Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present and future contracts and purchase orders with Dunbar Armored, Inc. Dunbar Armored, Inc. has been purchased by Brinks Incorporated. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus with Dunbar Armored, Inc., 52-0675776 to Brinks Incorporated, 36-2478302.
No additional funds are necessary to modify the option contract(s) as requested. There is no change in the service being provided and the original contract was formally bid. The original terms and conditions remain in effect.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: The Finance and Management Department respectfully requests this legislation be considered an emergency in order to maintain uninterrupted Armored Car Service.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required to modify the option contract. The various City Agencies must set aside their own funding for their estimated expenditures.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to assign past, present, and future contract(s) and purchase orders with Dunbar Armored, Inc., to Brinks Incorporated and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Purchasing Office has an option contract and open purchase orders for Armored Car Service with Dunbar Armored, Inc., and
WHEREAS, Dunbar Armored, Inc. has been purchased and in addition to notifying the City, Brinks Incorporated has agreed to honor the past, present and future contracts and agreements; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is necessary to immediately assign all past, present, and future contracts and purchase orders with Dunbar Armored, Inc to Brinks Incorporated in order to maintain an uninterrupted Armored Car Service, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to assign all past, present and future contracts and purchase orders pursuant to those contracts to reflect the change from Dunbar Armored, Inc., 52-0675776 to Brinks Incorporated, 36-2478302.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with Section 329.09 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 3. 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.