Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with CAP STONE & Assoc Inc. (dba and referred to throughout as Stone Environmental Engineering and Science Inc.) for environmental review services. PO377372 was established with the passage of Ordinance 0478-2023. PO377372 was created with FY 2023 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
Ordinance 2444-2023 authorized a modification to the contract with Stone Environmental Engineering and Science Inc. to add $30,000 of HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds to the contract. These funds were appropriated and will be used to complete an expense correction for HOME eligible expenses and will make $30,000 of CDBG funds available for expenditure again.
There are now outstanding invoices from Stone Environmental Engineering and Science Inc. in the amount of $35,262.99 for services rendered during the contract period.
This ordinance is needed to authorize the expenditure of FY 2023 CDBG Grants Management Administration funds that were appropriated through Ordinances 3360-2022 and 0996-2023 to pay these outstanding invoices. This Ordinance will allow the Department of Finance and Management to issue a new purchase order with the $30,000 of restored CDBG funds and $5,262.99 of additional CDBG administration budget funds for a total purchase order in the amount of $35,262.99 for services rendered during the contract period.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance will authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $35,262.99 from the 2023 Community Development Block Grant Fund (Fund 2248).
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to pay outstanding invoices so that Stone Environmental Engineering and Science Inc. will have the ability to continue assisting the Department of Finance and Managem...
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