Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Limbs and Leaves Landscaping Inc. for arborist services. Reports from a certified arborist are needed occasionally by code enforcement officers to definitively determine the condition of trees that may be dead or dying. These reports will be used as professional opinions in the issuance of violation notices and could be used in Environmental Court cases.
Emergency action is requested to allow Limbs and Leaves Landscaping to provide professional reports as to the condition of dead and dying trees on private property for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare of the Citizens of Columbus.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funding for this contract ($30,000) is fully budgeted within the 2016 General Fund operating budget
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Limbs and Leaves Landscaping, Inc. for the purpose of providing professional reports as to the condition of dead and dying trees on private property in the City of Columbus; to authorize a transfer within and an expenditure of up to $30,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with Limbs and Leaves Landscaping, Inc. for arborist services; and
WHEREAS, this contract will allow the Division of Code Enforcement to obtain a professional opinion from a certified arborist as to the health and vigor of trees on private property; and
WHEREAS, Limbs and Leaves Landscaping, Inc. will help the Division of Code Enforcement to determine whether trees and or limbs on private property are a threat to safety and need to be removed; and
WHEREAS, this contract will enable the Division of Code Enforcement to have expert testimony in Environmental Court as to the condition of ...
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