Explanation
BACKGROUND: To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with the Ohio Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Police, for the leasing of LEADS equipment and interface. This ordinance is requesting funding for the leasing of LEADS equipment and interface from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in the total amount of $49,800.00. Entering into this contract will enable the Division of Police to participate in and access the Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS). Police personnel use this system as a tool in their daily police duties to check vehicle registrations, missing persons, stolen vehicles, and outstanding warrants.
Bid Information: This was not competitively bid because the State of Ohio owns the system.
Contract Compliance No.: N/A - Treasurer, State of Ohio
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested in order to continue the use of this system without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $49,800.00 from the 2017 General Fund budget for the leasing of the LEADS equipment and interface through the Ohio Department of Public Safety. The Division of Police encumbered and expended $49,800.00 for this expenditure in 2016 and $61,020.00 for this expenditure in 2015 and 2014.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to enter into a contract with the Ohio Department of Public Safety for the leasing of the LEADS equipment and interface on behalf of the Division of Police; to authorize the expenditure of $49,800.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($49,800.00)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance #414-74, passed by City Council on March 18, 1974, as amended, the City of Columbus entered into contract with the Director of Highway Safety, to participate in the Law Enforcement Automated Data System; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Public Safety Department, Columbus Division of Police, to continue participation in this Law Enforcement Automated Data System; and
WHEREAS, this contract's term will be July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 in order to continue services without interruption; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a contract with Ohio Department of Public Safety for the leasing of LEADS equipment and interface, all for the preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Safety be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Ohio Department of Public Safety, for the leasing of the LEADS equipment and interface for the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $49,800.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same is hereby authorized in the General Fund in Object Class 03 Contractual Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance:
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 passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.