Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to modify a contract, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for landscape maintenance services.
This contract was authorized for renewal via Ordinance 0605-2020. This ordinance seeks authority to modify this contract in order to add fall landscaping services for several new facilities that became operational in 2020. These locations were not in operation when this contract was renewed in March 2020 and as such this is the first series of fall landscaping services applicable to these locations. These locations include Fire Station 35 located at 711 N. Waggoner Road and Police Substation 1 located at 8118 Sancus Blvd. These fall landscaping services include late season mowing, leaf removal, fertilizer application, and fall pruning.
Winnscapes FID: 31-1313521, CC# CC005033, expiration date September 17, 2021
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested so that these landscaping services can continue without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $21,000.00 from the General Fund with Winnscapes for landscape maintenance services. The 2020 expenditure for these services (including this modification) totals $264,295.50. The Facilities Management Division budgeted $198,700.00 in their 2020 General Fund operating budget for these services. The additional funding will come from an internal funds transfer within the General Fund. In 2018, the Facilities Management Division expended $201,322.25 for mowing and landscaping services. In 2019, the division expended $198,700.35 for these services.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division, with Winnscapes for landscape maintenance services for facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division; to authorize the transfer of $21,000.00 within the General Fund; to aut...
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