove Building Services, Inc. for custodial services at the Municipal Court Building, and
WHEREAS, the Facilities Management Division requests to extend the contract with Dove Building Services, Inc. for one year beginning March 1, 2008, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to extend a contract with Dove Building Services, Inc. for custodial services at the Municipal Court Building so that custodial services may continue without interruption, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to modify and extend a contract with Dove Building Services, Inc. for custodial services at the Municipal Court Building from March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $450,772.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 450041
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3396
Amount: $450,772.00
SECTION 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the mayor neither approves or vetoes the same.