Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Auditor to make payment to the Columbus Museum of Art for services rendered and to declare an emergency.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding in the amount of $5,105.00 is available and appropriated for the payment of this expenditure in Fund 1000 within the Department of City Council (2001) as noted in the attached “Then and Now Certificate” as approved by the City Auditor.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to authorize payment to the Columbus Museum of Art per invoice 3182-1 approved by the Department Director (or designee) in an amount not to exceed $5,105.00 from Fund 1000; and to declare an emergency. ($5,105.00).
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Museum of Art, provided labor, audio visual, equipment, space rental and catering services to the City of Columbus, and,
WHEREAS, after these goods or services were rendered, the City received an invoice for which a purchase order, with a prior certification of availability of funds by the City Auditor attached, had not been obtained; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5705.41 (D)(1) of the Ohio Revised Code provides that in certain circumstances a political subdivision may authorize payment on a contract executed without prior certification by the City Auditor; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council now has before it a certificate from the City Auditor certifying there was at the time of making the contract and at the time of the execution of such certificate a sufficient sum appropriated for the purpose of such contract and in the treasury or in process of collection to the credit of an appropriate fund free from any encumbrances (a “then and now certificate”); and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to satisfy the obligations of the contract;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operations of City Council in that it is immediately necessary to present this ordinance for the City Auditor to issue a warrant in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code Section 5705.41 (D)(1) all for the ...
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