Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to modify Contract PO074797, authorized by ordinance 1900-2017, with Designing Local (vendor #020995) to include extending the contact termination date from July 31, 2018 to July 31, 2019, expanding the scope of services to include administering the artist selection process for the High Street Streetscape Project Public Art Project, and increasing the total contract amount. The consultant’s services were unanticipated at the time of the original contract. The consultant will provide services normally performed by a city employee but that employee will be out of the office on extended leave and the department does not have the capacity to shift the work to another employee and still meet the construction timeline for the High Street Streetscape Public Art Project.
Original contract $81,000
Modification no. 1 $66,000
Total Contract Amount 147,000
Emergency action is requested so that work related to the High Street Streetscape Public Art Project can be initiated immediately to maintain the Department of Public Service’s High Street Streetscape Improvement Project schedule.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $66,000 from the 2018 General Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to modify contract PO074797 with Designing Local for the administration and completion of the artist selection process for the High Street Streetscape Project Public Art Project; to authorize the transfer of appropriation within the general fund; to authorize the expenditure of $66,000.00 from the general fund; and to declare an emergency ($66,000.00).
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Department of Public Services (DPS) has begun the construction phase of the $25 million dollar High Street Streetscape Improvement Project ; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1900-2017 authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with Designing ...
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