Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Director of Public Service, to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the purchase of Refuse Collection Containers
The Department of Public Service, Division of Refuse Collection, uses steel cage, refuse containers throughout the City to collect refuse from pedestrians along public right-of-ways.
The City included the Neighborhoods Trash and Recycling Litter Receptacles project in the City of Columbus Fiscal Year 2022 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan. The Annual Action Plan budgeted $700,000.00 of (CDBG) funds for the project.
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $700,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
The following Purchase Agreement association requires approval by City Council in order for the Division to expend more than $100,000.00 in a fiscal year per City Code 329.19(g):
Paris Site Furnishings and Outdoor Fitness: Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement to be determined after the authorizing Ordinance 1471-2023, has passed.
Paris Site Furnishings and Outdoor Fitness is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
The contract compliance number for Paris Site Furnishings and Outdoor Fitness is CC045280 and expires 5/03/2025.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding is available and budgeted within the Community Development Block Grant, Fund 2248. Funds must be appropriated.
4. MINORITY AND WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE & SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
This expenditure is for an equipment purchase and is exempt from the MBE/WBE program.
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