Title
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THEN AND NOW CERTIFICATES FOR PURCHASES MADE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Executive Summary: Council authorization is required for payment of the invoices shown on this Resolution, each in excess of $3,000, for which commitments were made before Purchase Orders were generated.
Body
Legislative History
None.
Purpose & Explanation
Ohio Revised Code 5705.41(d) requires that if the City makes a financial commitment to a vendor in excess of $3,000 prior to a formal Purchase Order being generated, City Council must authorize a Then and Now Certificate, indicating that appropriate funds were at hand then and now for such expenditures.
Timing Considerations
Subject invoices will be paid upon Council’s passage of the Resolution.
Fiscal Impact
X Currently Budgeted
Supplemental Appropriation Required
Appropriation Not Required.
Recommendation
Suggested Action
Staff recommends approval of the Resolution to authorize payment of the specified invoices.
Submitted by,
Jane Howington, City Manager
Jeffrey F. Knoblauch, Finance Director