Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes an amendment to Ordinance No. 3393-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on December 12, 2022, to allow for a correction of the name of the vendor.
Ordinance No. 3393-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on December 12, 2022, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Housing and Development Services, Inc. to provide software to administer the federally funded Emergency Rental Assistance program and to allow for payment of services before the purchase order is approved by the city.
When the contract was presented to the vendor for signature, it was discovered that we had the incorrect legal name for the vendor. The correct vendor name is HDS Companies, LLC.
Emergency action is requested in order to make payments to vendor for services performed, as authorized by Ordinance No. 3393-2022.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number is 044403 and expires 2/16/2025.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 3393-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on December 12, 2022, to allow for a correction of the name of the vendor from Housing and Development Services, Inc. to HDS Companies, LLC; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3393-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on December 12, 2022, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Housing and Development Services, Inc. to provide software to administer the federally funded Emergency Rental Assistance program and to allow for payment of services before the purchase order is approved by the city; and
WHEREAS, when the contract was presented to the vendor for signature, it was discovered that we had the incorrect legal name for the vendor. The correct vendor name is HDS Companies, LLC; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development requests that Ordinance No. 3393-2022 be amended in order to correct the vendor name: and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to amend Ordinance No. 3393-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on December 12, 2022, in order to make payments to the vendor for services performed, as authorized by Ordinance No. 3393-2022, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, property, and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3393-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on December 12, 2022, be amended to read as follows:
“That the Director of the Department of Development is authorized to enter into a contract with Housing and Development Services, Inc. (HDS) HDS Companies, Inc., in an amount up to $239,228.00 to provide software to administer the federally funded Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program pursuant to the sole source provisions of City Code and to pay for expenses incurred before the purchase order is approved by the city.”
SECTION 2. That all other Sections of Ordinance Number 3393-2022 remain the same.
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 which 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 it.