Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security agency (FCEMHS) for the purchase and installation of new electronic/radio-tone activated sirens and the replacement of sirens that are no longer serviceable or require extensive repairs. Under State of Ohio law, FCEMHS is the agency that has the responsibility to coordinate, operate and maintain the outdoor warning siren system within Franklin County. FCEMHS competitively bid their contracts with the assistance of the Franklin County Purchasing Department and complied with all basic laws pertaining to government contracting pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code, adjudicated case law, and Attorney General opinions concerning public contracts and competitive bidding. By entering into this agreement with FCEMHS, the City of Columbus will improve its portion of the outdoor warning siren system.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is needed to expedite making the funds available to combine with purchases from other jurisdictions to obtain quantity discounts.
Bid Information: N/A.
Contract Compliance No: N/A
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into agreement with Franklin County for the purchase and installation of outdoor warning sirens. Funds are available in Public Safety's Capital Improvement Budget for this project. City Council Passed ordinance 0962-2007 in July of 2007, ordinance 1541-2008 in October of 2008 and ordinance 0153-2011 in February of 2011 for the total purchase of thirty-one new and replacement sirens. Altogether, Columbus has seventy-five sirens throughout the corporation limits.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security agency for the purchase and installation of the City of Columbus' portion of the outd...
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