Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute a first modification to the License Agreement by and between the City and the Franklin County Board of Elections, for temporary use of classroom and common areas for provision of election poll worker training at the City facility located at 750 Piedmont Avenue, Columbus, Ohio that they have used since 2019. The Board of Elections has a continued need of temporary classroom space to conduct election poll worker training and this first modification will extend the term. The City’s Piedmont Building remains available and well suited to continue meeting the Board of Election’s needs. The first modification will be for set times and dates through May 31, 2022 and will include one option to renew through December 31, 2022.
Fiscal Impact: No funds are required. The City will receive compensation to offset the City’s cost for provision of utilities and janitorial services provided during the term of the first modification to the License Agreement that will be deposited into the General Fund.
Emergency Action: This legislation is presented as emergency in order to allow the Franklin County Board of Elections to continue operations uninterrupted.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to execute a modification to the License Agreement by and between the City and the Franklin County Board of Elections for temporary use of training space located at 750 Piedmont Avenue; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Elections has a continued need of temporary classroom space in order to provide training for poll workers for the 2022 Elections that they have used since March, 2019, and
WHEREAS, the City has training space available at its 750 Piedmont Avenue building to meet this need and the Department of Finance and Management has determined that continuing to provide classroom space for election poll worker training serves a public purpose and therefore a first modification to License Agreement should be granted, and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to execute a first modification to License Agreement in order to extend the term through May 31, 2022 and provide for one six month renewal term for the Franklin County Board of Elections' use of space within 750 Piedmont Avenue for poll worker training purposes, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management that it is immediately necessary to execute a first modification to the License Agreement to permit the Franklin County Board of Elections to continue uninterrupted use of classroom and common area space at 750 Piedmont Avenue to provide election poll worker training 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 Director of Finance and Management be, and hereby is, authorized to modify the License Agreement to extend the term of a License Agreement and provide for an additional six-month renewal term, as prepared and approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate, by and between the City of Columbus and the Franklin County Board of Elections to set the terms and conditions for temporary use of classroom and common area space available at 750 Piedmont Avenue to conduct poll worker training.
SECTION 2. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.