Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Public Safety Director to enter into the third extension of the contract with Leads Online LLC for access to the company's Automated Scrap Materials and Used Goods Transaction Information Management System. This system allows for online electronic reporting system for all pawnshop, secondhand and scrap metal dealers in Columbus, and nationwide access to pawn/secondhand transaction information, report and searches. The company maintains records from all participants operating as licensed scrap metal facilities located in the continental United States and makes the information available to the Columbus Division of Police for investigative searches of stolen goods, especially scrap metal. The terms of the modification state that this is the final extension of the payment schedule.
Ordinance 0441-2007, passed in July 2007, amended Columbus City Codes to provide licensing and regulation of scrap metal dealers and ensures that motor vehicles and metal sold as scrap are legitimately owned by the seller.
Contract Compliance - 421720332, expiration date March 29, 2015
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested in order to allow the Division of Police uninterrupted access to the data base for investigative purposes.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $64,400.00 from the General Fund for an Automated Scrap Materials and Used Goods Transaction Information Management System. This contract was budgeted in the Division of Police’s 2014 General Fund budget. The total amount spent on this system in 2012 was $64,400.00. The total amount spent on this system in 2013 was $64,400.00. This Legislation is contingent on the passage of the 2014 General Fund Appropriation, ordinance 2730-2013.
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To authorize and direct the Public Safety Director to modify and extend the current contract with Leads Online LLC for access to the company's Automated Scrap Materials and Used Goods Transaction I...
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