Explanation
On December 5, 2012, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 2813-2012, to modernize Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, which governs responsible public procurement of goods and services, including construction services. Prior to Ordinance 2813-2012, the last major updates of the City's construction contracting code were passed in 1996 and 2002.
This Ordinance incorporates the results of the Local Business Working Group process established by Section 5 of Ordinance 2813-2012. Council and Administration staff convened numerous internal and external stakeholder meetings before and after submission of staff recommendations to Columbus City Council and the Mayor on April 18, 2013. Extensive stakeholder feedback was also received outside the meetings. Per Ordinance 2813-2012, staff have considered that feedback in crafting final staff recommendations based on the Local Business Working Group process.
This Ordinance also makes additional corrections to Ordinance 2813-2012. This Ordinance amends Sections 1, 2 and 4 of Ordinance 2813-2012 by establishing a new effective date for the new code, responsibility prequalification, and repeal of prior existing Chapter 329, to allow sufficient time for the City to prepare processes, materials, staffing, and training for the new responsible contracting code. This Ordinance amends Section 3 of Ordinance 2813-2012 to bring the date for responsibility prequalification in line with the new effective date. This Ordinance amends Sections 5 and 6 to reflect the completion of those requirements. Finally, this Ordinance approves the responsibility prequalification scoring matrix, as required by new Chapter 329.
Emergency action is requested to amend Ordinance 2813-2012 prior to its date of implementation, January 1, 2014, to provide the Department of Finance and Management with sufficient time to implement the provisions of this ordinance.
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To make various amendments to Ordinance 2813-2012 to ...
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