Explanation
Ordinance #1774-2008, passed by Columbus City Council December 3, 2008, authorized the Director of the Department of Finance & Management to enter into a lease agreement by and between the City of Columbus and the County Commissioners of Franklin County for the property located at 375 S. High Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215 (known as the Franklin County Municipal Court Building) commencing April 1, 2009 and continuing automatically for successive one-year terms unless the City provides sixty (60) days written notice, prior to the expiration of the then current term, of its intention to terminate the lease at the end of the term, and subject to the annual appropriation and certification of funds for payment of rent. The annual rent for the lease is the pro-rated cost of the building casualty insurance excluding any cost for rent for contents. This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to expend funds for the payment of annual rent for the one (1) year term beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of up to $20,400.00 for this purpose; sufficient funds are available and budgeted within the Finance and Management Department 2015 general fund appropriation ordinance.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow services to the building to continue without interruption.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to expend funds for the payment up to $20,400.00 for annual rent from the General Fund for the property located at 375 S. High Street; and to declare an emergency. ($20,400.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the city leases the property located at 375 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, known as the Municipal Court Building, from the County Commissioners of Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, the rent for the building is the pro-rated cost of building casualty insurance excluding coverage for contents; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds are available and budgeted within the 2015 Finance and Managemetn Department for this expenditure; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of rental funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to expend funds for payment of rent at 375 South High Street to allow services to the building to continue without interruption, for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Finance and Management be, and hereby is authorized to expend up to $20,400.00 for payment of annual rent for the term of the lease commencing April 1, 2015 and terminating March 31, 2016.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of up to $20,400.00, or so much as thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in Section 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-51
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 455102
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level: 3: 3301
Amount: $20,400.00
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That for the 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.